Hold'em table

9-4 offsuit is too weak to continue against the blinds, so I fold and preserve chips.

With 9-high suitedness absent but a connected 97 holding heads-up in the blinds, completing for 50 gives good pot odds and retains playability.

JTs is well ahead of a small-blind limping range, so raising for value and initiative from the big blind is profitable. A 4x raise works fine against a limp.

9-high offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a big-blind isolation raise after the button folds.

On the button in a three-handed game, 8-7 offsuit is a playable opening hand with positional advantage. A small raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

J6o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold because we would play out of position with a weak, dominated hand.

T7s is playable in the big blind against a button raise, and I'm getting good pot odds to see a flop. Calling keeps the pot manageable with a suited hand that can flop well.

Checking with a vulnerable pair on a monotone board, keeping the pot small and letting the preflop raiser act.

Top pair has showdown value, but on this monotone board a bet is often called mainly by made flushes and stronger holdings. Checking back controls the pot and realizes equity.

With four hearts on board and no heart in my hand, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river cheaply. My pair of sevens has some showdown value but is vulnerable to any heart.

With a weak pair on a four-heart board, checking preserves showdown value and avoids being raised or called mainly by flushes.

The five-heart board makes this a board-flush chop unless the big blind holds a heart. A modest river bluff can fold out their non-heart hands while risking relatively little against a checked line.

The board is all hearts, so every remaining player has the same five-card flush and the pot will be split. Calling is guaranteed to be profitable.

In 3-handed play, J9o on the button is a standard open-raise, so I'm opening to 2.5bb to pressure both blinds.

4-2 offsuit is too weak to continue against a preflop raise, especially out of position. Folding saves chips for a better spot.

Defend the big blind heads-up versus a small button raise with an ace; folding is too tight given the price and positional disadvantage can be managed postflop.

Check with a gutshot and the ace of diamonds blocker on this highly coordinated flop; this preserves flexibility against the preflop raiser.

We flopped the nut-ish king-high straight, but the board is monotone and we hold no diamond. A solid bet extracts value and denies equity to single-diamond draws.

With only a gutshot on a highly coordinated monotone board, calling the flop bet is too speculative. Folding preserves chips against the preflop raiser's strong range.

K7s is strong enough to raise from the button, putting pressure on the blinds and taking initiative preflop.

5-6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still to act.

Getting 4.5:1 against a min-raise from the button in a 3-handed game, J4o is a clear defend from the big blind. Calling beats folding, and the hand is too weak to 3-bet profitably.

Middle pair with a weak kicker, out of position on a board that hits the button's opening range. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me evaluate a c-bet.

Middle pair on an A-K-J two-tone board has showdown value but can't be bet for value, so I check and keep the pot small. The button's flop check (a fallback) doesn't tell me much.

We have top pair with a strong kicker and the opponent has checked twice, suggesting weakness. Betting for value and protection against draws.

The turn bet is small, so I only need about 26% equity to call. Third pair has some showdown value against a wide button range that includes draws and bluffs after the flop checked through.

Third pair (jacks with a weak kicker) on a scary A-K high, three-diamond board has some showdown value but is too weak to bet for value. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me evaluate any bet from the button.

9-2 offsuit is a very weak button hand and not worth entering against both blinds.

In a blind-vs-blind spot, Q7o is a standard open-raise from the small blind. A 3x raise pressures the big blind's wide range.

Calling 200 with 3cTc is cheap and the hand is suited, giving good playability against a single opponent. Folding would give up too much equity for this price.

This dry T-3-2 board favors my SB raising range, and my Q-high has overcards and a backdoor. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot can take it down often.

I flopped top two pair on a dry board; raising for value and to charge overcards and draws.

Q-high with no draw on T-3-2 facing a check-raise to 800; calling 600 into 1600 has poor equity and bad reverse implied odds.

A7o is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play; a standard 2.5bb raise puts pressure on the blinds.

9-2 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. I'll fold and move on.

65 offsuit has poor equity and playability against a button open, even with the favorable price. Folding avoids defending a dominated, weak holding out of position.