Hold'em table

K4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind, so folding preserves the stack.

94o is far too weak to complete or raise out of position against the big blind.

54 offsuit is too weak to open or play profitably from the button preflop in 3-handed play.

Q-2 offsuit is weak, but calling 50 more into a 150-chip pot is inexpensive and lets me see a flop without inflating the pot out of position.

Nine-five offsuit has little value heads-up against a small-blind limp, so I check and realize my free option rather than inflate the pot.

I have only a weak pair on a king-high flop, so I’ll take the free card and keep the pot small.

I have nine-high with no pair and no draw on a king-high flop, so there is no value in betting. Checking behind keeps the pot small and realizes whatever free equity the turn might give.

I have only a weak pair and the flop checked through, so checking keeps the pot small and preserves some showdown value.

I have no pair, no draw, and no showdown value on this board, so there is no reason to bet into a checked pot. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes whatever tiny equity I have for free.

I have two pair, but the paired board means any king or ten beats me, and worse hands are unlikely to call a value bet. I’ll take the free showdown.

Nine-high has no value on this paired king-ten board, and a river bluff risks chips into a tiny pot against a range that often has a pair. Checking is free and keeps the rare chance seat 3 is even weaker.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, especially with both blinds still to act.

Q4o is too weak to complete out of position against the big blind; calling realizes poorly and a raise just builds a pot I do not want.

J7o is too weak to open from the button for value and plays poorly as a bluff, so folding is the highest-EV option.

In a blind-versus-blind situation, raising with an offsuit Ace puts pressure on the big blind and seizes initiative.

K4 offsuit is weak, but the big blind price is favorable against a small blind raise and the button has folded. Call rather than inflate the pot out of position.

I have top pair with a gutshot straight draw on a dry ace-high board, so a small one-third pot continuation bet extracts value from pocket pairs and draws while maintaining range advantage.

K-high has no pair or strong draw on this ace-high flop, and calling would leave little favorable turn coverage. I fold to the bet.

Holding 32o on the button is far too weak to open raise or call, making fold the standard play.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot, giving favorable pot odds despite the weak offsuit hand.

65o is too weak to raise out of position against a completed small blind, and checking is free.

I have a weak pair with a poor kicker on an ace-high board, so I’ll take the free card and keep the pot small.

I have an open-ended straight draw on A-7-4 and the small blind checked. A half-pot bet can fold out weak hands now and still has equity if called.

I have a pair and am getting favorable pot odds against a small bet; calling keeps weaker bluffs in while limiting the cost.}

I have two pair and can get value from one-pair hands while charging straight draws. A modest bet keeps weaker hands in and protects a vulnerable hand.

I only have a gutshot with 6-high and about four outs, which is not enough equity to call 150 into 550. Folding is the lower-variance line.

On the button three-handed, J8 offsuit is a reasonable wide open. A small raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Q2 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, and it is a poor three-bet bluff. Folding avoids a dominated spot.

Holding 85 offsuit in the big blind against a button open is an easy fold out of position.