Hold'em table

K5o is too weak and easily dominated to open from the button, so folding preserves chips.

Calling the 50 chip small blind with Qc4s keeps the pot small and avoids committing chips with a weak offsuit hand before seeing any cards.

A2 offsuit is weak and I'd be out of position postflop against a limper; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free flop.

I have a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot with 4sQc on a 4h-Ah-Kd board, but no pair yet. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card while preserving the option to bluff or call later.

I hold top pair of aces with a strong kicker on an ace-high flop; betting for value and protection against draws.

Calling is cheap relative to my stack and keeps me in the hand with a backdoor flush draw and overcards. I'll see a cheap turn and reassess based on the action.

I have a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot with a weak queen kicker, so I want to see the river cheaply. Checking keeps the pot controlled and avoids building a big pot with a marginal hand.

I hold top pair (aces) on a fairly dry board; villain's passive line suggests a marginal hand, so a value bet extracts more chips while still allowing folds from worse holdings.

Calling 300 to see the river with a backdoor flush draw and a Q high; pot odds are favorable and I can reassess on the final street.

Board is paired with two sixes and an Ace; my 4sQc is weak and likely behind. Checking lets me see a cheap showdown and control variance with a marginal hand.

I have two pair (aces and sixes) with a king kicker, a strong hand on this river; betting extracts value from worse two pairs, aces, or missed draws that might call.

I have a pair of sixes with a four, which is a marginal hand against a strong river bet. Calling is reasonable to avoid folding too often, but I'm not confident enough to raise.

Calling the big blind with Ad6s is reasonable; I have a decent high card and a suited card, and I want to see a flop without overcommitting. The pot odds are favorable for a speculative hand.

KJo is strong enough to raise for value and isolate the limper, building the pot with initiative from the small blind.

58 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise and a limper; folding saves chips for better spots.

Seat 3 raised to 350 with the button. My A6s is playable but vulnerable. I'll raise to 1000 to isolate the raiser and take the lead, representing strength while keeping the pot manageable.

KJo facing a 3-bet re-raise to 1000 after my initial min-raise is too costly to continue; folding preserves chips against a stronger range.

Weak offsuit hand (6d Th) on the button facing a raise-like blind structure; not worth calling with unsuited low connectors out of position postflop.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. Q9o plays poorly out of position, so a small raise takes the dead money sometimes and defines the hand better than a flat.

6s 9d is a weak offsuit hand that doesn't play well out of position. Facing a raise to 300 with only 200 to call, I'm getting 2:1 odds but the hand lacks the equity to continue profitably.

Button open with 76o in three-handed play; a 3bb raise applies pressure on the blinds and realizes equity better than limping or folding.

I have As-2c, a weak offsuit hand. Seat 1 raised to 300 preflop, and I'm in the small blind with only a 50bb effective stack. Calling 250 more is too expensive for such a dominated hand, so folding is the correct play.

Calling the 100 big blind with Q8 offsuit in position is a standard play to see a flop cheaply and avoid folding out of position. I'll keep the pot small and play cautiously post-flop.

Cheap price to complete SB with a suited-ish connector-style hand against two limpers; not worth raising or folding.

26o is too weak to raise, and checking is free as the big blind after both opponents have limped.

No pair or strong draw on this dry board, so I check to control pot size.

26o completely missed this flop and has no draw, so checking multiway with a player still to act is the only sensible line.

The board is dry and I hold middle pair with a backdoor flush draw; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot out of position with a marginal hand.

I have 9-8 offsuit with no pair or draw on a Q-high paired board; no reason to bet, just check and see the river cheaply.

I have 2-6 with no pair or draw on a paired queen board, so a turn bluff into two opponents is unlikely to succeed. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes the free card.

Board is paired with two Queens and I hold the Qd, giving me a strong hand that likely leads. Since it's checked to me and I want to induce a bluff or keep the pot small, checking is the best play.

I have 9-8 high with no pair or draw on a paired board; no value in betting, so I check to showdown.

I have 2-6 offsuit and no pair or draw on a paired queen board, so there is no value in betting. Checking is free and better than folding or bluffing into two opponents.

Board is paired Queens with a Ten kicker; my Qd gives me top pair but the second Queen on board means I likely have the same hand as my opponent. Checking lets us see a cheap showdown without risking more chips on a potentially split pot.

On the button with a speculative King-high hand, a standard steal-sized raise applies pressure on both blinds in a short-handed game.

T6s is too weak to call a button raise out of position from the small blind, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

7s3s is a weak hand that cannot stand a raise from the button. Folding preserves my stack against a strong range.