Hold'em table

Suited-ish 98 offsuit is a weak-to-medium hand with position; calling the 100 to complete is a cheap, reasonable play in a 3-handed pot versus raising out of position considerations.

AQo is a strong hand versus a button limp in 3-handed play; raising out of the small blind for value and isolation is better than playing a multiway pot out of position.

Calling 350 into a 650 pot gives about 35% pot odds, and 8-9 offsuit has reasonable playability heads-up in position on the button against the small blind's raise.

AQ with a nut flush draw and a gutshot on T-5-J is a strong semi-bluff with lots of equity. I'm betting about 60% pot out of position to keep the initiative and use my fold equity against a limp-caller.

I have an open-ended straight draw (8-9 with T-J on board, needing a 7 or Q), about 8 outs for roughly 31% equity. Calling 600 into a 2200 pot needs about 27%, so the call is profitable.

Huge combo draw (flush draw plus open-ended straight draw, ~15 outs plus an overcard), so semi-bluffing for fold equity and to build the pot is better than checking.

Holding a pair of nines with an open-ended straight draw facing a 1500 turn bet into 3700 gives about 18% straight equity plus weak pair equity, below the roughly 29% needed to call, and villain's three-street aggression suggests a strong range.

Three-handed on the button, 74 suited is a reasonable open-raise to steal the blinds, and it has playable equity if called.

32o is the worst hand; facing a 2.5x raise out of position, folding is clearly correct.

Calling 150 into a 400 pot is a cheap price from the big blind, and the suited 2-9 has enough playability against a wide button raise.

The board is three tens, so my 9 kicker is a weak best hand and I can't improve it meaningfully. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing more chips with a hand that is unlikely to be ahead.

On a trips board the preflop raiser holds the range advantage, and a small c-bet folds out many unpaired hands that beat our 7-high. It also denies equity cheaply, while our hand has little showdown value if we check back.

I hold 2-9 on a T-T-T board with no pair and no real draw, so I can't profitably continue against a flop raise.

Q7s suited on the button has decent playability; a small raise builds the pot with position and can take the blinds.

Ace-high with a cheap price of 250 to see a flop in a 3-way pot is a reasonable call from the small blind, though marginal with A4 offsuit.

T7 suited in the big blind is getting 200 into 700 (about 22% equity needed) in a multiway pot, and it plays well enough postflop to justify a call. A squeeze isn't credible against both the opener and the caller.

I have ace-high with a four-flush draw, which is worth a free look but not a bet into two opponents. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it with a marginal hand.

I flopped a ten-high flush, which is strong but vulnerable to a fourth diamond and to hands holding the Ad or Jd. Betting two-thirds pot gets value from sets, two pair and single-diamond draws, and charges those draws.

I only hold second pair with a weak kicker on a scary monotone board; seat_2's flop raise after flatting preflop signals a made flush or strong K/Q, and calling 600 more with Q7s has poor equity.

I have a flush draw with Ad plus two diamonds on board, and calling 600 into a 2100 pot needs about 22% equity, which the draw roughly meets.

We hold top pair of kings with an ace kicker and a four-diamond draw, but seat_2 has shown strength on the flop, so checking keeps the pot controlled and avoids bloating it without a clear edge.

A ten-high flush is strong here, and SB's call-then-check line looks like Kx, Qx, or a weaker flush, so a medium bet gets value from those hands. The paired board means full houses beat us, so I'm keeping the bet size controlled.

I have only Ace-high with a diamond draw (about 20% to hit on the river), and facing 1300 more into a 3400 pot after a large turn raise on a king-paired board, the pot odds (about 28%) don't justify calling.

9-7 suited is a weak, speculative hand, but with only 100 to call from the button and a multiway pot, calling to see a cheap flop is reasonable rather than folding or bloating the pot with a raise.

Q9o in the small blind facing a button limp is ahead of a typical limping range, so isolating with a raise to 4.5bb captures dead money; completing out of position is weaker.

85o is far too weak to call a 4.5bb raise out of position with two players behind showing strength. Folding saves chips for better spots.

Facing a 350 call in position on the button with 9-7 suited, the pot odds and suited connectors make a call reasonable against a raise from the small blind, though folding is also defensible.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a fairly connected board, out of position against a limp-caller whose range is wide. A small c-bet of 40% pot builds the pot and denies equity to draws and weaker Jx/3x while keeping the bet cheap if he holds better.

I have 9-7 high with no pair and only a two-card backdoor straight draw, so calling 400 into a 1400 pot is not worth it against a continued aggressive line.

AJo on the button 3-handed is a strong opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb for value and to steal the blinds.

I'm getting about 2.7 to 1 on a 150-chip call into a 400-chip pot heads-up after the small blind folded, which justifies calling with a marginal Q-4 offsuit.

I have Q-high with no pair or draw on a 3-7-8 board, so I check to see the next card cheaply rather than bluff into the button.

AJ high on a 3-7-8 rainbow board has overcards and a backdoor straight draw. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot uses my preflop raiser advantage and can fold out weak hands in the big blind's calling range.

I have Queen-high with no pair, straight draw, or backdoor equity worth continuing against a flop bet from the button, so folding 180 to call is the disciplined play.

Ace-seven offsuit is a playable but marginal holding from the small blind against one opponent, so calling the 50-chip completion keeps the pot small while I see the flop cheaply.

T6o is a weak hand that plays fine in position against a limped small blind; checking takes a free flop and keeps the pot small.

I have ace-high with no pair and no draw of note on this board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position.

Top pair with a weak kicker in a limped pot, heads-up against a checking small blind. A small bet of about two-thirds pot gets value from draws and worse tens and protects against overcards.

Facing a 130 bet into a 330 pot, I need about 28% equity to call, and ace-high with an overcard to the board gives a reasonable draw-like chance against a stab range, so calling is a cheap way to continue.

I have an open-ended straight draw (7-8-9-T) with an ace-high backdoor, and checking keeps the pot manageable while I see whether seat_2 keeps betting.

Top pair on a wet board after the opponent checked; a small bet gets thin value from 9x, 8x and single-club draws, denies equity, and keeps losses small if I'm raised.

I hold an open-ended straight draw (6 or J completes it) with about 8 outs, and the 160 call is close to break-even with implied odds if I hit, so calling is reasonable over folding.

I have ace-high with no made hand or straight draw on this board, so I check to see a showdown rather than bloat a pot where I'm likely behind.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a board full of possible flushes and straights is best kept as a bluff-catcher. A thin value bet would mostly get called by better hands, so I'll check it down.