Hold'em table

A small button open uses position and puts pressure on both blinds. Although 7♣4♣ is marginal, its suitedness provides some postflop playability when called.

95 suited is too weak to defend profitably from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Its limited connectivity and positional disadvantage favor folding.

92o is an extremely weak hand with poor equity against a button open; calling out of position is unprofitable, and there's no reason to bluff-raise without reads.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable with position.

3c7o is a very weak hand out of position facing a button raise; folding is the clear play.

Calling costs 150 to contest a final pot of 550, giving sufficient odds to defend a suited connector against a button opening range. At 100 big blinds deep, 5♣4♣ also has useful straight and flush potential.

This paired, high-card flop favors the preflop raiser, and my hand has little equity beyond a backdoor club draw. Checking avoids investing in a low-equity bluff out of position.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but no heart or strong draw to support continued aggression. Checking back keeps the pot small and lets me reassess the turn in position.

The flop check-back leaves the opponent with many unpaired hands that can fold to a turn stab. With almost no showdown value, betting about two-thirds pot gives this hand a reasonable bluffing opportunity.

Ace-high has no meaningful draw and limited equity against the opponent’s value bets. Facing a roughly two-thirds-pot turn bet and potential river pressure, this is too weak to continue.

Pocket sevens are strong 3-handed on the button; a raise to 3x the big blind builds the pot while keeping position, and folds out weaker hands that might limp.

T6 suited is too weak to defend profitably from the small blind against a 3bb open, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids investing more with poor position and limited playability.

Q7 suited is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, especially with no rake. Calling 200 into 450 offers good pot odds while avoiding an unnecessarily large pot out of position.

Top pair with a weak kicker is a natural check out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding an unnecessarily large pot.

As the preflop raiser on a dry Q-high flop, a continuation bet can win the pot immediately or force a weak opponent to fold, protecting my pair of sevens.

Top pair is strong enough to call a roughly half-pot continuation bet against a wide button range. Raising with a weak kicker would tend to fold out bluffs while attracting action from stronger hands.

Top pair with a weak kicker is best played as a bluff-catcher here. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in the opponent’s range while avoiding inflating the pot against stronger queens.

Opponent checked and I have a weak pair of sevens with no draw. Betting would rarely get called by worse and could get check-raised, so checking back to potentially see a cheap showdown is best.

Our weak queen has showdown value, but the river ace improves part of the button’s range and makes worse hands less likely to call a bet. Checking preserves that value and lets missed draws bluff.

We have a weak pair of sevens with showdown value. Betting would only get called by better hands, and we can see a free showdown since seat_2 checked.

Eight-six offsuit is below a standard button opening range against two unknown blinds. With no chips invested, folding avoids a marginal steal with weak postflop playability.

Completing costs only 50 into a 150-chip pot, making Q3 offsuit a reasonable small-blind limp against the lone big blind. Raising would inflate the pot out of position with a weak, easily dominated hand.

AcTh is strong heads-up against a SB complete, and I have position postflop. I raise for value and to isolate the SB.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against this raise, with poor playability and substantial domination risk. Folding avoids committing more chips with a hand that will struggle to realize its equity.

A6 suited is a strong button open three-handed, with an ace blocker and nut-flush potential. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while preserving positional advantage if called.

J9o is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, and calling or 3-betting would be -EV.

T8 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button open, especially without rake. Calling costs 150 to contest a final pot of 550, offering sufficient odds against a typical wide button range.

Ten-high has no immediate draw on this dry, queen-high flop. Checking to the preflop raiser avoids investing in a low-equity bluff on a board that favors their range.

Middle pair with an ace kicker has useful showdown value on this dry board. Checking back controls the pot and preserves weaker hands in the opponent's range.

The king favors the button’s preflop raising range, and my ten-high has no direct draw. Checking avoids investing in a low-equity bluff out of position.

My pair of sixes has showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get called by many worse hands or fold out better pairs. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess in position on the river.

Ten-high has almost no showdown value, and the button's two checks suggest a capped range with many ace-high and weak-pair hands. A roughly two-thirds-pot bluff can fold enough of that range to be profitable.

Calling requires about 29% equity, and after two checked streets this river lead can include plenty of unpaired hands and missed draws. A6 is a reasonable bluff-catcher that leaves missed hearts unblocked and blocks some straight and two-pair value hands.

K3o is a very weak hand, especially with no money invested. Folding avoids the risk of putting chips in with a hand that plays poorly postflop.

42 offsuit is near the bottom of my range and realizes equity poorly out of position. With no evidence the big blind overfolds, folding is preferable to completing or bluff-raising.