[W. Deranged]

You really should be betting this flop. People love to throw in small bets on the flop with tons of junk. Once you get to the big bet streets, the riffraff tend to disperse, and you will have lost a lot of customers.

In multiway pots when you hit monsters, just go ahead and bet. There is usually more to be gained by getting small bets from a lot of people instead of waiting until the big streets to get a few big bets from fewer people.

And raise this pre-flop. The presence of lags behind you is kind of good. They'll probably call and help build a big pot. If they raise and shut people out, whatever, you have a strong hand and there's nothing wrong with playing a short-handed pot against a couple of lagtastic types holding AQs.