Not raising pre is criminal. On the flop, flatting is fine. There are upsides to raising but also downsides. The bettor is a TAG who limped pre, which carries substantial risk that he has a set. Facing a reraise would be super gross.
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Originally Posted by Nozsr
Flatting hides the strength of our hand.
But our Villains will slow down if the flush card comes.
On the other hand, suppose we do flat.
With any luck the remaining Villain will raise again and "mission accomplished", we achieve the largest possible pot.
Our hand is not very good given the flop action. V1 is almost a lock to have a set (not a combo draw because of his sizing). Our hand amounts to a flush draw against a near-certain set.
Getting allin 3 ways will be very very slightly +EV if we're up against say two sets, or a set and top two, but substantially -EV against a set and a combo draw. There's also no way to ensure we get allin 3 ways. If we shove, we risk losing V2. If we flat and V2 flats or folds, we don't have direct odds for the draw and our hand will be face up.
So we need to fold this. I know it looks weird, but V1 has practically showed us his hand and we can't beat a set.