First Hand of Stars $100K - Huge Flop

[Rick Diesel]

Very first hand of $100K, so no reads at all. How do I maximize value when I hit the flop this hard? Anyone raise the flop?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed)

Button (t2000)
SB (t2000)
BB (t2000)
UTG (t2000)
UTG+1 (t2000)
MP1 (t2000)
MP2 (t2000)
CO (t2000)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],J [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
5 folds, Hero raises to t60, SB calls t50, BB calls t40.

Flop: (t180) 6 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB bets t140, 1 fold, Hero calls t140.

Turn: (t460) 6 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],4 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t420, SB folds.

[Exitonly]

Raise flop and you maximize vs 666, 444, 333, 55, any smaller flushes.. calling only really maximizes vs like.. a K high flush draw maybe?

[curtains]

Yeah I'd raise the flop.

[registrar]

You're raising naked A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] on that flop, right? So raise this.

[Yoshi63]

Yeah, unpaired-board nut flush draw holds more 'nut' value than flopping a nut flush, because of the way the board can pair giving someone a full house. You're far from invincible here and should raise this flop.

[bravos1]

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Yeah, unpaired-board nut flush draw holds more 'nut' value than flopping a nut flush, because of the way the board can pair giving someone a full house. You're far from invincible here and should raise this flop.

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[woodguy]

I like a flop raise for the same reasons the others said, but also because that raise takes the nut flush out of your range for a lot of players, and you can often get a lot of action from worse hands.

Regards,
Woodguy

[RandALLin]

raise the flop to 400 total

[ASPoker8]

I like a smallish flop raise. You can get it all in vs a set or a smaller flush. You can keep a draw hanging around..