obviously you dont get these hands very often, you know like 777 to start with, but how long do you slowplay them. anyone have any tips?

I usually wait until 5th street to raise and start playing really aggressively, although it depends mainly on everyones boards.

Check/call until 5th street - then unleash all hell on your opponents.

This should help:

"Bet modestly, Check or Call as necessary, until you're in the high streets (5-7th) where you can drag more money into the pot.

You want to keep as many players in as long as possible because you're probably going to beat them. This is called the "slow play" and is designed to maximize the pot.

At "the turn" (fourth street) you continue to play modestly, keeping the other players in.

Once you hit fifth it's time to make the others pay to stay. If they're still in at the fifth, the chances are that they'll want to see the "river" (seventh street) and won't be scared off by the steeper action you provide.

As ever, watch the opponents cards watching for anything that could honestly threaten your potential win."

I like the "unleash hell" comment by Custom. Bonus points for the Maximus reference.

I think the slow, then FAST advice is good, but it is dependent. If you have five people to 4th street, I might start trying to thin right there (rather than waiting for 5th). Just too many draws out there that can hurt you.

If there are only 2-3 people coming along with you, though, then the slow to 5th, then step on the gas approach is a good one.

Always remember, though, that individual board texture is huge in stud. Once you get to 5th and go hyper on people, you still have to be mindful of what people pick up on 5th and 6th. Unless and until you fill up, your hand is still vulnerable.

I'm not a fan of the rule to always slowplay your rolled trips. (but then, I'm not a fan of a lot of universal rules in 7 stud). Yes, your objective with rolled trips should be to build as big a pot as possible when you have such a substantial starting edge... however, whether slowplaying is the best way to build a large pot depends on the ante structure, the quality of your opponents' play, and what early raises are typically being taken to mean in the game you're playing.

There are a couple of problems with the "always slowplay" rule. The first is that, if you're a good player, it makes it easier for other good players to be on the lookout when you call a completion from a face card or A on 3rd and then check/call up to 5th street and then suddenly raise with a board like x-x-4-9-J (with the 4-9-J rainbow). You might not be able to get those extra bets from smarter opponents. Obviously this isn't a problem with weak opponents... but loose weak opponents are also likely to let you start building that big pot early, so you should take advantage.

Another problem with slow-playing those rolled trips in a multi-way pot is that you might be waiting until you're behind or only slightly ahead to start jamming the pot. Letting too many weak draws in on 3rd and 3 flushes continue on 4th can be costly. Better to have pushed the early edge and have a nice pot to fill up and redraw against a flush or straight than to end up heads up and behind with a small pot.

One should especially be prone to fast play small and mid-trips early, since it's much easier for them to be drawn out on.

I play small trips fast if it's a multiway field. I want to get it as small as possible as soon as possible. Large trips I'll play the same way. People will expect a K to play fast and loose; they'll think you're semi-bluffing, or just have split Kings. The only time I'll slowplay is when it's short-handed (two or three to fourth) and they have relatively safe boards. Like all slowplays, you want people to catch good hands, not better hands.

THe fact is, when you get a rolled up hand, you will win by the end almost 95% of the time, so you want to maximize what you get off the hand. HOw soon I start going nuts with it all depends on my opponents boards and how likely they are to respond to a raise and a reraise. I had rolled up tens, quaded up on 6th, and the guy was pretty insistent on playing his bad flush real hard against me, so I was able to get in a lot of bets on 4th-river, it was a fun pot for me

Yeah i agree with kdawg here, like all stud, much of what i do depends largely on the strength ot the opponent's board and my assesment of their hole cards. You can't really say anything universally based solely on your own hand.