Hold'em table

AT offsuit is a solid button opener in a 3-handed game; raising to 250 builds the pot with a strong hand while I have position.

With 5c3h and a 250 raise, I have no play and will fold to preserve chips.

K6 offsuit is too weak and dominated to continue out of position against a button raise, so folding is the higher-EV play.

I have a speculative suited connector in position, but the pot odds and risk of facing a raise from the big blind make folding the most disciplined play to preserve my stack.

23o is too weak to complete or raise out of position against the big blind, so folding avoids putting more chips in with a hand that realizes poorly.

K2o is too weak to open from the button against two live blinds; folding avoids putting chips in with a dominated, disconnected hand.

Heads-up with a pocket pair, raising to build the pot and take initiative against the big blind after the button folded.

2c Qd is a weak offsuit hand that does not play well out of position, and calling 200 into a 300 raise from the small blind is too expensive for such marginal equity.

Weak suited low connector from the button facing a raise-limp situation isn't strong enough to invest in a 3-way pot with no positional edge postflop against two live hands.

Calling with Ace-King suited in the small blind keeps the pot manageable and avoids a big preflop commitment against two opponents. I'll continue with a strong hand and reassess on later streets.

Button folded and the small blind limped, so I raise A5s for value and initiative with position postflop. A raise to 400 is a standard isolation size.

I have a strong suited Broadway hand (Ah Ks) and the pot odds justify calling the 300 to see a flop rather than folding. I'll keep the pot manageable and play post-flop.

I have top pair with a strong kicker on a dry flop, but the opponent raised preflop and I'm in position. Checking allows me to control the pot size and potentially induce a bluff or see a free card while keeping the opponent's range broad.

I am the preflop raiser on a king-high flop with ace-high and no made hand, so a small continuation bet pressures seat_2's check and can win the pot immediately.

I have top pair with a good kicker on a dry flop, so calling the continuation bet is reasonable to keep the pot manageable while denying a free card to a bluffing opponent.

Board is paired with a King and contains two broadway cards; my Ks gives me top pair but the Ah kicker is weak and vulnerable to overcards. Seat 3 already bet the flop and I called, so checking back the turn keeps the pot manageable and avoids building a big pot with a marginal hand.

Ace-high with no pair and no draw has little showdown value, but seat_2 already called the flop, so another barrel is unlikely to fold out a real hand. Checking the turn takes the free card.

Board is coordinated with a 7-8-9 straight draw and a King, but my AhKs is a weak kicker high card; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bluff with little showdown value.

Ace-high has no pair and little fold equity against a flop caller who checked the river, so checking realizes the only showdown value I have.

Calling the 100 big blind with Ks-4d in position is reasonable; I avoid a raise with a weak kicker and want to see a flop cheaply.

A8s has good suited-ace equity and calling 50 into 250 is cheap enough to see a flop out of position rather than inflate the pot.

KQo is strong enough to raise for value against two limpers and thin the field.

With Ks-4d on the button facing a raise to 400, I have no pair, no suitedness, and only a backdoor flush draw; the pot odds don't justify continuing, so folding is the correct play.

A8s has enough suited-ace equity and playability to call 300 into 600 against a likely wide isolation raise, without bloating the pot out of position with a 3-bet.

Second pair with ace kicker is too thin to bet out of position into the preflop raiser on a 9-high flop, so I check and keep the pot small.

I have KQ high with no pair on an 8-4-9 board; a c-bet applies pressure and can take down the pot given seat_3 checked.

Middle pair with the ace kicker and a backdoor heart draw is ahead of much of a c-bet range, and 600 into 1500 is a price worth taking rather than folding or inflating the pot.

I have only a weak pair of eights with an ace kicker, and the turn queen favors the preflop raiser who already c-bet the flop. Checking controls the pot and keeps my showdown value without bloating a spot where I am often behind.

I have top pair (queens) with a strong kicker; betting for value against a single opponent who has just called so far.

I only have third pair with an ace kicker on a queen-high board, and seat_1 has bet every street. Calling 1400 is too thin against that range, so I fold.

9-3 offsuit is too weak to open even from the button in three-handed play; folding avoids a negative-EV spot.

Heads-up now vs BB with KJ suited, a standard raise to build the pot and take initiative.

Seat 3 folded, leaving a heads-up pot. With Kd6h, I have decent playability and backdoor equity, so I'll call the 200 to keep the pot manageable and see a flop.

As preflop raiser I c-bet a dry, low board with overcards to represent strength and pick up the pot when opponent misses.

The board is disconnected and I hold a middle pair with a backdoor flush draw, so calling is low-risk and keeps me in the hand without overcommitting. I'll reassess on the turn based on seat_1's continued aggression.

I have king-high with no pair or draw on a paired, dry board; better to check and reassess than fire another bluff into a caller.

Board is paired with a 3 and a 4, giving me a weak 6-high two pair that is vulnerable to higher pairs and sets. Checking lets me control pot size and avoid building a big pot with a marginal hand.

I hold top two pair (Kings and Threes) which is likely best; a moderate value bet extracts chips from weaker holdings after a checked-down turn.

I have top pair with a decent kicker on a paired board, and calling is +EV against a bluff or weaker two pair. Folding would be a mistake given my hand strength and the pot odds.