Hold'em table

Holding 96 offsuit on the button in 3-handed play is outside a standard opening range, making folding the most disciplined and +EV choice.

Heads-up against only the big blind, ace-four offsuit has workable equity, and completing for just 50 is a cheap price to see a flop in position-neutral spot.

Button folded and the small blind only completed, so I raise JTs for value and initiative heads-up rather than checking a strong suited broadway.

A4o is a weak dominated hand facing a 4x raise from the big blind; calling 300 more into a small pot with kicker problems is -EV, so I release and preserve my stack.

Queen-two offsuit is one of the worst starting hands in 3-handed play; calling 1bb or raising just builds a pot I'll be playing out of position with a dominated hand. Folding preserves my 100bb stack for a better spot.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. JTo is strong enough to raise for value and fold equity rather than complete out of position.

AJ suited is well ahead of a wide small blind opening range, and 3-betting to 900 allows us to build the pot with position.

JTo is too weak to continue out of position against a 3-bet after the button folded; calling or 4-betting would be a losing play.

Queen-deuce offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two opponents, so folding preserves chips.

In a blind-versus-blind situation, JTo is well ahead of random hands and plays well as an aggressive open-raise to 3 bb.

Suited king in position getting a cheap call facing a small 3x raise; can flop a flush draw or king and play from there.

As the preflop raiser, the Ace-high board heavily favors my range. A small one-third pot c-bet exerts pressure and denies equity against floats and underpairs, while retaining backdoor equity with gutshot and club draws.

K8 with no pair, no draw beyond a weak king-high on an Ace-high board against a raise-and-cbet line; folding is clearly cheapest.

75 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, even in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up vs the big blind; J6o has enough equity to complete cheaply for 50 rather than fold or bloat the pot with a raise.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to raise, and checking is free with the option already closed by the small blind limp.

I hold J-high with no pair, no draw, and no position on a K-Q-4 board, so betting has no fold equity or value. Checking minimizes losses and lets me fold cheaply if the big blind bets.

Top pair with a weak kicker in a limped pot; a half-pot bet gets value from worse queens and denies free cards to diamond draws after the check.

I hold bare J-high with no draws (no overcards to K-Q) against a half-pot flop bet; calling or bluff-raising into this range loses chips, so folding is the cheapest and highest-EV option.

74o is a weak hand from any position against two players; folding pre-flop is cheapest.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind and I only need 50 more into 150. Ace-deuce offsuit is weak out of position, but the price is good enough to complete rather than fold or inflate the pot.

I have 6d 4h in the big blind facing a complete from the small blind. Taking a free flop in position is standard.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on a paired flop is too weak to bet for value, and a bluff has little fold equity against the big blind. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes equity cheaply.

We flop an open-ended straight draw with position, so checking back to take a free card and realize equity is a sound, low-variance line.

I have the board's two pair with an Ace kicker, which has showdown value but is crushed by any 3, 5, or pocket pair. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes that equity without betting into a range that continues mainly with better hands.

I have an open-ended straight draw with no showdown value, and the small blind has checked twice. A semi-bluff sizing applies pressure to fold out better unpaired high cards while retaining equity if called.

I hold the nut Ace kicker on a double-paired board and only need about 29% equity against this 140 bet. Opponent checked the flop, so the turn stab includes enough bluffs and worse kickers that calling is the right price.

I have two pair on the board with an ace kicker, which has showdown value, but worse hands that only play the board will not call a bet. Checking lets me realize my equity against missed hands.

I hold six-high which plays the board of two pair Fives and Threes with a King kicker. Opponent's turn calling range is heavily weighted towards hands that beat the board (pairs, trips, or Ace-high) or draws that now chop, so bluffing is unlikely to succeed.

83 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in a three-handed game, so folding avoids putting chips in with a dominated hand.

Folding 42o out of position from the small blind as it is too weak to complete or raise.