Hold'em table

JTs is a strong suited connector on the button in a 3-handed game; raising for value and position with a standard 3x open.

K8 offsuit is a weak hand out of position facing a 3x button raise, with the big blind still to act. The call price is not attractive enough to continue.

K7o is too weak to defend out of position facing a 3x button open.

As the button in a three-handed game, 8-7 offsuit is a reasonable opening hand. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to take initiative while keeping the pot manageable.

Folding 96s from the small blind facing a button open as it is too weak out of position with the big blind left to act.

85s is far too weak to defend the big blind against a button raise; calling 150 more leaves me out of position with a hand that realizes equity poorly and is often dominated.

T2o is an unplayable hand preflop even on the button in 3-handed play. Standard fold.

Heads-up in the SB with an ace, I apply pressure for the min-raise; folding A4o is too weak and calling out of position is worse.

Calling costs only 100 chips into a 300-chip pot, and 6♣4♦ has enough equity against a wide small-blind opening range to defend. Raising this weak offsuit hand would be unnecessary.

A4o has just ace-high on KT2, a flop that smashes the big blind's call range, so barreling has little fold equity and no equity when called. I'll check, keep the pot small, and fold to significant pressure.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this dry flop, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the preflop raiser.

The double check suggests some weakness, and a small turn bluff can fold out unpaired hands while risking little relative to the pot.

Calling 100 into a 500 pot with the Ad giving a one-card nut flush draw plus ace-high; ~19% to improve versus ~17% pot odds, so a cheap call is slightly +EV with implied odds.

I hold only ace-high on K-T-2-7-5, so betting has no value and a check keeps the pot cheap; I can fold to river aggression since my hand beats only a bluff that would likely fire bigger anyway.

My six-high hand has no realistic showdown value, and the river check gives me a chance to fold out some ace-high and other weak hands with a substantial bluff.

I only hold ace-high on K-T-2-7-5, so any pair beats me and I lose to every value bet. Calling 400 into a 1000 pot needs a bluff-heavy range, and this line (preflop raise, small turn bet, bigger river bet) looks value-oriented, so folding is cheapest.

Pocket sevens play well three-handed and I have position postflop on the button, so I'll open for a standard 3x to build the pot with a decent pair while retaining fold equity.

8-3 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise, especially out of position with the big blind still to act.

J2s is too weak to defend out of position against a 3bb button open.

A8 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game; raising to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure while keeping the sizing modest.

62s is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open.

A7o has enough equity against a 2.5x button open to profitably call 150 into a 400 pot; folding is too tight and a small 3-bet is unnecessary with an ace-high hand out of position.

I missed the flop with ace-high only, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold cheaply to aggression from the preflop raiser rather than bluffing into their strong range.

A-high has useful showdown value, but I have no spade draw or strong backdoor equity. I’ll check back and realize that equity rather than bluffing into a board that connects with the big blind’s calling range.

I have only ace-high with no draw, and betting into a preflop raiser out of position is unprofitable; checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to bluff the river if they check again.

Ace-high has some showdown value, and betting is unlikely to improve the hands that would call. I’ll take the free river after the opponent checked twice.

Ace-high only on Q4695; I have no showdown value or fold equity worth betting, so I check and fold to any bet.

Ace-high has reasonable showdown value after the checks, while a river bluff risks getting called by any pair and doesn't need to deny equity.

King-Ten suited is a premium button opening hand in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb for value and position.

Pocket sevens are a solid set-mining hand with deep stacks; calling 200 to see a flop with good implied odds is better than folding, and 3-betting risks bloating the pot out of position.

I’m getting a good price to defend the big blind, and calling closes the preflop action despite my weak hand.

The board is trip jacks, so my sevens are merely kickers; any opponent holding an 8-plus card or a jack beats me. With no bet to call, checking and folding to aggression is the only sound line.

I have no meaningful pair or draw, and the paired flop is likely to have connected with an opponent. I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into two players.

With King-high on a monotone-rank trips board multiway, checking behind controls the pot and realizes showdown equity against two checking opponents.

I hold 7c7s on a Jd Jh Js Ah board — my pocket pair is now nearly worthless, so I fold rather than invest more chips.

My hand has no meaningful showdown value on a board where almost any higher kicker beats it. Calling 600 would require too much equity against the turn bet.

With trip Jacks and an Ace on the board, any pocket pair or Ace makes a full house, easily beating my King-high three of a kind.