Hold'em table

9-2 offsuit is a very weak button holding and not worth entering with against two blinds.

A7o is a strong hand blind-vs-blind after the button folds, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and fold equity.

A-Q suited is strong against a small-blind opening range. I raise for value and to play the pot in position.

A7o out of position against a large 3-bet is dominated too often and plays poorly postflop. Folding here is the standard low-risk choice.

AJo is a strong button open in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb for value and to take the initiative.

43 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act.

A7 offsuit is comfortably strong enough to defend the big blind against a button min-raise-plus sizing, with good pot odds and showdown value.

Ace-high has little immediate showdown value but retains some backdoor possibilities. Checking avoids inflating the pot against the preflop raiser on this coordinated board.

I have top pair with the top kicker on a connected board against a BB who defended and checked. A value bet of about 64% pot gets value from draws and weaker Jx/Tx while protecting my hand.

With only ace-high and no meaningful draw on this coordinated board, folding to the continuation bet is the most disciplined option.

8-2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, even three-handed.

Closing the action in the small blind for 50 more, T3 suited has enough equity to see a heads-up flop at this price.

The small blind limped and I hold 42o, one of the weakest hands. Checking gives me a free flop, while raising risks chips against a range that includes plenty of hands that will continue.

With only ten-high and little immediate equity on this dry king-high board, checking is preferable to bloating the pot against the big blind's continuing range.

The small blind limped and then checked on a dry K-high board, so their range is weak and will often fold. My hand has almost no showdown value, so a cheap half-pot stab is a good bluff.

With only ten-high and no meaningful draw on this dry board, folding to the flop bet is best.

A suited? Ace-high button open is strong enough to raise for initiative and exploit positional advantage. I use a 2.5bb opening size.

75o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. Calling out of position with a weak offsuit hand loses money.

Pocket nines are strong against a button opening range. A three-bet builds value and denies equity while I am out of position.

A3 offsuit performs poorly facing a large 3-bet out of position-to-position heads-up range, and calling risks domination. Folding preserves the stack.

J4 offsite is too weak to open profitably from the button with two players left to act, even three-handed. Folding keeps it simple.

With the button folded, calling 50 more to play heads-up is preferable to folding this weak but playable hand.

Check the big blind with A3 offsuit after the limped pot; it retains reasonable equity without inflating the pot out of position.

Top pair is likely ahead of the big blind’s wide checking range. A small bet gets value from weaker pairs and draws while limiting exposure with a weak kicker.

Ace-high without a club or meaningful draw has little equity versus a flop lead on this coordinated board. Folding avoids continuing with a weak bluff-catcher.

J5 offsuit is playable as a button open in three-handed poker. A small raise uses position while limiting the investment with a marginal hand.

9c6c is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

Getting 150 to win 400 (about 27% equity needed) against a button open of 2.5x, and 76o has enough playability heads-up in the big blind to defend.

76o has no pair and almost no draw on an A-high board that favors the preflop raiser, so check and likely give up to a c-bet.

A small continuation bet pressures the big blind's weaker hands on an ace-high flop. The gutshot provides some equity when called.

The small c-bet gives us about 5:1, so we only need roughly 20% equity. With two overcards to the paired-card ranks, runner-runner straight possibilities and some chance the button is betting air, a call is better than folding.

Seven-high with no real draw on a paired, ace-high, two-tone board. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me give up cheaply.

The paired, three-spade turn is unlikely to fold out many hands that called the flop. Checking takes the free card with my straight and flush draws.

Seven-high has almost no showdown value. The opponent checked back the turn, which suggests a capped range, so a river lead representing a king or a slow-played ace can fold out pocket pairs and missed hands.

Jack-high beats only bluffs, and the opponent’s flop call followed by a river bet represents enough made hands that calling is unlikely to be profitable.