Hold'em table

3♦6♣ is a very weak offsuit hand, so I’ll avoid investing from the button.

Button folded, so this is a heads-up SB vs BB spot. J5o is weak but a min-raise applies pressure, leverages dead money, and I can fold if the big blind 3-bets.

3-7 offsuit is too weak to continue against a preflop raise, even for a small price.

T3o is too weak to call a raise from the blinds in a 3-handed pot, so folding avoids unnecessary risk.

Pocket sevens are ahead of the big blind's range heads-up after the button folds, so I raise for value rather than just complete.

Q6 offsuit is weak, but the small blind’s raise is wide heads-up and the price is favorable enough to defend. I’ll call and avoid inflating the pot out of position.

Pocket sevens are an underpair on a king-jack flop against the big blind who called preflop. With no bet facing me, checking controls the pot and sees the turn cheaply.

I have bottom pair with a modest kicker on a coordinated board, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn without exposing myself to a raise.

Pocket sevens are a weak pair on a K-J board, and the opponent called preflop then checked the flop. Checking controls the pot out of position rather than bloating it with a marginal hand.

I have a weak pair and no meaningful draw, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river for free.

Pocket sevens is two pair with the board kings, but any king, jack, or higher pocket pair beats me and both players checked down. No value in betting; take the free showdown.

I have a modest showdown hand, but most hands that call a river bet are stronger; checking keeps the pot controlled and reaches showdown for free.

K9s is a playable button open against the blinds; a 2.5bb raise builds the pot with position and suited broadway equity.

Q4 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

KTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a likely button steal, and calling closes the action with good pot odds. Raising would overcommit with a marginal offsuit hand.

I have no pair and only a gutshot on an ace-high flop, so checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see a free turn if possible.

I have the nut flush draw with position after a check, so a half-pot semi-bluff builds the pot and can fold out weaker hands.

KTo on AQ2 has only a gutshot and weak overcards; the small c-bet gives insufficient direct pot odds and poor implied odds out of position, so I fold.

On the button in a three-handed pot, a small open can win the blinds and preserves initiative; 7♥2♥ is weak, so keep the raise modest.

With 8-5 offsuit out of position against a button raise, this hand is too weak to continue in a 3-handed pot. Folding avoids playing a dominated, low-equity hand from the small blind.

Jack-three offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open, so folding the big blind is the highest-EV option.

A5s is a strong hand to raise with in position, and we can apply pressure to the blinds.

47o is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind, so I fold and save chips.

2♠3♥ is near the bottom of my range and has poor equity realization out of position against a 3x button raise. I’ll avoid paying 200 more with this offsuit hand.

Pocket kings are a premium hand on the button, so I raise to 300 to build the pot and take the initiative rather than just calling.

A8 offsuit is playable from the small blind against a button open, but not strong enough to 3-bet here. Calling gets a reasonable price while keeping the pot manageable with the big blind still to act.

Closing the action with 3.5:1 pot odds, A6o can call profitably against a button raise and small blind flat, despite being out of position.

With only ace-high on a connected flop in a three-way pot, betting is unlikely to fold out better hands. I’ll take the free card and preserve the option to continue if I improve.

I have an open-ended straight draw plus an overcard on a coordinated flop, so betting applies pressure and builds the pot with strong equity.

I have an overpair on a dry low board and seat 2's lead is likely a draw or weaker made hand, so I raise for value rather than just call.

A-high with only a gutshot to the 6 is far short of the equity needed to call a large raise, especially with the original bettor still involved.

I have an open-ended straight draw plus an overcard, and I'm getting better than 2.5:1 to call; implied odds make continuing profitable.

I have an open-ended straight draw and an overcard. A small bet can set my price and possibly take down the pot if opponent missed, while avoiding a large check-call.

Pocket kings remain ahead of most one-pair and draw hands, and the small turn lead is cheap enough to call while keeping bluffs in rather than inflating a pot against a possible seven.

My hand is only two pair on the board with an ace kicker; opponent's preflop raise and flop/turn aggression suggest a stronger range, so I check and plan to fold to a bet.

Pocket kings beat every hand that does not contain a five, a seven, or aces, and the river check looks like pot control more often than a trap. A one-third-pot bet gets value from worse pairs while keeping the loss manageable if they have a boat.

My As6d has no pair and the board's two pair is counterfeited by any pocket pair or 7/5; opponent's strong line indicates a full house or straight, so I fold.