Thought process during a hand (basic flowchart):

[runout_mick]

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Example (assume 100bb stacks): you raise (4bb) in late position with KJo. The bb calls (9bb pot). The flop comes J86 rainbow. The bb bets 7bb into you. You should probably call. If you raised the pot (23bb) you would need to raise his bet to 30bb which, assuming he called would leave you with 64bb remaining in a 68bb pot. This is a good situation to be in if you want to get it all in on the turn (as he is better than 2-1 and it will be hard to fold), but not a good situation when you have a hand like TPGK and your opponent called a pot sized raise on the flop (unless he is a total station or you are a total maniac - giving him justification to call with something that KJ beats).


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I'd agree if this wasn't geared towards micros, with the beginner in mind. Even in the example you provide I'd advocate a raise. When players are first starting out I think that keeping decisions as easy as possible is paramount until they have enough experience to start making better decisions.

In your example, if we raise, many worse hands will still call 77, 9Q, TJ, etc. (this is the micros) and nearly all hands better than ours will shut down, call, and check to us on the turn (giving us our opportunity to check behind, kind of a delayed pot control). If we get reraised, or he donk-bets us again on the turn we can quite confidently fold, micro players are not known for their unbridled aggression.