Who needs fold equity when you are ahead? lulz

[KoRnholio]

Grabbed by Holdem Manager
NL Holdem $20(BB) On Game
Hero ($1,440)
BB ($1,370)
UTG ($1,530)
UTG+1 ($1,450)
UTG+2 ($1,370)
MP1 ($1,410)
MP2 ($1,610)
CO ($5,030)
BTN ($1,290)

Dealt to Hero 7 7

UTG calls $20, fold, UTG+2 calls $20, fold, fold, CO raises to $150, BTN calls $150, Hero calls $140, fold, fold, fold

FLOP ($510) 5 6 4

Hero checks, CO bets $510, BTN folds, Hero raises to $1,290 (AI), CO calls $780

TURN ($3,090) 5 6 4 8

RIVER ($3,090) 5 6 4 8 K

CO shows K A
(Pre 45%, Flop 19.9%, Turn 2.3%)

Hero shows 7 7
(Pre 55%, Flop 80.1%, Turn 97.7%)

Hero wins $3,090

[Acemonk]

Nice pot! Isnt kinda dangerous / weak to just call almos 8 BBs on an early position?

[KoRnholio]

Squeeze raising would have been an option, as I don't really have odds to purely set mine. But if I 3bet it to ~500, I am committed to the hand now.

But if I just call, the implied donk quotient is high. One of the limpers was a drooler, and the raiser (as we saw) has a hard time folding anything. I figured flat calling was +EV, as it could well have let the others in for a "cheap" call. In this case I probably do have implied odds on a set with the pot being more bloated, and filled with players who can't fold.