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[QUOTE="Weregoat, post: 1497460, member: 62741"]
I sometimes slowplay the nuts based on my opponent.
 
In a tournament near the bubble I had to change tables, one guy was runnin' over people, played about 6 hands in 3-4 orbits, won every one of them, didn't go to show down once, just bet and bet and bet.
 
Eventually I get KJo, raise from the HJ, he calls from button, flop comes JJK.  I know he doesn't have QQ-AA because his style would dictate a raise (and I'm willing to bet my stack and tournament life on it).  I check, he bets a tiny amount, I figure him for the case J, I call.  Turn comes a blank, I check, he bets a bigger amount.  I call.  The river comes a Q, I check, he puts me all-in (ya so what I Johnny Chan'd him...)
 
Aside from these situations, I bet the nuts to protect them, based on what the nuts are and what the board says.
 
I get frisky and raise with 67o on a steal attempt from the CO, get 2 calls, flop 7-high straight on a board with two diamonds?  I bet.
 
I have top set in a four bet pot on a dripping wet board and the pot is almost as big as my stack behind?  I jam.
 
You must assess your hand's vulnerabilities and ask yourself "How do I get the most money out of this situation?"  Obv it's by causing your opponent to make the most expensive mistakes, and if he can't fold down AA on a paired board that hit you big, he's making an expensive mistake and you should play for stakes ASAP.
 
If he gets lucky he gets lucky.  With two aces left to come he's going to win less than 10% of the time if you stack off on the flop.
 
Chalk it up to variance and drive on.
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