Quote Originally Posted by Trainer_jyms
At $10NL and even $25NL in alot of places, If the board has paired 5's, someone has trips or a full house becase they called your 5X BB raise with "an Ace", if the board has 3 to a suit, someone has the flush because they had 35 sooted, and they call your 5XBB + 1 after limping, because "they're soooooted". At these stakes, play the board, play their hand and above all protect that stack.
i dont necessarily agree with this. I know this seems like the case when when you push AI with your set on a 3 flush board you are thinking, "no way he called that raise w/ suited trash", of course he flips over 73s and rakes the pot. ive seen it plenty and i know everyone else has. that being said, i think people give way too much credit to villains, especially at the microstakes, and give up on small-medium pots that are theirs for the taking. when these hands occur and you have been the aggressor, i think its better to keep pushing, and if villain pushed back then you can give up. Just because the 3 flush card falls on the river, take a stab at it and youll be suprised at the amount of times villains cave and you scoop a decent pot.

by the way, nice post biondino