Hold'em table

8-3 offsuit is a weak button holding and not worth entering against both blinds at this stack depth.

K7s in the small blind heads-up against the big blind, getting 3:1 on a call of 50 into a 150 pot. It is playable, so I'll complete and see a flop rather than fold or raise.

I'm in the big blind with a weak 4-6 suited and can check for free, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing more chips with a poor hand.

Middle pair (7s) with a backdoor flush draw and king kicker on an A-high board, heads-up and first to act. A small bet of 100 into 200 gets value from worse pairs and draws, and denies equity to overcards, while keeping the pot small. (Amount note: the min raise is 100.)

Our 6-4 has no pair and only backdoor draws against a flop with an ace, so we need about 25% equity to call 100 into a 300 pot and we don't have it.

J6 offsuit is a weak hand, and out of position against two players later in the hand it isn't worth 100 chips to call. Folding is the disciplined choice.

Calling the 50-chip completion from the small blind is cheap and keeps a speculative 6-5 suited-ish hand in a three-way pot without bloating the pot with a weak raise.

Check the big blind with a weak but suited hand and realize equity cheaply against the small blind limp.

I have 6-high with no pair or real draw on A-T-9 rainbow-ish flop, and checking is free, so I take the free card and keep the pot small.

With 2-high and no meaningful draw on an ace-high board, checking preserves equity and avoids bluffing into the limper unnecessarily.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with 6-5 on a 9-T-A-8 board, and checking is free, so I take the free card rather than bluffing into a player who already checked.

Opponent has checked twice on a board where many unpaired hands missed. A small turn stab can fold out a substantial portion of their weak range while risking little.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with no pair, and calling 125 into a 325 pot needs about 28% equity, far more than the roughly 9% my one river out gives me. Folding is the disciplined play.

Calling the 100-chip big blind with 7s9s on the button is a reasonable speculative price in a three-handed pot, keeping the hand playable while avoiding a bloated raise out of position.

9-6 offsuit is weak from the small blind and will play poorly out of position in a multiway limped pot. Folding avoids realizing equity poorly.

Ace-x in the big blind, heads-up against a limping button after the small blind folded. A raise to 3bb takes the initiative and builds the pot with a hand that is ahead of a limp range.

Heads-up in position with 7-9 suited, I have enough equity against a wide blind raise to justify calling 200 into a 450 pot.

I have a wheel draw plus an ace (Ad 4c on 3d Qs 5c): a gutshot straight draw with A-2 needed, and ace-high with backdoor potential. Betting about 60% of the pot as a semi-bluff is reasonable heads-up and out of position, and it can fold out hands like middle pairs or overcards that would otherwise outdraw me.

With 7-9 high and no pair or real draw on a Q-5-3 rainbow flop, I have far less than the roughly 28% equity needed to call 400 into a 1050 pot, so folding is correct.

9-high offsuit with a weak kicker is not worth opening from the button under these conditions.

T3 offsuit is a weak hand, and out of position against the big blind, even for just 50 more, it plays poorly. Folding is the safe choice, though calling is only marginally worse.

On the button in a 3-handed game, 7-8 offsuit is playable. Calling 100 to win a 250 pot is a fair price with position, and I'd rather not build a big pot with a marginal hand.

A9 offsuit is a playable hand, and completing for 50 chips to see a flop out of position is cheap with the big blind still to act.

Check the big blind with a marginal offsuit connector and realize equity cheaply in a multiway pot.

I hold a middle pair of nines with an ace kicker on a Q-9-J board, which is a modest made hand. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see whether the others show strength.

With an open-ended straight draw in a three-way limped pot, I take the free card rather than inflate the pot against likely Q/J/9 holdings.

I have an open-ended straight draw (7-8 on Q-9-J) in a three-way pot after two checks. A small bet of 200 into 300 can win the pot now and builds equity if called, since I can still hit a ten or a six.

I have middle pair with an ace kicker, and calling 200 into a 500 pot is well priced against a single flop bet. Folding would give up too much equity.

With only an eight-high gutshot and two opponents showing interest, calling is too weak at these pot odds. Folding preserves chips.

Top pair with an ace kicker is a medium-strength hand, and checking keeps the pot small against a seat that raised the flop. As the first to act with no bet to call, checking is the cheapest way to see the next card.

I hold 7-8 on a Q-9-J-2 board, which gives me an open-ended straight draw (a 10 completes the straight; any 10 makes it, and a 10 gives the nut-ish straight). Seat_3 checked twice and looks weak, so a half-pot bet of 400 builds fold equity and I still have outs if called.

I have a pair of nines with an ace kicker, and calling 400 into an 1100 pot is about 27% equity needed, which a middle pair with ace kicker can reasonably clear against a possibly weaker double barrel.

I hold a pair of nines with an ace kicker, which is medium-strength showdown value against a player who has bet every street. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me win if seat_2 is bluffing.

I have 8-high on a Qs 9h Jc 2d 3d board, so showdown value is nil. Seat_3 has checked every street and called two bets, so they hold some weak-to-medium pair or a draw that missed. A 600 bet into a 1500 pot risks little and can fold out their weaker hands, so I'm bluffing.

I have a pair of nines with an ace kicker, and the 600 call is about 22% of the final pot, so calling is reasonable against a bet that could be a bluff or a thin value bet.

2-3 offsuit is a weak holding, and calling 100 to see a flop out of position in a 3-handed pot has negative expected value, so folding is the disciplined play.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind heads-up against the big blind.