Hold'em table

Three-handed from the button, 3-8 offsuit is too weak to continue against the blinds for only 100 chips, so folding preserves chips.

K7 suited is a strong enough heads-up blind hand to raise for value and initiative after the button folds.

Suited connectors 6d4d in the big blind getting 2:1 on a call (200 to win 400 pot) against a small blind's 3x raise, which is a wide range heads-up; calling is profitable enough, and out of position a 3-bet bluff is unnecessary.

I have middle pair with a strong king-high spade draw on an ace-high board. A moderate lead can gain value from weaker draws and protect my equity.

I have a gutshot straight draw plus a backdoor flush draw, and 4-6 is also live for a wheel. The price is 400 to win a pot of 1000, which is about 29% equity needed, so calling is reasonable. The ace on board means villain's bet may be a continuation bet, so I don't want to fold, and a raise would be too loose.

With a pair plus a strong king-high flush draw, checking preserves equity and keeps the pot manageable against a likely ace-heavy calling range.

I have a pair of sixes with a gutshot and a backdoor draw, and the board is 2s 7c As 6c. Seat 2 checked the turn, which signals weakness, so a bet of about half the pot can win the pot now or get called by worse hands, and my hand still has equity if called.

We have a pair plus a strong king-high flush draw, giving sufficient equity to continue against the turn bet without inflating the pot.

I have trip aces with a king kicker and a paired seven, which is strong enough to value bet against weaker aces and bluff-catchers. A moderate sizing targets calls while limiting exposure to the few full houses.

We have aces and sixes, which beats many hands, and a call of 1600 into a 4400 pot needs only about 27% equity. Villain's small river bet leaves plenty of bluffs and weaker hands in range, so a call beats folding or raising.

J6 offsuit is a weak button opening hand in this short-handed setup and is better folded than entering a potentially dominated pot.

In the small blind with 65o, I only need 50 more chips to call into a pot of 150, which is about 3-to-1. A suited-connector-like hand is playable at that price against a lone big blind, so I'll complete rather than fold.

Holding 2-4 suited, which is weak, I have the big blind with no bet to call, so checking sees the flop for free without adding chips to a weak hand.

I have 6-high with only a gutshot draw on a 9-T-A board, so there is no value in betting. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card.

I hold 2h4h, which is essentially nothing on an A-T-9 board, so I'll check for free rather than bloat the pot.

I hold 6-5 on a 9-T-A-8 board, which gives me an open-ended straight draw: any 7 or Jack makes a straight. We are heads-up, and both of us checked the flop, so the opponent's range looks weak. A small bet of 100 into 200 is a semi-bluff that can win the pot now and still lets me hit the draw.}

I hold 2-4 with no pair, no straight, and only one card left to come, so I have essentially no winning outs against a turn bet.

7s9s is a suited connector on the button in a 3-handed pot. It has good playability and the price is only 100, so I call instead of building a bigger pot out of position against two players.

I have 9-6 offsuit in the small blind facing only a limp, so calling the 50-chip completion is a cheap way to see a flop in a multiway pot.

Check the big blind with A4 offsuit after both opponents limp; it has reasonable multiway equity without inflating the pot.

Checking is free on the flop with 9-6 high and no pair, so I take the free showdown view and avoid bloating the pot out of position.

With ace-high and only a gutshot in a three-way limped pot, checking realizes equity cheaply and avoids building a pot against likely queen-heavy ranges.

Both opponents checked the dry 3-5-Q flop, so a small bet with a gutshot and backdoor flush draw on the button can take the pot now or pick up equity if called. I keep the size small to limit the cost of a check-raise.

I have 9-6 high with no pair or meaningful draw on a Q-5-3 board, so facing a 200 chip bet into a 500 chip pot I should fold.

Call with the ace-high gutshot and potential ace outs at a favorable price versus a small flop bet.

Ace-high with only a gutshot has limited showdown value against the flop bettor/caller range. Checking keeps the pot controlled and preserves the option to respond on the river.

Seat 2 checked the turn after calling a flop bet, and I have a flush draw with 7s9s on a 3-Q-5-3 board with the 3s as a spade. Betting about half the pot is a semi-bluff that can win now, and I still have draw equity if called.

With only a gutshot and limited clean ace outs on a paired board, the turn price is too high against this betting line.

On the button with 6s9h, a suited connector-ish hand is a reasonable steal against two blinds, and raising builds the pot or wins it outright.

T3 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

With 5s4c in the big blind I'm getting 400 into 150, about 2.7 to 1, against a button min-raise from a wide range. The hand has decent suited-connector playability, so calling is better than folding or bluff-raising.

I flopped an open-ended straight draw (5-4 on 6-7-8, so 3s and 9s complete it) with a pair-free but live hand, and I act first out of position heads-up against a button raiser. A bet of about 3/4 pot builds the pot with a strong semi-bluff and can win right away; I still have draw equity if called.}

I have a middle pair of sixes plus an open-ended straight draw (5 or 10 completes), and the 400 call is well priced against the 950 pot, so calling is better than folding or a bluff-raise.

I have a made straight (4-8) on 6h 8d 7h Qd, so I'm betting about two-thirds of the pot for value against a player who called the flop and may hold draws or a pair.

With a pair of sixes and an open-ended straight draw, I have about 8 outs against a turn raise of 900 into a 2250 pot. That needs roughly 29% equity to call, which I lack against a line that is likely strong, so folding is the disciplined play.

On the button, 8-7 suited has good playability in a three-handed pot and is worth opening. A moderate raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

A9o offsuit is a decent hand in 3-handed play. The button's 2.5x open is wide, and I get a fair price calling 200 more with the pot at 400, so I call rather than 3-bet or fold.

Facing 150 to call into a 600 pot as the big blind, I get about 4:1 pot odds, which justifies calling with the weak 86 offsuit rather than folding.

Middle pair (nines) with an ace kicker on a connected Q-9-J board, three-way. I'm first to act, so I bet about 2/3 pot to charge draws and get value from worse pairs and draws.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with 8-6 on Q-9-J, about 4 outs, which doesn't justify calling 500 into a 1250 pot against a flop raise.

We only have a gutshot to a queen-high straight and no made pair against a substantial flop lead. Folding avoids continuing with insufficient immediate odds.

2-3 offsuit is the worst starting hand, and playing it out of position against two opponents is a losing proposition, so I'm folding on the button.

Nine-deuce offsuit is one of the weakest hands, and folding the small blind here avoids investing chips out of position with little equity.