I focus on making good pre-flop and flop decisions, to make my opponents make bad ones.
This includes denying them proper draw odds on the flop, attempting to have position on my opponents (so I can check back the turn then call the river bet)
IF your raised you need a solid opponent read if he's representing the flush or he has it. Do you bet your draws or check call them? If you don't bet them an opponent can quickly pick that up, know since you bet you arent on a draw, and thus use that completed draw to scare you. Has this opponent been betting often or has he been quiet? Was there a raise preflop? Does the completed straight draw make sense? Does your opponent chase?
In general AA is basically TPTK -- so don't play it that much stronger than you would TPTK to a scary board -- it's only a pair.
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"Most of the money you'll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents."
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