Re: AA and a dry board.
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I bet, everyone calls.
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Everyone? All 5 opponents? This concerns me as a T is certainly a worry. This is a rainbow flop with some hidden gutshots, but I see all sorts of players peel with a backdoor flush draw, of which a heart draw emerges on the turn.
This is an interesting spot:
Bet and you get to find out where you're at right away.
Check, and you give a free card: But that free card may not be horrible (given no one picked up a [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] draw). But then if you check, the added benefit is, you get more marginal hands (6x, small pairs, people who pair their river card) to call you as you have underrepresented your hand on the turn, where they are more likely to fold the turn, but will pay off one bet on the river.
This is the flexibility that is given when you have AA and position, you don't have to worry about an overcard killing you. I would probably check the turn and evaluate the river action. If it checks to me, I'm betting. If there's one bet to me, I'm calling. Of course if you river an A, go raise happy [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].
Garland
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