Hold'em table

82 suited is too weak to open from the button against two live blinds, so folding avoids a dominated spot.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot, and I can see a flop cheaply after the button folds.

We are in the big blind with T8o facing a completed small blind limp. Taking a free look at the flop in position is standard and avoids unnecessarily inflating the pot.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker has little value for betting into the big blind, so I’ll take the free card and keep the pot small.

I have top pair on a draw-heavy board; betting half the pot extracts value from flush draws and worse pairs while protecting equity.

A small bet into the pot is worth calling with bottom pair; folding is too cautious, while raising would overplay a weak hand.

I have only a weak bottom pair on a coordinated board, and the turn queen plus third spade improves many hands that called the flop. I’ll check rather than build a pot or expose myself to a raise.

Second pair with a moderate flush draw has good showdown value and equity, but betting into the turn Queen and third spade offers little value against worse hands. Checking behind controls pot size.

My pair of threes is weak on a four-spade board, and I have no spade blocker. Checking avoids building the pot with little showdown value.

I have an eight-high flush on a four-flush board. It has good showdown value against non-spade hands, but betting risks getting called only by better spades.

Raise from the button with a suited hand and positional advantage, using a modest open size.

54s is too weak to flat out of position against a button open with the big blind left to act, and not high enough equity to warrant a 3-bet here.

79s is a playable suited connector in the big blind against a button open, and calling 150 into a 400 pot keeps the hand cheap enough to realize equity.

I flopped trip nines, so I bet about two-thirds pot for value against ace-high and draws while keeping worse hands in.

Call with a strong flush draw: nine diamond outs give ample equity against the bet, and the pot odds are favorable.

I have trip nines on a paired board and want value from worse aces, pairs, and draws rather than giving a free card. A 750 bet is about 60% of the pot and keeps worse hands in.

I have only a flush draw, with about 20% chance to hit on the river, while the call requires substantially more equity. Fold rather than pay the unfavorable price.

AK offsuit is a premium starting hand on the button; opening with a standard 2.5bb raise to build a pot with position.

96 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise to 2.5bb. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

2♠4♠ is too weak to defend against a button raise, even at the current price; it has poor playability out of position.

85o is too weak to open from the button in this three-handed spot, so folding avoids a dominated, low-equity hand.

T9 offsuit has enough equity to complete at this price, while calling keeps the pot small out of position against the big blind.

Holding ATo in position against a small blind limp, raising for value and initiative is standard.

T9 offsuit has reasonable equity heads-up against a big blind isolation raise, and the pot odds make a call preferable to folding. Raising would be too aggressive out of position.

I have a modest second pair and can keep the pot controlled while allowing the preflop raiser to act.

As the preflop aggressor with position, an overcard, and a gutshot straight draw, I place a small continuation bet to apply pressure.

I have a pair of nines and the small bet gives me a reasonable price to continue. Raising would risk too much with a marginal hand, so I’ll call and reassess on the turn.

My second pair has reasonable showdown value, but the preflop raiser’s flop bet can include stronger queens and overpairs. Checking keeps the pot controlled while preserving my chance to reach showdown.

We have Ace-high with no direct draw after firing a flop c-bet. Checking back controls the pot size and allows us to realize our showdown value or hit an Ace on the river.

I have two pair, queens and nines, but a bet is unlikely to get called by enough worse hands and could be called or raised by a queen or a better-kicker nine. I’ll take the free showdown.

Ace-high has decent showdown value against missed straight draws, and turning it into a bluff rarely folds out better made hands like pairs of nines or sevens.

On the button in a three-handed game, 6♣4♣ is playable as a wide opening hand. A small raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the risk controlled.

Holding T3o out of position against a button open is an easy fold.

J6o is too weak to defend the big blind against a button open, so folding is the highest-EV option.

Open-raising 2.5bb from the button with an Ace-deuce suited, which has good playability and equity in 3-handed play.

J7s is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding avoids a dominated, reverse-implied-odds spot.

J-3 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5x button raise, even with the price offered.