($12) Flopped trips. Extracting maximum value

[Pocketbear]

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t40/t80
6 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: t1840
UTG+1: t3365
CO: t3100
Button: t2510
Hero: t1195
BB: t1490

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
4 folds, Hero calls t40 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t120)</font>, BB checks.

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t160, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">BB bets t160</font>, Hero calls t160 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t320)</font>.

Turn: 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t480, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks.

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t480, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks.

I feel I played it too passive. Bet the turn for like 300? As played, bet the river for 240?

[Heavens_Myst]

bet turn 200-250, check river, he will bet as he has the 5, call it down.

[holy32]

I lead flop for 100, push to a raise.

The whole thing with this "extracting maximum value" and "playing tricky" is that the other guy isn't going to be calling your bets (if you had made any) with nothing. Meaning, either he's on a draw or thinks his hand is good, in which case you should just bet straight out at him, or he doesn't have anything, and if you "play it tricky" you might just get one stab/bluff from him. I like betting out much much better, especially b/c it conceals the strength of your hand better on that flop.

[typically]

I also like betting out, to prevent any draws and extract value (if he folds here he likely folds on the other streets as well). Plus slow-playing when you hit makes your c-bets less credible (at $16 this is only slightly relevant, but it's still bad practice imo). I only like slow-playing the nuts, or when I have a decent read on my villain.

[Little John]

I just push this preflop. It should be unexploitable.

[holy32]

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I just push this preflop. It should be unexploitable.

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For only 120 ? I don't like it.

[Little John]

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I just push this preflop. It should be unexploitable.

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For only 120 ? I don't like it.

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I dont really like it either. I just think it is the best of the three options (complete/3 BB raise/push).