Quote Originally Posted by philly and the phanatics
because the hands you dont want to call when you have aces (things that can bust you like suited connectors) will be gone pre flop and the only person likely to call you, you will have absolutely dominated going into the flop, so its worth betting large there to get them out and take down a small pot, rather than be in the situation you are in there with a flush on the board and random cards that could have given him something like a 2 pair or something lame and crazy

this is dumb
crap hands are exactly the ones we want to go to a flop because AA wins lots of pots the majority of the time versus any other hand in holdem