Hold'em table

Calling the big blind with Ace-high suited is a standard, low-risk play from the button, keeping the pot manageable and allowing me to see a flop cheaply.

Button limped, so I isolate with A9o from the small blind. A raise to 400 takes the initiative and charges the big blind to continue.

Facing a raise with weak offsuit 65, not worth continuing given the price and position disadvantage.

I have Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw. The opponent raised to 400 from the small blind, and I'm on the button. Calling 300 more keeps me in with a playable hand without overcommitting preflop.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on a paired flop has little value as a bet, so I check and take a free card.

Board is paired with 5c5h4d and I hold Ad, giving me top pair with a weak kicker. Checking preserves pot control and avoids building a larger pot with a marginal hand against a single opponent who raised preflop.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on a paired board; no reason to bet into the button after both players checked the flop.

Board is paired with a Ten on the turn, and my Ace-high is weak. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bluff against a likely strong hand.

Ace-high has some showdown value after two streets of checks, and a river bluff is unlikely to fold the pairs in the button's calling range.

Board is paired with a 5, and my Ace-high with a 3 kicker is unlikely to be best; checking lets me realize equity cheaply and keep opponent's bluffs in.

T3o is too weak to open from the button three-handed; limping is worse and a raise does not have enough fold equity or postflop playability to be profitable.

Heads-up against BB with A7s, a strong hand in this spot; raising to build the pot and take initiative.

Calling 200 with 4s8s is reasonable; I'm getting good pot odds and can see a flop to realize equity. Raising is possible but I prefer to control risk with this suited connector.

I have a gutshot straight draw plus an overcard and backdoor flush potential; a continuation bet on this dry board applies pressure as the preflop aggressor.

Calling keeps the pot manageable with a weak gutshot and backdoor flush draw, avoiding a big bluff raise into a likely strong hand.

I only have ace-high with a gutshot to an 8; opponent has called two streets showing strength, so I check to control pot size and see the river cheaply.

I have a backdoor flush draw with 4s8s on a 6s9h5d2d board, but I'm out of position and the opponent has shown aggression. Checking allows me to control the pot size and potentially induce a bluff on the river while keeping my options open.

I have only ace-high with no pair or draw, so checking to see a showdown is safest against a range that called my flop bet and checked back turn.

Board is disconnected and I hold only 4s8s with no clear made hand; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bluff against a player who raised preflop and on the flop.

Pocket queens is a strong hand; raise for value from the button to build the pot and isolate.

I hold 4s2s, a very weak hand that is unlikely to improve enough to justify calling a 250 chip raise. Folding preserves my remaining 9950 chips for better opportunities.

84 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button open, so folding is the highest-EV option.

I have 9s5c, a weak offsuit hand with no edge. The pot odds don't justify a call, and I'd rather preserve my stack for better spots.

Button folded, so I only need 50 more into a 150 pot. T6o is weak out of position, but the price is good enough to complete rather than raise or surrender.

Small pocket pair with a limper; take a cheap flop rather than building a pot out of position with only a set-mining hand.

Ten-six has no pair and no draw on an ace-queen-eight flop, so checking is the only sensible free option.

Pocket 33 on an A-8-Q board is weak with no equity to bet; checking behind is fine given the action already checked to me.

I have eight outs to a straight but no showdown value, and a free card is better than a small semi-bluff with uncertain fold equity in a tiny pot.

Pocket 3s have no equity on this A-8-Q-J board; checking to control pot size and avoid bluffing with a weak hand.

I have ten-high with no pair or draw on a paired ace-high board, so there is no value in betting. Checking realizes the free showdown.

Weak pocket threes with no made hand beyond low pair; checking to showdown since betting is unlikely to get called by worse.

96o is too weak to open from first to act in a three-handed pot, especially with both blinds still to act. Folding avoids investing chips with a dominated offsuit hand.

Pocket pair on the button, raising for value and to isolate against the blinds.

I hold 2d9h, a weak hand that is unlikely to win against the raiser's range. Calling 250 more into a 450 pot with such a hand offers poor odds and high risk.

J5o is too weak to continue against a button open after the small blind folds. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.