Hold'em table

Holding Ace-King offsuit on the button, this is a premium hand that should raise preflop to build the pot and apply pressure.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 3bb button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids investing more with a dominated hand out of position.

Pocket sixes are a playable pair in a three-way pot, and calling 200 more to see a flop is reasonable against a button raise to 300.

Pocket sixes are an underpair below the T-K-9 board, so I have little showdown value and no strong reason to bet. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see whether seat_1 bets.

With top pair top kicker on a draw-heavy board, betting for value and protection makes sense.

I hold 66 with no pair on a T-K-9 board, so I have little showdown value and only a small set-draw. Calling 450 into a 1100 pot needs roughly 29% equity, which I don't have against a range that raised preflop.

J2 offsuit is too weak to open profitably on the button without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing in a hand with poor playability and frequent domination.

Completing the small blind for 50 chips is a cheap price in a three-handed pot, and T8 offsuit has enough playability to see a flop.

7d6d is a playable suited connector with good implied odds; raising from the big blind against a single caller can take down the pot or build it for a favorable flop.

T8 offsuit is weak and out of position against a raise from the big blind, so folding the 100 chips already in the pot is the disciplined choice over paying 150 more.

Seven-two offsuit is one of the weakest hands and playing it out of position against a blind is -EV despite the small call.

With only the big blind left after the button folded, J8o has close to 48% equity against a random hand and I'm getting 3-to-1 pot odds, making a call profitable despite being out of position postflop.

With 9-6 offsuit, taking a free flop in position against the small blind is preferable to inflating the pot with a weak hand.

Flopped middle pair with J kicker on a two-spade board. Betting half-pot to protect against draws and get value from worse pairs while keeping the pot small in case I'm behind.

Nine-high with a gutshot and only a backdoor flush draw is too weak to continue against a three-quarter-pot bet. The draw's limited, potentially tainted outs do not justify calling.

Button with K4s is a decent steal hand in 3-max, applying pressure on the blinds with postflop playability.

95 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 2.5bb button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

I'm getting about 2.7 to 1 on a 150 call from the big blind, and J-8 offsuit is playable in a multiway pot without being strong enough to raise.

I hold a flush draw with 8d Js on a 4d 3d 2d board but no made hand, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see whether I catch a diamond for free.

We have a weak pair with no flush draw on a dangerous monotone connected board; checking controls the pot and sees a free turn.

I have Jack-high with a weak four-diamond draw on a dry, paired-looking board, so checking keeps the pot small and realizes my equity for free.

I have a weak pair of fours with a king kicker on a monotone flop and connected turn, so I check behind to control the pot and see a free river.

My hand is only Jack-high with no showdown strength, so checking for free is better than betting into a player who checked the turn.

I have two pair (four and two) with a king kicker on a board where opponent has checked three streets, indicating weakness. A small bet can extract thin value from worse hands or get folds from unimproved overcards.

Holding only a pair of board twos with J-8 kickers, I need about 21% equity against a 300 bet into 850, and seat_1's passive flop and turn play leaves room for a bluff or thin value.

K8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures both blinds while retaining positional advantage if called.

Facing a button raise to 250 with 200 to call from the small blind, A4 offsuit has an ace for playability and the price is cheap enough to see a flop in a three-way pot.

Getting 4:1 from the big blind with QJo against two wide ranges; calling closes the action and gives us a playable multiway pot.

With A-4 on a 2-3-5 board I already hold a made wheel straight, so I bet for value to build the pot while the other seats are still in the hand.

QJ offsuit completely missed this low connected board and I only have weak overcards. The SB's bet into two players likely means a made hand or strong draw, and I don't have the pot odds or position to continue.

King-high with no straight or flush draw is too weak to continue against a half-pot lead into two opponents. We have little reliable equity and no useful blockers to justify a bluff raise.

J3 offsuit is marginal, but as the button facing only a 100-chip limp I can see a cheap flop for a small price with good pot odds. Folding would give up a profitable spot in a three-handed pot.

75o is too weak to play out of position in a 3-handed game; I save my 50 chip loss and wait for a better spot.

AQ offsuit is well ahead of a typical button limping range. Raising to 450 builds value and charges the limper for seeing a flop in position.

Jack-trey offsuit is a weak hand to call a 450 raise out of position, so folding preserves chips.