Hold'em table

Open-raising the button with connected cards applies pressure to the blinds and retains playability postflop.

5To is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Pocket threes in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open, with 100bb effective stacks. Calling 150 into a 400 pot gives good odds and good set-mining implied odds.

Small pair on an ace-high two-tone board facing a button raiser; checking keeps the pot small and plays for showdown value or a cheap set.

A small continuation bet leverages the ace-high board that favors my preflop raising range while risking little with my weak hand.

Against a small c-bet I only need about 21% equity. My pocket pair beats the button's wide range of unpaired broadways and air, and it has set outs, so a call works as a bluff-catch.

Small pocket threes on a board of Td 4h Ah Kh have almost no showdown value against a button raiser who c-bet. Checking takes the free card, and I plan to give up if they bet.

With only a gutshot and no heart on a coordinated board after the flop call, checking preserves chips and retains river equity.

Our 33 has almost no showdown value on this board. Villain checking back the turn shows weakness, so a medium bet can fold out their weak pairs, pocket pairs, and busted draws.

We have only eight-high with no made pair or credible straight, and the river lead after a flop call is not worth contesting.

TJo is a reasonable hand to see a cheap flop with from the button, and calling keeps the pot small while preserving position.

Getting 5:1 to complete in the small blind with a suited-ish connector-type hand (96o) in a limped pot; completing is cheap, and raising out of position with a weak offsuit hand isn't great.

K5 offsuit is too weak to inflate a multiway limped pot from the big blind. Checking realizes equity cheaply.

I have 9-high with a gutshot to a ten (T makes KQJT9? no, 9-T-J-Q-K needs K and T) and a weak backdoor, out of position in a three-way limped pot on a wet paired board. Checking is best.

With only king-high on a paired board in a multiway pot, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot without a made hand or meaningful draw.

I flopped trips with a decent kicker and both opponents checked, so I should bet for value and build the pot.

I have 9-high with a weak backdoor diamond draw and a gutshot needing a 10 for K-high... actually just a gutshot to the 10 making KQJT9 impossible; I hold 9 only, so any 10 gives me nothing meaningful. Facing a bet with the big blind still to act, folding is best.

I have a king-high diamond draw plus some king outs, giving sufficient equity and position is not a concern heads-up. Calling keeps the pot controlled against a bettor who may have connected with this paired board.

With only a gutshot to Broadway and a weak diamond draw, checking preserves flexibility against the flop bettor.

My king is only a marginal kicker on this paired board, and the flop bettor can readily hold an ace, queen, or jack. Checking preserves showdown value and avoids bluffing into a likely calling range.

On the button in a 3-handed game, 65o is a reasonable steal: it's in a wide opening range and plays well in position. A 2.5bb open keeps the risk small.

A7 offsuit has sufficient equity against a likely wide button opening range at this price, so I will defend rather than surrender the small blind.

I'm getting excellent pot odds (5:1) to close the action, and while K2o is weak, it has enough equity multiway to make a cheap call profitable.

With ace-high and no immediate draw in a three-way pot, I check and retain flexibility rather than inflating the pot.

I have only King-high with no draw on a coordinated board, so I take the free card and avoid building a pot out of position.

Both opponents checked to me in position. Middle pair plus an open-ended straight draw (a 3 or 7 makes a straight) is worth a small c-bet for value and protection.

With only ace-high and no meaningful draw on a coordinated board facing a multiway continuation bet, folding preserves chips.

Qs8s is a playable suited button hand with positional advantage. Raising isolates the blinds and can win the pot preflop.

J9s is playable and I'm getting good pot odds to call 200 more, so I'll see a flop in position relative to the big blind.

T2o is one of the weakest hands to defend multiway and out of position; even at 4:1, poor equity realization makes a fold reasonable.

I have only jack-high with no real draw on an ace-king board, so I check to keep the pot small and see what the preflop raiser does.

A small continuation bet credibly represents the ace or king and can deny equity from weaker unpaired holdings. Our queen-high hand has little immediate showdown value.

My J9 has no pair or meaningful draw on this A-K board, and calling out of position against a likely continuation bet is not profitable.

I have Q7 offsuit on the button with position; calling to see a cheap flop is reasonable in a 3-handed game.

Getting 5:1 to complete with Q7o in a limped pot; raising for isolation out of position isn't attractive against two players, so I'll just call.

Check the big blind with a weak, disconnected 9-5 offsuit and realize equity in a multiway limped pot.

I hold Q-high with a gutshot (needs a J) on a wet K-T-8 flop, out of position in a 3-way limped pot. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my equity cheaply.

With only a weak 9-high hand and no immediate made draw on this coordinated board, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating a multiway pot.

Both opponents checked, so a small bet may take the pot now. I also have backdoor straight potential and an overcard if called.

Queen-high with no pair or real draw, out of position with a player still left to act. Even at 5:1 pot odds I would realize too little equity to justify calling.

My nine has no made pair and only a weak backdoor straight possibility on this coordinated board. Calling the probe has insufficient immediate equity.

K5 suited on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise pressures both blinds.

Q8 suited has reasonable playability and closes the small blind against a button min-raise, especially with the big blind still in.

Calling 150 into a pot of 600 offers excellent pot odds with a suited ace, and A3s plays reasonably well multiway. Raising would bloat the pot out of position without a stronger hand.

With no made hand or direct draw in a multiway raised pot, checking preserves flexibility and avoids inflating the pot.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a king-high board in a three-way pot, so I'll take the free card and see the turn.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a dry board, and both opponents checked to me. A half-pot c-bet gets value from worse kings and draws and denies equity to overcards.

Q-high with no made hand or meaningful immediate draw is too weak to continue against a multiway flop bet.