FR LHE donkey

[Kuso]

soooooo... I was playing a little bit o' HU 1/2 LHE at party, and the table fills up quickly after i pay my sb. after this, i usually just play pocket pairs and nut flush draws until the bb comes around. anyway, this hand comes up:

Party Poker
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $1/$2
9 players


Stack sizes:
Hero: $49.12
UTG+1: $29
MP1: $32
MP2: $49
MP3: $37.62
CO: $34.13
Button: $33.26
SB: $12.63
BB: $53.50

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is UTG with
Hero calls (1.5:1), UTG+1 calls (2.5:1), MP1 calls (3.5:1), MP2 calls (4.5:1), MP3 calls (5.5:1), 2 folds, SB calls (6.5:0.5), BB checks.

Flop: (7SB, 7 players)
SB bets, BB calls (8:1), Hero calls (9:1), UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls (10:1), MP2 raises, MP3 calls (13:2), SB calls (15:1), BB calls (16:1), Hero calls (17:1), MP1 calls (18:1).

Turn: (9.5BB, 6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks, MP2 bets, MP3 calls (10.5:1), SB calls (11.5:1), BB calls (12.5:1), Hero raises, MP1 folds, MP2 3-bets, MP3 folds, SB calls (17.5:2), BB folds, Hero caps, MP2 calls (21.5:1), SB folds.

River: (22.5BB, 2 players)
Hero bets, MP2 raises, Hero calls (25.5:1).

Results:
Final pot: 26.5BB
MP2 shows 5h 6h
Hero doesn't show 7s 7c


OK, loose call on the flop, I know -- i figure i have good implied odds if i hit. no reads on villains other than sb seems kinda loose.

i put MP2 on a wide range -- big overpair, lower set, A5, 56, and 2pr. is this line justifiable? if not, what would you change?

[antneye]

[Kuso]

[Nortonesque]

Raise the flop.

[Kuso]

[Nortonesque]

[Marm]

[growlers]

I'm new around here, so I try to be nice, but flat calling this flop is AWFUL. Every card in the deck potentially kills you exept a 7 because it either makes a straight or is an overcard. You absolutely have to raise or fold the flop. There is one zillion people acting after you getting great odds to call with any old crap.
Back to preflop:
It takes a really passive preflop table for me to limp UTG with any pocket pair. I get away with this live all the time because the table dynamics are different, there aren't too many 1-2 online tables left nowadays that are passive enough to justify limping IMO. This is more of an opinion thing though, one I feel strongly about, but that I certainly think is arguable. Not raising (or folding) this flop though I don't think is even arguable IMO.