Hold'em table

The button gives me position for the rest of the hand, and the small price to complete makes seeing a flop with this marginal hand reasonable.

73 offsuit is too weak to profitably complete from the small blind despite the favorable pot odds. It realizes equity poorly out of position, and the big blind can still raise.

I'm the big blind with a weak hand (7d3d) and can check for free since the small blind folded and there's no raise to call.

I have no pair, no draw worth betting (7-high with a backdoor diamond draw), so I check and see a free card.

I have no made hand and a gutshot straight draw, so I’ll take the free turn card rather than bluff into the big blind.

I have no pair and no draw on this board, checking is free and keeps pot small.

My hand has no made value and only a remote straight possibility, so I’ll take the free river rather than bluff into the opponent.

I have no pair and a weak kicker; checking is free and avoids bluffing into possible made hands.

I have only nine-high with no spade, and my checks on the flop and turn make a river bluff less credible. The three-spade board also gives the opponent plenty of hands that can call or trap, so I’ll take the free showdown.

K6 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed. A small raise pressures the blinds while keeping the investment modest with a marginal hand that benefits from position.

6-8 offsuit is weak against a button raise; folding is cheap here with no pot odds to justify calling out of position.

J♣2♣ is weak, but the button’s small raise gives me favorable pot odds to defend from the big blind. I’ll call and see the flop rather than inflate the pot out of position.

With J-high and no meaningful draw on an ace-high flop, checking avoids investing into the preflop raiser’s range while preserving the chance to continue if the action stays passive.

King-high has limited showdown value but no meaningful draw or heart blocker, making this a poor hand to build a bluff with. Checking back preserves equity and lets us reassess the turn in position.

I have only jack-high with no meaningful draw on this highly coordinated, three-heart board. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the chance to improve on the river.

Our pair of sixes has some showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get much value from worse hands on this coordinated, three-heart board. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids being check-raised with a weak hand and no heart.

With only jack-high, checking is unlikely to win at showdown. A half-pot river bluff can credibly represent a heart or ace and pressure the opponent’s checked-back non-ace hands.

The half-pot bet requires 25% equity, and our pair can catch river bluffs after both earlier streets checked through. Holding no heart leaves the opponent's missed single-heart draws unblocked.

J4 offsuit from the button facing a limp and big blind is weak; not worth continuing for 100 chips with poor equity and no position advantage preflop.

With the button folded, K2 offsuit is playable heads-up, and completing costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot. I’ll take the flop rather than build the pot with a weak king.

Q5 suited is strong enough to attack a small-blind limp heads-up with position. Raising can win the pot immediately while retaining reasonable playability when called.

K-2 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a raise, even with the dead money in the pot.

T9 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raising to 250 applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

AQ suited is a strong value three-bet against a button open. Raising to 1100 compensates for playing out of position and discourages the big blind from entering cheaply.

9-2 offsuit facing a big re-raise is a clear fold with nothing invested worth defending.

T9 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large small-blind 3-bet, even with position. Folding avoids putting more chips into a likely dominated spot.

KTo is a clear button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while letting us play in position if called.

T4o offsuit is weak and facing a raise out of position, folding is best.

J6 offsuit is weak, but the button’s raise is small and the pot odds support defending from the big blind heads-up.

I have only jack-high with no meaningful immediate draw, so checking preserves the option to continue if the opponent checks while avoiding an unnecessary bluff.

A small continuation bet pressures unpaired hands on a queen-high board that favors my opening range. I also have an overcard and backdoor straight and flush possibilities if called.

J-high has little showdown value and only a backdoor flush draw, so it lacks the equity to call this flop bet. A raise would be an unnecessarily costly bluff with no meaningful draw.

A3 suited is a decent hand from the button; raising to build the pot and take initiative against two limpers/blinds.

K♦7♥ is a weak offsuit hand facing a sizable button raise, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids defending out of position with poor playability.

J3 suited is a marginal defend against a 3bb button raise, with poor connectivity and frequent kicker domination. Out of position, its equity realization is too weak to justify this call without a read that the button opens unusually wide.