Hold'em table

75 offsuit is a weak button hand with limited playability against two opponents. Folding avoids investing chips with a marginal holding.

Holding premium suited broadway cards in the small blind blind-vs-blind, opening to 3x for value.

7-3 offsuit is the worst starting hand, and calling 200 more out of position against a raise to 300 isn't profitable, so I fold.

T8s is a strong suited one-gapper well within the standard button opening range in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds.

A5-type hand: Ah3s is a decent suited-less ace in a 3-handed pot; calling 200 more to see a flop against a button open with a BB still to act is reasonable, and a 3-bet bluff is unnecessary.</br>

6-4 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a raise and a call. The favorable pot odds do not make up for its weak equity realization.

Nut flush draw plus an ace-high overcard and a backdoor wheel draw. I'm out of position heads-up, so a small bet of about half the pot builds the pot and takes the initiative. I have plenty of equity if called or raised.

We hold middle pair with position and receive 3:1 pot odds against a half-pot donk bet, making a call standard against a range that includes bluffs and draws.

Ace-high with a nut flush draw is not possible here (only Ah on a two-heart board), but I hold a backdoor-type hand with a gutshot to Broadway (A-K-Q-T needs a J). With a gutshot plus ace-high, I prefer to check and realize equity against the button, who called the flop and acts last.

We hold third pair on a very coordinated board with no high straight or flush draws. Checking behind controls the pot and takes a free card.

Ace-high with a backdoor nut-flush miss has little showdown value against a caller who checked the turn, and it is too weak to bet for value.

I hold a pair of tens on a coordinated board where any Jack makes a straight. Since seat 3 checked both turn and river, checking behind allows me to realize my showdown value against missed flush draws without risking chips against better pairs or straights.

J7 offsuit is a weak hand; even on the button in a 3-handed game it is a marginal hand that plays poorly out of position postflop against two opponents, so folding is the low-risk choice.

With 8-7 offsuit in the small blind, calling 50 more is a low-cost way to see a flop heads-up without building a large pot out of position.

I have a weak offsuit holding in the big blind facing a small blind limp, so checking to see a free flop is standard.

Top pair is likely ahead in a heads-up limped pot. A modest bet gets value from weaker hands and charges heart draws and overcards.

I have an open-ended straight draw with position on the small blind, getting great implied odds to float the flop bet.

The queen is an overcard to my middle pair, and the flop caller can have stronger hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me evaluate their turn action.

I have an open-ended straight draw in position; taking a free card on the turn realizes my equity cleanly against seat 1's check.

My pair of eights has showdown value, but the queen and paired deuce make a thin value bet uncertain. Checking also gives missed draws a chance to bluff.

We hold no showdown value with a missed straight draw playing the board pair of deuces with a five kicker, so betting gives us fold equity against better unpaired hands and weak holdings that checked twice.

Middle pair has enough showdown value to call this river bet, especially with missed draws and bluffs in the big blind’s range. Raising would risk too much against stronger hands.

On the button, 9-7 offsuit is a marginal but playable open in a three-handed game. A small raise takes advantage of position without risking much.

Holding 72 offsuit in the small blind facing an open raise is an easy and standard fold.

Getting 3:1 pot odds (125 to win 375) in the big blind against a button open. T7o is marginal but has enough equity and position-independent odds to defend, so I'll call rather than bloat the pot out of position.

Heads-up on a paired 8-6-8 board, I have a pair of sevens' worth of showdown value plus a backdoor straight draw (T-7 with 6-8). Out of position against a button raiser, a small value/protection bet of 300 into 500 gets worse hands like 9x, 5x, and overcards to fold or pay.}

An open-ended straight draw has enough equity to call this bet, and position lets me reassess on the turn without inflating the pot on a paired board.

Board is 8s 6s 8h 8d and I hold Td 7s, so I have 8s full of... no, only trip eights with a T kicker; the 7 pairs nothing. Villain called preflop and flop and may hold an 8 or a strong pocket pair, so I check to control the pot rather than bloat it with a marginal hand.

My nine-high trips are often behind on this board, but I have straight draws and position. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see the river.

Board 8s 6s 8h 8d 5d gives me 8-8-8 with a T and 7 kicker, so I have trips. The 7 also makes a 5-6-7-8 straight draw, but the board pair matters little. Villain checked back the turn, so their range is capped. A half-pot value bet should get called by worse 8s, pairs, and draws.

The straight beats trips and missed draws, and the 550-chip bet gives favorable pot odds. Raising would risk more against full houses or quads.

KQ suited is a strong holding on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5x BB for value and to gain initiative with position.

Pocket threes have good set-mining value at 200 to call into a 400 pot against a button open, though a big blind is still to act behind. Calling is preferable to a marginal 3-bet out of position.

Calling 150 into a 600-chip pot gives Q6o a reasonable price to see the flop, though I’ll play cautiously out of position against two opponents.

Pocket threes on a 6-9-T two-tone board is a weak showdown-value hand against two opponents, and I'm first to act out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against ranges that connect with this board.

Bottom pair without a diamond is too weak to value-bet into two opponents on a monotone flop. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me evaluate the button’s action.

On a very wet, monotone flop multiway with only overcards and an unsuited gutshot, checking back to see a free turn card in position is preferred.

Pocket threes on a 6-9-T-2 board with three diamonds is a weak showdown-value hand. Everyone checked the flop, so a bet would mostly get called or raised by better hands and folds out only worse ones. Checking keeps the pot small and gives a chance to see the river cheaply.

With bottom pair and no diamond on a four-diamond board, I have little value to bet and can see whether the button bets.

With four diamonds on the board and no diamond in hand multiway, bluffing is too risky; checking back allows us to see a free river.

Pocket threes on a 6-9-T-2-8 board with four diamonds and a straight possibility is only a weak showdown hand, and both opponents checked twice. Betting would mostly get called by better hands, so I check to see a free showdown.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but no diamond on this four-diamond board. Checking avoids risking chips on a bluff into two opponents.

With four diamonds on board in a multiway pot, the probability that at least one opponent holds a diamond or straight is too high for a profitable river bluff.

K8s on the button in a 3-handed pot is a playable hand, and calling 100 to win a 250 pot gives a good price. A raise adds variance without much edge, so I'll call and see a flop.

Completing costs 50 into a 250-chip pot. Despite the weak offsuit hand and poor position, the price is good enough to see a flop.

I am in the big blind with J6 offsuit facing two limps; checking to see a free flop is the standard and most profitable play.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker is not strong enough to bet into two opponents; checking keeps the pot small.

I have J-high with very little showdown value or draw potential in a multiway limped pot. Checking is standard to see the turn for free.

On the button with a backdoor flush draw and king-high on a Q-T-5 board, both opponents checked. A small bet of about half the pot can take the pot now or pick up equity with overcards and backdoor outs.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker and no meaningful draw is unlikely to realize enough equity against a bet into two players, especially with the big blind still to act.

I hold only Jack-high with weak drawing potential on a Q-T-5 board, making this an easy fold against the button bet.