Hold'em table

A5 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed, with an ace blocker and position if called. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds without committing too much with a marginal ace.

Queen-king suited is a strong hand to see a flop in a three-way pot, and calling 200 more to match the button's raise keeps the price reasonable.

I have King-high with a backdoor flush draw and no made hand, and checking is free in this heads-up pot, so I keep the hand cheap and see the turn.

This connected flop interacts well with the small blind's calling range, making a continuation bluff unattractive. Checking preserves ace-high showdown value and lets us realize our backdoor nut-flush potential for free.

I hold an open-ended straight draw (K-Q with J-T on board) and can take a free card, so checking keeps the pot small while preserving my equity.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but no meaningful draw on this coordinated board. Checking preserves chips against a range containing many pairs and straight draws, with little reason to expect a bluff to fold those hands.

I hold a pair of queens with a king kicker and no made straight or flush on this river, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against a possibly stronger hand.

Ace-high retains some showdown value against missed draws and other unpaired hands. Holding the ace of hearts blocks potential folds, making this a poor bluff candidate on a coordinated board.

King-Jack offsuit on the button is strong enough to raise over the limp-style 100 to call, building the pot and taking initiative from the blinds.

J9o is weak out of position against a button raise with the BB still to act; not worth continuing.

Six-three offsuit is too weak to defend against a 2.5bb button raise, especially out of position. Its poor equity realization makes folding preferable to calling or bluff-raising.

AT is a solid button raising hand in a 3-handed pot; raising isolates and builds pot with good equity.

J7 suited is too weak to defend profitably by default from the small blind against a 2.5bb open. Poor position and the big blind's ability to squeeze outweigh its suited potential.

Only seat_3 is still in against me, so I'm getting about 27% pot odds to call 150 into 400 with a getting-close-enough hand, and the big blind's defensive range supports calling a button raise.

Holding Ts-2c on a 2h-9c-Jh flop with no pair or draw worth pursuing, checking is free and keeps the pot small; the flop is checked to me so I take the free card.</br>

I'm in position as preflop raiser with ace-high and a backdoor flush draw; a continuation bet on this dry board can take down the pot or build value if I improve.

I have a pair of 2s with an open-ended straight draw (8 or Q), giving roughly 35% equity against a 300 call into an 850 pot, which is enough to continue.

I hold a pair of deuces, a weak made hand, and I can check for free, so I take the free card rather than bloat the pot against an aggressive seat_3.

I have ace-high with no pair and no realistic draw; checking back controls pot size against a caller who may have a made hand.

I have a pair of twos with no bet to call, so checking is the only sensible low-cost action and keeps the pot small.

No pair and no made hand; checking back river to realize showdown value cheaply.

82 offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing chips with poor equity and playability.

Queen-deuce offsuit is a weak hand out of the small blind, and calling only 50 chips to see a flop from a poor position isn't worth the risk against the big blind.

Calling 100 into a 150 pot with 5-4 offsuit from the button gets about 1.5:1 against two small-blind-range opponents, and the hand has enough connectedness and position to justify the call.

KJ suited is a strong hand; raising isolates the limper and builds the pot while I have position-equivalent value.

Calling 250 with pocket deuces is reasonable at this depth, with strong implied odds when I flop a set. The button may also call, improving the potential payoff, while raising would unnecessarily inflate the pot with a weak pair.

Calling 250 into an 800 pot gives about 3.2 to 1 on a suited 5-4 from the button in a three-way pot, which is a reasonable price with decent playability and implied odds.

No pair or draw on this dry paired board with two opponents still in, so I check and wait to see more information cheaply.

My flopped full house is strong enough to start building the pot, with trips, overpairs, and diamond draws available to call. A modest bet extracts value without discouraging too many weaker hands.

I hold a set of fives (5s with 5d and 5h), a very strong made hand, so I raise for value against seat_1's flop bet.

I only have king-jack high with no pair or draw, facing heavy action from two players on a paired board; easy fold.

My flopped full house is ahead of nearly everything except 55 and 52. Raising builds a pot against trips and diamond draws while setting up manageable turn and river value bets.

I have a set of fives on a paired board, which is very strong, but the opponent's large flop raise and the possible diamond draw make a smaller call a reasonable way to keep the pot controlled while still seeing the turn.

My full house is ahead of most trip fives and all diamond draws, so I want to keep extracting value. This sizing encourages weaker hands to continue and leaves a manageable river shove.

We hold a set of fives on a 5-5-2-Q board, which is strong. Calling 2400 into a 9050 pot is profitable against a range that includes many worse hands, and it keeps us in with a strong made hand.

Shove for value with a full house: the river completes diamond draws, and both flushes and trip fives can call a bet of only 39% of the pot. Higher full houses are possible, but enough worse hands can pay off to justify going all-in.

I hold three 5s on the river, which is strong against a wide bluffing range, and calling 4450 into a 15900 pot is a reasonable price to continue.

5-2 offsuit is a weak hand not worth playing from the button facing a raise; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Completing costs only 50 into a 150-chip pot, making T6 offsuit a reasonable heads-up limp. This keeps the pot small with a marginal hand that must play out of position.

Seven-nine offsuit is weak, but checking my big blind option is free and sees the flop without adding chips.

Bottom two pair is strong against the big blind's wide checking range but vulnerable on this draw-heavy board. Betting three-quarters pot builds value from pairs and draws while charging them to improve.

I have 4-9 with no pair and only backdoor straight potential on a J-T-6 board, so calling 150 into a 350 pot isn't justified and folding is the disciplined play.