You just call in this spot because your hand is so big that you shouldn’t raise and blow your opponents off of their hands. If you do raise they will fold their hands a ton of the time, and the only time they will call or go all-in is when you are beat. If they bet the flop then they will certainly bet the turn as well. There are very few bad cards that can hit the turn where you would be behind, but slow playing your hand for one street is best in this spot. You can always move your stack in on the turn to a bigger bet.

If you have been 3 betting consistently and the player’s at the table know that, you want to extract value from them. Seat 6 could have anything, but seat 8 most certainly has a weak hand, but will call a smaller raise. By raising to $75-$100, you may price out seat 6 which has the better hand and get action from seat 8 which has the worse hand; an ideal scenario. If a low card flop comes out, you can win a big pot.

You call in this spot simply because you have position as well as a very makeable hand that you could potentially double up with. When playing 1/2 NL live cash games, you have to play a lot of pots smaller pre-flop and look to make hands on the flop as opposed to stealing pots before the flop.

You fold in this spot because it is too much to risk for such a small pot. If you call and miss your set on the flop, you have no clue what your opponent has if they bet and if you raise over the top you will only get called by better hands. You don’t gain value by calling or raising; folding is best.

You should always raise as opposed to call in this spot because you want to find out what type of hand the super aggressive player has. AQ is a tricky hand to play post flop as well if you just call; folding is never an option here since you have position post flop. If you miss the flop when just calling, then you don’t know what to do, and will probably just fold to any bet, so you should raise and see where you are at in the hand.

Betting half the pot will gather you some information about what your opponents have. If you check you could potentially see a bad turn card, and may even be forced to fold later in the hand. Leading out for a huge bet isn’t ideal because if someone makes a huge raise, you really are stuck even though you flopped a set. Betting half the pot will gather information and allow you to build up a nice pot.

In this spot it doesn’t make sense to fold and it doesn’t make sense to raise. It only makes sense to call because if you raise to $8 and get re-raised in a 10 handed game, you are building up a big pot, and are out of position with a weak hand. Also, if you don’t hit the flop after calling a 3 bet you are bleeding money.

This is a great spot and one to get excited about, but if the player has been barreling their stack off with weak hands, and they fold to 3 bets, then the only reasonable thing to do pre-flop is call and let them build the pot for you; disguise your hand. All the money could easily go in on the flop or turn with you way ahead even if you don’t 3 bet with AA pre-flop because this player if they catch the flop will often push it in.

In this spot you can just call and see the flop because you are very deep stacked for a 1/2 NL game and if you make a big hand you can win a monster pot. Also, you have position on the 3 bettor and can look to out play them if you don’t make a big hand. It is a great spot to take a shot to hit a hand.

If the big blind was to fold then you should fold as well, but since the big blind called, you should call because you are getting the correct odds to make your hand. Flopping an ace can be a bad situation, so, post flop you may only call a flop bet then fold to a turn bet, but it is a nice spot to just call and see what the flop brings.

Calling is the best play here because you will be out of the position throughout the hand and shouldn’t build up a big pot without a big hand at these types of tables. KQ suited has enough value to limp in pre-flop and call a raise to see the flop.

At a table like this, you cannot rely on other players to bet your hands for you. You have to lead out at the flop and hope your opponent has AK or AQ and will make a big raise on the flop. If you check and call, you are only getting one street of value on the flop if your opponent doesn’t have an ace and they might even check the flop as well. If you want to check raise, this could be a good play, but it tells your opponent that you have 2 pair or a set.

Even though you have the 2nd nuts in the hand besides a straight flush, you still want to bet because all two pair hands will call, lower flushes will call, as well as a straight will call. All of those hands might even raise back at you. You get a lot of value from leading out in this spot and you will lose value if you check most of the time.

In this spot you shouldn’t just call because scare cards can hit the river and your opponent could possibly make a big bet to win the hand on the river. You don’t want to raise all-in because all seat 3 can call with is J10 making a straight or if they have a set they can call as well. Your raise should be to $300-$350 to put pressure on your opponent, but give them some room as well to bluff again if they want to. Also, after your turn raise, you will know exactly what type of hand your opponent has.

You bet again when you make your hand because it disguises your straight, and doesn’t allow your opponent to peel off a free card to beat you. Your opponent puts you on either top pair, A9 or some type of two pair hand. They will almost always call another street if they are still drawing and if a low card hits the river like a 2 or a 3, you can then get value from checking raising the river.