Hold'em table

4h5h is a suited connector on the button in a 3-handed pot. Calling 100 to win a 250 pot has good odds and position, so I will see a flop cheaply.

Completing the small blind costs 50 into a 250-chip pot. K2 offsuit is weak, but the price is good enough to see a flop without building a larger pot.

We have a playable suited one-gapper in the big blind and can see a free flop multiway by checking.

King-high has some showdown value, but betting into two opponents on a paired flop is unlikely to get enough better hands to fold.

Holding Jack-high with no made hand in a three-way pot, checking to see a free turn card is standard.

Both opponents checked on a paired, dry board, so a small bet with a gutshot and backdoor flush draw can win the pot now and still has equity if called.

King-deuce high has little chance to improve and is out of position against a bet into two opponents, with the big blind still to act.

I have J-high with no direct draw on a paired flop out of position, making an easy fold against the button's half-pot bet.

A9 suited is a strong button opening hand in three-handed play. A 2.5-big-blind raise builds the pot while keeping the risk modest.

T2o is an unplayable hand from the small blind facing a button open raise.

J9 offsuit in the big blind getting 400 to 150 (about 2.7:1) against a button open in 3-handed play is a fine defend, and it plays reasonably postflop, so I call rather than 3-bet or fold.

Middle pair (jacks) with a backdoor gutshot-ish holding on a Q-J-7 flop, heads-up and out of position against a button raiser; a bet of about 2/3 pot builds the pot with a likely best hand and denies equity.Betting also protects against overcards.

Ace-high has no immediate draw on this board, and calling the flop bet offers too little equity to justify continuing.

On the button in 3-handed play, J9o is well within a standard opening range to steal the blinds or play in position.

Q5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act, so folding is the disciplined choice.

Calling 100 more against a button min-raise offers good pot odds, even with a weak hand. With no rake, defending the big blind is preferable to folding here.

Bottom pair and a gutshot give some showdown value, but the monotone flop makes a lead unattractive out of position.

Check behind with position and a flush draw with the Jack of diamonds to see a free turn card.

With a weak pair and no diamond on a four-diamond board, betting has little value. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess if my opponent bets.

I have a Jack-high flush on a four-flush board. Betting for value against lower flush holdings and pairs.

With no diamond on a four-diamond board, my weak pair has little chance to improve and is often behind a hand betting the turn.

K8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable steal hand with position against two blinds, so a small raise to 3bb applies pressure and can win the pot right away.

4♦2♦ is too weak to defend the small blind against a three-big-blind raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Closing the action with pocket threes getting over 2:1 pot odds against a button open makes calling standard to flop a set.

Check to the preflop raiser with a weak underpair out of position.

Heads-up in position with top pair (king) on a dry Q-9-4 board after the big blind checked. A small value/protection bet of about 60% pot should get called by worse queens, nines and draws while denying equity.

Holding an underpair of threes on a Q-9-4 board with only two outs to improve, calling a c-bet of over half pot is unprofitable.

K7 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, and a 2.5bb raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

A8s is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range; 3-betting from the small blind denies equity, takes the initiative, and protects against the big blind.

QJo out of position facing a button open and a 3-bet from the small blind, needing to call 900 to win 1350 with a raiser still to act behind me. QJo plays poorly against that range, so folding is best.

K7 suited is too weak to defend against this large three-bet without a read. Folding avoids playing a dominated hand in a bloated pot.

A7o is a standard opening hand on the button in 3-handed play. Raising to 2 bb exerts position and initiates the pot.

Pocket fours have good value against a button min-raise, with set-mining odds of about 2.3 to 1 for the call. A 3-bet out of position with a weak pair is less attractive, and folding gives up too much equity.

A6 suited is worth defending against a small raise, especially with the small blind already in. Calling costs just 100 chips and keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Pocket fours on a Jh 3c Kc board is a weak showdown-value hand against two opponents, with two overcards on the board and a flush draw possible. I'm first to act out of position, so checking controls the pot size and avoids bloating it with a marginal hand.

Ace-high with only a backdoor flush draw is too weak to bet into two opponents on this flop. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does.

Multiway pot with Ace-high and backdoor equity; checking behind controls the pot and realizes showdown value.

Pocket fours on a J-3-K-9 board with two overcards-heavy texture is a weak showdown-value hand against two opponents. Both others checked the flop, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river cheaply.

Ace-high has little chance to improve on this board, and bluffing into two opponents with the preflop raiser still to act is unlikely to be profitable.

Check behind on the turn with Ace-high showdown value after everyone checked flop and turn.

Pocket fours are a weak showdown hand on a K-J-9-7-3 board with two opponents who also checked through two streets. A bet would mostly get called by better hands and fold out worse ones, so I check for a cheap showdown.

Ace-high has some showdown value, and a river bluff into two opponents is unlikely to fold out enough better hands.

I have a rivered pair of sevens with an ace kicker, which has decent showdown value after both opponents checked all three streets. A bet will rarely get called by worse, so checking behind is standard.