Hold'em table

K3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button even three-handed; folding avoids a dominated, poorly playable hand out of position postflop.

J2o is a weak hand not worth continuing even at a cheap price heads-up against the big blind.

6-3 offsuit is a weak hand from the button facing a raise-equivalent situation; folding preserves chips.

I have a playable suited hand in the small blind and only need to call 50 chips to see a flop with a 150 pot. Calling keeps my stack flexible and avoids overcommitting preflop without initiative.

A4o is too weak to raise for value against the small blind's limp, and checking keeps the pot small with a hand that plays poorly out of position.

I have a backdoor flush draw with AcJc on a 2cTs8h board, but the pot is small and I'm out of position. Checking keeps my options open and avoids building a bigger pot with a marginal hand.

Ace-high has some showdown value on a dry board and the pot is free to see, so checking is better than folding or bluffing into a caller.

Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big hand for seat_1 with my weak Ace-high on this dry board.

Ace-high has some showdown value on this dry board and seat_3 checked, so I take the free river rather than bluff a tiny pot.

The board is paired with two 2s and I hold Ac-Jc, which is unlikely to be ahead. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a bigger pot with a weak hand.

I have only the board pair with the best kicker, so a bet gets called mainly by better hands while worse unpaired hands fold. Checking realizes my showdown value.

Jd8s is a weak hand with no pair and poor connectivity, and I am out of position on the button facing a raise and a call. Folding avoids losing chips with a hand that has little equity against likely continuing ranges.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with suited ace. A small raise takes the initiative and is better than flat-calling 50.

AJo is a strong button open in three-handed play. Raising to 3x builds the pot and takes the initiative rather than flat-calling the big blind.

J5 offsuit is a weak hand facing a 3bb raise; folding is correct from the small blind.

3s 8c is a weak offsuit hand that does not play well out of position. Facing a raise to 300 with only 200 to call, the pot odds don't justify continuing with such a marginal holding.

2h5c is a weak offsuit hand with no connectivity; not worth defending as button facing action, better to fold and wait for a stronger spot.

Calling the small blind's 50 chip bet is cheap and keeps me in the hand with a playable suited Ace. Folding would waste the blind I already posted.

Button folded and the small blind only completed. A4o is too weak to raise for value, so I check and see a free flop.

I have an overcard to the board with a backdoor flush draw, so I want to control the pot and keep the opponent's bluffs in. Checking allows me to realize equity without building a big pot out of position.

I have bottom pair with an ace kicker and the small blind checked into me. A half-pot bet takes the pot down often and gets thin value or protection against worse hands.

I have top pair with the Ace kicker on a dry flop, which is a strong hand. Calling 100 keeps the pot controlled and avoids building a big pot with a marginal kicker against a possible bluff or better hand.

I have a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot with As, but the board is coordinated and I'm out of position. Checking keeps the pot controlled and avoids building a bigger pot with a marginal hand.

Bottom pair with an ace kicker and a wheel gutshot is too thin to bet after the flop call; checking controls the pot and realizes equity for free.

The board is uncoordinated and my Ace-high is unlikely to be best; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a worse hand.

I have the wheel, which loses only to a six and chops with an ace. A small river value bet can get called by kings and worse made hands after villain checked.

Seat 1's river raise to 300 on a dry 4d Ks 3c 2c 5h board with my weak 8h As is highly suspicious; I have no made hand and calling risks a costly bluff catch.

I hold Kh-2c, a weak offsuit hand, and I'm out of position with only a 100-chip call to continue. Folding avoids investing chips in a marginal spot and preserves my stack for better opportunities.

94 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind, even heads-up. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a hand that plays poorly postflop.