Poker Strategy: When to Protect Your Hand with Black Aces

Pavel Zashchitnik opens with black aces from the small blind and the big blind calls. On the flop, Pavel considers a 75% pot-sized continuation bet to protect against flush and straight draws. The article explains that checking is often the better play in this scenario. Overbetting can be more valuable when it gets calls from hands without direct outs, rather than from draws with good potential. The article suggests that checking with the entire range can be a more stable strategy.