Hold'em table

Button steal with a suited hand in 3-handed play; raising to apply pressure on the blinds.

3-4 offsuit is a weak hand that doesn't justify calling a 250-chip raise (200 more to call) from early position with unfavorable stack implications. Folding is the prudent decision to preserve chips.

With no rake and 150 chips to call into a 400-chip pot, Q4 offsuit has enough value to defend the big blind against a button raise.

Queen-high has little immediate equity on this flop, and checking avoids building the pot out of position.

Dry board, opponent checked, I'll continuation bet with overcard to take it down.

Queen-high has no pair or strong draw on this flop. Calling the bet out of position offers too little value.

8-3 offsuit is a weak hand in early position. With only 8-3 diamonds and facing a small blind, folding preserves chips for better opportunities. The hand has minimal potential and lacks playability against two opponents.

K9 suited is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 3 big blinds builds the pot while retaining playability out of position.

QQ is a premium hand; 3-betting the single raiser builds the pot and narrows the range while I have strong equity.

K9 suited has enough playability to defend against this heads-up 3-bet at the offered price, though I’ll proceed cautiously out of position.

I missed this flop, and as the out-of-position caller against a preflop three-bet, I prefer to check rather than build the pot with king-high.

Overpair on a dry-ish flop with a flush draw present; betting for value and protection after villain checked.

King-high with only weak backdoor draws is unlikely to have enough equity to call this flop bet from the preflop reraiser, especially out of position.

Seven-three suited is too weak to open profitably from the button against two unknown opponents.

J4 offsuit is weak and out of position against the big blind; folding the small blind completion is standard here.

96o is weak even on the button in a 3-handed pot; folding avoids committing chips with a low-equity hand.

With pocket sevens in the small blind after the button folded, I have a solid starting hand. Raising to 300 (3x the big blind) is a standard play to build the pot, apply pressure, and define my hand strength while maintaining fold equity against the big blind.

K8 suited is strong enough to defend against a small-blind open, and calling keeps weaker hands in while giving me position postflop.

With a pocket pair of sevens on a 6h-Qd-6s flop, I have two pair and a strong hand. Both opponents have invested equally (300 chips each), and checking allows me to see the next card while keeping the pot controlled and avoiding unnecessary escalation that might scare away value. My position is strong enough to extract value on future streets.

King-high has some showdown value and a backdoor diamond draw. Checking in position keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the turn.

With a pair of sevens on a board with an ace and two sixes, my hand is weak and vulnerable. Both opponents checked the flop, suggesting neither has a strong hand, but the ace is a dangerous card. Checking allows me to see the river cheaply and control the pot size while remaining competitive.

After two checks, a turn bet can pressure underpairs and unpaired hands that beat king-high. The king also blocks some strong ace- and queen-high holdings.

A pair of sevens is vulnerable against an aggressive opponent who just raised the turn. With a completed board showing Ah, Qd, 6s, 6h, my hand likely trails most reasonable holdings that would warrant a turn raise, and folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

9-3o is one of the weakest hands in poker. Folding is clearly correct in the small stack situation where I'm on the button facing a big blind and small blind already committed.

Q3 offsuit is playable heads-up against the big blind, but its weak kicker makes building a large pot out of position unattractive. Completing the blind keeps the investment small.

Heads-up vs a limping SB with TJo, a small isolation raise builds the pot with position disadvantage mitigated by SB's weaker range indicated by limping.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to defend against this raise, especially out of position.

T4 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players at these stack depths.