Hold'em table

9h8c is a suited-ish connector-type hand (offsuit, but connected) on the button in a 3-handed game; calling 100 to win a 250 pot gets a good price and has good playability in position.s Chat is off so the message is empty.”}</br>

Suited connector 67s is a cheap call from the SB with only 50 to complete; folding is too tight and raising overcommits a marginal hand multiway.

I am in the big blind with J7o facing two limpers, so taking a free flop is the standard and highest EV play.

I hold an open-ended straight draw (6-7 on 4-5-3) with the whole table checked through; a free card maximizes equity, and I can raise later if I hit or apply pressure on a good turn.

I have Jack-high with a weak gutshot draw multiway, so taking a free card by checking is optimal.

I have 9-8 on a 4-5-3 flop, which gives an open-ended straight draw (needs a 6 or 7). Both opponents checked, so a small bet on the button can win the pot now and still leaves outs if called.

I hold 6d7c which makes a 7-high straight on the 3-4-5 board, so I have the nuts and should raise for value.

I only hold Jack-high with a gutshot straight draw on a coordinated flop facing a bet and a check-raise.

Open-ended straight draw (6 or 7 makes a straight) plus good pot odds: 400 to call into 1100, about 27% needed. Calling is clearly profitable.

I hold 6d7c for a seven-high straight on this board; I raise for value while protecting against an opponent holding an 8 for a higher straight.

Open-ended straight draw with 9-8 on 3-4-5-7 board: 6 makes a straight, 8 outs, plus 6 completes the nuts-ish. Pot odds 1800 into 5100 is good enough to call.

I hold 6d7c for a 7-high straight on 4d5c3h7h2d; only 6-8 or 8-x straights beat me, which is unlikely given seat_1 just called two streets. Betting extracts value from two pair, sets, and 8-high draws that called down.

The board 2-3-4-5-7 gives me only nine-high with no straight. Seat 2 raised the flop, bet the turn and bet the river, which looks like a made straight or better. Calling 2400 into a 9900 pot needs about 24% equity, and I beat only a pure bluff, so I fold.

Ace-jack on the button is a strong raising hand; I'll take the initiative and build a pot in position.

J3o is far too weak to defend out of position against a button open.

Getting 450 into 200 (about 2.25:1 pot odds) with a suited connected 43s against a button open that could be a wide range. Calling is reasonable and keeps the pot small, while a 3-bet bluff is unnecessarily risky.

Holding 4s3s on a 6-6-2 flop I have only a weak draw and no showdown value. Checking out of position keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card against the preflop raiser.

I raised preflop with A-high and got one caller; on a dry 662 board I have little showdown value but can check and take a free card or reassess. Betting A-high here is a thin bluff with little fold equity signal.

The turn gave me a 4-3-2-6-5 straight, the nut hand on this board. Villain checked back the flop and is likely weak, so I'll bet about 60% of the pot to get value from worse hands like pairs or draws.

I hold ace-high with a paired low board; villain's small turn bet could be a bluff or thin value bet. Calling 400 into a 1050 pot is cheap and keeps my ace-high showdown equity alive.

The board 6s 6h 2c 5s 8h gives me 4-3 for a 4-5-6-8 board with a 6-high straight draw missed, but 3-4 plus 5-6 gives a straight 2-3-4-5-6, so I have the nuts-ish straight. Betting for value, sized to get called by 6x, 8x, or pairs.}

I hold only ace-high on a paired board; seat_1's turn bet and river raise represent a six or strong overpair, and calling 700 to win with ace-high is unprofitable.

J2s is too weak to profitably open on the button in 3-handed play.

Ah-Qd is a strong hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 3.5bb from the small blind builds the pot with a hand that is well ahead of the big blind's range.

Q5o is far too weak to call a 3.5x raise out of position heads-up; folding is clearly best.

K6 offsuit is a weak hand and would often be dominated, and calling out of position against two players isn't profitable enough, so folding is the safer choice.

42o out of position heads-up is a clear fold even for only 50 more; calling with the worst hand rarely profits.

Pocket aces from the button: raise for value to build the pot and isolate, standard 3x open.

I hold pocket Kings in the small blind against a button open, making a 3-bet for value to 1100 standard.

4-3 offsuit is a weak hand facing a button open and a large small-blind 3-bet, so calling 1000 more is not profitable. Folding is best.

I hold pocket aces against a 4-bet; the stack-to-pot ratio is low enough that getting all in preflop is clearly correct with the best starting hand.

Holding pocket kings in a 3-handed game is an easy call against a 100bb preflop shove.

8c 3c is too weak to open even from the button in 3-handed play.

7-4 offsuit is weak, but as small blind I only need 50 more to win a pot of 200, about 3.0 to 1 odds. Completing is cheap, and I can fold postflop if the board misses.

I'm in the big blind with a weak 82o but can check for free heads-up, so no reason to fold or raise.

I have 7-high with no draw on a K-5-2 board, so there is no value in betting. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card. Chat is off, so the message is empty.

I hold 2c8s with only a bottom pair on the board; checking is free and avoids bloating the pot out of position against the small blind.

I have 7-high with no pair and no real draw on a K-Q-5-2 board. The pot is small and I'm out of position, so I check and take a free river card rather than bluff into a player who also checked the flop.

I hold 8-high with no draw on a K-Q board; checking is free and folding gains nothing heads-up.

I have 7-high with no pair on a board of 5-2-K-Q-A, so I can't beat much. Both opponents checked twice, so a bluff is unlikely to work, and checking gives me a free showdown.

I have 8-high on an ace-high board; betting has no fold equity against a limped caller and check is free. If seat_1 bets, I fold.