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Your slim chances of improving make this a bet. Anyone you're ahead of except a smaller pocket pair has more outs to improve than you do, so you should be betting this when checked to you in the second situation. Remember: they can't fold if you don't bet.

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Whith less ways of improving you should be more inclined to check.

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Why?

You have a good chance of having the best hand (only one player behind you to hold a jack), the only draws on this flop are gutshots or backdoors, and you certainly don't want an overcard to your 8s getting a free card.