HALP! deep with AA.

[STILL_mkd]

Why you don't bet the flop? In situations like this you will always have to bet the flop, because if you don't then you give to your opponent an opportunity to make flush or straight, and to lose your winning hand.

[IowaSkinsFan]

Why you don't bet the flop? In situations like this you will always have to bet the flop, because if you don't then you give to your opponent an opportunity to make flush or straight, and to lose your winning hand.

This logic isnt that great. We should take free equity into consideration in our decisions but in this specific decision free equity is not a big deal. First off, some of the flush draws that are likely in a 3bet pot, AKhh, AQhh, AThh, are impossible because we have the Ah. Secon
dly, we want high unpaired card to draw because they are going to be drawing to the second worst hand. We are afraid of QT, QThh, and KQhh, but thats about it, and even if those hands hit on the turn we do have suckout equity and small implied odds.

The biggest reason to bet imo is that we get the most value from one pair hands i.e. pps and QJ/KJ/AJ/JT and flush draws. Flush draws can c/r all in or float and one pair hands we have at least two streets of value against. Most players at 100nl are not nearly aggressive enough to warrant checking back hands this strong. I would go with bet/check/bet a lot of the time to catch missed fds and see if low pps turn their hands into bluffs. It also seems like the weakest looking like on a lot of run outs.