Hold'em table

7-8 offsuit is a weak hand from the button facing a raise-worthy spot in a 3-handed game; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Button folded, so I raise to 300 as a steal; 5-T offsuit is too weak to play out of position, but the big blind folds often enough for the raise to be profitable.

I have a pocket pair of threes, which can make a set but is risky preflop. Seat 2 raised to 300, so calling 200 more is reasonable to see a flop without overcommitting.

I have middle pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board and am out of position, so checking controls the pot and lets me realize showdown value.

I have a pocket pair of threes and the board is Td-4h-Ah, so I have no made hand but a potential set draw. Checking keeps the pot small and allows me to see if my opponent continues with a weak hand or bluffs.

I have a pair of tens on an ace-king board, which is too weak to bet for value and too showdown-worthy to turn into a bluff. Checking controls the pot and lets me see the river cheaply.

Board is paired with an Ace and King, and my pocket threes are vulnerable to overcards; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bet with a marginal hand.

I have third pair with a weak kicker and some showdown value after two streets of checks. Betting mostly gets called by better hands, so I check and take the free showdown.

The board is paired with an Ace and King, and my pocket threes are vulnerable to overpairs and two-pair hands. Since the opponent checked twice on the way and the pot is small, checking back keeps the pot controlled and avoids building a big pot with a marginal hand.

Jack-ten offsuit is a standard button open against the blinds, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative rather than flat the big blind.

With 6d 9c, I have no pair, no suitedness, and no straight potential. Facing a 250 raise over my 50 SB, calling 200 more is a -EV decision with such a weak hand.

5s 6h is a weak suited connector with no immediate equity or playability; facing a 100bb raise from the BB with no position, folding minimizes losses and preserves chips for better spots.

With the button folded, it's heads-up against the big blind; A7 offsuit is a reasonable hand to raise for value and fold equity in a short-handed pot.

K2o is too weak and dominated to continue against a small-blind raise, even heads-up from the big blind. Folding avoids paying 1.5bb with a hand that realizes poorly.

Button raise with a suited hand in a 3-handed pot; standard steal/value sizing.

J9s is too weak to continue out of position from the small blind against a button raise, with the big blind still to act.

I hold 2d Ts, a weak hand that lacks the strength to continue against a raise from the button. Folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

Q7o is too weak and easily dominated to open from the button with no reads, so folding preserves chips.

I hold Q7o in the small blind with the big blind yet to act. This hand has poor post-flop playability and is dominated by many hands the big blind could hold, so I fold to avoid losing chips.

I have King-high with a backdoor flush draw, which is decent but not strong enough to raise preflop. Calling keeps the pot small and avoids risking my stack with a marginal hand.

Qd8d is a suited hand that plays well multiway for a cheap price; calling 50 more to complete the small blind is worth it with implied odds.

A3s is too weak to raise for value against two limpers, and checking is free from the big blind. I prefer seeing a flop before committing more chips.

Q-high with a gutshot and backdoor flush draw on a K-high dry board; checking to control pot size out of position.

Bottom pair with an ace kicker has some showdown value, but it is too weak to build the pot multiway with the button still to act. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn cheaply.

Board is dry and I hold the K high with a backdoor flush draw, so I'll check to control the pot and avoid building a big one out of position.

I have no pair and only high card Q with no real draw; checking to see the river cheaply since the board is coordinated but action has been passive.

I have nines and threes multiway on a paired board, which loses to any king or nine. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids a raise from hands that already beat me.

Board is paired with a 9 and I hold Kd for top pair, but the pot is small and both opponents checked twice, so I'll check to control pot size and avoid scaring them off.

Queen high with no pair on a paired board has minimal showdown value; no reason to bet into two opponents who could call or raise.

I have nines and threes, which beats unpaired missed hands, but a bet mostly gets called by kings, nines, fours, and better pairs. With no money to call, checking realizes showdown value in this small limped pot.

Board is paired with a 9 and I hold Kd for a weak king kicker; checking lets me realize equity without risking chips on a bluff-catching river.