Hold'em table

Suited connectors on the button are worth seeing a cheap flop in a 3-handed pot, so calling the 100-chip big blind is a reasonable low-risk option.

AQs is strong 3-handed; I raise for value and initiative against the limper and BB rather than calling from the small blind.

T7s is out of position against the small blind's isolation raise. The limper behind could also re-raise, so calling 350 isn't worth it.

I'm on the button with 98 offsuit facing a 350-chip call into a 650 pot, about 35% break-even; heads-up against the small blind's raise, the price and playability justify calling.

I have a gutshot plus flush draw (12 outs) on a wet board; semi-bluff betting applies pressure and can win immediately.

I have an open-ended straight draw with eight outs (7s and Qs), and calling 350 into a 1350 pot gives roughly the 17% equity needed, so the call is profitable.

I only have ace-high with a weak draw on this board; heads-up I'll take a free card rather than fire into a caller who showed preflop strength.

I have a pair of nines plus an open-ended straight draw with 8-9 on a T-J board, and seat_2 checked, so checking takes a free card and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

I hold the nut flush (As with four diamonds on board). Seat_1 checked the turn, suggesting weakness, so a value bet around half pot is likely to get called by worse diamonds or a pair.

I have only a pair of nines on a board with an ace, and the river bet of 900 after a turn check looks like a strong hand or a polarized bluff I can't beat often enough to justify calling.

72o is a weak hand out of position facing a raise; folding is clearly best.

Getting 3:1 to complete in a blind-vs-blind spot; 43o has enough playability for a limping strategy and isn't strong enough to raise.

I'm in the big blind with no call required, so checking sees the flop for free with a weak 2-9 offsuit hand.

4-high on a trips board has almost no showdown value or blockers, and the big blind's overcards rarely fold to a stab. Checking keeps it cheap and leaves the option to bluff later if they show weakness.

Board is paired (T-T-T trips on board), and holding 2-9 offsuit gives no real hand strength, so checking to see the next card for free is the best option.

Our hand only plays a 4 kicker on a quad-tens board, so it almost never wins at showdown. A small stab only needs about one-third folds and can take the pot away from a weak big blind who checked the flop.

The board already gives me three tens with a nine kicker, which is a strong made hand against a single turn bet of 100 into a 200 pot. Calling keeps me in against bluffs and weaker tens while avoiding a larger commitment against a possible full house.

The board plays and almost any holding beats our 4-high. The opponent's turn call keeps plenty of high cards that would call a bluff, so checking and giving up is better than spending chips on one.

We hold three tens on the board with a nine kicker, which is a strong but capped hand. Seat_3 checked the river, so a check keeps the pot controlled without risking chips against a possible full house.

Q7s is a standard button open in 3-handed play, and a 2.5x raise lets me steal the blinds with a playable suited hand.

Ace-four offsuit is marginal, but calling 200 into a 400 pot from the small blind is cheap enough to see a flop in a 3-handed pot, and the ace gives some playability.

T9s is a playable suited connector with good implied odds; calling 150 more into a 600 pot is cheap and keeps my range wide in position.

I have ace-high with a four-card diamond flush draw and no bet to call, so checking keeps the pot small and gives me a free card.

I hold a flush draw with two overcards to the 2d; betting as a semi-bluff builds a pot I can win with either a diamond or a T, and taking initiative after the check is profitable.

Second pair with a weak kicker and no diamond on a monotone board, facing a lead into three players with one still to act behind, is too weak and vulnerable to continue profitably. Folding avoids getting squeezed or drawing thin.

I hold the ace of diamonds with four diamonds including the ace, so calling 375 into a 1125 pot (about 25% pot odds) is profitable against nine flush outs.

I have only ace-high with no pair on a K-Q-2-K board, so I can't profitably bet or raise and should take the free card by checking.

I hold a king-high flush (7d,Td over Kd Qd 2d), but the paired board means full houses are possible; seat_1 checked turn, so I take the free river card rather than bloat the pot.

I hold two pair, aces and kings, which is likely best against a checked turn, so I'm betting for value into a 1500 pot.

My ten-high diamond flush loses to any higher diamond (Ad, Jd, 9d, etc.), and seat_1's river bet after checking the turn suggests a strong made flush. Calling 800 into a 2300 pot with a likely dominated hand is -EV.

Suited 9-7 on the button is a playable speculative hand in a 3-handed pot, and calling the 100-chip big blind keeps the pot cheap while I see a flop.

Q9 in the small blind with a limped pot; a small isolation raise builds the pot with position and folds out weak limps.

85s getting about 2.5:1 with deep stacks and the limper likely to join; it has good implied odds, so calling beats folding and a squeeze isn't needed.

Nine-seven suited is a playable connector, and calling 200 into a 700 pot with two opponents is a reasonable price to see a flop.

Top pair queens on Q-J-3; betting for value and protection against draws, with position still to act behind two players.

8-high with only a backdoor flush draw against a 3-bettor's half-pot c-bet, with another player still to act behind me. There's no equity worth calling with here.

Nine-high with a seven and no made hand facing a 450 flop bet into a 1350 pot is a clear fold, since we would need about 25% equity and only have weak straight draws.

AJo is strong 3-handed; I raise for value and fold equity from the button.

KJo is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range. A 3-bet from the small blind takes the initiative and avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot with the big blind still to act.

Queen-four offsuit is weak and I must call 1100 into a 1600 pot against a raise from the small blind with the button also in, so folding avoids a poor price.

AJo is strong enough to call a 4-bet in position with deep stacks; folding is too tight and 5-betting commits too much without a premium hand.

KJ high has no pair and only backdoor equity on a connected 3-7-8 board that hits the button's flatting range. Checking out of position keeps the pot controlled and protects my checking range.

I have ace-high with a gutshot-ish backdoor and both opponents showed weakness; a bet of ~60% pot takes initiative and can fold out better aces or pairs. If raised, I can reassess cheaply.

KJ high with no draw on 3-7-8, out of position against a 3-bet caller's 60% pot bet; we are mostly drawing to overcards against pairs and better broadways, so equity is likely below the ~27% we need to call.

A4o is a clear opening hand on the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds with an ace blocker.

Ace-high offsuit from the small blind facing a 200-chip call into a 400-chip pot gives reasonable pot odds in a three-way pot, with the big blind still to act.

T6o is too weak to 3-bet but only 150 more to call into a 600 pot, giving decent odds to try to flop something.

I hold 7-high with an ace on a T-3-9 flop, which is weak, and I can check for free as the first to act, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing more chips.

I hold top pair with a ten on the Td3c9c board; betting ~half pot for value against the preflop raiser and caller is standard.

Ace-high with only a backdoor nut flush draw facing a near-pot donk bet on a wet board, with a player still to act behind, lacks the equity to continue profitably.

Ace-high with no pair or real draw facing a 450 bet into a 750 pot is unlikely to be ahead, so folding avoids losing more chips.