Hold'em table

4h8d offsuit is a weak hand from the button against two blinds; folding is cheapest and safest.

Button folded, so I am heads-up with a pocket pair and can raise for value and fold equity against the big blind. A raise to 300 is a standard size.

Defending big blind with K6o getting 2:1 pot odds in position against a small blind open.

Pocket fives are a weak pair out of position on an overcard, two-tone flop, so I check to realize showdown value rather than inflate the pot.

I have King-high with minimal equity on this texture; checking behind takes a free turn card in position.

Pocket fives are an underpair on a connected three-club turn, so I check to realize showdown value rather than bet into a board that favors made straights and flushes.

I have King-high with a flush draw and gutshot straight draw. Checking behind realizes my equity for free.

Pocket fives have thin showdown value on a four-club board with straight possibilities, but betting gets called mostly by better hands. Checking is free and avoids a tough spot if raised.

I hold a low 6-high club flush on a four-flush board. Checking behind allows me to realize showdown value against non-club hands without value-owning myself against higher clubs.

97o is too weak and easily dominated to open from the button, so folding preserves chips.

In a blind-versus-blind situation, raising with an offsuit ace allows us to attack the big blind and seize the initiative.

9s3s is far too weak to call a 3x raise from the big blind; folding loses only the 100 already posted and avoids a dominated spot.

Holding 64 offsuit on the button is well outside an open-raising range even in 3-handed play, making a fold clear and standard.

Heads-up blind vs blind, A5o has solid equity against the BB's range, so I'll raise for initiative and fold equity rather than limp.

J8s has enough equity and playability in position against a small-blind open, and the price to continue is attractive. Calling keeps the hand multi-street rather than bloating the pot out of position preflop.

As the preflop aggressor on a dry, paired 8-8-3 board, a half-pot continuation bet puts pressure on the BB caller's unpaired hands, and my ace-high with a backdoor diamond draw retains some equity if called.

I have trip eights with a jack kicker on a board that can still pay off overpairs and draws, so I raise for value rather than flat the continuation bet.

Ace-Jack on the button is a strong opener; a standard 3x raise builds the pot with position and isolates the blinds.

54 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open with the big blind still to act, so folding saves chips.

In 3-max, the button opens wide and QTo has plenty of equity closing the action getting better than 2.25:1 odds.

I flopped two pair on Q-T-5. Checking to the preflop raiser allows them to continue with their aggressive range so I can check-raise or call for value.

I raised preflop and the big blind checked a Q-high flop, so a half-pot continuation bet with ace-high leverages fold equity and my overcard, letting me win the 650 pot often without a made hand.

Flopped top two pair on a draw-heavy board; raising for value and protection against gutshots and pair-plus-draw combos.

Ten-six offsuit is too weak to open from the button in a three-handed game, so folding avoids a negative-EV spot.

Pocket nines is a strong holding blind vs blind; raising to 3bb builds the pot and extracts value.

A8o is too weak to 3-bet but has enough equity to defend the BB cheaply against a 3x open with a 400-chip pot already.

Checking with pocket nines on a paired board to pot control out of position and induce bets from worse hands.

I only have ace-high with no draws, and the preflop raiser checking a paired board often means a jack or an overpair that won't fold. Checking back in position realizes my thin showdown equity for free and keeps the pot small.

Holding second pair below the two overcards on board, checking for pot control and showdown value is standard out of position.

I have a decent showdown-value hand with pocket nines on a paired board, so checking to realize my equity is best.

Opening Q9s from the button is standard in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds.

T7 offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind out of position against a 2.5x button raise, especially with the big blind still to act behind me. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

KTo is a standard defend versus a 2.5x button open heads-up; calling 150 into 400 is priced well enough out of position without turning a marginal hand into a bloated 3-bet pot.

I have top pair with a ten kicker on a dry rainbow flop against a wide button range, so I bet about half pot for value and protection.

I have Queen-high with only backdoor draws on a board that favors the caller's leading range, making an easy fold getting insufficient equity.