Hold'em table

Q8o is near the bottom of the button opening range in 3-handed play; folding avoids playing a dominated offsuit hand out of the blinds' re-raise range.

Button folded and AJo is ahead of the big blind's range, so I raise to 300 to take the initiative and build the pot.

T6o out of position against a 3x raise lacks the equity and playability to call 200 more; folding is the clean, low-EV-loss option.

Q7 offsuit is too weak and disconnected to open from the button for value or as a profitable steal, so I fold and wait for a better hand.

Q6 offsuit is a weak hand from the small blind facing a 50-call against the big blind; folding is the highest-EV play.

On the button three-handed, Q6o is near the bottom of a wide opening range, and a small raise leverages position to win the blinds or play a pot in control postflop.

With 76s in the small blind getting 2:1 pot odds and zero rake, calling is profitable against a wide button opening range.

62 offsuit is too weak to continue multiway against a button raise and a small-blind call, even with a cheap price. Folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

Checking OOP on a high broadway board that strongly favors the preflop raiser's range, especially holding no direct equity.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a coordinated T-J-Q board full of made straights (K9, 89, AK) and two-pair combos. Checking back in position controls the pot and preserves my showdown value instead of betting into a checking range that often has me dominated.

I paired my six on the turn, but the board is extremely connected with broadway cards, making checking the best line.

I flopped top two pair (queens and sixes) and villain has shown only passivity with two checks, so their range is capped at one-pair/draw hands. Betting ~2/3 pot extracts value from Qx/Jx and charges gutshot draws like K9/98/AK-type hands.

Bottom pair of sixes with a weak kicker on a heavy broadway board (T-J-Q-6) offers almost no showdown value and minimal clean outs against a 2/3 pot turn bet.

T2s is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. 98o is playable enough to complete for 50 more at 3:1 rather than fold or inflate the pot out of position.

To-call is zero, so I get a free flop with a small pocket pair and strong set-mining odds. Raising risks bloating the pot out of position for marginal value.

I have middle pair with a weak kicker on a king-jack board, so checking controls the pot out of position.

My pocket deuces are the lowest pair on a J-high board, so betting has little value or fold equity against a limper who checked. Taking a free card to try to hit a two-outer for trips is the best line.

Pair of eights is showdown value but too thin to bet out of position into a king-jack board; checking keeps the pot small and realizes equity.

Pocket deuces on J-8-K-4 with no betting anywhere; I have almost no showdown value and only 5 outs to improve, so I take the free river rather than bluff into two unseen hands.

I have a weak pair of eights with a nine kicker on a king-jack board, so a bet is unlikely to get called by worse. Checking realizes my showdown value cheaply.

I flopped a set of deuces and it checked to me on the river; a small value bet can get a crying call from worse jacks or kings, and I can still fold cheaply if a slowplayed set or flush check-raises.

Middle pair with a weak kicker is too thin to call a river bet after a passive line; too many kings and jacks beat me for the price.

T4o is too weak to call or open from the button in a three-handed pot, so folding avoids putting chips in with a dominated, disconnected hand.

Holding T2o out of position against the big blind is an easy fold even with only 50 chips to complete.