Hold'em table

7-5 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two unknown opponents.

Holding premium suited broadway in a blind-versus-blind situation, raising to 3bb is standard for value.

7-3 offsuit is too weak to defend against a raise, even with 2:1 pot odds.

Open-raising on the button with T8s, a playable suited one-gapper well within the standard 3-handed button opening range.

A3o is a weak, dominated ace out of position against a button raise and a live big blind; folding avoids investing more chips with poor playability.

The small raise and dead blind give me a favorable price to defend the big blind, despite having a weak offsuit hand.

I have little connection to this flop and can see a free turn card, so checking is better than betting.

Check back with middle pair and weak kicker to control the pot and realize showdown value in position.

I have no made hand or viable draw, so betting this turn would risk chips with little upside.

With third pair on a very coordinated board (K-Q-T-5), betting offers little value and risks facing a check-raise, so checking behind to control the pot is standard.

Six-high has almost no showdown value. After the preflop raiser checked back both the flop and turn, a river bet can fold out missed draws and weak hands.

On a board with four cards to a straight (9-T-Q-K), our pair of tens is essentially a bluff catcher with no blocker to the straight. Facing a significant bet on the river, folding is the disciplined play.

With 8-7 offsuit heads-up from the small blind, completing for 50 chips keeps the pot manageable while preserving its postflop potential.

Holding 53o in the big blind facing a limp from the small blind, taking the free flop is the standard play.

Top pair is likely ahead of the big blind's checking range. A modest bet gets value from weaker hands and charges heart draws.

I flopped an open-ended straight draw with position. Calling 140 into a 340 pot gives sufficient direct pot odds and strong implied odds.

My pair of eights has showdown value, but the queen makes it less likely a worse hand will call another bet. I’ll check and reassess if the big blind bets.

I have an open-ended straight draw with 8 clean outs; checking behind guarantees seeing the river for free without risking a check-raise.

My eight has showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called often by worse hands. Checking also gives missed draws a chance to bluff.

We missed our straight draw and hold five-high with virtually zero showdown value; betting around two-thirds pot targets missed draws and weak one-pair hands that checked twice.

My pair of eights can beat missed draws, and the turn check leaves enough bluffs in the opponent's range to justify calling this river bet.

On the button, 9-7 offsuit is playable as an open in a three-handed game. A 2.5-big-blind raise pressures the blinds without committing too much.

Holding 72 offsuit in the small blind against a button open is the weakest possible holding and an easy fold.

T7o is a weak offsuit hand that will often be dominated and plays poorly out of position; folding is the most +EV choice against a button raise.

Opening standard 2.5bb on the button with suited broadway cards for value and positional advantage.

Pocket threes have good implied odds to set-mine against a wide button open, and calling 200 keeps the pot manageable with deep stacks.

Calling 150 into a 600-chip pot gives Q6 offsuit a reasonable price against a button open and small-blind call. I’ll proceed cautiously out of position, especially with a weak kicker.

On a coordinated monotone flop with two opponents and only a low pair, checking preserves pot control and avoids building a pot where I am often behind.

Bottom pair without a diamond is weak on this monotone flop, especially against two opponents. Checking avoids building a pot with a vulnerable hand.

On a very wet monotone board multiway without a diamond, checking behind allows us to see a free turn and realize our overcard and gutshot equity safely.

Four diamonds are on the board and I hold no diamond, so my pair of threes has little showdown value. I check to avoid bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

Bottom pair without a diamond is too weak to value-bet on a four-diamond board. Checking avoids building the pot against stronger hands.

With no diamond in hand on a four-flush board multiway, bluffing is risky as someone likely holds a diamond, so checking behind to see the river for free is prudent.

My pair of threes is weak on a four-diamond board, and all opponents have checked; I prefer to check and avoid risking chips with a hand that is unlikely to be best if called.

Bottom pair without a diamond is too weak to value bet on this four-diamond board. Checking avoids investing more against flushes and straights.

With no diamond in hand on a four-flush board, turning KhQh into a bluff multiway is risky, so checking behind to realize whatever showdown value remains.

Calling with K8s on the button, getting 2.5:1 pot odds and closing the action preflop with position.

Completing costs 50 chips into a 250-chip pot. With 7-5 offsuit, the price is good enough to see a flop against a limp, though I’ll be cautious out of position.

We are in the big blind with J6o facing two limpers; checking to see a free flop is the standard and highest-EV play.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker is not strong enough to value-bet into two opponents. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess after their actions.

We have jack-high with no made hand and players still to act behind us. Checking is standard to see a free turn.

With only K-high and a backdoor spade draw on a Q-T-5 flop, checking in position keeps the pot small and takes a free turn card.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker has little value betting into two opponents on this connected board. Checking keeps the pot small.

I have an open-ended straight draw with J-high; checking preserves pot control with one opponent still to act behind me.

Semi-bluffing with a gutshot straight draw and an overcard on a checked turn; betting in position can take down the pot or set up a river bluff.

Bottom pair has little chance to improve and is a weak bluff-catcher against a turn bet, especially with another player still to act.

I hold J-high with an open-ended straight draw, but with only 8 outs (about 17% equity), getting 28.6% pot odds without clean implied odds (due to 4-to-a-straight boards and flush possibilities) makes this an easy fold.