Hold'em table

Weak offsuit hand with poor playability, folding avoids investing chips with a marginal holding.

With Q-J suited heads-up against the big blind after the button folds, raising for value and initiative is preferable to completing.

Holding A2 offsuit out of position against a raise to 300 is a weak hand, and folding avoids investing more chips with poor playability.

A♠-strength suited AQ is a premium button opening hand. Raising builds value and applies pressure to the blinds.

Ace-ten offsuit is a strong enough hand to continue against a button open of 250 in a three-handed pot, and calling for 200 more keeps the pot manageable without bloating it out of position.

Closing the preflop action with Q3s and getting 4:1 immediate pot odds, so a call is profitable enough despite the weak hand and poor position.

I have ace-high with no pair on a 9-6-4 board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position.

With queen-high and only a backdoor flush draw on a coordinated flop, I prefer to check and see a free turn rather than bloat the pot out of position.

Betting our nut flush draw with two overcards builds the pot while applying pressure to weaker one-pair and unpaired holdings.

Calling 500 into a 1250 pot needs about 29% equity, and an ace with a ten gives two overcards plus an ace-high backdoor, which is close enough to continue cheaply against a single bet.

Q3 with only a backdoor flush draw and one overcard is too weak to continue against a flop bet and a call; folding avoids chasing a likely dominated hand.

We hold only ace-high with no made hand or strong draw on this turn, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against the flop aggressor.

Betting applies pressure to the flop caller on a coordinated board while retaining strong nut-flush-draw equity and possible overcard outs if called.

I have only ace-high with a weak straight-draw structure on a 4-turn board, and facing a 1200 turn raise I would need roughly 29% equity to call, which this hand lacks against a seat that has been betting consistently.

Suited connectors T8 on the button in a 3-handed pot with blinds folding to me; raising to 300 steals the pot or builds a playable heads-up-ish pot with a good hand.

K7s has enough equity against a wide button open, and calling closes the preflop action for a reasonable 250 into 450 while keeping the pot manageable.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to defend out of the big blind against a button raise and small-blind call.

I have a weak made hand with only a backdoor flush draw and overcard, and I am out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn card.

I have a four-flush draw with 8h Th on a 2h 3h 6c board, and checking is free and keeps the pot small while I see the turn.

I have top pair with a king on a draw-heavy board, so I will bet for value and to deny equity to flush and straight draws.

I hold T-8 high with no pair, no flush draw, and no straight draw on a K-6-3-2 board, so calling 500 into a 1200 pot against a turn raise is not justified.

Ace-2 offsuit on the button is a reasonable open; raising to 3bb applies pressure and takes initiative with position.

K2 suited is too weak to defend the small blind against a button 3x open with the big blind still behind.

Calling 200 into a 450 pot gives about 31% pot odds, and the BB discount against a button raise makes 7-3 offsuit a marginal call that can realize equity postflop.

I have 7-high with no pair and only a backdoor-ish gutshot on this J-9-T flop, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position.

I have only ace-high on a coordinated board; checking behind controls the pot and realizes equity with position.

I hold 7-3 with no pair or draw of note on a J-9-T-6 board, and checking is free since there is nothing to call, so I take the free card and keep the pot small.

I have the nut flush draw plus an overcard on a coordinated board, and both opponents have shown weakness by checking. A semi-bluff bet can take the pot down now or give me good equity if called.

I hold 7-3 with only a gutshot to an eight, so I need about 28% equity to call 400 into a 1050 pot, and I have roughly 9%. Folding is correct.

Button opening with an ace is profitable three-handed; a 2.5bb raise pressures the blinds while retaining flexibility.

Pocket kings are a strong hand, so I'm raising to 800 to build the pot and isolate against the button's 250 open.

Facing a 3-bet to 800 with 5-7 offsuit from the big blind, this hand is far too weak to continue against two aggressive opponents; folding avoids losing more chips with a dominated, low-equity holding.

A6 offsuit performs poorly against a small blind 3-bet range, especially out of position postflop. Folding avoids defending a dominated hand at an unfavorable price.

T3 offsuit is a weak hand that plays poorly against two blinds, so folding the button costs little compared with calling 100 into a 150 pot out of position.

AKs is a premium hand heads-up; raise for value and to build the pot.

8-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a small-blind raise heads-up.