Hold'em table

Button with an ace in a 3-handed game; raising to 3x applies pressure and can take down the blinds.

Folding offsuit J-10 from the small blind facing a 3bb open raise from the button.

Q3 offsuit is weak; facing a 3x raise with a player already folded, not worth defending BB with such a poor hand.

On the button in 3-handed play with zero rake, K7o is profitable to open as a min-raise to steal the blinds or play in position.

9-2 offsuit is a trash hand facing a raise; folding is correct.

Closing the action with KJo against a button open, I have enough equity and pot odds to see a flop rather than fold; raising would bloat the pot out of position with a marginal offsuit hand.

I have middle pair with a decent kicker on an ace-high flop, so I prefer to check and control the pot out of position rather than build a large pot against the preflop raiser's stronger range.

As the preflop aggressor on an Ace-high dry board, a one-third pot continuation bet applies pressure to the big blind's wide check range.

The flop bet is small relative to the pot, and my second pair with a king kicker has enough equity to continue against the button's wide range. Calling keeps the pot manageable and realizes my equity without turning a marginal made hand into a bluff.

With second pair and a club blocker on a wet board, I prefer checking to control the pot and see the river. Opponent's flop bet was small and could be a draw or weaker pair, so I don't want to fold or bloat the pot out of position.

Hero has king-high with no significant draw after getting called on the flop; checking back controls the pot and takes a free card.

I have second pair on an ace-high board and the pot is already decent; checking controls the pot and avoids value-cutting myself against any ace.

BB called our flop c-bet on an ace-high board, indicating a made hand like an ace, jack, or six that is unlikely to fold to a river bet.

As7s suited ace on the button is a strong raising hand; raising to 300 builds the pot while applying pressure.

A8o is strong enough to defend in a 3-handed small blind against a button open, and calling keeps the pot manageable while avoiding a marginal 3-bet out of position.

Getting 3.5-to-1 pot odds closing the action with a suited ace, calling is clearly profitable multiway.

With A-high and only a backdoor flush draw on a coordinated K-J-4 flop, I prefer checking out of position rather than betting into two opponents who called a preflop raise.

Check with bottom pair and an Ace kicker in a multiway pot, deferring action to the preflop aggressor.

Both opponents checked; I have ace-high with a backdoor flush draw, so a half-pot continuation bet can take it down or build equity.

Ace high with no pair, no real draw, and an opponent betting into two players on a coordinated board; calling 450 with two players still in the hand has poor equity and reverse implied odds. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Holding bottom pair with weak backdoor equity out of position against the preflop aggressor on a coordinated broadway board, folding is standard.

T7o is a marginal offsuit hand with poor playability; folding avoids investing chips out of position against two live blinds in a small pot.

Fold 87 offsuit from the small blind as it plays poorly out of position.

74o is far too weak to open raise from the button in a 3-handed game.

J6 offsuit is weak and not worth defending further even heads-up against the big blind.

K7o has enough equity against a likely wide big blind after the button folded, and calling only 50 more closes toward a cheap flop with a strong pot-odds price.

Holding a weak 62o in the big blind after the small blind limped, taking the free flop is the best option.

I have a weak king-high with no pair on a coordinated ace-high flop, so checking controls the pot and takes a free card out of position.

I have six-high with no draw on an Ace-Queen high board, so taking a free turn card is the safest line.

With K-high and no strong draw on a dry board, checking controls the pot and avoids risking chips as a bluff into an opponent who may have an ace or queen.

We have a gutshot straight draw with 6-high and can take a free card on the turn.

K high has some showdown value but no pair; opponent has checked all streets and is likely to call a river bet with any pair, so checking realizes equity without risking chips.

Holding six-high with zero showdown value, but the board is heavily connected (A-Q-T-5-3) across typical limping ranges, meaning the opponent holds a pair or better too frequently for a river bluff to be profitable.