Quote Originally Posted by GatlinDan
The flop was small pair, medium card. No connectivity or flush possibilities. With this many callers, would you suspect someone has trips and is setting a trap since I showed preflop aggression? They can put me on high unpaired cards or a decent pocket pair because of this...
A $hitty flop like this will also think you are bluffing, and are more likely to call you down. You should take more aggressive flop manuevers...the CHECK-RAISE woot. If you bet straight out more than likely everyone has odds to call you down, even the guy holding 44. In a 7-way raised pot its too huge to pass up and betting straight out will only hurt your chances. Best thing to do is check and hope that guy in late position with the Qxo will bet so you raise him-forcing all the other players to cold-call 2 bets, giving them incorrect odds to go for most draws. Bet out on the turn, if you get raised, well, check call to the river. Most times a PFR will get rid of just about anyone with a 3 in their hand (some fish will cold-call with 33), I think you'd be fine.