Hold'em table

79o is too weak to call a blind or open from the button; folding avoids building a pot with a dominated offsuit hand.

QQ is a premium hand; raise for value from the small blind after button folded, heads-up vs BB.

Q7 suited in the big blind has good playability in position against a small-blind raise, and calling 250 into 450 offers favorable pot odds.

Continuation bet with an overpair that could be beaten by an ace; a half-pot bet pressures weaker holdings while keeping the pot manageable if raised.

Queen-high with no pair and no meaningful draw on an ace-jack board facing a half-pot bet; calling is unprofitable.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to continue from the button facing a raise, easy fold.

Heads-up in the small blind, A6o is well ahead of a big blind range and plays better as a raise for value and initiative.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a small-blind raise after the button folds.

On the button three-handed, K2o has king-high steal value and position if called. A 2.5bb open can win the blinds immediately and realizes equity better than folding.

QTo is playable in a 3-handed pot against a 2.5bb button open, and the price to continue is reasonable. Calling keeps the hand and avoids bloating the pot out of position with a marginal offsuit holding.

J9s offsuit-ish suited connector has decent playability; calling 150 more is cheap with multiway pot and good implied odds.

I have second pair with a ten kicker out of position multiway, and the king on the flop is a problem. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how the preflop raiser and big blind continue.

I only have a gutshot straight draw with no pair; checking behind is fine in this multiway pot.

Top pair as preflop raiser in position after two checks; half-pot bet gets value from Qx and draws while protecting against overcards, and I can fold to a raise with my weak kicker.

I have second pair on Qh Ks 4d and the button's half-pot c-bet offers about 3:1, so a call is justified; raising is too thin with the king out and the big blind still live.

Only a gutshot straight draw with no pair or flush draw; facing a raise and call, pot odds don't justify continuing.

I have only a pair of queens on an ace-king board against the preflop and flop aggressor, so checking controls the pot and avoids building a pot I am often behind in.

Second pair with a weak kicker on an ace turn is too thin to value bet after opponent called the flop; checking in position controls the pot and lets me realize equity on the river.

I have the nut straight (T-J-Q-K-A) on the river and seat_3 checked, so I bet about two-thirds pot for value.

River lead for 1000 into 1500 after calling the flop and checking the turn is very strong on A-K-Q-J board; pair of kings loses to any Ace, Ten for the straight, two pair or better, and only beats unlikely bluffs or Qx.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to call a blind or raise from the button in a three-handed pot, so folding preserves chips.

AK offsuit is a premium hand; with button folded, I should raise to build the pot and isolate the big blind.

AQ offsuit is a strong heads-up hand in the big blind versus a small-blind raise after the button folded, dominating much of a stealing range. A 3-bet to 900 applies pressure and builds value while keeping sizing reasonable.

AK is strong enough to 4-bet for value/fold equity against a BB 3-bet, applying pressure while keeping stack depth manageable.

AQo is strong 3-handed and I have position on the small blind postflop. Calling the 4-bet for 1300 into 3100 is better than folding or 5-bet shoving into a range that includes AA/KK/AK.

I have the nut flush draw with Ace-King high on a paired board; betting half pot pressures opponent and builds equity with good semi-bluff value.

Top pair top kicker on a paired board is too strong to fold for a half-pot bet getting 3-to-1, but raising would fold worse hands like AK and only get called by AA, KK, and QQ that beat me.

Board pairs fives and gives me kings up with an ace kicker, but villain's heavy preflop 4-bet call and flop call suggest a range of QQ+/AK that often has me dominated by trips or a bigger two pair; I'll check to control the pot and reassess on the river rather than commit more chips into a likely-behind spot.

Two pair queens and fives has showdown value, but the Kc completes the club flush and many 4-bet/flop-betting hands (AA, AK, KK, QQ, flushes) now beat me. Checking controls the pot and avoids a check-raise with only 5600 behind.

My top pair top kicker (A-K) likely beats weaker holdings that would call anyway, but the check-check line after a 3bet pot and big flop call screams a slow-played monster (e.g., trip/quad fives or a higher set); better to take a free showdown than risk more chips into a trap.

I have two pair Queens and fives with an Ace kicker and decent showdown value after opponent checked turn and river. Betting would mostly fold worse hands and be called by Kings, Aces, flushes, straights, or full houses that beat me, so checking preserves the pot equity.

Pocket pair on the button, raising for value and to isolate the blinds with a standard open size.

J2 offsuit is a very weak hand facing a 3.5x button raise from the small blind; calling out of position would be unprofitable.

K4 offsuit is too weak to call a 3.5x button raise out of position; folding avoids a dominated spot.

K6o is playable on the button in 3-handed play with position; raising pressures the blinds and gives initiative rather than limping or folding a king-high hand.

K4s is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise; calling realizes poorly and a 3-bet bluff is not justified.

5-3 offsuit is weak, facing a raise with poor pot odds and no position; easy fold.