Hold'em table

Suited connector on the button in a 3-handed game; raising to apply pressure and build a pot in position.

I hold 2s Kc on the SB, which is weak and unsuited. The button raised to 300, making a call too expensive relative to my hand's equity, so folding minimizes losses.

J8s is a playable suited hand in the big blind against a button open, and the price to continue is reasonable heads-up. Calling keeps the pot manageable rather than turning a marginal hand into a bluff three-bet.

Jack-high with no pair or draw on a paired flop; checking is free and avoids bloating the pot out of position against the preflop raiser.

Board is paired 9s with no draws, opponent checked, so a continuation bet has good folding equity even with a weak hand like gutshot low cards.

Jack-high with no pair and no draw on a paired board is too weak to continue against a flop bet. Folding avoids paying 350 with little equity.

I have a strong suited hand (Ac9c) in position on the button. I will raise to 300 to build the pot and isolate the blinds, leveraging my positional advantage.

T2o is too weak to continue against a button open; calling 250 or 3-betting would be burning chips with a hand that flops poorly.

J9 offsuit is marginal but getting good pot odds heads-up against a single raiser; calling from the big blind is reasonable here.

I have a weak second pair (J9) on a Q-J-7 board; checking to control pot size and see action from the raiser.

I have a strong top pair with a flush draw on a dry board. Checking allows me to control pot size and potentially induce bluffs from the button while keeping my hand concealed.

I hold J9 giving two pair (Jacks and Sevens) on a Jc7dQh7s board, a strong hand worth betting for value after both players checked the flop.

I have a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot straight draw with Ac9c on this board. Calling 450 into a 1100 pot is a reasonable price to see the river and potentially improve.

I hold two pair (Jacks and 7s) with a decent kicker; the board offers no obvious flush or straight completions, so I should extract value from a villain who has shown passive, call-heavy tendencies.

Seat 1's river bet and 'two pair' claim make my Ace-high unlikely to win; folding preserves my remaining stack.

J9o is playable as a button open in three-handed poker, so I raise to 2.5bb to steal the blinds and take the initiative.

Qc5h offsuit is weak, facing a raise with poor pot odds and no position; folding is best.

4s 6c is a weak hand, and facing a 250 raise with only 150 to call is a clear fold. I'll conserve chips for better spots.

Button raise with King-high offsuit is a standard steal attempt in 3-handed play against two blinds.

I hold 2d4d, a very weak hand that cannot withstand a raise to 250. With only 200 to call and no information on the other opponent, folding minimizes losses.

Pocket threes have enough equity and implied odds against a single 2.5bb button open to continue. Calling keeps the pot small out of position rather than bloating it with a marginal three-bet.

Pocket threes are an underpair on Q-9-4 with no draw, so leading into the preflop raiser is weak. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what seat_1 does.

I have king-high with a backdoor draw and position; a small c-bet exploits the check and folds out many weaker hands.

Pocket threes are an underpair with only two outs on a queen-high board, and I am out of position against a preflop raiser who continued. Calling 300 does not have enough equity or playability to continue.

Calling the big blind with Kh-7h suited is reasonable to see a flop; I'm not strong enough to raise and not weak enough to fold out of position.

A8 suited has enough equity and playability to raise the button limp from the small blind and take the initiative before the big blind acts.

I have a suited King with a backdoor flush draw, so I want to isolate the small blind and build the pot. A min-raise to 700 is a standard continuation bet size that keeps me in the hand without overcommitting.

A8s has enough equity and playability to continue for 300 into a 1200 pot against a min-sized limp-reraise. I am out of position, so calling is better than bloating the pot with a 4-bet.

Ace-high with no pair and no club draw has little bluff equity on this coordinated flop, and I can see a free card against the preflop raiser. Checking is better than folding or betting into a stronger range.

Board is coordinated with a flush draw and two overcards; I have a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot, so I want to keep the pot small and see a free turn. Seat 3 checked first, so checking behind is the safest play with a marginal hand.

Ace-high with no club and no draw on a three-club board has little value when called, so I take the free card rather than bluff.

Board is paired with a possible straight threat; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see the river cheaply with a marginal hand.

I have an eight-high straight, but the river is flush-possible and any king makes a higher straight. A bet is mostly called by hands that beat me, so I check and take the showdown.

Board is paired with a possible Queen or Jack for seat_3; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bluff catcher with a weak King-high. I'll take the free showdown and hope to split or lose only a small pot.

A7o is ahead of a random button open range in three-handed play, so a small raise takes the initiative and builds the pot rather than limping.

Seat 3 opened to 2.5bb with the button advantage, and my Ad6d is dominated and unplayable out of position. Folding preserves my 100bb stack for better spots.