When you draw a winning hand against a poker table full of aggressive opponents, you’re in luck, because you’re starting at a bunch of players who are going to be happy to donate to your pot. I’ve got a weekly poker game that’s generally populated with some pretty aggressive players; they’re always happy to buy up a pot as soon as they smell weakness, so I usually don’t have to think twice when I draw a winning hand.

If you’ve got the nuts and you’re at a particularly aggressive poker table, you probably don’t have to worry about whether or not they’ll be betting, all you need to consider is how you can encourage them to bet. Think about how you’ve been playing: if you’ve been playing tight, continue to do so even when you’re winning. A check will show weakness to your opponents, encouraging them to bet into you. If you’ve been caught trying to bluff a few times, your opponents may be likely to smell a bluff and call you (or if you’re lucky, reraise you). Once you know how to get your opponents to join in with you, try to keep them betting until you’ve got them pot-commited, then push them all in and try not to grin too much when you rake in their stacks.