Set on flop facing c/r

Originally Posted by Openside

I hear you. Based upon PT3 ( 200,000 hands) my biggest leak by a country mile is my agression against flop raises holding sets or over pair.

overpairs maybe. sets? don't worry so much about how you play sets, just get money in the middle and proffit.

Originally Posted by d0zer

don't worry so much about how you play sets, just get money in the middle and proffit.

What he said. On your original hand with the set of 5s, definitely raise on the flop and be happy if people want to get it in. The board is drawy so you might as well get it in while you're likely ahead. A lot of times you're up against an over-pair or a combo draw at the worst. It's pretty unlikely someone has 87 here. Even if they're loose enough to call you pre-flop with that, there are a lot of other hands they could have. If you get crushed by a goofy flopped straight or an over-set, you usually still played correctly in most cases.

By the way I think you can pretty safely modify his range to include 77, TT+ here. His flop raise doesn't always mean you're crushed, but rather he wants to get it in quickly as well with the drawy board for the same reasons you do.