Quote Originally Posted by hoaznod
My friend tells me I should of just went AI on the flop because people usually outdraw me
First off you don't go all in because someone might outdraw you on a 2 outer. Your friends are somewhat right however, even though they don't know why. generally speaking, high pockets are strong to the flop hands. It's good to get a lot of money in on the front end, because a lot of the time you're going to be taking it down before the turn, or at least isolating a worse top pair for 4th and 5th street. That's because you have only ONE PAIR. Your hand gets weaker with each card that drops.

I will slow play a high pocket against an isolated aggressive opponent, when the board is relatively drawless. This is not too often. Make sure you don't play slowly against passive opponents either. Your value is in their loose calls, not their loose betting.

Most of the time when you slowplay a high pocket, you're losing tremendous value while giving away cheap cards. Just bet it baby.