I have some tips for you, concerning situations where there isn’t much way out there on the board,this tipps is from world best poker players :
1. There’s a minraise preflop in front of you and you call with a (small) suited ace. On the flop you hit your kicker on a flop filled with rags. If the preflop raiser makes a continuation bet on this board, you should make a small raise here. If the turn comes another blank you should bet big here. Probably you’ll take the pot right here, but there is a good chance that your opponent is holding a mediocre pocket pair here when he flatcalls you. That’s why it’s so important in this spot to bet the river (by another likely to be blank). You don’t want to check here because you’re kinda scared and lose against such a pocket pair.
2. Pocket jacks: always a difficult hand to play, ask Norman Chad about it. If there’s a preflop (big) raise and call in front you, I think you can still call with this hand, but I think raising isn’t a good play in this case (in a deepstack game). Of course you can hit your jack on the flop, but also if the flop comes low cards, it’s a good play to shove there: you can also represent a loose preflop call (depending on your image) and your opponent with a better overpair is most likely not willing to play for whole his stack with just a pair. So early position can be an advantage in this case.
3. It’s an unraised pot and you happen to have flopped top pair (top kicker) on, again, a flop full of rags. One of the blinds leads out with a small bet. This can be another good moment for a minraise: this way you’ll acquire information about the strength of your opponent’s hand and they will be suspicious about your hand.
