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Tom - good thought process. No need to identify yourself as a beginner at the end of each post -- beginner or experienced expert, if you offer up bad advice you're almost certain to be called on it and if you offer up good advice no one cares what your experience level is.

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Most players on the turn are still afraid of someone slowplaying trips from the flop and from what I've seen, rightfully so, because most players who make trips on the flop don't bet them until the turn anyway.

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This strikes me as a good reason to bet my trips on the flop and then bet them again on the turn (and in fact I will need a very good reason not to bet my trips on the flop).