Hold'em table

8-3 offsuit is too weak to profitably enter from the button against two blinds.

K7 suited is a playable but marginal hand from the small blind, and completing for 50 chips is cheap to see a flop heads-up against the big blind.

4d6d is a weak suited connector; checking the big blind option sees a free flop in a 3-handed pot without bloating it out of position.

I have a pair of sevens with a king kicker on a board with an ace, so the hand is medium strength. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see whether seat_3 bets.

I have a gutshot straight draw plus a backdoor flush draw on an A-high flop. The small blind checked, so a small bet can win the pot now or build equity when called. It is also a cheap bet at 100 into a 200 pot, and it keeps me in position to continue with draws.

I hold a pair of sevens with a king kicker on an ace-high board, and calling 100 into a 300 pot is a reasonable price against a single bet.

I hold a pair of sevens, which is medium-strength and vulnerable to the flop aggressor's range, so checking keeps the pot controlled and avoids bloating it with a weak hand.

I have a pair of sixes plus a gutshot (2-4-6-7-A makes a wheel draw with a 3 or 5... actually 4-6 with 2 and A gives a wheel draw needing a 3 or 5). Villain checked twice and showed weakness, so a small bet of about half the pot (200 into 400) should get value from worse pairs and fold out draws.

I have a pair of sevens with a spade draw, and calling 200 into a 600 pot gives about 25% equity needed, which a flush draw plus pair roughly covers against a possibly weaker turn bet.

We hold aces and sevens (two pair, king kicker) on a board with no flush or straight completed, so betting for value about half pot is reasonable against a range that includes weaker aces or hands that will call.

I have aces and sixes with a 7 kicker, which beats most hands without an ace or a 7. Calling 400 into 1600 needs only about 20% equity, so calling is clearly right and a raise risks more against hands that beat me.

Jack-six offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is a marginal hand, so calling the 100 to play a cheap pot with position is reasonable without committing more chips preflop.

6-5 offsuit in the small blind, getting 3-to-1 pot odds (50 to call into 250) in a three-way pot. Completing is cheap and the hand has some playability, so calling beats folding or raising.

With 2h4h in a three-way limped pot, checking the big blind realizes equity without inflating the pot with a weak hand.

6-5 offsuit has only a gutshot-type backdoor on a 9-T-A flop with two spades, and I act first against two opponents. Checking is the cheapest line and I'll fold to any significant bet.

With 2-high and no meaningful draw in a three-way pot, checking is the prudent option and preserves the ability to fold to substantial action.

We have J-6 with no pair on a 9-T-A board, so a check keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position. Checking is free and the cheapest way to see the turn.

I have a open-ended straight draw (6-5 on 9-T-8 gives 7 for a straight: 7 completes 6-7-8-9-T), and everyone checked the flop, so a small semi-bluff bet can win the pot now and still has outs if called.

With 2-high and no meaningful draw on this board, calling or bluff-raising into a turn lead is unprofitable.

I have only a jack-high open-ended straight draw facing a 200 turn bet into a 500 pot, so calling needs about 29% equity and one card gives roughly 17%. Folding is the better expected-value play.

7s9s is a playable suited connector on the button in a 3-handed pot. Calling 100 to see a flop with good position is profitable, and a raise isn't needed.

Complete the small blind at a strong price with a connected hand; folding would surrender equity for only 50 more chips.

A-4 offsuit is a marginal hand in a three-way limped pot, and I already have the big blind invested with no bet to call, so checking sees a free flop.

With only a weak backdoor draw on a dry queen-high board in a multiway limped pot, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot.

I have only ace-high with no made pair, and seat_1 already checked, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it without a strong hand.

Both opponents checked the 3d Qs 5c flop, so I'm betting 200 into a 300 pot on the button. I have a backdoor flush draw and straight potential (7-9 with a 5), and the bet can take the pot now or charge draws. A small sizing keeps the risk low if I get called.

I have no made hand or meaningful immediate draw on this board, and calling the flop bet would be too loose multiway.

I have ace-high with no pair and no real draw facing a 200 chip bet into a 500 chip pot, so folding avoids throwing more chips in with a weak hand.

9-6 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button in this shallow three-handed blind structure.

Calling the 50-chip completion is a cheap way to see a flop from the small blind, though T3 offsuit is weak and folding would also be reasonable.

5-4 offsuit is a weak hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind instead of raising out of position against a limping small blind.

I have T-high with only a gutshot to a straight on a 6-7-8 board, so checking is the low-cost choice and keeps the pot small.

I have 5-4 on a 6-8-7 flop, which is a flopped straight. Seat 2 checked, so I bet a small amount to get value from weaker pairs and draws while keeping the pot manageable against an opponent who might be trapping.

I have only a gutshot draw (T-9 needed) against a 150 bet into 350, which is about 30% pot odds, and my equity is well below that, so folding is correct.

With 7s8c on the button, a suited connector has good playability in a three-way pot, so calling the 100-chip big blind is reasonable over folding or inflating the pot.

A9o is a decent hand in a 3-handed pot, and the button only limped. Raising to 400 from the small blind builds the pot with the best of it and takes away the big blind's free option. We are out of position but the hand plays well enough.

8-6 offsuit is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise with another player already involved.

Calling 300 into a 600 pot gives about 33% needed equity, and 7s8c on the button has enough playability and implied odds against a small-blind raiser to justify it.

I have top pair (9) with an ace kicker on a Q-J-9 board, which is wet. I'm first to act out of position against one opponent, so I'll bet about two-thirds of the pot for value and to charge draws.

I have 7-8 with only a gutshot-style draw to a straight (4 outs with two cards to come, about 17% equity), which is well short of the roughly 29% needed to call 600 into a 1500 pot.

2-3 offsuit is among the weakest starting hands, and calling out of position against two opponents without a good price loses chips, so I fold on the button.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against the big blind, especially with no additional players in the pot.