Great strategies on here, and great forums (I actually like them better than 2+2).

On one of the threads, someone mentioned that newbies like to slow-play trips. Well, I'm a newbie who's proving that person right.

Let's take a recent example. I've got 77, I check into the flop after I hit the set, then call to someone who hit their pair of aces. I finally start raising when a second limper hits their pair of kings on the turn. River was something low and then I called the AA's all-in (can't remember if KK called or not), taking down a $46 pot on a $25 NL table at PP.

It seems to me that slow-playing was the best bet (literally) since I dragged them along and made them think their pairs were best. I understand the concern is that one of them could have had pocket AA or KK, but it was pretty obvious from how they were betting that they didn't...

So would a more experienced player just try to take down the pot as soon as they hit their set? Is that more profitable in the long run.

Thanks in advance for the advice...