Hold'em table

On the button, a minimum raise risks little to contest the blinds and keeps the pot manageable with a marginal queen.

98o is a weak hand out of position against a button raise; folding avoids difficult postflop decisions and preserves chips.

Calling with suited 7-6 from the big blind is a reasonable defend against a small button raise, given the favorable pot odds and postflop playability.

I have a weak pair on a paired flop and can take a free card rather than build the pot. Checking keeps my range protected and lets me respond to the button’s action.

A small continuation bet on this paired board can fold out some of the big blind's unpaired hands. Q-high has little showdown value, and the small size limits the cost when called.

Bottom pair is likely ahead of some small continuation bets and has useful improvement possibilities. The small bet gives favorable pot odds, so calling is preferable to folding or raising.

With only a weak pair of sixes on a paired board, betting risks inflating the pot against stronger hands. Check and preserve the option to continue if the opponent checks behind.

Q-high has little equity when called, and the turn does not offer a strong bluffing opportunity. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to act on the river.

My pair of sixes has modest showdown value on this paired board. A bet is unlikely to get called by worse hands, so I’ll take the free showdown.

Queen-high has little showdown value. A river bet can get better unpaired hands and some weak pairs to fold.

The 500-chip bet is only 40% of the pot, so I need to be right about 22% of the time. My pair is weak, but the turn check leaves plenty of missed overcards that could be bluffing on the river.

K7o on the button 3-handed is a standard open-raise to pressure the blinds and play in position. Raising to 2.5x the big blind balances value and fold equity.

K♦4♣ is a weak offsuit hand from the small blind facing a button raise, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids investing more out of position with poor playability.

T2 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5 big-blind raise.

With 2♥4♥ on the button, calling the additional 100 offers reasonable pot odds and lets me see a flop in position; raising would overplay this weak hand.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 250-chip pot. The suited hand is weak, but the price is good enough to see a flop.

I have 92 offsuit, a very weak hand, so checking to see a free flop is the best play.

I have a weak flush draw in a multiway pot and am first to act. Checking avoids building the pot with a draw that may be dominated.

I have a weak pair of nines with no kicker on a connected board; checking allows me to control the pot and see what the button does.

I have no made hand or meaningful draw on a coordinated, two-club flop. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into two opponents.

I have a low flush draw but no made hand. Checking keeps the pot small in this three-way pot.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a board with an overcard king and two other players; checking keeps the pot small and avoids value-betting into likely stronger hands.

My 2♥4♥ has no meaningful draw on this board, so I’ll take the free river rather than bluff into two opponents.

Six-high has almost no showdown value. After both opponents checked the flop and turn, a small river bluff can win the pot when they have missed draws or weak unpaired hands.

Pot odds are favorable (175 into 475) and seat1's passive line followed by a river bet can include missed club/straight draws. We have a pair and can bluff-catch profitably.

A pair of fours is a very weak bluff-catcher on this board, especially after a river bet and a call. The chance both opponents are bluffing or holding worse is too small to justify calling.

K9 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed, and a 2.5 big-blind raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

4s6s is too weak to call out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Call with a suited, connected hand that plays well postflop against a button open; the price is favorable and a 3-bet is unnecessary here.

I have a strong combo draw with a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw, but checking lets the preflop raiser bet so I can continue with good equity.

A small continuation bet can fold out missed high-card hands while keeping the cost modest on a board that also connects with the big blind's range.

The 180-chip bet gives a good price, and my flush draw plus gutshot has strong equity to improve. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving the chance to realize that equity on the turn.

I have a made flush and can get value from pairs and draws while charging hands with a single club. A modest turn bet limits exposure to higher flushes.

Top pair with a club draw is strong enough to continue against this small turn bet, but raising would risk building a large pot against a flush or other strong hand.

My flush is only seven-high, and the turn call on a three-club board makes a higher club quite plausible. A river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands, so I’ll take the showdown value.

Top pair has showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands on this board and risks running into a straight or flush.

T8o is playable on the button 3-handed; raising to 250 pressures the blinds and takes initiative preflop.

T8 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 2.5bb button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Avoid calling out of position.

K4 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise, especially with dead money from the folded small blind.

With king-high and no immediate draw on an ace-high flop, I prefer to check rather than build the pot out of position.

I have middle pair on an Ace-high board. Checking back for pot control and to see the turn, as many hands that call a bet are ahead.

King-high has little showdown value, but the third club is a poor bluffing card when I hold no club. Checking avoids investing more with a weak hand.

I have second pair with a weak kicker on an Ace-high, flush-completing board. Betting would mostly get called by better, so I check behind to realize showdown value.

With no club on a four-club board, a river bluff is likely to get called by flushes and aces. King-high also has some showdown value against missed draws.

I have two pair but the board is very scary with four clubs and an Ace. Checking down is better as I can only get called by better hands.

As the button in a three-handed game, 9♣-7♦ is playable as an open. Raising to 250 puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the sizing modest.

Q6 suited is marginal against a button raise, and calling from the small blind leaves me out of position with the big blind still to act.

75 offsuit is a very weak hand and we are out of position against the button raise, folding is standard.