Does everybody do this? Make the bad man stop.

[Triumph36]

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preflop has already been discussed.

i just wanted to add that third to only TPTK and bottom two pair, flopped trips is one of the most commonly misplayed hands in NL. With this kind of action you are almost never ever good. When you flop trips your first thought shouldn't be "How do I get all my money in?"

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It shouldn't? I mean sure in this example, Hero is almost certainly beat - but if you're flopping trips with an excellent kicker, I'm certainly trying to get a lot of money in against most players, especially in an unraised pot, or if I raised it.

The key is slowing down on the turn or river if you face serious resistance.

Yet I find that most players I play against are terrible at getting money in with trips - they often slowplay them on the flop, and bet them small on later streets hoping to get paid off by weak hands. They almost never consider the possbility that the case card is out there in someone else's hand.