Hold'em table

T9 suited is a solid button opening hand in a three-handed game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds for value and initiative.

Holding 8h 4d, a very weak hand with poor connectivity and low value, is not worth calling a 2.5x raise from the button. Folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

Three-handed, the button's 2.5bb open is wide, and A7o has enough equity and pot odds to defend the big blind rather than fold or inflate the pot out of position.

I have middle pair with an ace kicker on a queen-jack flop, out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking controls the pot and lets me see how they continue before committing more chips.

I have an open-ended straight draw with eight clean-looking outs, so a modest bet can win the pot immediately or build it when called. As the preflop raiser in position, I can apply pressure after the big blind checks.

I have bottom pair plus an overcard and a backdoor nut flush draw, and the 250 call into an 800 pot only needs about 24% equity. That is enough to continue against a standard c-bet rather than fold or raise out of position.

I have a pair of sevens plus the nut flush draw, so I bet the turn for value and protection while building the pot with strong equity.

I have a strong combo draw with both a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw, giving enough equity to continue against this bet. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving my drawing equity.

I have the nut flush with Ah on a three-heart board, so I bet about three-quarters pot for value against worse flushes, two pair, and strong made hands that can call.

T-high has no meaningful showdown value, and the river completes the heart flush. The large bet after the turn raise makes calling an unattractive bluff-catch.

Holding 4d6h offsuit is a very weak hand with poor playability and equity. Facing a big blind bet, folding is the most profitable long-term decision to avoid playing out of position with a dominated hand.

Button folded, so this is blind versus blind and K3o has enough equity to complete for 50 into 150. I will play fit-or-fold out of position rather than inflate the pot with a weak offsuit hand.

With 3-4 offsuit and no additional cost to continue, check and see the flop rather than inflate the pot.

King-high with no pair or draw on an ace-queen flop has little equity, so checking for a free card is better than bluffing into the big blind.

I have no made hand and only a remote runner-runner straight draw, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the checked pot.

I have only king-high plus a weak one-card flush draw, so with no bet facing me I check and take the free river rather than inflate the pot.

I have a flush draw and a gutshot, plus the checked-through flop and turn make a small semi-bluff worthwhile. A 100-chip bet pressures weak hands while keeping the cost manageable if called.

I have only king-high and the lowest possible spade flush draw, so even a made flush is often dominated. The half-pot price is not good enough to continue.

A2s is playable from the button in three-handed poker, so I open to 2.5bb to take the initiative and fold out weaker hands.

Q9 offsuit is a reasonable defend against a button open in a three-handed game, and calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving decent equity.

Holding 7c3s offsuit is a very weak hand. Facing a raise and a call, the pot odds do not justify continuing with such poor equity against two opponents.

I have only queen-high with no immediate straight or flush draw, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the next card without investing more.

As the preflop raiser I c-bet one-third pot on a checked J-high flop; Ace-high has little showdown value, so a small bet can fold out weaker hands and I can give up if raised.

The small bet gives favorable pot odds, and Q-high has useful backdoor flush and straight possibilities plus potential overcard outs. Calling is preferable to raising with a marginal hand. }

I have only a gutshot straight draw and queen-high on a king-high board, so checking avoids inflating the pot while preserving my chance to improve on the river.

Ace-high has some showdown value but no pair or draw, and seat_1 has called my flop bet, so checking back the turn avoids bloating the pot with a weak hand.

With queen-high, checking preserves showdown value against missed hands that I already beat. A river bet is unlikely to fold better hands often enough to justify turning this into a bluff.

I have a weak pair of deuces with an ace kicker on a king-jack board. Checking realizes my limited showdown value, since a bet mostly folds worse hands and gets called by better ones.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to open from the button; a modest raise applies pressure while keeping weaker hands in the range.

My hand (6c, 4s) is extremely weak and unsuited. Facing a raise from the button, calling 200 more chips to see a flop with such poor equity is not profitable.

J2o is too weak to continue against a button open after the small blind folds, so folding the big blind is the highest-EV option.

87s is a speculative hand with decent playability. With no raise to face, calling the big blind is the standard play to see a flop cheaply and realize equity.

9-3 offsuit is too weak to complete from the small blind into a multiway pot, especially out of position with only 50 already invested.

With 7♠2♠, checking the big blind takes the free flop without building a pot with a weak hand.

I have a flush draw and can apply some pressure to the button’s limp; a modest bet gives me fold equity while keeping the pot manageable.

I have 8-7 offsuit with no pair, no flush draw, and no straight draw on a board of J-A-4. Facing a bet from the big blind, my hand has virtually no equity against their likely range, so folding is the correct play.

ATo is a clear button open in three-handed play; a 3bb raise builds the pot and applies pressure to the blinds.

KJo is strong enough to defend in a three-handed game, and calling keeps dominated hands in the raiser's range without inflating the pot out of position.

Q3c is a weak hand facing a 3x raise and a call from the small blind. The pot odds are poor for a speculative hand with low equity against multiple opponents, so folding preserves chips.

KJ has no made hand and only a remote backdoor straight draw on this ace-high flop. Check and avoid building a pot with little equity.

I have top pair with a ten kicker on a dry ace-high flop and the small blind checked. A small value bet builds the pot while keeping worse aces and draws in.

K-high has no pair or immediate draw on this ace-high board, and calling the small bet would leave little reliable equity against the button’s range.