Hold'em table

J7s is playable as a button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5x to take the initiative rather than flat the big blind.

72o is the worst hand; facing a 2.5x raise from the button, folding is clearly correct.

7-3 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a button raise, even at this small size.

J7 offsuit is a weak hand even from the button; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Complete the small blind with a suited, connected hand getting excellent pot odds; we will have position postflop.

T5 suited is too weak to raise for value against the small blind limp, and checking realizes equity cheaply in position heads-up.

This board favors the big blind’s checking range and 9-high has very little immediate equity. Checking preserves the option to realize any backdoor potential without inflating the pot.

I have second pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board, and the small blind has already checked. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes showdown value without bloating a marginal hand.

A small turn stab can fold out the opponent's unpaired low cards after both players checked the flop, while risking little relative to the pot.

I have a pair of tens on an ace-high board and am getting 3:1 to call a small turn bet, so calling is better than folding or raising thin with a weak kicker.

A small river bluff can fold out missed overcards and weak holdings while risking little relative to the pot. Checking leaves our nine-high with very limited showdown value.

I have trip tens on the river and the opponent's small bet looks like thin value or a probe, so I raise for value rather than just call.

Our 9-high has no showdown value and cannot profitably continue against the river check-raise.

7-5 offsuit is a weak button holding in this short-handed configuration and not worth entering with absent prior action.

Button folded, so I am heads-up with a pocket pair against the big blind. A small raise builds the pot and denies a free flop while keeping the hand playable if called.

Q3o is far too weak to call 3x off the big blind heads-up; folding is clearly best.

Q8o is playable as a button open in three-handed poker, and a small raise takes the initiative with position rather than calling or folding a hand with decent equity.

53o is a weak hand facing a 2.5x raise out of position; folding is clearly best.

Defend the big blind heads-up with a suited, connected hand getting favorable pot odds against the button open.

Check to the preflop raiser on this paired board; our hand has little showdown value but retains a backdoor diamond draw.

Queen-high with no draw on a paired king flop has little showdown value, but seat_3 checked and a stab is unlikely to fold better hands. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating a weak holding.

A small turn stab can profitably target the opponent's missed overcards and low pocket pairs after they checked back the flop. Our hand has negligible showdown value, so checking offers little upside.

Queen-high with no draw on a paired board has too little equity to call a turn lead, and raising would be a pure bluff into a range that can easily have a king.

65 offsuit on the button versus two players is too weak to entry-raise; folding preflopAvoid is standard and preserves my full stack.

9-3 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against the big blind.

Q6 suited is too weak to open profitably on the button in this short-handed structure; folding avoids marginal reverse-implied-odds spots.

Button folded, so I only need 50 more to see a flop heads-up with a king. K7o is too weak to raise, but folding the small blind is worse than completing.

T4o is weak; I'm already in as BB with no raise, so checking to see a free flop is best.

King-high with no pair or draw on a paired flop is too weak to bet, so I take the free card and keep the pot small.

Ten-high with no pair on a paired board; heads-up checked to me, but bluffing into a limped pot with T4o has little value. Check and reassess cheaply.

King-high with no pair or draw on a paired turn; checking keeps the pot small and realizes the free card.

T-high with no showdown value; heads-up checked through, so checking turn is free and I can fold to pressure or value-bet river if I improve.

I have only king kicker over the board two pair, which sometimes wins at showdown but is too thin to bet for value. Checking is free and avoids getting called only by better hands.

My T-high is likely good only if checked down, but seat_1 has shown weakness all hand; a small bluff has good odds to take the 200-chip pot.

King-high with no pair or draw loses to any made hand and most ace-high bluffs, and a 300 bet into 200 is too large to call with this showdown value.