Hold'em table

On the button in a three-handed, unraked pot, 9-6 offsuit is a marginal but playable open. A small raise limits the investment while using position.

A4 suited-ish offsuit (Ad4h) is a decent hand three-handed against a button min-raise; calling 150 more for a 350 pot with the big blind still to act is reasonable, and a 3-bet with a marginal hand out of position is unnecessary. ,

I have JTs in the big blind closing the action getting 5 to 1 pot odds multiway. Calling is very profitable with high playability.

Top pair with an ace and a weak-ish kicker plus a backdoor wheel draw on a three-way flop with a flush draw out there. Betting about two-thirds of the pot for value and protection against overcards and spade draws seems best.

I have completely missed this flop with J-high, no draws, and face a donk bet with the preflop aggressor still to act behind me.

Nine-high has no pair or meaningful draw on this ace-high flop, so calling the 400-chip bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Q2 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against two players who have yet to act. Folding costs nothing, and the hand isn't worth 100 to call.

JTo is well ahead of an average holding in a blind-vs-blind battle after the button folded, making an open-raise to 3bb standard for value and initiative.

AJs is strong against a small-blind opening range, and a 3-bet builds value while retaining position after the flop.

Folding JTo out of position facing a sizeable 3-bet from the big blind.

Q2o is far too weak to open from the button, even in 3-handed play.

JTo is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds. A 2.5-big-blind open builds value without committing too much out of position.

K8s in the big blind against a small blind raise to 250 (2.5bb) gets a good price: 150 to call into a 350 pot. The hand has decent playability and I will be in position only against the raiser heads-up, so calling is better than folding or a bluff 3-bet.

A small continuation bet on the ace-high flop can fold out unpaired hands that beat jack-high while risking little. The club and straight backdoors provide some equity when called.

Kd 8d on 9c 4c As has only backdoor diamond draws and a weak pair-less hand with king-high, but the price is good: 165 to call into 665 is about 20% equity needed. Calling with a king overcard and backdoor flush potential against a small c-bet from the small blind is reasonable, and raising would bloat the pot without much fold equity.

The paired turn gives my jack-high hand little equity, and the flop caller may have an ace, a nine, or a draw that continues against a bluff. I’ll check rather than build the pot out of position.

I have king-high with a backdoor-dead flush draw on a paired board, so I have little showdown value and no strong reason to bet. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river cheaply.

J-high has some showdown value against missed draws. This river is unlikely to make an ace or a nine fold, and holding the ten of clubs blocks some missed flush draws we could otherwise bluff off the pot.

Board 9c 4c As 4d 3h; I have K-high, which is weak but can beat missed draws. Seat 1 checked three streets, so their range is capped and weak. A small bet of about 36% pot can get folds from worse hands or bluff-catchers while risking little.

Jack-high is unlikely to beat a river bet, and this hand has poor blockers for a bluff-raise.

75 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players without a specific read.

J6 offsuit is a marginal hand, but with the button folded it's heads-up against the big blind. Completing costs only 50 for a pot of 150 (3-to-1), so calling is reasonable to see a flop.

With Q5o in the big blind facing a small blind completion, checking our option to see a free flop in position is standard.

I have jack-high with no pair on a K-Q-4 board and only a backdoor gutshot-type draw, so I'm checking to see the next card cheaply rather than bluffing into a big blind who could hold a wide range.

I have second pair with a weak kicker in position in a limped pot; checking behind keeps the pot controlled and realizes equity.

I have jack-high with no pair and no real draw on a Kd Qd 4h 2c board, so a bluff has little value. Checking keeps the pot small, and a bet would only get called by better hands.

I have second pair with a weak kicker, giving me decent showdown value in position that prefers pot control over betting.

I have jack-high on a 4-K-Q-2-4 board, so I can only win if the opponent has nothing. The opponent checked twice, which makes a bluff unlikely to fold out the hands that beat me. I'll check and take my chances at showdown.

I have second pair with Kings and Queens and Queens up on a paired board; checking behind takes the pot against missed hands without risking a check-raise.

4d7d is a weak offsuit-connected-ish hand out of position postflop against two players; folding on the button is the safe choice, though calling 100 into a 150 pot is close.

In a blind-versus-blind situation, raising with an Ace blocker applies pressure and gives the initiative.

The small blind can open a wide range here, and calling 200 more gives me a reasonable price to see a flop in position.

Check out of position on a paired low board where the big blind has many connecting hands, preserving our showdown value and gutshot equity.

I have an open-ended straight draw and little showdown value. A small bet pressures unpaired hands while keeping the cost of a semibluff modest.

I have an overcard Ace and a gutshot straight draw facing a small bet, getting attractive pot odds to continue on the flop.

I have double-paired board with an Ace kicker; checking to control the pot size and let the opponent bluff.

I have an open-ended straight draw, but betting this paired board is unlikely to fold out many better hands. Checking takes the free river card.

We hold an Ace kicker playing two pair (Fives and Threes with an Ace), beating the board's King kicker and any unpaired missed hands. Betting only gets called by better hands.

My hand plays the board, so checking usually yields at best a split. An 800-chip bluff can make ace-high or a small pocket pair fold after the opponent checked both the turn and river.

On a double-paired board of 5-5-3-3-K, our Ace plays as the kicker to give us 5-5-3-3-A, beating all missed bluffs that play the board's King kicker.

Holding 8-3 offsuit on the button, this hand is too weak to open or play profitably.

4-2 offsuit is too weak to complete from the small blind when I'll be out of position against the big blind.