Hold'em table

Q7 offsuit is a marginal but reasonable button open in a three-handed game. A small raise pressures the blinds while keeping the investment modest and preserving positional advantage.

9-3o is one of the weakest hands in poker. Facing a raise to 220 from seat_1 with ~22bb already in the pot, calling would require 170 more chips into a weak hand with poor equity. Folding preserves chips for stronger holdings.

Qd4d in the big blind facing a 2.2x button open gets a good price (120 to win 370) in a 3-handed game. The hand is suited with a Queen, so it is worth seeing a flop rather than folding or 3-betting.

I hold Qd with a pair of fours (bottom pair) plus a backdoor flush draw and overcard, on a dry low board. I'm first to act heads-up against the button's preflop raise. A small bet of about 60% pot gets value from worse pairs and overcards and denies equity, though checking is also reasonable.

Top pair with a queen kicker is strong enough to call this lead, which can include weaker sevens and draws. Calling in position keeps those hands in while avoiding a large pot against stronger made hands.

I have two pair, 4s and 7s, on a paired board. I bet for value and to charge draws and overcards, using a small size of about half the pot, since I led the flop and the button called.

Trip sevens with a queen kicker can get value from weaker sevens and draws. Raising on this double-flush-draw board charges those draws and builds the pot while we are likely ahead.

I hold two pair, 4s and 7s, with a queen kicker. Seat 1's turn raise to 1800 after calling the flop looks strong, but I have a decent hand and good pot odds: calling 1300 into a pot of 3390 needs about 28% equity. Folding is too tight and a re-raise is too risky, so I call.

Two pair (sevens and fours) is a marginal hand here. The opponent raised the turn strongly, and the river 6h adds straight and flush possibilities, so I'll check and avoid bloating the pot.

The river completes both hearts and any five's straight, making thin value risky after the opponent called the turn raise. Checking preserves our showdown value without reopening the action against a range containing many stronger hands.

6-9 offsuit is a weak hand with poor win equity. Folding preflop from the button against two opponents preserves chips for better opportunities.

A5s is a strong hand heads-up from the small blind against the big blind, and the button has folded. Raising to 3bb for value and to take the initiative is better than a passive call.

Against a potentially wide small-blind opening range, K3 offsuit is strong enough to defend for 200 into a 400 pot. Position postflop and no rake make calling preferable to folding or inflating the pot.

I have the nut flush draw plus a wheel straight draw (A-5 on a 3-2-9 board) and an ace, so this is a good semi-bluff. I'm first to act heads-up in a 600 pot, so I bet about two-thirds of the pot.}

Middle pair with a king kicker is strong enough to defend against a small-blind continuation bet on this dry board. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while letting me reassess the turn in position.

I have a pair of fives with an ace kicker plus a gutshot-to-wheel draw (A-2-3-5 gives a made straight draw needing a 4), so I'm betting for value and protection heads-up on the turn. Seat_1 only called preflop and the flop, so I'll bet about half the pot.}

Third pair with no meaningful draw is a weak bluff-catcher against a second barrel. With limited improvement potential and possible river pressure, calling is unlikely to realize enough equity to justify the price.

K7o is weak out of position against two opponents; folding is the safe play, though a button open would be marginally defensible.

32 offsuit is near the bottom of the small-blind range and realizes equity poorly out of position. Without evidence that the big blind overfolds, neither completing nor bluff-raising is attractive.

Ace-jack suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds builds value against weaker calls and pressures the blinds while retaining positional advantage.

Ad-Td is a premium hand (broadway, two high cards). Seat 1's raise to 250 from the button is standard aggression. 3-betting to 800 (4x their raise) builds the pot with a strong hand, applies pressure, and keeps initiative. This is a profitable spot to put in more chips.

K6o is weak facing a button open and a small blind 3-bet to 800. Calling 700 out of position against two ranges is unprofitable, and a 4-bet bluff with this hand is not worth it.

AJs is a strong suited hand to defend on the button against a small-blind three-bet, especially with position and only 550 more to call into 1150. Calling preserves weaker hands in the opponent's range without unnecessarily inflating the pot against stronger holdings.

Ad-Td has decent equity against seat_1's range on a 9-6-6 flop. Checking allows me to control pot size while keeping seat_1 in the hand, since folding would waste my preflop investment and checking keeps flexibility for later streets.

Ace-jack has some showdown value on this dry paired board, but betting is unlikely to fold out many better hands. Checking preserves equity and avoids a check-raise while keeping the pot manageable.

I have Ad-Td (broadway cards) on a paired turn board (9h-6s-6d-9c). After checking the flop, checking again keeps the pot reasonable while maintaining board coverage. My hand can improve to a straight on the river, and checking allows me to see showdown or control the size.

Our ace kicker gives us useful showdown value on the double-paired board, while betting is unlikely to get called by worse. Checking preserves that value and avoids building the pot against pocket pairs or slow-played full houses.

I have A-T high on a paired board (9-6-6-9-4), which has marginal showdown value. My opponent checked turn, suggesting weakness. Checking through to showdown is prudent given the passive action and my vulnerable holding.

My ace kicker gives useful showdown value on this double-paired board, beating unpaired broadways and tying other ace-high hands. Betting is unlikely to get called by worse or reliably fold out better, so I take the free showdown.

6-2 offsuit is one of the weakest hands in poker. Even though I'm on the button with decent position, the hand is too weak to warrant investing chips, especially facing potential aggression from the blinds.

Q2 suited is a marginal hand, but completing costs only 50 more to win a 200 pot, which is a good price against a random big blind. Raising with it would risk too much, and folding gives up too much equity.

With 7-3 offsuit and no bet to call, checking takes a free flop in position. This hand is too weak to justify building the pot without evidence that the small blind overfolds.

Queen-high with a Q kicker on a J-J-K board has little showdown value against a big blind who checked preflop. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card.

A half-pot stab attacks the small blind’s wide limp-and-check range on a paired board. My hand has almost no showdown value, and the bluff needs folds only one-third of the time to break even immediately.

Queen-high with a backdoor flush draw on a paired J-J-K board. Calling 100 into a 300 pot is cheap at about 25% equity needed, and the BB's small bet could be a stab. A Q kicker beats some bluffs, so I call rather than fold.

Queen-high with a backdoor-less diamond draw on a paired J-J-K-5 board has little showdown value and is unlikely to be ahead of a betting range, so I check and keep the pot small rather than bluff into an opponent who bet the flop.

The flop call leaves a range containing made hands and draws, and the blank turn gives little reason to expect those hands to fold. With almost no improvement potential and poor bluff blockers, I give up the bluff and check.

Our hand is only the board's pair of jacks with a Q kicker. It beats missed draws but loses to any king or better. Opponent's calls would mostly be hands that beat us, so we check for a cheap showdown.

The river pair gives us showdown value against missed draws and unpaired hands. A bet is unlikely to get called by worse or fold out enough better hands, so checking back is best.

KJ suited is a strong hand in 3-handed play from the button, so I raise for value and to take the initiative against the blinds.

Eight-six offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3bb raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a costly out-of-position pot with poor equity realization.

3-Ten offsuit is a weak hand with poor equity against seat_3's aggressive raise. Folding minimizes losses against a likely premium holding from the button raiser.