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Hand 1: Since the flop missed you, and you're OOP, you should pretty much consider yourself done with the hand. Try to check it down and see a showdown (assuming the rest of the cards don't help you either). Also, its only considered c-betting if you are the preflop raiser. When you raise preflop and then bet out on the flop, that is a c-bet. It's a continuation of the strength you showed preflop. Since you just called preflop, you don't really have that option. This is why it is generally better to be the aggressor preflop, because you can win pots even if you don't make a hand on the flop. If you feel comfortable doing so, try mixing your play up by re-raising a cutoff or button raiser when you have a hand like AQ.

Hand 2: Basically the same thing as hand one. You flopped middle pair, but you're likely behind and you're OOP. Either check this one down. You could try betting out on the flop, since the board paired it's less likely that one of your opponents has an ace. But if you're met with resistance, you should be done with the hand.

The first two hands definitely illustrate why its hard to play when you are OOP and when you aren't the preflop aggressor. This isn't to say that you should NEVER play from the blinds or that you should NEVER flat call, but just recognize that you are in a weaker spot, and you should be more apt to fold if you don't connect with the flop strongly.

Hand 3: AQ is generally not strong enough to play OOP against a relatively large re-raise. There are some exceptions to this, like if you have a read that your opponent is re-raising with a wide range, or if the re-raise is small enough where you can see the flop for just a couple more cents. But generally, AQ doesn't play that well OOP against a strong reraise.

Hand 4: When you call with a small pocket pair, you are looking to flop a set. If you don't flop a set, you should lean heavily toward being done with the hand most of the time. Although, I don't mind floating sometimes like you did on the flop if you feel that your opponent is continuation betting a lot of hands