Hold'em table

Queen-three offsuit on the button is a weak hand facing a call of 100 in a 3-handed pot; folding avoids marginal preflop investment with poor playability.

Button folded; 9h5h suited is a reasonable raise from the small blind heads-up against the big blind, taking initiative and often winning the blinds outright.

Blind vs blind, I'm getting 2:1 with position against a wide SB opening range, so J5o has enough equity and playability to defend by calling.

We raised preflop from the SB and the flop Ac Qh 4h favors our range; with a flush draw (9h 5h) we make a small continuation bet of about a third of the pot, which has good fold equity and keeps us in position to hit our draw cheaply.

J5 offsite on an AQ4 two-tone board has almost no equity against a c-bet: only a gutshot to a wheel needing a 2 and 3, no pair, and no flush draw. Folding is cheap.

Q5 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative with position against both blinds.

A9o is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, and 3-betting from the small blind beats flatting out of position with the big blind still to act. A raise to 10.5bb puts pressure on the opener and gives us fold equity.

Facing a 3-bet to 1050 with 950 to call and another player still to act, A-T offsuit is a marginal hand out of position, so folding avoids a costly multiway pot.

Q5s is a weak open that doesn't play well against a large 3-bet to 1050 out of position; folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

K9o on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative.

Q8 offsuit is weak out of position from the small blind, and calling 200 more into a multiway pot against a button raise doesn't clear the pot odds.

9-6 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button open; even with decent pot odds it plays poorly postflop, so folding is the lowest-variance, chip-preserving choice.

On the button with 7-Qo facing only a 100-chip completion, calling is cheap and keeps the hand in with position against the blinds, while folding gives up a profitable steal spot.

Q9o in the small blind facing a limp from the button; completing for 50 into 250 gives good odds with a playable hand, and raising with a dominated-prone hand out of position is unattractive.

64o is weak, and checking from the big blind gets a free flop in a limped pot. Raising would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by better ones.

Top pair with a paired board in a limped pot; a small bet for value and protection is reasonable as first to act with queens up.

I have 6-high with no pair and no draw on 8-8-Q, facing a lead with the button still to act behind me. Calling or bluffing here is unprofitable, so I fold.

I have queens and eights, two pair, which is strong on this board, so I raise for value at the minimum legal amount to build the pot.

Top pair on a paired board vs a min-raise from a preflop limper; getting 4.5:1 so calling is clear, but with a weak kicker and trips possible I prefer to call and control the pot rather than re-raise.

Top pair with a gutshot on a paired, coordinated board after being raised on the flop; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me evaluate the button's turn action rather than bloating the pot out of position.

Queen-high pair on a paired board is a medium-strength hand that can be beaten by 8s or better, so I'll check to control the pot rather than bloat it.

Top two pair with board-paired eights is a medium-strength hand here; villain limp-raised flop and checked back turn, so a river bet gets value mostly from weak Tx while better Qx and 8x call or raise. Check to control the pot and bluff-catch against missed draws.

I have queens and eights with a seven kicker, which is strong on this board. Seat 2 has checked the turn and river, so a value bet of about half the pot should get called by worse hands.

I have top pair with the board pair (QQ88T), facing a half-pot river bet needing ~26% equity; the button's limp, small flop raise, turn check, river bet line includes missed club draws and weaker/chopping Qx, so calling as a bluff-catcher is profitable enough.

K8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open-raise; first to act with both blinds behind, raising 2.5bb takes initiative and often wins the blinds.

95o in the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. It's too weak to call out of position and not worth a 3-bet bluff.

Facing a 150-chip call from the button with 2d Qs in the big blind, calling closes the action at a good price with a playable, disconnected hand out of position.

I hold Queen-high second pair on an A-Q-7 board with no bet to face, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how seat_2 acts.

Heads-up on the button as preflop raiser with K8o on A-Q-7 rainbow; a small continuation bet takes it down often against a BB caller who checked, and we have a gutshot plus backdoor equity as fallback.

I have a pair of queens, second pair behind the ace, facing a 200 bet into a 750 pot, so calling is reasonable without risking a raise against a likely stronger ace or a bluff.

I have a pair of queens on an A-Q-T-7 board with no clear draw, so I'll check to keep the pot controlled and see whether seat_2 keeps betting.

K8 has no showdown value but a gutshot to Broadway; the turn T favors my preflop-raising range, so a second barrel can fold out Qx/7x/weak pairs while keeping my straight outs if called.

Second pair of queens facing a large turn barrel from the button is likely behind a strong ace or made hand, and the 600 call needs roughly 28% equity, which this hand is unlikely to reach.

Q7 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise, so I'm opening to 2.5bb to pressure the blinds.

Nine-deuce offsuit is a weak hand to play out of position against a button raise, and I need roughly a third equity to justify calling 200 into this pot, so folding is the disciplined choice.

Q4 suited in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open gets a reasonable price (150 to win 400); suitedness and position-closing action make a call acceptable, while 3-betting or folding are both worse.

Qs4s on a monotone club flop with no club and no pair; checking to the preflop raiser is standard, and I can fold to a bet or evaluate turn cheaply.

Top pair with a weak kicker and no club on a monotone board plays poorly against a check-raise. Checking back controls the pot and keeps the BB's weaker hands in.

Pair of fours with no club on a four-flush board; betting mostly folds out hands I already beat and gets called by clubs/better pairs, so check for pot control and hope to realize equity cheaply.

With four clubs on board and no club in hand, top pair Q7 only gets called by hands that beat it, but it still has showdown value against a big blind who checked twice. Checking back keeps the pot small and lets us see a free river.

River gave me two pair (7s and 4s) but the board has four clubs and is paired; opponent checked flop and turn so likely has no club and a weak pair or high cards. A small bet extracts thin value from pairs/A-high while keeping it cheap; I fold to a raise.

Our trip sevens are strong, but the four-club board makes raising risky. Facing a small 200-chip bet into 750, we only need about 17% equity, so calling is clearly profitable against blocking bets and thin value.