Hold'em table

On the button with a suited king, raising to apply pressure and take control of the pot in a 3-handed spot.

Jd5c is a weak offsuit hand that lacks the strength to call a 200 chip raise from the button. Folding preserves my stack against a likely strong range from the aggressor.

J6s is playable against a small 2.5bb button open in three-handed poker, and calling 150 into 400 offers a good price with suited equity out of position.

I have bottom pair on a dry flop against the preflop raiser, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see their action before committing more.

King-high with backdoor club draw on a coordinated board; no equity to bet, taking a free card in position.

I have trip sixes on a wet turn and both players checked the flop, so a two-thirds-pot bet extracts value from overpairs and draws.

King-high with a backdoor club draw has no equity to justify calling a bet on a paired board; folding is cheapest.

I hold 2d Jh, a weak offsuit hand with no playability. The small blind has already entered the pot, and I am out of position on the button, so folding minimizes losses with this speculative holding.

Button folded, so I complete the small blind with a suited connector. The extra half-blind is cheap enough to see a flop out of position.

I'm the big blind with a weak hand (5h2h) and it's checked to me with no raise; checking is free and avoids building a pot with a weak holding.

I have only a low gutshot and no pair on this flop, so there is no value in betting out of position into a small pot. Checking keeps the price free and lets me see the turn.

I have no pair, no draw of value (only backdoor flush), so I take a free card rather than bet a weak hand.

4d3d has only a weak gutshot on a paired board and no made hand, so there is no value in betting a 2bb pot. Checking keeps the price free to the river.

I have no pair and only a weak draw (5h2h) on a paired board; no value in betting, so check behind and see the river cheaply.

I only play the board pair of sixes, so I chop with any hand that does not improve and lose to every made hand. A bluff is not clearly profitable because the minimum bet is too large relative to how often a better hand calls, so I check and realize the chop.

I have no pair (5-2 offsuit) with a paired board plus straight-y texture; no value to bet and no reason to bluff a check-caller in a small pot.

67 offsuit is too weak to open even on the button; folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position postflop if called.

Pocket nines heads-up vs BB, seat_3 folded; raise for value and to build pot with a strong preflop hand.

With Q7o, I'm out of position and facing a raise to 350. The hand lacks the strength to call or reraise, so folding is the correct play.

KJ offsuit is a solid button hand in a 3-handed game; raising to 250 builds the pot and applies pressure on the blinds.

Seat 1 raised to 250. With AsTc I have top card and a backdoor flush draw, enough to call the 200 more as a small blind with position. I'll see a flop and decide.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a raise and a call; the 150 to call is not justified by pot odds or hand strength.

I have top pair with Ace kicker on a board that doesn't complete obvious draws, and the opponent raised preflop then checked back, so I want to control the pot and see a turn cheaply.

I hold the nut straight (K-Q-J-T-9) since I have Ks and Jc with Th-9c-Qc on board, and no one can have the higher A-high straight because I hold the King; betting for value against a likely top pair hand.

I have top pair with the Ten on this coordinated board and calling keeps my hand disguised while controlling the pot against a single opponent.

Board is scary with T9Q6, and I hold AsTc for a weak top pair. Opponent showed strength on flop; checking lets me control pot size and avoid building a big bet with a vulnerable hand.

I hold Ks-Jc giving me the K-Q-J-T-9 straight, a near-nut hand; betting for value while there's also a flush draw out there I want to charge.

Seat 1 has shown persistent aggression with two raises and I hold only a weak Ten-high hand with no flush or straight draws. Calling 900 into a 2300 pot with a weak hand and no equity is a losing play, so folding is the correct decision.

I have a weak offsuit hand (Ts2h) and the pot odds don't justify calling 100 to win 150 with such a speculative hand. Folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

T4o is too weak to continue out of position for another half-blind; folding avoids a dominated, poorly playable hand against the big blind.

K2o is too weak and disconnected to open from the button, even three-handed. Folding avoids a dominated, low-playability hand out of position postflop.

Heads-up pot vs BB with Ace-high, raising for value/isolation with a reasonable range advantage.

Calling 200 with Ks-6d in the big blind is a standard play to see a flop cheaply; the raise is small enough to justify a call with this speculative hand.

Top pair top kicker on an A-5-3 flop; betting for value against likely weaker holdings.

Seat 1 raised to 400 on a flop with an Ace; my King-high is weak but I have position and a cheap call to see turn and river. Folding would be too cautious given the pot odds and my remaining stack.

I have top pair with a live diamond draw on board; betting protects my hand and extracts value from calling ranges.

I have a backdoor flush draw and a King high, giving me some equity, but the board is scary with an Ace. Calling keeps me in the hand without overcommitting on a marginal draw.

With only top pair top kicker and three diamonds on board suggesting a possible flush, checking controls risk while still allowing me to win at showdown if villain has a worse hand.

The pot is large and I have no made hand; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into a strong range. I'll take the showdown and hope to split or lose small.