[ChrisW]

You cannot afford to play this pot passively. Villain would have to be a real donk to slowplay on this flop with potential straight and flush draws abounding, and taking the pot down will add over 20% to your stack. Considering that your hand would be worth calling an all-in bet on the flop even if villain showed you A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]T [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (TPTK plus the backdoor flush draw), you should be prepared to play the flop very aggressively.

The best line is to make a small bet on the flop (75 or so). Such a fishy bet may incite a bluff/value reraise with Ax (that is, he's hoping to push you off a weak made hand or protect his ace high if you haven't paired), and the small flop bet keeps the pot small enough that your all-in reraise will be large enough to force such hands to fold.

Of course, most of the time your flop bet will win the pot right there, as your opponent will realize that continuing with a marginal or worse hand OOP on such a dangerous flop courts severe negative implied odds. Oh wait, it's a $20+2? Well, you might have to fire again on the turn to get rid of your villain. If he calls the flop and checks the turn, he almost has to be on a draw himself. Thus, you should move in on him unless he is enough of a donkey to call a $560 bet into a $300 pot on a draw with one card to come. In that case, check behind on the turn and hope to make your hand.