Hold'em table

Ace-queen offsuit is a premium hand in 3-handed play, and raising from the button builds the pot and applies pressure to the blinds. A standard 3x open to 300 balances value and fold equity.

A9 suited is strong in a 3-handed pot; re-raising isolates the button and builds the pot with a hand that plays well against a single-raise range.

K5 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open and a small-blind three-bet; folding avoids a dominated spot with poor equity.

AQo has strong equity against a 3-bet range in 3-handed play, and I keep position postflop as the button. Calling 600 into a 1300 pot is cheap and preserves fold equity for later streets.

I have middle pair with top kicker on a two-tone board; betting for value and to deny equity to flush draws while representing my preflop strength.

I hold top pair with top kicker (AQ on Q-high board) against a preflop 3-bettor's continuation bet. Calling keeps worse queens and draws in play while avoiding bloating the pot against stronger hands like AA/KK/QJ.

Middle pair with a weak kicker on a coordinated board against a caller who has stuck around twice; better to check and control pot size than to bet into likely strength or draws.

Middle pair with an ace kicker on a coordinated board is too thin to value bet into a range that includes flushes and straights; checking to showdown is the safer play.

My top pair with the ace kicker is ahead of the opponent's capped check-check line (JJ/TT/AK/missed club draws), so a ~half-pot river bet extracts value from worse made hands while I can still fold to a check-raise.

Villain's check-turn then river bet fits a backdoor flush completing on the river; my top pair with ace kicker is unlikely to be ahead, so I fold rather than pay off a likely value bet.

J7o is weak but cheap to see a flop in position with a small stack investment; not worth raising or folding here.

K6o is too weak to complete out of position multiway or to raise as a steal after the button limp, so folding the extra 50 is the higher-EV line.

Nine-six offsuit is too weak to raise for value out of position against a limper, and checking secures a free flop where I can reassess with a hand that occasionally connects.

I hold 9h6s on a 5c9cAc board, giving me middle pair with a weak kicker. With the pot at 250 and no betting pressure, checking is the safest line to see a free turn card rather than risk building a pot out of position.

I hold Jc giving me a flush draw with the three clubs on board; betting here applies pressure after a checked flop and builds equity with a strong draw.

J7 offsuit is too weak and easily dominated to open from the button, and limping is unattractive, so folding preserves chips.

I'm in the small blind with 87s facing only the big blind after a fold; a small raise builds a pot with a playable suited connector and applies pressure, and I can fold if met with resistance.

QTs suited is playable enough to see a flop for a small additional 200 chips against a single raiser.

I hold bottom pair with a weak kicker on an Ace-high board and am out of position against the preflop caller, so I check to keep the pot small and reassess on the turn rather than bluff into a range that likely contains an Ace or better pairs.

I have no pair and only a weak backdoor straight/flush possibility with Q-T on an A-J-7 board, so checking behind is best to control pot size and see a free card.

I hold a strong combo draw (gutshot to a straight plus a backdoor flush with a club runner), giving me about 13 outs; a semi-bluff bet applies pressure while retaining good equity if called.

I hold two pair (eights and sevens) with the ace on board, which beats nearly all of a BB defend range except rare 88/77/A8/T9. Raising builds the pot and charges straight and flush draws.

Only an open-ended straight draw (17% to hit) facing a big check-raise on the turn; pot odds and read on opponent strength don't justify calling 750 more.

KJ offsuit is a strong hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded; raising to isolate and build the pot with a hand that dominates many BB continuing ranges.

53 offsuit is too weak to continue against a small-blind raise to 300, even heads-up. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated hand.

Button with a suited-ish connector-adjacent hand (76o) in a 3-handed pot; cheap call for position and postflop playability.

73o is too weak to complete from the small blind multiway and out of position; folding the extra 50 avoids a dominated, poorly playable hand.

Heads-up with 87o in the big blind against a limper; checking keeps the pot small with a speculative hand and avoids bloating it out of position.

I have 8s7c with no made hand or meaningful draw on K-Q-2; checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing chips into air heads-up.

No pair, no draw with 7d6s on K-Q-2 board; checking behind is best against a checking opponent.

I hold 8-high with no draw on a scary board; checking keeps the small pot free and avoids investing chips into a likely losing hand against the button player.

My hand has no equity (7-6 offsuit, no pair, no diamond for the flush), and betting into a scary flush board with a weak holding risks a costly raise; checking keeps the pot small and gives a free look at the river.

Weak unpaired hand with no showdown value beyond a bluff; checking to see a free showdown avoids risking chips against a possible flush or better.

Heads-up after the button folds, Q6o has solid equity against a random hand, so I'll raise from the SB for value and fold equity rather than limp.