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You should know your opponents somewhat. Does it look like he's made a difficult fold in the past half hour? If so then it's a bet. If he's been calling with any pair...

There are metagame considerations here too. If fish has a large br in front of him then lean towards betting

Your position is important in 3rd level thinking which makes betting less attractive in this case. But if you were UTG with a Queen high hand then betting is a good idea.

And your hand is important. Having the nut high card on a draw heavy board is nice. If you had T9 instead of Q5 then betting is probably a must.


The quizzes and hand examples should get you thinking rather than teach you to play by rote.