Hold'em table

9h4s is a weak offsuit hand from the button, and calling 100 into a small pot with poor playability is not profitable.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up with K6o; this is a standard raise in blind-vs-blind play with positional disadvantage mitigated by initiative and a decent high card.

Suited connectors are a sound positional defense against a small-blind open at 100bb depth. Calling costs 200 to contest a 600-chip pot and preserves the hand’s straight and flush potential without inflating the pot.

As the preflop raiser on a dry T82 rainbow board, a small 1/3-pot c-bet with king-high folds out many unpaired hands cheaply and retains range advantage; we can give up if called or raised.

Five-high with only backdoor draws has too little equity to continue profitably, even against this small bet. Stronger draws and hands with more showdown value make better defenses.

On the button in a 3-handed game, 65o is a marginal but playable open-raise with position; a small 2.5bb raise takes the blinds often and plays fine postflop in position.

Pocket eights is strong enough to three-bet against a button open. This sizing pressures the big blind to fold and charges the button’s overcards while compensating for our positional disadvantage.

I have 4h3s in the big blind facing a large preflop reraise to 1100. This weak offsuit hand is far too marginal to continue against two raises, so folding is best.

65o facing a large 3-bet (4.4x) out of position opponent; weak suited-less connector has poor equity and playability for 850 more into 1450, so fold.

75 suited is a reasonable button open three-handed, with position and good postflop playability. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

T2s is a weak offsuit hand out of position facing a button raise, so folding avoids playing a dominated hand with poor implied odds.

J6 offsuit is a weak, dominated hand out of position against a button open; calling 150 into 400 gives decent odds but the hand plays poorly postflop, so folding is the standard play.

With 4h5d on the button, I have a speculative hand and good pot odds (2.5:1) to see a flop in position.

Button limped; completing from the SB with 67s for 50 into a 250 pot gives great odds with a hand that plays well multiway. Raising is an option but completing keeps it cheap out of position.

K4 offsuit is too weak to profitably isolate two limpers without opponent reads. Checking takes a free flop and avoids building a pot with a frequently dominated hand.

Limped pot, 3-way, I'm first to act with 67s on a paired 2-2-9 board with no draw. Checking is standard; betting into two players with no equity beyond high-card gives little fold equity for the price.

King-high has some showdown value, but little ability to improve against a made hand on this dry paired board. Checking keeps the pot small against two opponents with the button still to act.

I have a weak hand (4-5 offsuit) with no pair on a paired board. Checking is the safest option to see a free turn card and avoid building a pot with a marginal holding.

Limped pot, board 2d 2h 9s Th, I hold 6s7s with only a gutshot (8) and backdoor-ish nothing much; first to act on turn vs two players, checking is cheapest to realize equity and avoid bloating a weak holding.

King-high has some showdown value, but there is little reason to build the pot against two opponents with no meaningful draw. Checking preserves chips and may let us see the river for free.

With 5-high and no pair or strong draw on a paired board, checking behind is best and avoids risking chips with a weak hand.

Our 7-high has zero showdown value after everyone checked flop and turn; the river ace is a scare card for weak limped ranges, so a 2/3-pot bluff only needs to work ~40% to be profitable.

I have only the board's pair with a king kicker, facing a river bet into two opponents with the button still to act. Without a heart blocker or evidence of excessive bluffing, neither calling nor bluff-raising is attractive.

My hand has no pair and only plays the board's pair of 2s; facing a river bet with no kicker improvement, I fold to avoid losing more chips.

AJo on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear value open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and builds the pot in position.

KQo is strong enough to three-bet against a button opening range. Raising discourages the big blind from entering and compensates for playing out of position.

With 94 suited in the big blind facing a button raise and a small-blind 3-bet, this hand is far too weak to continue, especially with the button still to act behind.

AJo in position vs a small-blind 3-bet in 3-handed play is a standard call; we get ~37% pot odds and have position postflop, and AJo plays well against a wide SB 3-bet range without needing to bloat the pot with a 4-bet.

Top pair with a strong kicker merits a value bet on this favorable board for the preflop three-bettor. A roughly one-third-pot sizing gets calls from weaker pairs and draws while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

K-high flop heavily favors the SB's 3-bet range (AK, KK, AA, QQ) and we hold only ace-high with no draw and no hearts; calling 750 with little equity or raising as a bluff is poor, so fold.

Nine-six offsuit is below a standard button opening range at 100bb, with weak connectivity and poor equity realization. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding is preferable to opening or limping.

Completing the small blind is cheap with 3:1 pot odds, and 6h4h has enough suited/connected potential to see a flop against the big blind.

Button folded and SB limped; 23 offsuit is a weak hand so I take the free flop in position rather than raising a trash hand.

Weak hand with only backdoor draws; checking to see a free turn and avoid building a pot out of position.

Bottom pair with the worst kicker on a J-T-3 board in a limped pot; checking back keeps the pot small and realizes equity cheaply rather than bluffing or betting thin into a board that hits many limping ranges.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this board, and there is no bet to call. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into a player who has already checked twice.

Bottom pair of threes with a 2 kicker on J-T-3-8; opponent has checked flop and turn showing weakness, so a small bet takes down the pot often and folds out overcards that would beat me on the river, while I can fold to a check-raise.

I have only 6-high with no pair or draw on a coordinated board, and calling 150 into 350 requires too much equity. Folding avoids further losses against a turn raise.