Hold'em table

87 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button even 3-handed.

Calling the 50-chip completion from the small blind gets a cheap price on K6o against a single big blind, which is a reasonable speculative call in a three-way pot.

J4 offsuit is too weak to raise, and checking is free with no bet to call after the small blind completes.

I have King-high with no pair on a Q-Q-3 board, and checking is free, so I take the free card rather than bloat a pot with a weak hand.

Jack-high with no pair or draw on a paired queen flop has little value, and the small blind already checked, so a free check is best.

I hold two pair (queens and sixes with a king kicker) on a board where both opponents have checked twice, so a small value bet builds the pot while keeping the sizing modest.

I only have queen-pair with a jack kicker and no draw, so calling a turn bet is unlikely to be profitable against a continuing range.

Jack-six suited is a playable hand in a three-handed pot, and calling the 100-chip big blind is cheap with good implied odds and position on the button.

K6o is too weak to complete from the small blind out of position against a button limp and a live big blind. Folding saves the extra chips rather than playing a dominated offsuit hand multiway.

With Ace-eight offsuit in the big blind facing a button limp and a fold from the small blind, checking takes a free flop out of position.

Check out of position in a limped pot with Ace-high and no strong draw.

I have two pair, jacks and sixes, against a single opponent who just checked, so a half-pot bet builds the pot for value.

I only hold Ace-high on a connected board out of position with minimal equity against a flop bet, making this an easy fold.

Q9o is a reasonable button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative rather than limp or fold.

42s is far too weak to defend out of position from the small blind against a button open.

Tc 3c is a weak, offsuit-ish hand out of position against a button raise, and the 150-chip call isn't justified by its equity, so folding is the better play.

King-nine offsuit is a standard opening hand on the button in 3-handed play, so I open with a 2.5bb raise to steal blinds or play in position.

Seven-five offsuit is a weak hand that has little equity against a button raise in a three-way pot, and calling 200 more doesn't justify the price.

J9 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise; folding avoids a dominated, hard-to-play spot.

Queen-four offsuit is weak, but from the button the 100-chip call gets about 2.5-to-1 on a 250-chip pot, which beats the roughly 29% needed against two random hands, so calling is a modest profit over folding.

K3o is too weak to continue from the small blind out of position in a multiway pot; folding the extra 50 is the higher-EV play.

I am in the big blind facing a button limp and a small blind fold, so checking to see a free flop with 53o is the clear choice.

I have a gutshot straight draw out of position in a limped pot; checking to see what the button does is the standard play.

I have Q-high on a K-6-2 flop with no made hand or strong draw, and the check is free, so I'll take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind.

I turned third pair with a gutshot straight draw, so checking allows me to realize equity cheaply without inflating the pot out of position.

I have Q-high with no pair on a K-6-2-5 board, and checking is free, so I take the free showdown rather than bet into a field that may have a better hand.

I have fourth pair with modest showdown value in a checked-down pot, so checking to see showdown is the best play.

Top pair of queens is likely best after villain checked twice, so a half-pot value bet can get called by worse kings or weaker hands.

With only fourth pair and a weak kicker on a board where both a spade flush and high cards like Queens completed, our hand is not strong enough to call a half-pot river bet.

95o is too weak to open from the button for a full bet, and I have nothing invested yet.

In a blind-vs-blind battle after the button folds, K3s is well above the folding threshold; raising to 300 applies pressure and seizes initiative.

Calling 200 more to see a flop with J-T offsuit is cheap and has good enough equity against a small blind raise, since the pot odds clearly justify it.

We flopped top pair with a weak kicker; checking controls the pot out of position and keeps the opponent's bluffing range in play.

I have second pair (tens with a jack kicker) on a King-high board, and seat_1 checked, so checking to see a free card is the sensible low-risk line.

Second pair with a weak kicker has decent showdown value, but the turn Ace is an overcard; checking to control the pot size is prudent.

I have a pair of tens with a weak kicker on a board with an ace and king, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against a possibly stronger hand.

I hold two pair, Aces and Kings with a Ten kicker on a paired board. Checking to realize showdown value is standard as worse hands rarely call a bet and better hands beat us.

I hold only a pair of tens on a board with ace-high pairs and a king, so I have little showdown value but can check to see the river action and avoid bloating the pot.