mucked trips

[nightlyraver]

No, you don't get it... yet.

It's not about slowplaying the nuts. Sure, if you're holding 7's and the flop is 775 it may be worth a slowplay. However, the decision isn't about having the nuts, it's about how likely it is that your oponent will draw out and beat you. SOMETIMES it is correct to slowplay top pair - you may be heads up, you may be fairly certain that he also has top pair but with a worse kicker and the odds that he will pair his kicker are small so it's ok to slowplay. It's also not about pushing out flush draws, either. If your oponent always bets his strong draws when the pot is short handed and he checks, feel free to slowplay your set since it's not a flush that you are worried about. Know your oponent, examine the board...