Hold'em table

K2 suited on the button facing a 100-chip call is a weak hand in a 3-handed game, and folding preserves chips versus a marginal open-limp equity spot.

Getting good pot odds with a playable though weak hand in a blind-vs-blind spot; keep the pot small and see a flop out of position.

Button folded, SB limped; I have 8d5d suited in the BB with option to check. Raising with this marginal hand out of position (I act last preflop but will be in position postflop vs SB) is fine but checking keeps the pot small with a speculative hand that plays well in position postflop.

Middle pair with weak kicker on a draw-heavy board: a half-pot bet charges flush/straight draws, takes initiative, and may fold out overcards. I will fold to aggression later if needed.

Holding a flush draw (5d8d on 4d9sTd) with ~35% equity to the river, calling a half-pot bet at 3:1 pot odds in position is clearly profitable; keep the pot controlled and see the turn.

We have a weak pair with 7s9c on an A-T-9-4 board, out of position, so checking to control the pot size and see villain's action is prudent.

I turned an ace-high flush (5d8d on 4d9sTdAd); opponent checked after leading the flop, so bet for value against aces, two pair, sets, and single-diamond draws.

I have a weak pair of nines with no kicker on a coordinated board with an ace. The bet is large relative to the pot, and I'm out of position. Folding is the best option to preserve my stack.

75o is a very weak hand in a 3-handed game; folding avoids risking chips and is likely the highest expected value play.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; Q8 suited is a comfortable open-raise from the small blind against a single opponent.

As the big blind I'm getting about 2-to-1 on a 200-chip call into a 400 pot, which covers the equity of 6-4 offsuit against a wide small-blind steal range, so calling is reasonable over folding.

Middle pair with a Q kicker on a very wet 789 two-tone board; a small 1/3-pot bet denies equity from overcards and backdoor draws while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

I have an open-ended straight draw (needs a 5 or 10) and the 200 call is roughly break-even on pot odds with good implied odds, so calling is better than folding or raising.

Middle pair with a queen kicker on a very coordinated 7-8-9-K board; the king overcard and many straight/flush draws mean a second barrel has little value and invites a raise. Check to control the pot and evaluate.

I have only a 6-high straight draw (needs a 5 or 10) on a board with no made hand, and the turn was checked to me, so checking keeps the pot small and realizes my equity for free.

Middle pair with Q kicker is a marginal showdown hand on a coordinated board; betting gets called mostly by better (Kx, 9x, straights), so check and try to realize equity at showdown.

With 6c4h on this board I hold a straight (5-9 using the 6c and 5c), which is very strong, and the opponent has checked twice, so a value bet should get called by worse hands.

Middle pair with Q kicker is a bluff-catcher; needing 27% equity vs a river bet after turn went check-check, where villain's range includes many missed spade draws and busted straight draws. Call.

J9o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and pressures the blinds.

Jack-six offsuit is weak out of position in a three-way pot against a button open, and the 200-chip call doesn't have enough equity to justify continuing.

96o is a weak hand with poor playability out of position against a button raise. Even with decent pot odds, the reverse implied odds and positional disadvantage make folding the higher EV choice.

Eight-six offsuit is a weak hand, and calling 100 into a 150 pot out of position has poor expected value, so folding is the disciplined choice.

Raise to 300 to steal the blinds, putting pressure on the big blind with a mediocre hand. If called, we can still hit the flop; if reraised, we can fold.

Small blind raised to 3bb after button folded; 5s4s is a suited connector with good playability and I'm closing the action with position postflop getting 2:1 on the call with deep stacks. Calling is better than folding or 3-betting.

I have no pair and no draw on a coordinated board; checking avoids bloating the pot out of position with a weak hand.

Top pair plus open-ended straight draw (any A or 6) on a draw-heavy board; bet for value and protection after villain checks to us in position.

With Jh9c on a 5h2d3d board, we have no pair and no meaningful draw. Out of position and facing a 400 bet into 1000, calling or raising with air is unprofitable without specific reads.

T5s is too weak to play from the button against two unknown blinds; folding preserves my stack and avoids a likely -EV situation.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; K3o is a standard raise from the small blind against a single opponent with 100bb, taking initiative rather than limping or folding.

King-jack offsuit is a playable hand in this spot, and calling the 200-chip raise from the small blind is better than folding with the discount already in the pot.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a paired board; a small c-bet gets value from worse Kx, draws, and pocket pairs while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Top pair with a king kicker is strong enough to continue against a single flop bet, and calling 350 into a 950 pot is reasonable without a stronger hand to raise with.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a paired board after the BB called a flop bet; many of their continuing hands (better Kx, 8x, pairs) have me beat or are drawing, so I check to control the pot and evaluate their turn action rather than bloating it out of position.

Top pair with a king kicker is strong here, and seat_3 checking the turn after betting the flop suggests weakness, so a half-pot bet builds the pot for value.

Top pair on a paired board after checking the turn; villain's bet could be a flush draw, weaker Kx, or a float, and we're getting 3:1 so calling is correct while raising is overplaying a weak kicker.

Top pair with a dead kicker on a board that completed the spade flush; any Kx ties us and better hands (8x, flushes) beat us, so a value bet gets no worse hands to call. Check and evaluate opponent's river action.

Kings and jacks is two pair on this board, which is likely best or close to it, so I'll bet about half pot for value against a check.

Top pair with weak kicker facing a half-pot river bet; getting 3:1 I only need ~25% equity, and the opponent's range includes missed straight draws (T9, QT) and worse Kx alongside their value hands, so a call is marginally profitable.

2c3d offsuit is among the worst starting hands; even on the button in a 3-handed game it is a clear fold against two blinds with 100bb stacks.

Ace-trey offsuit is a weak but playable hand heads-up against the big blind, and completing the 50-chip small blind is a cheap way to see a flop.

Checking with 53s from the big blind after the small blind completes; it's a weak hand that can see a flop for free and potentially hit a flush or straight.

I have only ace-high with a weak straight draw on a K-Q-J board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against an unknown range.

I have a flush draw on a wet board, so I semi-bluff to represent a strong hand like a king or straight draw, aiming to take down the pot now or build it for when I hit my flush.

I have only ace-high with a 4-out straight draw to a 10, which is not enough equity to call 150 into a 350 pot against a flop raise.