Hold'em table

93o is too weak to open from the button; folding avoids putting chips in with a dominated, poorly connected offsuit hand.

In a blind-versus-blind spot with KQs, raising to 3bb is standard for value and positional initiative.

T6 suited has enough equity against a heads-up small-blind opening range to defend at this price, though raising would be too loose.

I flopped an open-ended straight flush draw with two overcards. Betting half pot builds value and applies pressure with huge equity.

I have a pair of tens with a weak kicker, which is likely good often enough to continue against this modest flop bet. Raising would risk inflating the pot with a marginal hand.

I have an open-ended straight draw plus a king-high flush draw with two overcards, giving me massive equity. Firing a second barrel applies maximum pressure on villain's marginal holdings while retaining plenty of outs when called.

I have a pair of tens and am getting a reasonable price to continue against a wide small-blind range that can include draws and bluffs. I’ll call and reassess on the river.

I hold the king-high straight flush, which is the absolute nuts on this board. Betting around two-thirds pot targets calls from flushes, straights, and full houses.

The river completes several straight and flush draws, and the opponent has bet strongly through all three streets. My weak two pair is unlikely to be good often enough to justify calling.

Pocket sevens on the button is a standard open-raising hand in 3-handed play. Raising to 2.5x builds the pot and exerts positional advantage.

J9 offsuit is playable against a button min-sized raise, and the price supports a cautious defend from the small blind. I’ll avoid bloating the pot out of position.

KTs is suited and strong enough to continue versus a button open and small-blind call; calling 150 into 600 offers acceptable pot odds and keeps the hand multiway.

I have top pair with a decent kicker, but I’m out of position against two opponents on a dry board. I’ll check and avoid building a large pot before seeing their actions.

KTs has two overcards but no pair or draw on this dry board, and the preflop raiser still acts behind. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids betting into two opponents out of position.

In a 3-way pot on a dry 9-high board, checking back second pair controls the pot size and realizes showdown value in position.

My pair of nines has some showdown value, but the queen and two diamonds make betting into two opponents risky. I’ll check and avoid building a pot with a marginal hand.

King-high with no pair or meaningful draw on a queen-high board is too weak to bet into two opponents, so I take the free card.

Holding third pair on a queen-turn multiway board, checking behind controls the pot and preserves our showdown value.

My pair of nines is a plausible best hand after everyone checked the flop and turn. A small river bet can get called by weaker pairs while limiting the cost if someone has a queen or better nine.

King-high with no pair or draw on a dry river; calling a bet with air is -EV.

Getting 4:1 pot odds after two passive streets, a pair of sevens is high enough in our checking range to bluff-catch against river stabs.

T-3 offsuit is too weak to continue against the big blind, even with position; avoid investing more chips with a dominated hand.

Button folded, so this is blind versus blind and 84s is in a standard small-blind open range. Raising to 300 takes the initiative rather than playing a weak suited hand out of position by calling.

AJo is very strong heads-up in position against a small blind open. Three-betting to 900 builds the pot and extracts value.

84s is too weak to continue out of position against a 3-bet; folding saves chips for better spots.

A9o is ahead of a button open range in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative and fold out weaker hands.

K4o is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still to act.

7♣5♣ is a playable suited connector in the big blind against a button open, and the price is reasonable. I’ll call and see the flop rather than inflate the pot with a marginal hand.

I have no made hand or meaningful draw on this paired-ace flop, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the preflop raiser.

I have trip aces on a dry paired board and the BB checked to me, so I bet about half pot for value from pairs, sixes, and draws.

I have no pair and only weak backdoor possibilities against a flop raise. The call price is too large to continue profitably.

84s is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Calling 50 more offers favorable pot odds with a playable hand heads-up; raising 9-5 offsuit out of position is unnecessary.

23 offsuit has little value heads-up, and the small blind has only completed. Checking is free and keeps the pot small.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker has some showdown value, but betting risks building the pot against a stronger made hand. I’ll check and keep the pot small.

2-3 has no pair, no draw, and no meaningful blockers on Td Kh 5d. With the option to check for free, there is no reason to bluff into a single opponent.

My pair of fives is weak on an ace-high board, but it has some showdown value. I’ll check rather than risk a bet against a stronger hand.

2-3 offsuit has no pair, no flush draw, and no straight equity on this board, so checking behind is the only sensible option.

My pair of fives has modest showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll check and take the free showdown.

I have complete air on the river and no showdown value, but the opponent's passive line suggests a weak made hand that will often call. Checking avoids burning chips on a low-success bluff.

A5 offsuit is a strong enough button hand to open-raise three-handed; a small raise applies pressure while keeping weaker hands in the pot.

K3 offsuit is too weak to call a button open out of position, and raising would only inflate the pot with a dominated hand. Folding preserves the stack for better spots.

Folding J6o from the big blind facing an open raise, as it is too weak to defend profitably out of position.