have quite a bit of history with the villain in this hand as we were playing HU for a while before the table filled. he's pretty straight forward but very aggro and def. thinks im a donk (probably true)

$.25/$.50 PLO
5 handed, Villian has $75, Hero covers
Hero in SB w/ [7s][8c][Td]
utg, villian, button all limp, hero completes, bb checks

Flop ($2.50) [Kh][7d]
hero checks, bb checks, utg checks, villain bets $2.5, button folds, hero raises to $10, fold, fold, villain raises to $30, button folds, HERO??? (villain has $44.90 behind)

Wait a minute! How did the button fold twice?

I don't like your hand that much only because none of your draws are to the nuts. You could conceivably be crushed here in every way. If you hit a T you could still be behind, if you hit a J for a straight it's not the nuts.

i think i like a check call (assuming only one bet and no callers) and then get information as the hand goes, willing to drop the hand to lots of action. Leading and folding to raise isn't a bad option. Check raise is the worst imo as it bloats a pot with a very vunerable hand that is often 2nd best while drawing to 2nd best.

i think this is a good example of poor planning for a hand.

- when you raised, did you expect to take it down? did you need to take it down to continue?

- there aren't a lot of turn cards that you'll REALLY like (four 6s), so either you want to get it all in or you don't. playing aggressively only to turn passive and hope to hit a big hand (some of which may not be good) is fucking ugly.

- against a bad player who overplays marginal hands, calling and value-betting when you hit might be a decent plan... but that's not the read.

- putting yourself in difficult situations like this from oop is -------------ev. i recommend keeping it simple (in the myriad ways that can be manifested).

- as played, i might check/call the flop to see if i can pick up the fl draw and/or the 6. that being said, that would be more of an "action play" rather than a mathematically correct play.