[scrawnybob]

if your sure you have the absolute nuts then flat calling is fine

the chances are though that you have the nuts with cards to come

ie. not the nuts (by the end)

in this situation you MUST cut out the drawing hands or at least most of them - In other words if its got to a stage where other players can justifiably go after their draws even with big bets - then you have to make a move and get them out

Too many players slow play thinking they have the nuts (maybe at the time they do) but fail to close the game down and end up losing a big big pot - instead of taking down a decent pot safely - or making sure they still take down a massive pot but only involving one other player

Even with the nuts hand - say a straight flush - If you getting played into you may be well advised to play back at them - you will get all there money instead of just some of it

You should really only slow play the nuts if the hand is in danger of running out of momentum

cheers scrawnybob