Hold'em table

Suited connector on the button with deep stacks; calling 100 into 150 keeps position and has good implied odds if it connects.

Despite the cheap completion, 9-2 offsuit has poor equity realization out of position against two opponents. Folding avoids investing further with a weak, disconnected hand while the big blind can still raise.

4-2 offsuit is the worst hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind rather than bloat the pot.

I have 4-2 with a gutshot wheel draw on an A-8-3 board, and the button is still live. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high flop. Checking behind controls the pot and avoids getting raised by better hands.

I have 4h 2c on a board of 8h As 3d Jh, which is just 4-high with a gutshot-ish draw (A-2-3-4 needs a 5 for a wheel). Seat 1 checked the flop and called preflop, so they may hold an ace. Betting as a bluff is thin value, so I check and take a free card.

I have a weak pair of threes with no strong draw. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my showdown value without risking a raise from a better hand.

I hold 4h 2c on a board of 8h As 3d Jh Kd, which is just ace-high-board air with no pair. The opponent checked back twice, so they are probably weak too, but a bluff is unlikely to fold out better hands and my hand has no value to bet. Checking keeps the pot small and gives me a chance at showdown.

Weak pair of threes with no kicker improvement; opponent has checked every street, so checking realizes showdown value and avoids risking chips against better pairs.

83 suited is below a standard button opening range with two players still to act. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding is preferable to investing in this weak, disconnected hand.

T7 offsuit in the small blind is marginal, but it costs only 50 more to see a flop against one big blind with 150 in the pot. Raising with it would be too loose.

With AKs in the big blind against a single limper, raising for value and to take initiative is best. A raise to 400 applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

7c Ts is weak offsuit, and calling 300 more out of position against a 4x raise from the big blind is unprofitable, so I fold the small blind.

A6 suited-less offsuit ace on the button in 3-handed play is a solid open; raising to 3bb applies pressure on the blinds and gives position.

TT is a strong starting hand in 3-handed play; 3-betting for value and initiative against a likely wide button open. I'll be out of position postflop, so taking control now is best.

AQ blocks AA, QQ, and AK and is a strong cold four-bet candidate against a button open and small-blind three-bet. This sizing pressures both ranges while avoiding a difficult multiway call.

A6o is weak against a 3-bet and a 4-bet. Calling 2000 more with a dominated ace out of position to a 4-bet range is a losing play, so I fold.

TT is strong enough to call the 4-bet given the 2.5:1 pot odds and 3-handed dynamics. Raising would mostly fold worse and get called by better, so I call and evaluate the flop.

Checking keeps opponent's bluffs and weaker hands in the pot; betting would fold out AK/AQ that we beat, and we can evaluate the turn.

AQ has two overcards and a backdoor nut-flush draw, but a bet is unlikely to fold out the pocket pairs in the caller's range. Checking in position realizes equity without risking a check-raise.

The ace on the turn is a bad card for my TT against a preflop 4-bettor. Checking controls the pot and avoids putting more chips in when I am likely behind.

Top pair with a queen kicker warrants a modest value bet after two checks. This sizing can get calls from worse pocket pairs and draws without unnecessarily inflating the pot against stronger aces.

My TT is crushed by the strong preflop 4-bet range once an ace hits the turn, and I have little equity against Ax, bigger pairs, or sets. Folding avoids committing more chips in a bad spot.

Pocket fives have set-mining value in position; calling keeps the pot small and avoids bloating with a vulnerable small pair.

73 offsuit is too weak to complete from the small blind, even at this price. Poor equity realization out of position and the risk of a big-blind raise favor folding.

7-6 offsuit is a marginal hand in the big blind. The button only limped, so I'll check and see a free flop instead of building a pot out of position.

I have 6-7 offsuit with only a gutshot draw on a 4-9-K board, heads-up out of position against a button limper. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card.

With a weak underpair on a coordinated king-high board and no flush draw, checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised by better hands.

I have an open-ended straight draw (6-7 on 4-9-T-K) and the button checked the flop, so they likely have a weak hand. A small semi-bluff bet of 125 into the 250 pot can win now and still leaves me with outs if called.

My small pair has little equity on a coordinated three-diamond board and I am not getting a good enough price to continue against the big blind's turn bet.

Q8 suited is a profitable opening hand on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while preserving positional advantage when called.

5-4 offsuit is weak out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act behind. Calling 200 more is not profitable, so I fold.

53o is too weak to defend against a button raise, even getting good pot odds, and it plays poorly out of position postflop.

7-2 suited is the weakest hand in the game, and calling out of position after the blinds act is -EV, so I fold on the button.

I have pocket jacks in a heads-up pot after the button folded, so raising for value is best. A 3x raise builds the pot while still giving the big blind room to call with worse.

Calling costs 200 into a 400-chip pot, and 6♠4♠ has enough playability to defend against a small-blind opening range. Position and 100bb starting stacks help realize its flush and straight potential.

Out of position on a Q-K-6 two-tone flop with JJ, my overpair is now a vulnerable bluff-catcher against the big blind's calling range. Checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised off my equity.

Bottom pair plus a flush draw has strong equity and makes a good semi-bluff after the opponent checks. Betting pressures some better pocket pairs and denies free cards to unpaired hands while building the pot when we improve.

JJ is an underpair on a KQ6 two-spade board, and calling out of position with only two outs against a likely K/Q or draw-heavy range is unprofitable.