Step 4: Trips, out of position, no kicker

[bigt439]

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You gotta keep calling with this hand. You want to let weaker hands give you more chips, which is much more unlikely if you show interest in this hand with an ace on the board. You also minimize your losses if you're up against a stronger ace.

I don't mind folding preflop if Other Guy hasn't been putting in any position raises. Then it's just too likely (to me at least) that you're up against a stronger aces rather than up against a pocket pair (which won't always pay you off when your ace hits). If Other Guy minraises somewhat or quite a bit then calling and playing the flop isn't a bad idea.

Yugoslav

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I agree with all of this if you decide to play the hand to maximize value against weaker hands, but why not lead the flop so that you can find out whether you are against a stronger hand. Let's be clear, this is not a good flop for our hand, let's try and take down the pot on the flop so we at least know where we are. While calling down wins us the most against pp's and the like, we often get stacked by better aces. I see no reason for that to happen here (not until the third A comes anyways).