Hold'em table

With 7-4 offsuit, calling needs too much equity against two blinds, and raising risks chips with a weak hand. I fold.

Button folded, so I only need 50 more to see a flop with suited cards against the big blind. The price is good enough to continue and reassess out of position.

I have Q2o in the big blind facing a small blind limp. Checking to see a free flop is the standard play.

Jack-high with no pair or draw on an ace-high flop has little value, so I check and avoid building a pot out of position.

I have queen-high with very little equity on an ace-high board, so taking a free turn card is the best option.

Jack-high with an eight-out straight draw and no pair; the pot is small and a free river card is better than betting into a likely ace that checked the flop.

We turned second pair with a weak kicker in position; checking behind controls the pot size and realizes our showdown equity.

Board pair gives me tens with an ace-queen-jack kicker, which has some showdown value but loses to many better hands. With no bet facing me, checking is better than bluffing into a range that mostly continues.

I have two pair (Queens and Tens with an Ace kicker) on a paired board; checking down has solid showdown value without risking getting raised or called only by better hands.

T8o is a weak offsuit holding with no chips invested, and it plays poorly if called, so folding is the higher-EV choice.

Facing the big blind after the button folded, raising to 3bb with Q8o is a standard blind-vs-blind steal attempt.

42 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 3× raise, especially with 200 chips to call.

86o is too weak to open even from the button 3-handed.

With suited, somewhat connected cards and only 50 chips to call, completing from the small blind is worthwhile against the big blind.

Pocket fives is ahead of a small-blind complete heads-up, so I raise to 400 to build the pot and take the initiative before the flop.

9♠6♠ is too weak to continue out of position against a substantial preflop raise, even with some suited potential.

On the button three-handed, 7h3h is weak but playable suited; raising takes initiative and uses my positional advantage. A modest 2.5 BB raise pressures the blinds without risking too much.

Ten-four offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding preserves chips.

Holding AQo in the big blind against a button open in 3-handed play is a standard, high-equity spot to 3-bet for value and initiative.

The 3-bet is large, and 7♥3♥ has poor equity and playability against a likely strong range; calling 750 is not justified.

Pocket kings are a premium hand, so I open-raise to 300 from the button to build the pot and take control preflop.

2h 4s is an extremely weak unsuited hand out of position facing an open raise; an easy fold.

QTo is a reasonable defend against a button open, and the pot odds make calling preferable to folding. I’ll avoid a 3-bet with a hand that plays awkwardly when called.

I have no pair or immediate draw on this low, connected flop, so I’ll check and avoid building the pot out of position.

I have an overpair to a connected flop and the big blind checked, so I bet about two-thirds pot for value and protection against straight draws.

Q-high has no immediate draw on this connected flop, and my overcard outs may be unreliable against a raise. The price does not justify continuing.

On the button in 3-handed play, opening with K8o is standard to apply pressure to the blinds and take advantage of position.

KTs is strong enough to defend against a modest button raise, and calling keeps weaker hands in while avoiding an unnecessarily large out-of-position 3-bet. The price is reasonable despite the big blind still being behind.

KJo is strong enough to continue for 120 into 540 against a small button open and a flat. Calling keeps the hand and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

With three players on a dry, low flop, K-high has little immediate value and only backdoor potential. Check and avoid building the pot without a strong draw.

KJo missed this dry flop and the preflop raiser still has position, so checking is better than betting into two players.

In a 3-way pot on a low disconnected board, checking back King-high preserves showdown/turn equity without bloating the pot into two calling ranges.

With only king-high and no meaningful draw, betting into two opponents is unlikely to be profitable. I’ll take the free river and preserve the chance to improve.

King-high with no pair or draw on a dry board against two opponents; checking keeps the pot small and avoids betting into the button.

Both opponents have checked twice, indicating capped and weak ranges. A delayed continuation bet should pick up the dead money effectively.

K-high has no meaningful draw, and the six apparent overcard outs are neither numerous nor reliably clean against a turn bet into two opponents. The price does not justify continuing.

King-high with no pair or draw on 3-7-2-9 is too weak to call a turn bet of 380 into 1040, especially against the preflop raiser's delayed c-bet.