So with trips, top/near top kicker, a good strategy is to push the flop and turn? Then perhaps slow down a bit if a draw completes? What about "fearing" a full house, is that just playing scared poker? I think I'm starting to see what you guys are saying. Though it may be a "monster hand", it is the only monster hand I am never too confident about. It seems like I get outdrawn by a full house more times than not.

Hand 1: opp had 3T

Hand 2: opp had AJ

both times they rivered a FH to beat me!

---------- food for thought:

I think playing trips is analagous to playing tptk. You can never be certain that you have the best hand, since someone with the same pair could make 2-pair to "bad beat" you. However, in the case of tptk, pot control is usually exercised, is it not? Is that because of the wide range of other hands that have you beat, and the vulnerability of being outdrawn? In what ways are playing trips, top kicker and tptk different? Hopefully this makes some sense...