Hold'em table

4-3 offsuit is one of the weakest hands. On the button facing a call of 100 into 150, it has poor equity and playability, so folding is the disciplined choice.

Seat 1 folded, seat 3 is the big blind with a 100-chip investment, and I'm in the small blind with Qh 5d, a weak offsuit hand. Facing a 50-chip call and no information about seat 3's strength, folding minimizes losses with a speculative hand.

I have JQs, a strong suited connector, and I'm on the button. I'll raise to 400 to build the pot and take initiative, since the BB has only 100 invested and the SB has 50.

95 suited is too weak to continue against a 4bb button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids an expensive, out-of-position pot.

J8 suited in the big blind has decent equity against a button open of 4x. Getting 550 to 300 (about 1.8 to 1) in a 3-handed game, calling is reasonable, and a 3-bet bluff with this hand is not needed.

Flop 2h 7d 6d with J8 of diamonds gives a flush draw plus a gutshot-to-open-ender (8 with 6-7 gives straight draws needing 9/5 pairs), so a semi-bluff bet of about 60% pot as the first to act in a heads-up pot builds the pot and wins folds.}

I have a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot straight draw with J-high, so calling 500 to see a turn is reasonable. Seat 1's raise could be a bluff or a strong hand, and I want to keep their range wide without overcommitting.

I have a flush draw plus an open-ended straight draw (8d Jd on 2h 7d 6d Jc) and a pair of jacks. I bet for value and protection while keeping plenty of equity if called. I'm first to act on the turn after betting the flop, so I continue betting about two-thirds of the pot.

Seat 1's turn raise to 1200 with a Jc on board is a strong continuation bet. My Jh Qs is a marginal draw facing significant aggression, and the pot odds do not justify a call.

94 suited is a weak button opening hand with limited straight potential and substantial domination risk. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding is preferable to investing chips.

AJs is a strong hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 3bb from the small blind builds the pot with a hand that plays well, in position or not.

3c 5s is a weak hand and calling 200 to see a flop with 9900 behind is not justified. Folding preserves chips against a raise from the small blind.

J8 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is marginal and plays poorly out of position against two blinds. Folding avoids a weak spot, and the cost of waiting is small.

Calling the 50 chip small blind is the cheapest way to see a flop with King-high, and folding would waste the blind I already posted. I'll keep the pot small and play cautiously postflop.

Checking takes a free flop in position with a small pocket pair. It keeps the pot manageable while preserving the opportunity to win a larger pot if I flop a set.

Top pair on a dry flop is a strong hand, but I'll check to control pot size and induce bluffs from the button who checked behind.

My underpair has some showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called by worse or fold out many better hands. Checking preserves the pot and takes a free chance to improve.

I have a backdoor flush draw and a King kicker, but the board is scary with a Queen and Ace. Checking keeps the pot small and allows me to potentially bluff later if the river is favorable.

My pocket threes retain some showdown value and have a gutshot straight draw. Checking takes a free river without inflating the pot against better pairs.

The board is very wet with three diamonds and I only have a weak King-high with no flush draw. My opponent checked twice on the flop and turn, so they likely have a marginal hand; checking back keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot with a weak holding.

Pocket threes retain showdown value against missed draws and unpaired hands. Betting would mostly fold hands we already beat while risking calls from better pairs and completed draws.

I have Th-6s, a weak offsuit hand that is unlikely to win against the blinds' range. Folding preserves my 100bb stack for better spots.

Completing costs just 50 into a 150-chip pot, making J4 offsuit a reasonable low-cost entry against the big blind's unrestricted range. Limping avoids inflating the pot out of position with a weak hand.

Q8o in the big blind heads-up against a limping small blind is a marginal hand. Checking sees a free flop, and a raise would be a thin bluff with little to gain.

With only jack-high and weak backdoor straight potential, betting out of position offers little value. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to improve for free.

Top pair with an 8 kicker on a dry-ish flop, heads-up against a small blind who checked. Betting small for value and protection is better than checking, and the small size limits losses against a raise.

J-high has no direct straight or flush draw on this board. Facing a half-pot bet out of position, the weak backdoor possibilities do not justify calling.

Opening 87 offsuit from the button can profit from stealing the blinds and having position postflop. A 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure without overcommitting with a marginal hand.

5-3 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise with a big blind still to act, so folding is best rather than paying 200 more.

I hold 2s6h, a very weak hand. The button raised to 250 and seat_1 folded, so I'm out of position with poor odds to call 150 more.