Hold'em table

AKs is a premium hand in the small blind against the big blind alone. Raising to 3bb builds the pot while in a strong range position.

7-3 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a small-blind raise, even with the attractive price heads-up.

T8 suited is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds while keeping position.

A3 offsuit has sufficient equity to defend the small blind against a small button open at this price.

64o is a weak hand out of position against a raise and a call, and the multiway pot makes postflop play difficult despite the decent pot odds. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Checking preserves flexibility with the nut-heart draw and some ace-high showdown value while allowing the preflop raiser to c-bet.

Small c-bet in position with middle pair as the preflop raiser: it gets thin value and protection against overcards and heart draws while keeping the pot manageable.

I have the nut-heart draw with ace overcard potential and excellent price versus the small continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while preserving implied odds.

I have the nut-heart draw plus a gutshot to Broadway, giving strong equity if called. A turn semi-bluff can also fold out weaker queens, tens, and missed draws.

Third pair with a weak kicker on a K-Q-T board, facing a turn lead from a player who check-called the flop, is usually behind Kx, Qx and strong draws. We have only about 5 outs, and the price does not justify continuing.

J7 offsuit is a weak button open at this stack depth, and folding avoids entering marginal multiway pots.

Calling the extra 50 with a speculative 7-8 offsuit is cheap, and I keep position on the big blind postflop. Folding is too weak for one small bet, while raising risks bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

53o is weak even against a small-blind limp, so I'll take the free flop and play in position postflop.

I flopped top pair and want to charge draws while taking down the pot. A 200-chip bet protects my hand and builds value.

I have an open-ended straight draw (an ace or 6 completes it) plus a backdoor flush draw against a wide limped range. Check-raising as a semi-bluff adds fold equity on top of solid draw equity.

I have top pair with a backdoor flush draw and the pot is offering good odds, so calling the raise is reasonable. Folding seems too weak given the price, while raising risks against a stronger made hand.

I have a pair of eights but the turn queen is a bad card for my hand and my opponent showed strength on the flop, so I'll check to control the pot and see what he does.

With an open-ended straight draw (8 outs) and a flop check-raise, continuing aggression after the opponent's turn check is a strong semi-bluff. It combines fold equity with solid equity when called.

On the button with a marginal hand, I raise to 3bb to try to take the blinds preflop while keeping the initiative and position postflop.

72o is the worst hand in the small blind facing a button open to 3bb with the big blind still to act, so folding is clearly best.

T7 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button 3x open from the big blind at this stack depth.

KQs on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb for value and to take position.

Calling with a pocket pair is preferable to folding at this small raise size, and it keeps weaker hands and implied-odds opportunities in.

I’m getting 4:1 pot odds to call only 150 more in the big blind, so I can see a flop with a weak but playable hand. Folding would be too tight given the price.

With a weak underpair on a coordinated monotone flop in a multiway pot, checking is the prudent option to control the pot and reassess versus action.

I have bottom pair on a monotone diamond board, which is often dominated or already beaten by a flush. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn cheaply.

KhQh has no diamond, and this monotone board hits both callers' ranges hard. Betting multiway gets called mostly by better hands, while checking gives a free card to hit a straight with a J (one of them makes the nuts), plus king or queen overcard outs.

A small turn stab can fold out many one-pair and unpaired hands that checked the flop, while representing a diamond strongly on the fourth diamond. Pocket threes have limited showdown value if either opponent holds a diamond.

With four diamonds on board and none in my hand, I have only king-high, and even a jack for the straight loses to any diamond. The bet is small, but my hand has too little equity to continue.

Button K-suited eight is strong enough to open in a three-handed game. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure while retaining positional flexibility.

Weak offsuit hand out of position facing a raise; calling offers poor implied odds and the big blind still acts behind.

Getting about 3.7:1 in the big blind against a wide button open, J6o is a standard defend by calling.

Holding a weak gutshot (J6 on Q-T-5, needs a K) out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking is the standard play. I'll consider calling a small c-bet given the draw and pot odds.

With king-high and a backdoor spade draw on this dry paired-opponent range board, checking back preserves equity and avoids facing a check-raise.

I have an open-ended straight draw (any K or 8), and the button showed weakness by checking back the flop. A roughly 2/3-pot semi-bluff can win the pot now and still has equity when called.

With only a gutshot to a king-high straight and no meaningful flush draw, calling this sizable turn lead is too thin. Folding preserves chips against a range that contains many made pairs and strong draws.