Hold'em table

42 offsuit is too weak to continue from the button against the big blind, and calling would invite a multiway pot with poor equity.

Button folded and A9o is strong enough to open-raise for value from the small blind against the big blind.

J6s is too weak to continue out of position against a preflop raise; the price does not justify the hand.

Opening with pocket aces on the button to build the pot and extract value.

64 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a dominated spot and a possible squeeze.

Pocket fours have good set-mining value against a small button raise, and the call is modest relative to the deep effective stacks.

With a small underpair on a queen-high flop, checking keeps the pot controlled and gives the preflop raiser a chance to act.

C-betting for value with an overpair on a dry queen-high board after the big blind checked.

The Q-high flop misses my small pair, and the bet leaves poor odds to chase only two likely set outs. I fold rather than continue against the preflop raiser.

A2o is too weak and easily dominated to open from the button into two live blinds, so folding preserves chips.

Calling costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot, giving a favorable price to see the flop heads-up. Raising with this weak offsuit hand would be unnecessary.

Holding an unplayable 83o in the big blind after the small blind limped, taking the free flop is standard.

I have no pair or meaningful draw and am out of position, so checking avoids investing into a stronger range while preserving a chance to improve.

I have an inside straight draw with eight-high and position; checking behind to see a free turn card is standard.

The ace is a scare card, and a small turn bet can pressure weaker hands after the flop checked through. I have little showdown value, so I’m using it as a bluff.

I hold 8-high with only a gutshot straight draw on an ace-high turn, offering insufficient pot odds to call a half-pot bet.

J5 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button, and limping risks playing a dominated hand multiway.

Holding 73o out of position against the big blind is an easy fold with virtually no playability or equity realization.

64o is too weak to open even from the button in a 3-handed game.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with ATo. A standard raise builds the pot and takes the initiative rather than completing for a weak price.

KTs is strong enough to defend against the small blind’s raise, and calling keeps weaker hands in while avoiding an unnecessarily large pot out of position.

As the preflop raiser heads-up on a dry flop, I make a small one-third-pot continuation bet with ace-high to fold out missed hands while risking little.

I have a strong king-high flush draw and the small bet gives me favorable pot odds to continue. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving the chance to hit.

Ace-high with no pair or draw has some showdown value, and the opponent already called the flop, so checking the turn avoids barreling into a likely made hand.

I have a strong spade draw and two overcards, so a moderate turn bet can win the pot now while building it when I have substantial river equity.

Ace-ten high with no pair and no draw is well behind a turn bet, and six outs is not enough equity to call 550 into 1550.

J7o is too weak to open from the button into two live blinds; folding avoids a dominated, poorly playable hand.

The button folded, and 7♦4♦ is playable heads-up from the small blind at the favorable price. I’ll complete rather than inflate the pot with a weak hand.

Holding Q8s in position after the small blind completes, checking allows us to realize equity comfortably postflop without inflating the pot.

I have no meaningful draw or made hand on this coordinated, monotone flop, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind.

I have bottom pair and an inside straight draw on a monotone board without a heart; checking behind takes a free card safely.

The flop checked through, and the paired turn gives me a credible jack to represent. A small bet may fold out weak hands while risking little.

Getting 3-to-1 pot odds with two pair and an open gutshot straight draw against a minimum turn probe in a limped blind vs blind pot, calling is clear.

The river ace is a favorable scare card after my turn bet, and my 7-high has no showdown value. A 300-chip bluff can pressure one-pair hands without risking an oversized portion of my stack.

Holding only two pair Jacks and Eights on an Ace-high board with straight and flush possibilities, our hand beats virtually no value bets.