Hold'em table

8-5 offsuit is a weak button opening hand in this format, and folding avoids entering with poor equity.

Button folded, so QJ offsuit is ahead of BB's random range; raising applies pressure and builds the pot with initiative.

Facing a 200-chip call with 400 in the pot, I get about 3-to-1 pot odds, and A2 offsuit has enough equity against a wide small-blind raise to continue.

I have an open-ended straight draw but no pair, and I'm out of position. Checking controls the pot and lets me see a free turn card.

I have ace-high with no pair on a T-4-K board, and checking is free and keeps the pot small.

Semi-bluffing with an open-ended straight draw and two overcards; opponent checked the flop, so a turn bet can win the pot or set up a river value bet if I improve.

A pair of deuces with an ace kicker is weak against a board with a king and ten, and seat_2's turn bet likely represents a stronger hand, so calling 400 for a thin equity edge is not clearly profitable.

AhQh is a premium suited broadway on the button in a 3-handed pot; raising for value and initiative is best.

ATs is a strong hand with good playability against a button open, and calling 250 to see the flop is a sound price with the big blind still to act.

Q3 suited is too weak to defend from the big blind against a raise and a caller, especially out of position in a multiway pot.

I have only ace-high on a 9-6-4 board with no flush draw, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the next card cheaply.

I have the nut flush draw plus two overcards on a board where my opponent checked. Betting for value and to take down the pot now is best.

Ace-high with no pair and no flush draw is weak against a continuation bet of 500 into a 700 pot, so calling 500 needs more equity than this hand has. Folding preserves chips.

Suited connector 8h Th on the button facing only a 100-chip completion from the big blind; calling keeps the pot small while we have playable postflop potential.

K7 suited has sufficient equity to complete from the small blind getting a good price in a three-way limped pot.

Q8o is a marginal big-blind hand with two limpers already in; checking lets me see a flop without bloating the pot out of position.

With only king-high and little equity on this coordinated multiway flop, checking is preferable to bloating the pot.

Q8o misses this low connected flop and there is no reason to bet into two players; checking preserves chips and keeps the pot small.

Checking is free with no bet to call, and my 8h Th gives me a backdoor flush draw plus some straight potential, so I'd rather see the turn for free than bloat the pot.

Betting top pair for value and protection against heart draws and weaker pairs after the checked flop.

I have only queen-high with no pair or draw on a coordinated board, and facing a turn raise I am well behind the raiser's value range.

I hold a turn flush draw with 9 outs, about 20% to hit on the river, but calling 220 into a 520 pot needs roughly 30% equity, so folding is the better play against a turn bet.

Button with an ace is a profitable short-handed open. I raise to 2.5bb to pressure the blinds while retaining flexibility.

K2s is weak and dominated against a button raise, and I am out of position with only 200 to call but poor playability. Folding avoids bleeding chips with a marginal hand.

7-3 offsuit is the weakest starting hand and facing a 150-chip call from the button makes folding the disciplined play.

A6o on the button is strong enough to raise and apply pressure on the blinds, taking initiative with position. Folding is too tight, and calling invites the small blind in cheaply.

Pocket kings are strong against a button open, so I'm raising to build the pot now rather than just calling out of position in a three-way hand.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a raise and a substantial reraise from the big blind.

A6o is dominated by the small blind's 3-bet range and has poor playability even with position. Folding avoids risking more chips with a weak offsuit ace.

On the button facing only the big blind, calling 100 chips with 3-T offsuit is a cheap, reasonable price to see a flop in a 3-handed game.

A♠K♥ is a premium holding; I raise for value from the small blind and to deny equity in a multiway pot.

2d8h is a weak offsuit hand facing a preflop raise from the small blind, so folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

T3 offsuit is weak and out of position against a 5x raise from the small blind, so folding avoids a costly dominated spot.