Quote Originally Posted by eragotte
Meh it's probably more of a style thing but with 77-99 against unknowns you'll be seeing overcards often and will probably have to c/f quite a few flops or c/c flop and maybe fold turn if he doesn't second barrel often.

Bluffing with them also sucks since you have 2 outs if called and you fold out air that your ahead of. I'd rather flat 98s,9Ts,JTs in the SB vs a EP/MP raise since they can continue on so many more flops.

Anyway it doesn't work for me (atm) but your post flop skills are likely better so you can play more profitably with these hands.

tbh I hadnt even really thought through flatting 77-99 or not lol, just call haha. I appreciate the advice and will pay more attention to that
can't say what I would do about a complete unknown, but..

As you're going forward, realize that pre-flop isn't separate from post-flop. What I mean is that your decisions pre need to mesh with your decisions post. If you're calling it's because you have set value and think he'll pay when you hit. If he's really passive and won't bet you off the best hand then raising might be correct, or if you think he's completely full of crap and won't fight you post flop if he calls.