Hold'em table

With 3c5c facing a full big blind from the button, this hand is too weak to continue in a 3-handed pot without reads. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

9-2 offsuit is the worst starting hand. Completing the small blind costs 50 more chips, but the hand is out of position and plays poorly, so folding is the more disciplined choice.

3d8d is a weak offsuit-ish hand with poor playability; on the button facing a big blind with two players left to act behind, folding is the disciplined choice over calling 100 to play a marginal hand out of position post-flop.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot, making T7 offsuit a reasonable small-blind limp against the big blind's unrestricted range. This keeps the pot small with a marginal hand out of position.

Ace-King is strong in a heads-up pot after the button folded and the small blind just limped; raising for value and initiative is best.

T7 offsuit is too weak to continue profitably against a 4bb raise out of position. Its poor equity realization and lack of useful blockers make both calling and bluff-raising unattractive.

A6 offsuit is a standard button open three-handed, with an ace blocker and position against both blinds. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

With pocket tens in a three-handed pot, I have a strong enough hand to three-bet for value and deny equity to the button's wide opening range. Raising to 800 applies pressure while keeping my stack deep enough to fold to a four-bet if needed.

AQo is strong in a 3-handed pot, but facing a button open and a small blind 3-bet to 800 from out of position, calling 700 more is a reasonable price with a dominating-hand profile against wide ranges. A 4-bet bluff-ish raise bloats the pot out of position, so I'll just call.

A6 offsuit plays poorly against a small-blind three-bet and a big-blind cold-call, with substantial domination risk. Position and the pot odds do not compensate for its weak equity realization, and a four-bet bluff is unnecessary against two strong ranges.

Overpair on a draw-heavy flop; bet for value and protection against flush and straight draws.

Ace-high with a nut flush draw's worth of backdoor equity is weak, but the board is 6s 4c 7s and I hold As, so I have the nut flush draw plus an overcard. Calling 1800 into a pot of 3650 gives about 33% odds, and I have roughly 30-35% equity against a continuing range, plus implied odds. Calling is better than raising or folding.

The ace on the turn is a bad card for my overpair, so I want to control the pot and induce bluffs from draws rather than bet into a range that now includes many Ax hands.

Top pair with a good kicker, and the opponent checked the turn, which signals weakness. A bet of about half the pot gets value from worse aces and pairs and charges draws, so I bet rather than check.

The ace on the turn is a bad card for TT. Villain's line—cold-calling a 3-bet, calling a flop raise, then leading the turn when checked to—represents a very strong range (top pair or better). Folding avoids losing more chips out of position with a marginal hand.

With a small pair on the button, calling is cheap and keeps the pot small while I have position. I can set-mine and evaluate after the flop.

3-7 offsuit is a weak hand and would play poorly out of position in a three-way pot, so folding the small blind rather than paying 50 more is best.

Checking takes a free flop with 76 offsuit, which is too weak to routinely isolate a button limper out of position. It preserves chips while retaining some straight potential.

With seven-high, no flush draw, and only a backdoor straight possibility, this is a poor hand to bet out of position. Checking preserves chips and lets me reassess after the button acts.

Heads-up on a checked flop, a small bet can fold out overcards and draws while protecting my small pair; I can shut down if raised.

Seven-high with no direct draw and no diamond is too weak to continue against this bet out of position. There are much better hands to use as check-raise bluffs.

Q8 suited on the button in a 3-handed pot is a reasonable hand, and calling 100 for a pot of 150 offers good odds with position.

Completing costs only 50 into a 250-chip pot, making the price attractive for a connected hand in a rake-free game. Raising would unnecessarily inflate the pot with a weak hand out of position.

With 3h5s in the big blind and all players limping, I check for free rather than bloat the pot with a weak, out-of-position hand.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker has limited value on this draw-heavy flop against two opponents. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me evaluate their action without committing more chips out of position.

My hand has no pair and little equity on this flop, so checking through is best with no bet to call.

On the button with queen-high, a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-ish backdoor on a Jh 4s 9h board, both opponents checked. A small bet can win the pot now or pick up equity, and it keeps the bet cheap if I'm called.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker and only a backdoor flush draw is too weak to continue against a two-thirds-pot bet in a three-way pot. Being out of position with another player still to act further reduces the value of calling.

I have only 3-high with no real made hand or strong draw on a J-high flop, and calling 200 into 500 is not justified. Folding is the clear best play.

Seven-deuce suited is too weak for a standard button open at 100bb, with poor connectivity and little high-card value. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding is preferable.

Heads-up with JJ against a single opponent, raising for value is clearly best; 3x makes the BB pay to continue with worse.

6s4s is a suited connector getting 600 into 200 to call, about 3:1 pot odds, against a small-blind raise to 3bb in a 3-handed game. Calling is cheap and I keep position on the small blind postflop, while a 3-bet bluff is unnecessary.

JJ on KQ6 with two overcards and flush draw; checking controls pot and avoids bloating against a range that hits this board.

Seat_1 raised preflop from the small blind and then checked the Q-K-6 flop. I have a pair of sixes plus a backdoor flush draw, so a small bet can take the pot or get called by worse. I'm betting 400 into 600 for value and protection.

With JJ on KQ6, I'm behind Kx/Qx but ahead of draws and lower pairs. Getting 2.5:1, I call to see a turn and reevaluate.

JJ has marginal showdown value on a coordinated K-Q board, and opponent already raised the flop; checking controls the pot and avoids bloating against Kx/Qx.

I hold a weak pair of sixes with a spade backdoor on a K-Q-6-K board. Seat 1 checked twice, which suggests weakness, and a half-pot bet can take the pot or get a worse hand to fold. I'm betting 700 into the 1400 pot as a semi-bluff.

JJ has enough equity against opponent's betting range on this paired board; calling keeps the pot manageable and lets us evaluate the river.

I have JJ on a K-high paired board; opponent has bet flop and turn, so I'll check and evaluate. My hand has showdown value against missed draws but is behind Kx/Qx.

I hold 6s4s on Qs Ks 6d Kc 2h, so I have a pair of sixes with a weak kicker. Seat 1 checked and called twice, so a bet would likely only be called by better hands. I'll check and take the showdown.