Hold'em table

Ad6d is a strong suited ace on the button in 3-handed play; raising builds value and leverages position.

Jh2h is a weak offsuit-ish dominated hand facing a button raise, and I am out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a marginal hand in a bloated pot.

With 9h Jc on the button facing a raise to 250 after the small blind folded, the pot odds don't justify continuing with this weak speculative hand. Folding preserves my 100bb stack for better opportunities.

A3o is a standard button open in 3-handed; raising to 250 takes initiative and can win the blinds.

I hold 4h Jh, which is a weak hand that does not play well out of position. Facing a raise to 250 from the button, folding minimizes losses with this marginal holding.

K6o has good king-high equity against a wide button open, and calling 150 into 400 gives a favorable price to defend the big blind.

With second pair and a king kicker on a jack-high, two-spade board heads-up out of position, checking preserves pot control and lets the preflop raiser reveal strength.

Continuation bet with Ace-high on a dry board after opponent checks; likely to take down pot or fold out weak hands.

With second pair and a king overcard on a draw-heavy board, I have enough equity against a wide button c-bet range to call at these pot odds and re-evaluate the turn.

With two pair Jacks and Sixes and a King kicker out of position, I have decent showdown value but am beaten by any Jack or higher pocket pair. Checking controls the pot and lets me evaluate a turn bet rather than building a pot against better hands.

I raised preflop and flop, and the turn J is a scare card. Opponent checked again, so I'll continue representing a strong hand to fold out draws and weak pairs.

Two pair Jacks and Sixes with King kicker beats bluffs and flush/straight draws; getting about 2.5-to-1 I need only ~28% equity, and raising would fold worse while isolating better trips and overpairs.

With two pair Jacks and Sixes and a King kicker on a paired board, checking preserves showdown value cheaply against opponent's flop and turn betting range, which contains many Jacks and overpairs that beat us, while allowing missed spade draws to check back.

I have only ace-high on a paired board and my opponent has called every street, so betting the river as a bluff is unlikely to succeed. Checking preserves chips and takes the free showdown.

I have a speculative 6-7 suited on the button with position and a full stack. A small raise builds the pot cheaply while keeping my bluff equity and implied odds alive against the two blinds.

T4 offsuit is very weak, facing a button raise out of position in the small blind; calling 200 is not profitable.

A7o has enough equity against a button open to defend from the big blind, and calling keeps the pot manageable while avoiding a risky out-of-position 3-bet.

I flopped a set of sevens on a draw-heavy board, so I will bet for value and to charge flush and straight draws.

I have an open-ended straight draw with 6h7s on a 7h-Jd-Td board, giving me eight outs to the nuts. Calling 400 into a 950 pot is a favorable price, and I avoid building a bigger pot with a marginal made hand against a raise.

I have a marginal pair of sevens with an ace kicker on a coordinated board. Checking controls the pot and avoids building a large pot out of position with a weak made hand.

I have a gutshot straight draw to a 5 and a backdoor flush draw, but the board is paired with a 4 and my 6-7 is vulnerable. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see the river cheaply without committing more chips on a marginal hand.

With only a weak pair of sevens on a coordinated board and no further betting from the opponent on the turn, checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised off a marginal showdown hand.

The board is paired with a Queen on the river, and my 6-7 gives me a 7-high straight, which is a strong but vulnerable hand. Since the opponent checked behind, I will check to control the pot size and avoid scaring them off a bluff or a weaker hand.

On the button 3-handed, T9o is a playable hand with straight potential; raising takes initiative and can win the blinds.

With Ah9s in the small blind getting 2:1, calling is cheap and keeps weaker Ax and button bluffs in without bloating the pot out of position.

I have 7d Td, which is a marginal hand. The min raise is 400 and I only need to call 150, but I'm out of position and don't want to play a weak suited connector against two players who have already shown strength.

Ace-high is likely the best hand on this paired low flop after the button's preflop raise, and a small lead can take the pot or deny equity to overcards. I can safely fold if raised.

With T-high and only two overcards on a paired 2-2-6 board, I have roughly six potentially dirty outs against a small-blind lead, insufficient equity for the 200 call and poor playability on later streets.

J4o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and calling 100 chips out of position against a big blind and small blind is not profitable enough to continue.

I have 5c-Jc, a suited connector that plays well postflop. Calling the 50 big blind keeps my stack intact and avoids a tough 3-bet situation, letting me see a cheap flop to realize equity.

Pocket tens are a strong value hand against a small-blind limp; raising isolates the limper and builds the pot while in position postflop.

With 5c-Jc I have only a backdoor flush draw and no pair, which is too weak to call a 300 chip raise from the button. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

I have Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw, which is decent for a call out of position. Calling keeps the pot manageable and allows me to see a flop without overcommitting.

5-2 offsuit is one of the weakest hands and I would be out of position against two opponents postflop, so the small completion price does not justify playing it.

Button limped and small blind folded, so I raise with A8o to take the initiative and charge the limper. A8o has enough equity to isolate against a likely weak button range.

I hold only Ace-high with a weak kicker and no pair potential, so calling a 300 raise or bluffing is too expensive. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.