Hold'em table

3c5c is a weak offsuit-ish low connector with poor equity against a raise; folding to the 100 call preserves chips early with no read.

9-2 offsuit is the worst starting hand; folding the small blind costs only 50 chips instead of playing out of position against the big blind.

3d8d is a weak offsuit-ish hand with poor playability from the button in a 3-handed game facing a big blind; folding avoids a marginal spot, though a call is close.

Completing costs only 50 into a 150-chip pot, making T7 offsuit worth playing heads-up. Limping keeps the pot small while out of position with a marginal hand.

I have a strong premium hand (AK) and the small blind only limped, so I will raise for value and take initiative. A raise to 400 puts pressure on the limper while keeping the pot manageable.

T7 offsuit is too weak to continue profitably out of position against a 4bb isolation raise. Its poor equity realization does not justify calling 300 into a 500 pot.

A6 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed, benefiting from position and an ace blocker. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds without overcommitting with a weak kicker.

With pocket tens in the small blind, I want to 3-bet for value and deny the button's wide opening range cheap flops. A raise to 750 applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable if called.

AQo is a strong hand, but facing a button open and a small blind 3-bet, a 4-bet bluff is unnecessary. Calling 650 more with position-less equity is reasonable and keeps dominated hands in, though it risks a squeeze from seat 3 behind.The pot odds are decent, so I call.}

A6 offsuit is frequently dominated by the small blind’s three-betting range and the big blind’s cold-calling range. Despite position and favorable pot odds, its poor multiway equity realization makes folding preferable.

I have an overpair (TT) on a draw-heavy flop and should bet for value and protection against straight/flush draws and overcards.

Ace-high with a nut flush draw (As with two spades on board) plus a backdoor gutshot gives roughly 12+ outs; the pot offers about 2.6 to 1 and implied odds are good, so calling is better than folding or a bloated raise.

Bet for value and protection against draws and smaller pairs; I can fold if raised on the ace turn.

Top pair with ace and a nut-ish backdoor/straight-draw blocker on a 6s4c7s board is a solid bluff-catcher. Getting about 3-to-1 (2000 to win 5950) means I need only about 25% equity, and villain's aggression could include draws and bluffs, so calling is better than folding or raising.

With TT on an A-high board after being called on flop and turn, I prefer to check and control the pot; betting again would mainly get called by better Ax hands and fold out worse pairs that might bluff or showdown.

Board 6s 4c 7s Ah 3d gives me a pair of aces with a queen kicker. Seat_1 bet flop and turn and then checked the river, so a thin value bet could get called only by better hands, and a check keeps the showdown cheap.

With pocket fives on the button, raising to 300 applies pressure and can take down the blinds, while also building a pot when we flop a set.

3c7s is a very weak offsuit hand out of position in the small blind, facing a 3x button raise with the big blind still to act behind. Folding is the best choice.

Seven-six offsuit is a marginal defend against a 3bb button raise and realizes equity poorly out of position. Folding avoids committing more chips with a weak, unsuited hand.

Q8 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a playable hand, and calling 100 into a 150 pot gives a good price. A raise with this marginal holding risks being dominated, so I'll just call.

Completing costs only 50 into a 250-chip pot, giving 5:1 pot odds. Although weak and out of position, 54 offsuit has enough connected-hand potential to justify this cheap entry without inflating the pot.

Weak hand, check to see a free flop.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker is best checked out of position against two opponents. Betting offers little value, while checking preserves the chance to improve without inflating the pot.

I have a weak hand with no pair and only a backdoor flush draw on a coordinated board; checking preserves chips and avoids building a pot out of position.

On the button with Q-high, a backdoor flush draw (Qd, 8d vs two hearts, so no) and a gutshot-ish 8-9 connection, I hold a pair-less hand with some equity. Both opponents checked, so a small bet of about 2/3 pot... actually 200 into 300 is a modest stab to take the pot or build a pot with overcard and gutshot outs (Q, 8 to 9-J, 10 for straight).}

Bottom pair with a weak kicker and only a backdoor flush draw is too weak against a two-thirds-pot bet with another player still to act. Playing out of position further limits our ability to realize equity.

Semi-bluff check-raise with a gutshot and backdoor flush draw; opponent's small bet after two checks looks weak, and I have fold equity plus outs if called.

I hold Qd8d on a Jh4s9h board, so only a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-type draw with an overcard. Seat_1 check-raised, which suggests real strength, but the price is 200 to win 900, so I need about 18% equity. Calling is reasonable with Q-high, a gutshot (10 makes 8-9-J-Q), and backdoor diamonds, and a bluff raise would not be profitable.|

With 5-high and no draw on a coordinated board, checking is best to avoid putting more chips in as a bluff.

I have top pair with Q on a Jh 4s 9h Qc board, and Seat 1 check-raised the flop then checked the turn, which may signal a draw or a trapping hand. A bet of about 55% pot gets value from worse pairs and draws and charges the draws.}

I have five-high with no pair or draw and face a turn raise after already being called on the flop, so continuing would only burn chips.

Despite button position, 7♠2♠ is too weak to open profitably against two unknown blinds. Its poor connectivity and low-card strength outweigh its suitedness.

With pocket jacks in the small blind and the button already folded, I have a strong heads-up hand and should raise to apply pressure on the big blind rather than just complete. A raise to 300 builds the pot while keeping my range balanced.

Getting 3-to-1 pot odds (200 to call into a pot of 400) with suited 64s in the big blind against a likely wide small-blind raise, so calling is profitable and folding gives up too much equity.

JJ is an underpair on a Q-K-6 two-spade flop and I am out of position; checking controls the pot and avoids bloating against a caller who likely has a pair or draw.

I have bottom pair (sixes) plus a backdoor flush draw on a Q-K-6 board. Seat_1 raised preflop and then checked, so I'm checking back to keep the pot small and see a free card; the hand is too marginal to bet for value or to turn into a bluff-raise.

With a marginal two pair on a paired board, checking controls the pot and avoids value-owning against Qx or Kx; we can evaluate the river.

Board is Qs Ks 6d Kc and I hold 6s 4s for two pair, kings and sixes. Seat 1 checked twice, so its range looks weak and capped. A small value bet of 400 into the 600 pot should get called by worse hands such as a queen or a pocket pair.

I have two pair (kings and jacks) with showdown value. The 400 bet into a 1000 pot could be a bluff or Qx, so calling keeps worse hands in while avoiding a raise into possible Kx trips.

JJ has marginal showdown value but is behind any K or Q; checking avoids value-owning into trips/top pair and can induce bluffs from missed draws.

Kings and sixes has some showdown value but is beaten by most pairs seat_1 could hold, such as Qx, Kx and 7-J pairs. A bet would mostly be called only by better hands, so I check to see the showdown.