Hold'em table

73o is well outside any reasonable 3-handed button opening range, so folding is the standard play.

KQs is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind situation after the button folded; raising applies pressure and builds the pot with a hand that has good equity and playability.

JTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and calling keeps weaker hands in while playing in position.

I raised preflop and the flop J-5-5 is unlikely to have hit the big blind hard. A half-pot continuation bet with KQ backdoor flush equity can fold out better unpaired hands and avoid giving a free card.

Top pair with a medium kicker is strong enough to continue against a small flop bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in the pot without inflating it against better jacks or a five.

KQ high has no pair or draw on this board, and I am out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and I can fold to a bet.

Top pair is likely ahead after the opponent checks the blank turn. A half-pot bet gets value from weaker pairs and draws while protecting against overcards.

I have two overcards (KQ) plus a gutshot to a straight on a paired board, and I'm getting 3:1 pot odds to call 600 into 1800. Folding is too weak with this much equity, and raising into a player who has shown strength on every street risks a big re-raise.

Board is J-5-5-3-5 with three fives; my KQ high has no showdown value against a caller who has shown strength, and I'm out of position, so I check and evaluate rather than bluff into a paired board.

My full house beats smaller pocket pairs and some other hands that may call a modest river bet. Betting 900 seeks value without committing too much against stronger full houses or quads.

Board is J-5-5-3-5 with three fives; my KQ high has no showdown value against a bet that has been called/raised on every street, and seat_3's river bet of 900 into 3300 offers poor odds with no draw and no pair.

With J7s on the button in a 3-handed game, a standard open-raise applies pressure to the blinds and uses position. Folding is too tight and calling invites the small blind in cheaply.

A5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a 3x button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

54o is too weak to defend out of position against a 3x open from the button.

Pocket eights are strong on the button three-handed, so I open-raise for value and position.

Folding T6o in the small blind against a button open raise as it is far too weak to defend.

With 3h2s in the big blind facing a button raise, my hand is too weak to continue profitably, especially out of position. Folding loses only the big blind and avoids playing a dominated, low-equity hand postflop.

43s is at the very bottom of the button opening range and can be cleanly folded.

Button folded, so I only need 50 more to see a flop with an ace against the big blind. A2o is weak but has enough equity at 3:1, and calling avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Q7 offsuit is playable in position against the small blind's limp, but not strong enough to build a larger pot preflop.

I flopped top pair with a weak kicker in an unraised pot; betting 100 protects my hand and extracts value from worse pairs and draws.

Queen-high has little immediate equity on this ace-king flop, with no meaningful draw. Calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

76o on the button with a small call closing the action is a reasonable speculative hand to see a cheap flop in position.

Completing costs 50 chips into a 250-chip pot. With no rake and a limped pot, the price is good enough to see a flop despite the weak hand.

I have 95 offsuit in the big blind facing two limpers, making a free check to see the flop the optimal play.

I have no made hand or meaningful draw on this connected, high-card flop against two opponents, so checking avoids investing more chips.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a connected Broadway board, making a check the prudent line multiway.

With 7c6s on a K-high flop, I have no pair and only a weak gutshot draw. Checking in position keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into two limpers with little equity.

I have no pair or meaningful draw in a three-way pot, so checking avoids investing more chips with a weak hand.

I have third pair with a weak kicker in a multiway pot; checking gives me showdown value and keeps the pot small.

I have 7-high with only a gutshot and no showdown value, so checking in position takes a free card and avoids a risky multiway bluff with little fold equity.

Three-four high has virtually no showdown value. After both opponents checked the flop and turn, a small river bluff has a reasonable chance to win the pot.

I hold bottom pair with a weak kicker on a coordinated board with a straight possible, and there is still another player behind me.

I have only 7-high with no pair or draw, and calling 200 into 500 has poor equity against a river bet. Folding avoids further loss with no showdown value.

T2 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button without a read on the blinds.

Q4o has poor playability out of position against the big blind, making it a clear fold.