As always, it's situational
Excellent post by Genius. One to remember.
As with all poker quandaries, the definitive answer is "it depends." The discussion here highlights some of the conditions favorable or unfavorable to a slowplay.
Another big factor is table selection and seat selection. I play one one site which is usually very tight at the 6-person tables with flop percentages in the 20s or low 30s. It's pretty easy to take small pots with positional bets, but it's difficult to get paid off on your bigger hands. Many times I raise the minimum with pocket aces or kings, only to get just the blinds.
On a looser table (
bodog flop percentages are often in the 50s or more), you're almost bound to get some action on your minimum raise. These looser players are also more likely to outdraw you, so you really want to be careful about slowplaying. And careful about overbetting in frustration when a scare card hits. One of the real measures of your growth as a player is this question: are you able to lay down pocket aces when the preponderance of the evidence is that you're beaten by a sleazy turn or river draw? Maybe you did everything right, and it hurts, but sometimes it's the right play. I think you'll find this situation more common online than in BaM.
And if you like having a LAG to your left, why not scout the tables and look for one? I'm a PokerTracker novice, but I imagine that's a good tool for identifying LAGS.
I've gotten pocket aces busted so many times on loose internet tables that I don't get too greedy about them. I'm cautious and basically just happy if I don't lose a bundle. That's the thing about big hands. It's easy to win a little or lose a lot. The big payoff hands are the successful draws and the hidden sets.
Just my lowly opinion.
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