Hold'em table

76o is too weak to open even on the button; folding avoids a dominated, low-playability hand.

Q7o has poor playability out of position against the big blind, making an easy fold preflop.

K2o is too weak to open profitably even on the button in 3-handed play.

With only the big blind left, completing costs 50 chips into a 150-chip pot. 9-6 offsuit is weak, but the price is favorable and calling keeps the pot small.

Q9 offsuit is too weak to raise for value against the small blind's complete, and checking is free with position postflop.

I have only nine-high with limited backdoor potential, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind’s range.

Queen-high with no pair or draw on 7-2-T has little reason to build the pot after the small blind checked. Checking back keeps the pot small and realizes whatever showdown value I have.

I have no pair and only a gutshot straight draw, while the ace on the turn favors the big blind’s range. I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into a player who has yet to act.

Queen-high with no pair or draw on an ace-high board; opponent checked, so I take the free card rather than bluff a tiny pot.

I have no meaningful showdown value, and the opponent’s checks on the flop and turn suggest a small river bluff may fold out weaker unpaired hands. A 100-chip bet risks little relative to the pot.

Queen-high with no pair or draw on a paired, ace-high board loses to almost any river bet, so calling 100 is unprofitable.

On the button, 6♦5♦ is a playable suited connector and a small open can win the blinds while retaining postflop playability.

T9o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a dominated, speculative spot.

Pocket eights has strong equity against a button open, and calling closes the preflop action with great pot odds.

Checking to the preflop aggressor with second pair and showdown value.

With bottom pair and a weak kicker on a coordinated flop, checking back keeps the pot small and avoids getting raised while retaining some showdown value.

Turned a set of eights after flop checked through; betting 400 into 550 for value against Jx and draw combinations.

A pair of fives is too weak to continue against this turn bet: most value hands have us in poor shape, and we need nearly 30% equity to call.

A5o is a standard button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative rather than limp or fold.

Q5o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.

7♦6♦ is a playable suited hand from the big blind, and calling 150 offers good pot odds against the button’s small raise. I’ll take a flop rather than inflate the pot with a marginal 3-bet.

I have no pair and only weak runner-runner straight or flush possibilities. I’ll check rather than bluff into the preflop raiser on a king-high board.

I have ace-high plus a wheel gutshot as the preflop raiser, and the big blind checked a king-high flop. A small c-bet can fold out many missed hands while keeping the pot manageable.

Ten-deuce offsuit is far too weak to open on the button, even three-handed.

Completing costs only 50 into a pot that will be 200, and 4-5 offsuit has enough equity against the big blind's wide range to see a flop at this price.

Button folded and the small blind limped, so I raise suited connectors in position to take the initiative and deny a free flop.

45 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling a sizable raise out of position would require too much equity.

Pocket fives are a playable button opening hand in three-handed poker. A 2.5× big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable if called.

K3 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open, especially out of position.

T4o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.