Hold'em table

JTs is a strong suited connector on the button in 3-handed play, making a standard 2.5bb opening raise profitable.

KQo is ahead of a button open and plays well as a 3-bet from the small blind. Raising to 900 applies pressure and defines the hand before the big blind acts.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, especially with the button still to act.

Calling the 3-bet in position with JTs getting decent pot odds and deep effective stacks.

As the preflop aggressor with two overcards on a 9-high flop, a small continuation bet applies pressure and can win the pot immediately or cheaply.

I have J-high with only backdoor equity on a 9-6-4 two-tone board facing a 3-bettor's flop continuation bet, making this a clear fold.

54 offsuit is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind; folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

A8 offsuit is a strong heads-up hand from the small blind after the button folds. Raise to 300 to take initiative and charge the big blind to continue.

In a blind vs blind battle, I have position against the small blind's open raise, and A2o has sufficient high-card equity and pot odds to call 200.

I have top pair and can get value from weaker pairs while charging draws. A small continuation bet keeps the pot manageable against the preflop caller.

I have top pair with a weak kicker in position facing a 1/3 pot c-bet, making an easy call to keep their bluffs in while controlling pot size.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a connected turn that improves many calling hands. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see the river.

I have top pair with the lowest kicker on a very coordinated board. Checking back controls the pot and realizes showdown value against missed draws.

I have a pair of aces, but a ten gives my opponent a Broadway straight on this highly connected board. Checking preserves showdown value without risking a value bet into a stronger hand.

The board is highly coordinated with straight possibilities and two pairs. Checking behind realizes showdown value with a pair of Aces.

5♢3♢ is weak but has some suited-playability, and calling the additional 100 chips is a low-cost way to see a flop in position.

Getting 5 to 1 pot odds from the small blind with a suited Queen, calling the limp is profitable and standard.

94o is too weak to raise multiway, and checking is free as the big blind after both opponents have limped.

In a multiway limped pot out of position with Queen-high and no strong draw, checking is standard.

I have no pair and only a weak backdoor club draw on a jack-high flop, so checking is the best way to realize any equity cheaply in a three-way pot.

I have no made hand and little fold equity in a multiway pot, but a four can complete my straight. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize that draw.

Semi-bluffing the turn with a queen-high flush draw after the flop checked through around the table, applying pressure with substantial equity.

I have 9-high with no pair and no draw on a jack-high board, so calling 200 into 500 is not justified. Folding preserves my stack.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with one card to come, giving too little equity to call the turn bet.

84 offsuit is too weak to open even from the button in a 3-handed game.

Button folded, so I am heads-up with the big blind holding pocket sixes. A small raise builds the pot with a made pair and takes the initiative rather than just completing.

Q4 suited has enough equity against a small-blind open to defend for 200 more, while a 3-bet would be an unnecessarily weak value hand.

Pocket sixes are an underpair on a highly connected 9-T-J flop, so I check and realize equity rather than bet into a range that continues with many stronger hands.

I have an open-ended straight draw and can apply a small amount of pressure after the preflop raiser checks. A modest bet builds the pot without overcommitting.

Pocket sixes are an underpair on a connected 9-T-J board with no draw, and a 200 call does not have enough equity against a betting range.

76o is playable from the button in three-handed poker, so I open-raise rather than limp. A 2.5bb raise keeps the price reasonable while using position and fold equity.

9♥3♦ offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against the button’s raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

J2o is an unplayable trash hand out of position against a button raise, making fold the only viable option.

T3 offsuit is too weak to continue from the button facing the big blind; calling risks too much with poor playability.

In a blind-versus-blind spot with no rake and 3:1 pot odds to complete, Q6o has sufficient equity and realization to call.

74s is too weak to raise for value against the small blind's limp, and checking is free, so I take a flop in position with a speculative suited hand.

Check with Queen-high out of position in a limped pot to see a free turn card.

I have no pair, no draw, and no blockers on a paired jack flop, so checking behind is the highest-EV line.

We hold Queen-high with virtually no equity on a paired board, so checking to see a free river card is optimal.

I have showdown value with two pair, but the paired board means a bet mostly folds out worse hands and gets called by jacks and nines that beat me. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity against the weak range that checked twice.

I have weak showdown value with two pair (Jacks and Sixes) on a coordinated board, so checking to realize my equity without building the pot is optimal.

I have showdown value with jacks and sevens, but the paired board and many better hands make a thin value bet unattractive. Checking realizes my equity for free.