Hold'em table

A small button open uses position and a king blocker to contest the blinds cheaply. K3 offsuit is marginal, so the minimum raise limits investment while retaining steal equity.

2-9 offsuit is a weak hand, and facing a button raise to 200 with 150 to call out of position, folding is the disciplined choice.

6h2h is a weak hand and I'm out of position facing a raise to 200 with only 100 to call; folding avoids losing chips with poor equity.

J9 offsuit is a marginal hand, but calling the 100-chip big blind from the button is cheap and keeps me in with position after the blinds.

I have a weak hand (Tc6s) and am out of position in the small blind. The pot odds don't justify calling 50 to continue with this hand.

Checking takes a free flop with a weak offsuit connector. Raising out of position against the button's limp would inflate the pot with a hand that plays poorly against a continuing range.

Bottom pair has some showdown value but is too weak to bet for value on this coordinated board. Checking keeps the pot small out of position and lets us assess the opponent's action.

I have no pair on a K-Q-6 board and there is no bet to call, so checking is free and keeps the pot small while I keep a backdoor straight possibility.

My pair of sixes has some showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get much value from worse hands or fold out better pairs. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess against any bet.

I hold J-high with no pair on a K-Q-6-3 board, and checking is free with no bet to call, so I take the free card rather than bloat the pot.

My pair has some showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by worse. Checking preserves that value without turning a weak hand with no spade blocker into a bluff.

We hold a pair of jacks on a board with a king and queen, and seat_1 has checked every street, so a value bet risks being raised by a better hand and a bluff isn't well supported. Checking keeps the pot small and takes the showdown.

Calling the 100 big blind with Q8s on the button is reasonable given the pot odds and the ability to play postflop in position.

53 offsuit realizes equity poorly from the small blind, even at this price. With the big blind still able to raise, folding avoids investing more in a weak, out-of-position hand.

I'm in the big blind with no bet to call, so checking sees the flop for free with my weak 3-2 offsuit hand.

I hold 3-2 offsuit with no pair and no backdoor strength against an A-Q-K flop, so I have nothing to bet; checking for free is the best option since no bet is required to continue.

The board is As Qh Ks and I hold Qs, giving me top pair with a good kicker. Seat 2 checked, so I will check behind to control the pot and keep the opponent's bluffs in.

I hold 3-2 offsuit with no pair against a paired king board, so I have little showdown value and no reason to build the pot. Checking is free and keeps me in the hand.

Board is paired with two kings and an Ace, and my hand is just top pair weak kicker; opponent checked twice so I'll control the pot and avoid building a big bet with a marginal holding.

Holding 3-2 with no pair against a paired king-high board, I have no showdown value, so I take the free check rather than bet into two opponents.

Board is paired with two kings and a queen, and my hand is one pair of queens with an eight kicker, so I want to control pot size and avoid building a big bluff catcher. Checking lets me realize equity cheaply and potentially induce a bluff from the button.

A3 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while leveraging position and an ace blocker.

Nine-eight offsuit is a weak hand out of position facing a 250 raise from the button with 3-way action, so folding is the disciplined choice rather than investing another 150 chips.

I have 3d Kh, a weak offsuit hand. The button raised to 250 and the small blind folded, leaving me to decide against a strong-looking raise. Folding preserves my stack against a likely strong hand.

Pocket tens are strong enough to raise for value and isolate against the big blind and small blind in a three-handed pot.

Seat 2 raised to 300 with Js9c on the button; my hand lacks the strength to call or reraise, so folding preserves my stack.

Calling costs 200 to contest a 650-chip pot, requiring about 31% equity. K7 offsuit is a marginal but reasonable big-blind defense against a wide button opening range with no rake.

Middle pair with a king kicker has showdown value but is not strong enough to build a large pot out of position. Checking keeps the button’s weaker hands in and lets us assess any continuation bet.

Pocket tens on a J-7-6 rainbow flop is an overpair, and checking would let seat_1 realize equity cheaply, so I bet about half the pot for value and protection.

Middle pair with a strong kicker is a reasonable bluff-catcher against a button continuation bet, needing about 28% equity to call. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in the pot without inflating it against stronger pairs.

Our sevens have showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get much value from worse or fold out better hands. Check to control the pot and preserve the opponent's bluffs.

Pocket tens are an underpair to the jacks on board, but seat_1 has repeatedly called and checked, so a half-pot bet can win now and charge jack-high or draw hands.

The half-pot bet requires 25% equity, and my pair of sevens remains a reasonable bluff-catcher against straight draws, diamond draws, and unpaired hands. Calling keeps those bluffs in while avoiding an unnecessary raise into stronger hands.

My full house beats overpairs and missed draws but loses to any jack, which is well represented in the opponent’s double-barrel range. Checking preserves their bluffs and avoids leading into a stronger full house.

We hold two pair (jacks and sevens with a ten kicker), which is strong on this board. A value bet of about half the pot should get called by a station who has been calling all hand.

My sevens-full beats overpairs and missed draws, though any jack has a higher full house. Calling needs about 25% equity; raising would mostly fold worse hands and get action from better ones.

I have a suited connector in position with a 100bb stack, so calling the 100bb big blind is a standard play to see a flop cheaply and keep the field multi-way. Folding would be too weak, and raising would isolate me out of position if the blinds are tight.

Completing costs only 50 into a 250 pot, and A2 suited has good nut-flush and straight potential in a multiway pot. Calling keeps the pot manageable out of position without isolating against stronger aces.

Q-3 offsuit is a weak hand, but checking my big blind option is free and sees the flop without adding chips to the pot.

With ace-high and only backdoor draws, checking out of position against two opponents preserves chips and avoids bluffing into ranges that connect with this low board.

I hold Q-high with no pair on an 8-6-4 rainbow flop, and checking is free, so I should see the next card without investing more chips.

I have an open-ended straight draw with 9s-8h on an 8c-6d-4s board, but the pot is only 300 and both opponents checked. Checking keeps the hand cheap and preserves the option to take the lead on later streets.

Ace-high with a gutshot is too weak to value bet, and bluffing into two opponents out of position is unattractive. Checking preserves chips and may let us see the river for free.

Checking is free and I hold a pair of threes with a queen kicker on a dry board, so I take the free card rather than bloat the pot.

The board is very dry and I hold a middle pair with a gutshot; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot with a marginal hand on the turn.

Ace-high retains some showdown value after both opponents checked twice. With two opponents and no diamond blocker, bluffing the flush-completing river is less attractive than checking.

Top pair of queens is strong here, and both opponents checked the earlier streets, so a value bet of about two-thirds pot should get called by weaker hands.

Seat 2's river raise to 200 on a 8c-6d-4s-3d-Qd board is a strong value or semi-bluff bet. My 9s-8h is a weak pair that likely loses to any better hand or draw that completed, so folding is the correct decision to preserve chips.

Ace-high with no diamond is a weak bluff-catcher against a river bet into two opponents. We lack useful blockers for a bluff-raise and have insufficient reason to expect the 28.6% equity needed to call.