Hold'em table

As the button in a three-handed pot, 7-6 offsuit is playable and has positional advantage. I’ll open to 250 rather than limp, applying pressure while keeping the raise modest.

72o is the worst starting hand, and I'd be calling 200 more out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding is clearly the maximum-EV play here.

Holding 54s in the big blind getting 2.7 to 1 odds against a button open, calling to see a flop is profitable due to playability.

We flopped bottom pair with a weak kicker on a connected board; checking to the preflop raiser is standard out of position.

I have a gutshot and backdoor flush potential, so checking keeps the pot small while preserving my chance to improve.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker; checking allows me to realize showdown value against missed broadways that checked back the flop.

I have a gutshot straight draw but no made hand, and checking takes a free river card without risking chips.

I hold bottom pair with a weak kicker on a board with multiple overcards and possible flushes; checking to realize any showdown value is standard.

I have no made hand, and the river completes potential flushes and improves several hands that may have checked back. Checking avoids risking a bluff with little chance of folding a pair.

Eight-two offsuit is one of the weakest hands in hold'em; calling 100 into a 150 pot from the button with no fold equity incentive is not profitable. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

T4o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind, so folding is the standard and most profitable play.

95s is too weak to profitably open-raise from the button 3-handed.

Complete the small blind cheaply: the hand has reasonable equity against a big-blind range and favorable pot odds, while raising would overplay a weak offsuit hand.

Heads-up with Q7s in the big blind, I've already matched the bet and can see a free flop against a limper.

I have an open-ended straight draw and some backdoor flush potential, so a small lead can win the pot now while building one with strong equity.

I have a queen-high flush draw on the flop and only need to call 100 into a 300 pot, giving me good odds to see the turn. Calling keeps the pot small while I chase my draw with position.

I have an open-ended straight draw with eight outs, and a modest turn bet can also apply pressure after I led the flop.

I hold the queen-high spade flush draw with two cards to come already spent; calling 250 into a 650 pot needs ~22% equity and my draw plus implied odds justifies the cheap price against this small bet sizing.

I missed my straight draw and hold only seven-high. A river bluff is unlikely to fold a hand that called both the flop and turn.

7-2 offsuit is too weak to continue, even from the button, with the big blind still to act.

J6o from the button is too weak to call into two players; folding preserves chips for better spots.

In a blind-versus-blind situation after the button folds, T9o has solid playability to open-raise for value and pressure.

Fold the weak offsuit 4-2 rather than call the raise from the small blind.

Q3o is too weak to open profitably even from the button in 3-handed play.

With the button folded, completing from the small blind costs only 50 more into a 150-chip pot. 8-6 offsuit is weak, so I’ll avoid raising and see the flop cheaply.

6h2h is very weak; check and see a free flop in position heads-up, folding later if needed.

I have no pair and little meaningful drawing potential, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind on a board with a possible flush draw.

6h2h has almost no equity on 4c9c4h; seat_1 limped and checked, so taking a free card and keeping the pot small is best. A bluff has no fold-equity guarantee and no equity when called.

The ace is a favorable scare card after the flop checked through, and a small bet can pressure 9x and weaker hands. My 8-high has little showdown value if I check.

I hold 6-high with no pair or draw on a paired board with an ace; calling 100 into a 300 pot with a hand that loses to any showdown except pure air is not profitable. Folding preserves chips.