Hold'em table

J9o is playable as an open from the button in 3-handed play with no rake; opening to a standard min-raise.

Q4o is dominated trash facing a 2x raise from the button; calling 150 more to chase a weak queen just burns chips. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

The button’s minimum raise gives me favorable pot odds from the big blind, so I’ll defend this hand rather than fold.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on a king-high flop, so I’ll take the free option and avoid building the pot.

C-betting 1/3 pot in position with a gutshot straight draw on a board that heavily favors our preflop raising range.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this flop, and calling the bet would be an unprofitable chase.

A9o is well above the opening threshold on the button in a 3-handed game, so I raise for value and position, targeting a standard 3x open to build the pot while keeping the blinds under pressure.

7♦3♣ is a very weak offsuit hand, and calling a 3x button raise from the small blind would put me out of position with poor equity.

64o is too weak to defend out of position against a 3bb button open.

On the button, calling the big blind is inexpensive and keeps a weak hand in position; raising would build a pot with poor equity.

T5o is too weak to complete the small blind out of position against a limper.

I'm in the big blind with 62o facing just a limper, so I get a free flop with no further investment. Folding surrenders my blind equity, and raising such a weak hand has poor equity and playability against a caller's range.

I hold 6c2h on a Js-high paired flop with no draw; checking is the clear low-risk play and I can fold to pressure.

I have trips and should get value from weaker pairs while charging heart draws. A modest bet also limits exposure to the rare opponent holding the last jack with a better kicker.

I hold 6-high on a J-J-6 board with no draw; any pair beats me, so folding to the flop bet is clearly best.

42o is far too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Heads-up against only the big blind, J9o has solid equity and calling 50 is cheap, but a min-raise adds fold equity and initiative while keeping risk minimal.

Calling 100 gives favorable pot odds, and 8-7 offsuit has enough playability to defend the big blind heads-up. I’ll avoid inflating the pot with a raise.}

As the preflop raiser on a Q-high flop, I have strong range advantage and the BB's check is capped; a ~65% pot c-bet should fold out their wide check range often enough to be profitable even though my actual equity is weak.

Middle pair has enough equity to continue against a modest flop bet, especially heads-up. Calling keeps weaker bluffs and draws in while avoiding a risky raise with a marginal hand.

With only a weak pair of sevens on a queen-high board, betting is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll take the free showdown card and control the pot.

My 9s-Jd only plays the board's pair of queens with a J kicker, which loses to any queen, any pocket pair, or any better kicker. With no fold equity worth pursuing against a flop caller on this paired board, checking and giving up is clearly best.

I have modest showdown value with queens and sevens, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands and risks value-owning myself against better pairs.

Nine-six offsuit is too weak even for a cheap button call three-handed; its equity is below the pot odds needed and it flops poorly out of position postflop. Folding preserves the 1bb for better spots.

Calling 50 chips into a pot that will be 200 gives favorable odds with T5 offsuit heads-up; raising would add risk with a weak hand out of position.

Holding an unsuited weak hand 83o in the big blind facing a limp from the small blind, taking the free flop is the standard and highest EV play.

I have a modest pair on a connected flop, so checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me respond to the big blind’s action.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a wet board; checking behind controls the pot and takes a free card.

I have a weak top pair on a board where the flush is already possible, so betting risks building the pot against stronger hands. I’ll check and keep the pot small.

I have third pair with no diamond draw on a wet board; checking behind controls the pot and realizes showdown value.

I have only a pair of tens on a four-diamond board, with no diamond to improve or block a flush. I’ll take the showdown rather than bluff into a board that strongly favors flushes and straights.

I have a pair of eights which has some showdown value against non-diamond missed overcards, and bluffing without a diamond blocker is unnecessary in a checked-down limped pot.

J5 offsuit is a marginal but playable button hand in a three-handed game. Raising applies pressure to the blinds and lets me take the initiative.

A4o performs poorly out of position facing a button open, with the big blind yet to act.

Nine-six offsuit is dominated too often and plays poorly out of position against a button raise; the thin pot odds don't compensate for bad postflop realization, so folding is cleanest.