Hold'em table

T9 suited is a strong, playable button opening hand in three-handed play. I raise to apply pressure and build a pot with position.

J3 suited from the small blind facing a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act is a standard fold; it plays poorly out of position and is dominated often.

Q6s is playable heads-up against a small button open, and calling 150 into 400 is a reasonable price out of position without bloating the pot.

Queen-high with no pair and no heart on a monotone flop has little equity, so I take the free check rather than bluff into the preflop raiser.

I have top pair and can take a small value/protection bet after the check. The modest sizing keeps weaker tens and pairs in while limiting exposure on the monotone board.

Queen-high with no pair and no heart draw on a monotone flop has too little equity to call a c-bet.

On the button in a 3-handed game, 7s4s is a reasonable steal candidate with suited playability; a small raise to 2.5bb takes the blinds often and plays fine in position when called.

Q2 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a dominated spot and saves chips.

Defend the big blind against the button's small 2.5bb open with connected 76 offsuit; the price and positional disadvantage still make a call reasonable heads-up.

I have an open-ended straight draw but no made hand on a coordinated board. Checking preserves flexibility against the preflop raiser.

Bottom pair with a flush draw and gutshot on a checked-to-me flop; betting ~2/3 pot builds the pot with strong equity and takes it down often.

I have an open-ended straight draw on this connected board and can profitably continue against the modest continuation bet.

With a double-gutshot-style straight draw (any 5 or T completes), I can apply pressure after the turn checks through. A moderate bet gives fold equity against missed overcards while retaining outs when called.

Flush draw plus bottom pair gives roughly 11-13 outs; pot odds ~26% plus implied odds on a spade river justify a call against the turn lead, while raising into a strong lead range is too risky.

I have a made nine-high straight and should value-bet against queens, eights, and weaker bluff-catchers. A moderate sizing can get called while limiting exposure to the few stronger straights or full houses.

Missed the flush draw; I hold only a pair of fours with an 8-paired board after villain led turn and river for sizable bets, so my hand is far too weak to call 1100 into 3750.

78o is too weak to call or raise from the button against two live blinds, so folding avoids a negative-EV spot.

Q6 offsuit is worth completing heads-up against the big blind given the excellent pot odds.

3c5s offsuit is a weak hand; SB limped and I have the option to check and see a free flop in position-neutral heads-up pot. Raising with this hand has little value.

Check back the limped pot with a gutshot to Broadway and limited immediate showdown value. This controls the pot on a board that strongly connects with the big blind's range.

3-high with no draw on an A-K-J board; checking back a limped pot is fine, though a small stab is possible since SB checked. Keep it cheap.

A small turn stab credibly represents an ace and can fold out unpaired hands while risking little. Our queen also retains some straight-improvement potential on a ten river.

3-5 offsuit with no pair, no draw on a J-A-K-A board; folding to the turn bet is clearly correct since I have essentially zero equity and a bluff-raise on a paired ace-high board is unlikely to work.

T3 offsuit is a weak button hand in a three-handed game and not worth opening under this protocol.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up with 100bb. 86o is a marginal but playable hand in this spot; raising to 3x takes initiative and often wins the blinds, and limping invites a raise. Folding is too tight given the dead button fold.

84 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise, especially out of position. Folding preserves chips.

7-5 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal hand; while button raises are often profitable, 75o is below a standard opening range and folding avoids playing a weak hand out of position postflop against two unknown opponents.

Button folded, so I am heads-up with pocket eights against the big blind. Raising to 300 builds the pot with a strong pair and denies a cheap flop.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise, especially out of position.

53o is too weak to open from the button against two live blinds, so folding preserves the full stack.

Closing the action from the small blind, the 50-chip call gives excellent odds to see a flop heads-up with J-high.

7c3c is a weak suited hand; small blind limped so I take a free flop in position-less heads-up pot rather than bloating it with a raise.

A half-pot continuation bet can fold out unpaired hands while our jack of diamonds gives us a flush draw and useful blocker equity.

I have bottom pair with 7c3c on Kh3d6d; SB limped then bet half pot (100 into 200). Bottom pair has some showdown value against a limp-bet range that often includes draws and air; calling 100 to see a turn is cheap with 3:1 odds, while raising with a weak pair is unwise.

The turn check gives an opportunity to apply pressure on a four-diamond board, and the J♦ blocks some of the opponent's diamond continues. A moderate bet can fold out weak one-pair and non-diamond holdings.

Bottom pair with a 7 kicker on a three-diamond board facing a turn bet of 300 into 400; opponent has bet both streets and I have no flush draw, so folding is clearly best.