i like the fold. we're rarely gonna be better than 55% here, and often <25%

Weird hand, I wouldn't ever want to raise fold this hand on this board vs this player. Seems like villain is so random you could end up making some pretty bad folds.

his stats indicate low aggression so you figure he is just a station and will call everything but only bet/raise with nuts. This may not be true however because his vpip is so high he sees so many flops of course his af seems low he hardly ever has anything and is not just bluffing wildly.

even though you want to raise the flop for protection you gotta figure that donks use this line to induce a raise and then jam quite often; for example with any flush draw. This Isn't to say don't raise the flop, it's to say don't fold if you do.

You can even flat that lead (and should sometimes with a decent hand to balance all the crap you call with. Although this doesn't matter all that much because even if you never slow play a good hand vs this lead you still call so wide that any potential turn card could improve ur hand) for counter deception - I do this fairly often.

Anyone feel this lead from villain is similar to a check (I think it's diff because it gives different info from a check even though strategically they may not differ much in purpose)?

Or I could phrase the question differently.

Had villain simply c/raised your flop bet all in would you still want to fold. For example player 3 checks instead of betting .6, hero bets 4.50 or 5, player 7 folds, player 3 goes all in.

I think you would find it easier to call in this scenario even though it is pretty similar to what actually happened in the hand

Or I could phrase the question differently.

Had villain simply c/raised your flop bet all in would you still want to fold. For example player 3 checks instead of betting .6, hero bets 4.50 or 5, player 7 folds, player 3 goes all in.

I think you would find it easier to call in this scenario even though it is pretty similar to what actually happened in the hand

Yeah for practical purposes I would consider villains flop bet a check, unless I had specific info on him doing that kind of thing.