Hold'em table

K7o is a weak hand in early position. With a 100 chip call facing a big blind bet, folding marginally dominated holdings preserves chips for stronger spots.

Blind vs blind with J2o, completing for 50 more into a 150 pot gives good odds. Limping is a reasonable part of a mixed small-blind strategy.

With A9o in the big blind and no call needed, checking controls the pot and lets me evaluate the flop with position on the limper.

Opponent checked on a dry paired board, likely weak; a small bet can take the pot down or charge backdoor draws, and I can fold to a raise.

The small bet gives us 3-to-1, so we need about 25% equity. Jack-high with a backdoor heart draw should have roughly that against a wide big-blind range, so a cheap call is fine.

J-high with a gutshot (a Q gives K-Q-J-T, needing an A or 9 to complete) is weak, and the opponent bet the flop. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me take a free card if they check behind.

I have ace-high with no pair on a paired board and my flop bet was called. Checking back the turn controls the pot and avoids getting raised by a likely king or three.

Jack-high has little showdown value. The opponent min-bet the flop and then checked back the turn, which looks weak, so a bet of about 70% pot works as a bluff and can fold out better high cards or a weak ten.

Ace-high has no showdown value against a river bet on a paired board; opponent's line suggests at least a pair, and the pot odds are insufficient to bluff-catch.

93o is too weak to open from the button in a 3-handed game with 100bb stacks, so folding is standard.

Getting 3:1 preflop as the small blind against only the big blind, so I complete with a weak suited hand and evaluate the flop.

With Js6c (weak hand), I'm in the big blind facing a small blind call. Checking allows me to see the flop cheaply while maintaining position; folding throws away equity unnecessarily against a weak range.

I have a weak 6-high hand on an Ace-high flop and no compelling reason to bet into the remaining opponent. Checking keeps the pot small and allows me to see a free turn card.

I have Jack-6 offsuit on a T-3-A flop with no made hand or strong draw. Checking is prudent here to keep the pot small with a weak hand and see what my opponent does. Since seat_3 checked and the pot is only 200, there's no value in betting this weak holding.

I have no made hand and only a weak backdoor flush draw, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids putting chips in with 6-high.

I have Jack-six with an Ace on board and no draw. Checking is prudent to control the pot and see if my opponent bets—folding or calling aggressively in this spot would be speculative. Opponent has checked through, so weakness is likely.

My hand has no showdown value on this board, so a small river bet can fold out better unpaired hands and win the pot without a showdown.

I have Jack-Six, which is a weak hand on the river. Seat 3 (small blind) raised to 100 on the river after checking the previous three streets, suggesting they improved significantly. The risk/reward does not favor calling with such a weak holding.

8d2s is a very weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and calling 100 chips out of position against two blinds is not profitable. Folding avoids unnecessary risk.

Ace-nine suited is a strong preflop hand, and with only two players remaining (the button folded), position is favorable. A raise to 300 chips extracts value from weaker hands and maintains initiative while keeping the pot manageable.

In the big blind against a small-blind open to 3bb, J9o is getting about 3:1 on the call and plays fine in position against a wide blind-vs-blind range. Calling is better than folding or 3-betting here.

I have Ac9c with an Ace on the board (strong top pair), and it's a 3-way pot on the flop. Checking allows me to see the turn while keeping the hand playable and avoiding committing more chips without additional information about my opponent's holdings.

J-high with only backdoor draws on an A-Q board that favors the preflop raiser. Their checking range still holds plenty of Ax, Qx and pairs that won't fold, so I'll take the free card.

I have Ac9c with a flop of QdAh6c and turn Kh. I've made a pair of aces which is strong, and both opponents checked the flop. Checking allows me to control pot size while keeping my hand concealed, and any bet from seat_2 can be re-evaluated. A check is optimal here to extract value on the river if they check again or decide to fold if they bluff.

Villain has checked twice, which shows weakness, and our J-high has little showdown value. A semi-bluff bet with the gutshot to broadway (4 outs to a ten) can take the pot now or let us improve on the river.

I have Ac9c (weak ace with poor kicker) on a coordinated board (Qd Ah 6c Kh). Seat 2 raised 400 on the turn after checked flop, indicating strength. My hand is unlikely to win and vulnerable to further aggression; folding preserves chips.

3h-Js is a weak hand (jack-three offsuit) in early position facing a big blind raise. Folding preserves chips by avoiding a marginal situation where we're out of position postflop with poor equity.

Blind-vs-blind with the button folded, 85o is a playable steal candidate. A 3bb raise applies pressure on the big blind's wide range.

Getting 2:1 pot odds with a suited queen, calling to see a flop. Out of position but hand has potential.

A flush draw plus an open-ended straight draw gives about 15 outs, and the ace-high board favors the preflop raiser. A 2/3-pot semi-bluff bet wins now or builds a pot I'm happy to play when I hit.

I have middle pair with a Q kicker and position. Calling 400 closes the flop action, and I can reevaluate on the turn given the pot odds and implied odds.

With an open-ended straight draw (8 outs), I'm continuing the semi-bluff on a board that favors my preflop raising range. The bet can fold out weaker pairs and draws, and I still have equity when called.

Opponent has shown strength with a preflop raise and bets on flop and turn. My pair of sevens with a queen kicker is likely behind, and the pot odds do not justify a call.

94 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button in 3-handed play at 100bb, so I'm folding rather than raising or limping.

Button folded, so this is a heads-up small-blind versus big-blind spot. J9o has enough equity and playability to raise for initiative and pressure the big blind rather than just complete.

2-4o is a weak hand that is dominated and unlikely to win against seat_3's raise. Folding preserves chips for better opportunities in future hands.

Calling 100 with J7o on the button is cheap and lets me see a flop in position with a hand that can flop well.

64o is a very weak hand in early position. With only a 50-chip call to the 100bb big blind after the button has already called, the risk-reward is unfavorable. Folding preserves chips for stronger situations.

42o is weak; take the free flop in the big blind against the button limp rather than raising out of position.

Bottom pair with some backdoor straight potential on a dry board in a limped pot; a small half-pot bet gets thin value and denies equity to the button's overcards.

I have an overcard and a backdoor flush draw, and the small flop bet gives me reasonable pot odds to see a turn card in position.

Bottom pair with no kicker and almost no draw. The button called the flop, so a turn bet mostly gets called by better hands; checking keeps the pot small and preserves some showdown value.

I have no pair or strong draw and the opponent's turn check gives me a free river card; bluffing into a possible queen is unnecessary here.

Bottom pair has some showdown value against the missed draws in the button's range. Betting would mostly get called by better pairs and fold out worse hands, so I check and take the free showdown.

J-high has showdown value against missed draws, and betting would only fold worse hands while getting called by better ones. Checking realizes equity and keeps the pot small.