Hold'em table

Queen-five offsuit is too weak to call or raise from the button with two players behind and 100bb stacks; folding is the profitable line.

With 6♥4♥, calling 50 more closes the action and offers favorable pot odds in a heads-up pot. Raising would risk more with a weak, speculative hand.

Holding 98o in the big blind facing a small blind limp, taking the free flop in position is standard.

I have a weak bottom pair with a backdoor heart draw, so checking keeps the pot small and preserves showdown value.

Check behind with second pair to control the pot size and see the turn in position.

I have trips and should value-bet while charging spade draws and weaker made hands. A modest bet can still get calls from Jx or 8x after the flop checked through.

I have two pair (Eights and Fours) with a Jack kicker in a limped blind-versus-blind pot; getting better than 2.6 to 1 pot odds, calling this turn probe bet is standard.

The river completes a possible spade flush, so I’m keeping the value bet small. Trips can still get called by weaker pairs, while a check would give up that value.

Opponent bet only 100 into a 450 pot on the river. Getting better than 5.5 to 1 pot odds, calling with two pair (eights and fours) is clearly profitable.

6♣2♣ is too weak to continue from the button facing the big blind; its equity does not justify calling 100 chips, and raising is an unattractive bluff here.

Folding J7o in the small blind against the big blind as it is too weak to profitably open or complete.

Holding AcQc on the button in 3-handed play is a premium holding, so I make a standard open raise to 2.5 big blinds.

AKs is a premium hand; 3-betting the button's open for value builds the pot, isolates the raiser, and denies the big blind a cheap flop. Sizing to ~3x the open keeps the pot manageable with 100bb stacks.

Q7 suited is too weak to continue against a three-bet, especially with the original raiser still in the hand and 650 chips to call.

AQs plays exceptionally well in position against a 3-bet. Calling preserves opponent's bluffs and lets us leverage positional advantage postflop.

I 3-bet preflop with AKs and the J73 rainbow flop mostly misses the button's flatting range (88-QQ, AQ, KQ), so a half-pot continuation bet takes the initiative and often wins it outright; I can fold to a check-raise since I only have ace-high.

Floating in position with two overcards and a backdoor flush draw against a half-pot continuation bet.

My AK is unimproved on the J-3-7-2 board, and villain's range after calling a 3-bet and the flop bet is weighted toward jacks and pocket pairs that beat ace-high, so a turn bet mostly folds out worse and gets called by better. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me re-evaluate on the river.

Seat 1 checked after firing flop; checking back allows us to take a free card to hit an Ace or Queen, preserving our pot equity in position.

Opponent timed out and checked via fallback; a min-bet exploits a likely disconnected opponent who will auto-fold to any bet, while risking very little if they are active.

2h5s offsuit is one of the worst starting hands; with two players already in the pot and no check available, folding is clearly the best play.

Q9 offsuit is a solid heads-up hand after the button folds. Raise for value and initiative against the big blind.

In a blind versus blind battle with no rake and in position, T8o has sufficient equity and playability to defend against a 3bb open.

A small continuation bet leverages my preflop range advantage on this dry king-high board while risking little with a hand that has backdoor draws.

I have complete air with ten-high and no direct draw on a dry K-7-3 board against the preflop raiser's c-bet, making a fold straightforward.

K5 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed; raising can take the blinds and gives me the initiative.

Holding 2d 6h in the small blind facing an open raise is an easy fold due to very poor equity and reverse implied odds.

95 offsuit is far too weak to defend the big blind against a button raise to 2.5x; calling 150 more out of position with a dominated, unplayable hand is -EV despite the blind discount.

On the button in 3-handed play, opening any ace is standard to exert position and capture dead money.

K6 offsuit is far too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act behind me. Folding avoids wasting 150 more chips on a dominated, out-of-position hand.

Calling the small additional amount to defend the big blind heads-up against a button min-raise; the pot odds and wide opening range make a call reasonable with J-high.

I have only jack-high with no immediate draw on this connected, two-spade flop. I’ll check and avoid building the pot without a stronger reason.

The board heavily connects with the big blind's defending range, and A2o has little fold equity or backdoor potential here, so checking back to see a free turn is prudent.

A small turn bet can get value and protection from weaker pairs and straight draws after the flop checked through. The modest size limits exposure with my weak kicker.

Holding just Ace-high with no draw on a coordinated board, folding to the turn lead is standard.