[u] is there reason to hold a little back for fold equity on a missed flop for Ax against a made hand?[/u]

If I call the raise , the flop comes blanks. I bet my $5,000. AJ might fold. In this senario it is right to All-in. But what about the concept of saving your chips with a made hand to gain fold equity after a xxx flop?

if you just call, the post is 15k on the flop and your 5k bet gives him 4:1 on his money. I don't see him folding there either. If you had more, like at least 10k, then you can try a stop and go but with KK with chip stacks like that, i push no question. Can you really fold a flop of Axx from 5k into a 20k pot? He could have QQ-22 or something and not hit the ace and you are a big favorite. All the money is going in, nothing to be done I think.

Have no choice but to push. You have some fold equity but who cares? Even if he calls with Ax you are getting it in as a solid favorite. Calling is criminal because you could let the ep limper/bb in as well and you don't want the pot to be multiway. Plus you won't be able to make anyone fold on the flop no matter what hits. You need to isolate and hope your hand holds up.

Don't let the results cloud your decision making process.

If you would like to increase your fold equity, show your KK and push in. He might be able to "get away from it" at that point.

Hmm... He only folds there with an obvious steal hand. No way anyone folds AJ to a minimum raise all in.