Hold'em table

From the button with 3d 9s, the call costs only 1 big blind and keeps a cheap look at the flop with position, which is a reasonable speculative play in a 3-handed game.

KJo is strong three-handed against a button limp; raising from the small blind builds value, pressures the big blind, and avoids playing a cheap multiway pot out of position.

Holding 5h 2c in the big blind facing a raise to 4.5bb is an easy fold.

Facing a 350-chip call from the small blind with 3-9 offsuit, the hand is too weak to continue against a likely wide raising range. Folding preserves chips.

QJo is a strong button open in 3-handed play; raising builds value and takes initiative over the blinds.

AQs is a premier holding in the small blind facing a button open. 3-betting to 10bb builds value and takes the initiative out of position.

Holding 4d 2h (the weakest type of hand) facing a 1000-chip raise with 900 to call, the price is too high to continue against a likely strong range.

QJo is dominated by a large SB 3-bet range and lacks the equity and playability to call 750 in a 3-bet pot, so folding preserves the stack.

Q3s is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Nine-jack offsuit is a marginal hand, but with the button already folded and only 50 chips to call against the big blind, completing the small blind is a cheap way to see a flop.

With 9-3 offsuit in the big blind and no cost to see a flop after the small blind limped, checking is free and preserves chips.

I hold J-9 high with no pair or made draw on a Q-6-5 board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it with a weak hand.

With 9-high and no meaningful draw on Q-6-5, betting has little fold equity value versus checking free to realize any cheap showdown or improvement.

I hold a spade flush draw with a weak straight draw and no made hand, and the pot is small, so checking keeps the hand cheap and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Semi-bluff with an open-ended straight draw after two checks; a modest bet can take the small pot now and I still have outs if called.

I have only a spade flush draw with one card to come, about 9 outs in 45 unseen cards (roughly 20%), against a 150-chip call that needs about 30% equity, and the turn raise suggests real strength.

On the button with 4c2c, the hand is weak but the call is cheap at 100 chips and I have good position to see a flop in a three-way pot.

Completing the small blind for 50 into a 250 pot offers excellent odds with queen-high, which has reasonable equity three-handed despite being out of position.

We hold 98s in the big blind facing two limpers; checking to see a free multiway flop with good playability is standard.

Q-high with no diamond and only a weak gutshot on a three-diamond flop in a three-way limped pot has little equity or fold equity, so checking is best.

Flopped a flush with a straight flush draw in a multiway limped pot; betting half pot builds value against single high diamonds and made hands.

Holding 4c2c with only a gutshot straight draw on a Td3d6d board, I need about 25% equity to call 150 into a 450 pot, which this draw does not reach.

Queen-high with no diamond and no draw on a monotone diamond flop has very little equity against the big blind's bet, so calling 150 is not profitable.

On the button three-handed, Q3 suited is within a wide opening range and has fold equity plus position if called. Raising takes initiative rather than limping multiway.

Q7o is too weak to defend out of position against a button open.

Pocket nines are strong enough to 3-bet a button open heads-up, building the pot while the button's range is wide.

Q3 suited is too weak to continue against a large big-blind 3-bet to 800; calling 550 would play a dominated hand against a strong range despite position.

J7o is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play, making a fold standard.

Jack-queen offsuit is a playable hand in a three-handed pot, and completing the small blind for 50 more is a low-cost way to see a flop heads-up against the big blind.

Against a small-blind limp after the button folded, K3o is likely ahead and I have position postflop. Raising isolates the limper, can win the pot immediately, and builds it with initiative if called.

Heads-up against the big blind's 400 raise, Jack-Queen offsuit is a playable hand, so calling the 300 to see a flop is reasonable and cheaper than folding or raising with it.

I have Jh Qd with no pair and no real draw on a 3-2-7 flop, so I'll check the pot down rather than bloat it with a bluff into an opponent who could easily have a pair.

Bottom pair with king kicker is likely ahead on this low rainbow flop after opponent checked; a half-pot bet protects against overcards and gets value from weaker holdings.

I have two overcards with a 400 call into a 1200 pot, roughly 25% pot odds, which is a reasonable price against a single flop bet with no made hand on my side.

I have Q-J high with no pair or real draw on a 3-2-7-3 board, so I shouldn't bloat the pot; checking keeps the hand cheap and lets me see whether seat_2 keeps betting.

I have trip 3s with a King kicker on a paired board, beating two-pair and overpairs. Betting for value while charging diamond and straight draws after opponent checked.

I hold Jh Qd with no pair and no real draw on a 3-2-7-3 board, facing a 1200 turn bet from an aggressive opponent, so calling is not justified and folding is the disciplined play.