fold an overpair to weak bet

this is a question a mate put to me a few days ago, it is a somewhat unusual situation.

table is full, for the sake of easy maths i will make it NL .50/$1

Seat 1
Seat 2 - (button)
Seat 3 - (sb)
Seat 4 - (bb)
Seat 5
Seat 6 - (hero)
Seat 7
Seat 8
Seat 9

Hole cards: :ac: :ad:

Seat 5 - calls $1
Seat 6 - (hero) - raises $4 to $5
Seat 7 - calls $5
Seat 8 - calls $5
Seat 9 - calls $5
Seat 1 - folds
Seat 2 - (button) calls $5
Seat 3 - (sb) folds
Seat 4 - (bb) calls $4
Seat 5 - calls $4

Pot size: $35

Flop: :5c: :6c: :8d:

Seat 4 - checks
Seat 5 – bets $7
Seat 6 - (hero) ????
Seat 7
Seat 8
Seat 9
Seat 2 - (button)

When my friend asked me this I straight away said raise, to the pot. Because calling is improving odds for straight and flush draws and folding is, well, folding an over pair to a weak bet. Then he pointed out that there are 4 more players to act after me in a pot where people quite likely would be playing drawing hands, low pairs and suited connectors. Not that he truly believed that a fold was the right move, we were unable to decide on what is best.

A fold is a pretty tight passive move here… the fold option is based on “only invested $5, there will be a better place” looks like a good time for an AA to lose a big pot rather than win a small one. Raising up to the pot is very much for information here, and its a lot to invest for info. If you were reraised AI you would be calling ~$50 into a ~$150 pot.

So is it a question of whether you win the current $40 pot if everyone folds enough times to account for the time you lose your stack?

For anyone’s responses could you continue them to the turn/river as well, because if you raise and get called your have more hard decisions coming your way.

FOLD

Whenever you see that many people calling a raise to the flop, you can almost guarantee you have a bunch of pocket pairs. You're behind here.

You have odds to call if you want, but with so many in it's hard to believe one pair will hold up. Honestly I might call to see what happens behind me, but it's probably wasted money because you have to fold to any raise. I just don't see the turn looking any better short of another ace.

this is a bodog hand history ??!!

seriously though, I get that type of hands ALOT on bodog, like im on button with ak, 5 limpers ahead of me, I make it 6bb to go and get 5 calls total.

what to do on a flop of k 56 two diamons when someone put a 5 bb bet out in front and they all call ?? or if they all check ?

I usually fire one strong bullet, like 3/4 the pot and if I get calls I go in check call mode. and huge bets after that and I fold.

its hard, and u take ALOT of beats. but very profitable.

bet half the pot after the flop ... this will almost certainly win the pot if you have top pair... be aware that some players will put u on AK so they will call you down with their lower pocket pair