Hold'em table

9-4 offsuit is a weak hand with poor equity against two opponents, and calling out of position offers negative expected value. Folding preserves the stack for better spots.

Complete from the small blind with a playable suitedness-free connector-like hand in a heads-up blind pot, keeping the pot small.

JTs is well ahead of a small-blind limping range and plays well in position, so I raise to 4x for value and initiative.

Facing a large blind-versus-limp raise with a marginal suited-gapper-like holding out of position, folding avoids a poor defensive spot.

Limping on the button with 8-7 offsuit keeps the pot small while retaining playable connectivity and position.

Button limped, so completing for 50 into a 250 pot gives great odds with J6o, even though I'll be out of position post-flop. Folding would give up a cheap multiway look.

With Ts7s in the big blind and no further preflop raise, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a cheap flop in a multiway pot.

J-high with no heart and only a weak gutshot-ish backdoor on a monotone board, and I'm out of position in a three-way limped pot, so I check and give up cheaply.

Top pair on a monotone board is vulnerable to heart draws, so I bet to protect my hand and get value from worse pairs or draws.

We have middle pair in a limped pot at a favorable price. Calling keeps in weaker hands while avoiding inflating the pot on a monotone board without a heart.

J6 offsuit with no heart and no pair on a monotone 2-7-3 board, facing a bet and a call, has almost no equity. Folding is clearly best.

The board shows four hearts and my pair of sevens is vulnerable, so I check to avoid building a bigger pot with a weak made hand.

With only a pair on a four-heart board, checking preserves showdown value and avoids facing a check-raise from a flush-heavy range.

The board is a five-heart flush, so my hand is only the board flush and any opponent heart beats me. Betting would only get called by better flushes, so I check to see a free showdown.

With no heart, checking only chops against another non-heart hand. A modest river bet can make those chop hands fold while I can release if raised by a flush.

J9o is a comfortable open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm opening to 2.5bb to pressure the blinds rather than limping.

4-2 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a raise, so I fold and preserve chips.

A3 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a button raise at this sizing, especially out of position.

Complete the small blind with a suited-independent but connected hand getting excellent pot odds heads-up against the big blind.

J4o is a marginal hand, so I'll take the free flop in position against the small blind's limp rather than bloat the pot.

Check back with a weak pairless hand and only a gutshot, preserving the option to realize equity cheaply.

Middle pair in a limped pot heads-up after a check; a small bet of half the pot gets value from worse hands like 8x and draws, and denies equity to overcards.

We have only 5-high with no meaningful draw on this coordinated high-card flop, so calling is unprofitable.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to profitably enter from the button against two blinds.

Q7o is a standard small-blind open against the big blind alone once the button folds. A 3x raise builds the pot with initiative and can take it down immediately.

A7o is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm making a standard 2.5bb raise to steal the blinds.

9-2 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, and a 3-bet with no strong blockers is not profitable.

6-5 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a button open at this sizing.