Hold'em table

K2 offsuit is weak from the button in a 3-handed pot, and it is dominated by many hands that would call a raise. Folding is the safer choice than calling out of position against two players.

With the button folded, calling 50 more gives me a low-cost chance to see a flop against the big blind. My hand is too weak to raise.

In the big blind facing a limp from the small blind, T5s has enough playability to see a free flop in position.

With no pair or immediate straight or flush draw, I’ll check rather than build the pot.

We have ten-high with no direct draw on a rainbow board; checking back allows us to see a free turn card.

My hand has little showdown value, but a turn bluff is unlikely to get enough folds in this small pot. Checking avoids committing chips without a strong draw.

With ten-high and no draw, checking behind maintains pot control and lets us evaluate the river for free.

With little showdown value, I’m betting into the 200-chip pot to try to fold out higher unpaired hands after the big blind checked twice.

Holding ten-high on an ace-high double-paired board, I have no showdown value and cannot profitably call a river bet.

T6 suited is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Folding J8s in the small blind facing a button open to avoid playing out of position with a dominated suited one-gapper.

Pocket sevens in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open, getting good pot odds (150 to win 400) and a chance to set-mine heads-up with position against me; calling is solid and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Top set on a dry rainbow flop; bet about 3/4 pot to build the pot against a button raiser who can call with overcards or pairs.

T-high has no immediate draw on this flop, and calling the 400-chip bet offers too little prospect of improvement.

J4s on the button in a 3-handed game is slightly too weak to open profitably, making fold the cleanest play.

8-4 offsuit is a weak hand, and I would be out of position against the big blind for the rest of the hand. Completing costs 50 into a 150 pot, but I expect to lose chips over time with this hand, so I fold.

T9 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game has decent playability and gets a good price, 100 to call into a 150 pot. Calling is better than folding and avoids a marginal raise out of position risk.

Ace-king is strong against a button limp, so I’m raising for value and to discourage a multiway pot out of position.

85o is a weak unsuited hand facing a 6bb raise from the small blind, making it an easy fold.

T9 suited-ish offsuit hand has decent playability; pot odds are 800+500 to call 500 (about 2.6:1) and I'm on the button in position against a small blind raise, so calling is reasonable. Folding would give up too much equity. Note the hand is T9 offsuit, still playable at this price. .

On this dry paired flop, my preflop raise represents a strong range. A small continuation bet can win the pot immediately while limiting the cost when called.

Ten-high with a backdoor straight draw on a paired 3-7-3 board has some showdown value against a small-blind c-bet. Pot odds are about 4.25 to 1 (400 to win 1700), so calling is cheaper than folding or raising.

With three 3s on the board, my A-K has showdown value against unpaired hands, but a 7 or pocket pair has a full house. Checking controls the pot against those stronger hands.

Board 3-7-3-3 is very dry and I hold T-high with a 9, which is a weak showdown hand. Seat 2 bet the flop and checked the turn, which suggests weakness. A bet of about half the pot should fold out many hands like small pairs or missed overcards, and I still have some showdown value if called.

Ace-king is ahead of unpaired hands and can improve against some pairs. The turn bet is small enough to call, but raising would likely fold out bluffs while getting called by stronger hands.

My ace-king beats missed draws and weaker unpaired hands, but any pocket pair or board pair makes a full house. Checking preserves showdown value without betting into hands unlikely to fold.

Board is 3-7-3-3-4 and I hold T-9 high, which has no showdown value against most of villain's range. Villain checked the river, so I check behind for a free showdown rather than bluff. Villain called a turn bet, so a bluff is unlikely to fold out their calling range.

Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open from the button in a three-handed game, where position makes a modest raise preferable to folding or limping.

J5s is too weak to defend out of position against a button open with the big blind left to act.

AQs is a strong hand heads-up against a button open to 2.5bb. A 3-bet to 8.5bb builds the pot with a hand that plays well, and I'll be out of position after the flop.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to continue against a sizable 3-bet, even with position.

Q6o is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play, making fold the standard play.

Button folded, so I'm in the small blind heads-up against the big blind. Getting 3:1 on a call of 50 with J5s is a fine price, so I complete rather than fold or raise.

Q3 suited plays well enough against a small-blind limp, but its weak kicker makes building a larger pot unattractive. Checking takes a free flop in position.

I have only a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-type hand on an ace-high board, so I'll check and keep the pot small out of position against the big blind's uncapped range.

After the small blind checks, a small bet can take down this dry ace-high pot. Queen-high also has some backdoor straight and flush potential when called.

Jc5c on Ad 2h Ts has only a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-free jack-high; calling 100 into 300 needs about 25% equity, and this hand is likely well behind a betting range with an ace or ten, so I'll fold.