Hold'em table

Q8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. A 2.5 big blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Three-handed with AJo in the small blind facing a button open, three-betting to 10bb takes initiative and builds value against a wide button opening range.

T6o is a weak offsuit hand facing a 3-bet to 1000 with only 100 invested; folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position against two aggressive opponents.

Q8 offsuit is often dominated by a small blind three-bet range, and calling another 750 chips is unlikely to be profitable.

Q7o is slightly too weak to open profitably even from the button in 3-handed play without antes.

Q6o is weak but I'm getting 3:1 closing the action as small blind against a single big blind opponent; calling 50 to see a flop is cheap enough to justify.

A-T offsuit is strong against a small-blind limp. Raising for value also gives me the initiative in position postflop.

Q6o is a weak offsuit hand and the big blind has raised to 400 after I completed the small blind. Calling 300 more out of position with a dominated, low-equity hand is not profitable, so I fold.

Three-handed on the button, Q6o is weak but raising applies pressure on the blinds and takes initiative with position. If called, I can evaluate postflop and use my positional advantage.

Seven-six suited plays well as a three-bet against a potentially wide button open. Raising also pressures the big blind and avoids a multiway pot out of position.

Holding 6s 2d in the big blind facing an open raise and a 3-bet is an automatic fold.

Q6o is too weak to call a 3-bet, even in position; folding preserves chips for better spots.

T2 suited is too weak to open profitably from the button without a reason to expect the blinds to fold often.

With zero rake and getting 3-to-1 pot odds blind vs blind, 98o has sufficient connectivity to complete from the small blind.

I'm the big blind with pocket deuces and the small blind just called; checking my option keeps the pot small with a weak pair and lets me see a cheap flop.

I check out of position with third pair and a gutshot straight draw to keep the pot small and see the turn.

With pocket deuces on a K-J-8 flop, my hand has little strength and no need to bloat the pot out of position. Checking controls the pot and allows me to see a free turn card.

I have third pair with modest showdown value in a checked pot, so checking to keep the pot small is best.

With a weak underpair and no fold equity read, checking controls the pot and takes a free river with showdown value.

I have third pair with decent showdown value in a limped pot, so checking to realize my showdown value is standard.

I rivered a set of twos and am last to act with no bet yet, so I will bet for value and try to get called by a pair or king-high.

In a limped blind-versus-blind pot that checked through to the river, third pair is a solid bluff-catcher against a 75% pot stab getting 3.33-to-1 odds.

T4o is too weak to open from the button, even in 3-handed play.

Pot odds are good (50 to call into 150) and Q7s has decent equity heads-up; keeping the pot small avoids playing a marginal hand out of position in a bloated pot.

T2 offsuit is too weak to raise for value, and checking lets me see a free flop.

I have a flush draw with Qh7h on a K-high board and can apply pressure as the first to act; a small bet takes down the pot when opponent has air and builds it when called.

Ten-deuce has no pair or immediate straight or flush draw on this flop. Calling the bet with so little equity is unlikely to be profitable.

J5s is a weak offsuit-gapped hand from the button, and calling 100 into a small pot with two opponents still to act behind is not profitable enough. Folding avoids unnecessary risk with a marginal holding.

With the button folded, calling 50 more lets me see a flop heads-up at a low cost. T2 offsuit is too weak to raise for value.

I have Q5 offsuit in the big blind with a free option after the small blind limped. Checking to take a free flop in position is standard.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting out of position on this flop risks building a pot with a weak hand. Checking keeps the pot small.

Betting half pot for value and protection with top pair against draws and weaker pairs.

The small flop bet offers good pot odds, and bottom pair can still be ahead of the big blind's wide betting range. I'll call and reassess on the turn.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting out of position into the flop bettor is unlikely to get called by worse. Checking keeps the pot small.

I hold top pair with a weak kicker in position. Checking back controls the pot and allows me to safely evaluate the river.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to be called by worse hands. Checking avoids turning it into an unnecessary bluff.

I improved to two pair on the river after checking back turn, making a value bet targeting weaker pairs or missed draws that called flop very profitable.

Bottom pair is a weak bluff-catcher against the river bet. Without a read that the opponent bluffs often enough, calling is unlikely to be profitable.