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Originally Posted by tuds38
Sure, stacking off isn't a disaster but the flop went 7 ways and we are apparently first to act unless the blinds are in. We can bet and possibly get raised by the real hand and stack off with decent but non-favorite equity, or we can check and get to see what others do first. If someone else bets and gets a couple callers you're either getting a great price or even a chance to raise with a solid semi-bluff instead of the pot-bloating flop lead.
when you are considering the x% of the time we bet out and take down the pot on the flop, and the other times where one of our V's spazes out and gets it all in BEHIND our equity, the end result is not that much different.
with of course, the exception of when one of our V's has two broadway clubs.
there is nothing wrong with checking, going for pot control, and reducing our variance. But if H is a LAG playing against a table of weak/tight V's there is metagame value in keeping the pressure on the table.
the flop bet is fine