A3s in the BB, what's my flop play

[LesWormMurphy]

Yes, calling too often is a costly mistake-- but you've got top pair! Folding too often is an even worse mistake. I think you could easily raise this flop.

Here's how I figure:

The times to call and hope for improvement on the turn is when the pot is huge, or when the flop bets come from the left because a raise will only be an additional bet to your opponent's-- not two.

Here's a 4BB pot, the bet is from your immediate right and you THINK you might be easily dominated. You should raise to protect your hand. Faced with calling two bets cold, a bunch of your opponents will fold with their draws in a pot this small.

If you had a pair of Queens or something on this board I could see a fold, but honestly-- you have top pair. Granted, you have no kicker, but you need to protect your hand and find out where your at. You could fold if its reraised, but you still have 5 outs to 2-pair, and a backdoor nut flush draw so let's kick it up to 6 outs.

Your raise would bump the pot up to 6BB-- and with even 2 calls, your getting your proper odds...

However-- if everybody folds and the SB calls, your only getting 6.5-to-1, and the pot needs to lay at 6.7-to-1 for a 6-outer to be a little more than break even.

I'd raise.