Hold'em table

AQo is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot after the button folded, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and initiative.

Calling 200 into a 400 pot needs about 33% equity, and suited 7-10 has playable potential in a three-handed pot. I'm closing the action from the big blind, so a call is better than folding here.

AQ with the nut flush draw, a gutshot to Broadway and an overcard is a strong semi-bluff on a board that favors the preflop raiser. A c-bet of about 58% pot builds the pot and wins fold equity.

I hold a pair of tens with a seven kicker, facing 350 into a 950 pot, so calling is a reasonable price against a range that includes many bluffs and weaker pairs.

Strong semi-bluff: open-ended straight draw (K/8), Qd flush draw, plus A/Q overcards give lots of equity, and betting adds fold equity on a wet board.

I hold a pair of tens with a Jack-9-7 side, which is likely good on this turn against a wide betting range. Calling 850 into a 2150 pot is about 28% pot odds, which a pair of tens clears.

We have top pair with a queen kicker, but the river completed the diamond flush and several straights that fit the caller's range. Checking controls the pot and leaves room to bluff-catch.

I hold a pair of tens on a board with an ace and a jack, and seat 2 checked the river, so a check keeps the pot small and gets to showdown cheaply.

In 3-handed play on the button, 74s is a reasonable steal hand against two blinds, so a small open to 2.5bb applies pressure cheaply.

Three-four offsuit is a weak hand with poor playability, and facing a 200-chip call from the small blind out of position is not worth the price.

Getting 150 to call into a 400 pot heads-up with a suited-ish connector; cheap flop realization against a 2.5x button open.

My 2d9d only has a weak flush draw on a tripled board; with quads or a full house very likely out there, checking is the only sensible play.

On a trips board with 7-high, a small cheap bet folds out many unpaired hands and denies equity. It also has range advantage as the preflop raiser.

Board is trip tens and seat_2 raised into my check; my 9-high can only lose to any ten, so calling is hopeless.

Q7 suited is a playable button hand facing only a 100-chip completion, so calling keeps the pot manageable and preserves postflop options.

A4o is too weak to raise from the SB against two players, but calling 50 to see a flop is cheap and keeps the ace-high equity.

T7 suited plays fine in a limped pot, but out of position it's too weak to raise into two limpers, so I'll take the free flop.

I hold the nut flush draw plus an ace overcard on a monotone flop; betting builds the pot with strong equity and fold equity.

We hold a made ten-high flush on a monotone board, which is strong in a three-way limped pot. Raising charges single-diamond draws and worse made hands while building the pot.

Second pair with no flush draw is weak against a 600 raise after a prior raise from two opponents, so calling needs more equity than I have.

I hold the nut flush draw (Ad) on a monotone flop; calling 450 into 1050 with ~35% equity plus implied odds is clearly profitable heads-up.

I hold top pair of kings plus the nut flush draw on a monotone board; building the pot now maximizes value and folds out weaker draws.

A ten-high flush is strong but vulnerable on a paired board. Calling 1800 to win 5100 needs about 35% equity, which I likely have against trips, Ad draws and smaller flushes, while raising mostly gets called by full houses and better flushes.

I hold the Ad giving me the nut flush on this board; seat_2 has shown heavy strength so a large river value bet is likely to be called.

A ten-high flush is a bluff-catcher against a range of boats and better flushes, but limped pots include lots of Kx, weaker flushes and bluffs. Calling 3600 to win 12300 needs only about 29% equity, so I'll call; raising would only get called by hands that beat me.

Q9o is a solid blind-vs-blind hand; raising to 3bb from the small blind takes the initiative and can win the pot preflop.

Facing a 200-chip call into a 500-chip pot as the big blind, the price is about 2.5 to 1 and 8-5 suited has enough playability to continue against a wide small-blind raise.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a connected board, out of position against the big blind. A small cbet of about 1/3 pot gets value from worse Qx, Jx and draws while keeping the pot controlled.

I hold 8h5h with three hearts on board (a flush draw) and get about 16.7% pot odds to call 200 into an 800-chip pot, which justifies a call over a weak bluff-raise or a fold.

Top pair with a decent kicker on a draw-heavy board; a medium bet extracts value from Jx, draws, and weaker Qx while denying equity to heart and straight draws.

I have only a four-heart flush draw with one card to come, which needs about 26% equity to call 550 into 1550 but has roughly 20% from 9 outs. Seat 2 has been aggressive on three streets, so folding is the better choice.

AJo on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong open; a 2.5bb raise applies pressure on the blinds.

K-J offsuit is a playable hand in a three-way pot, and calling the 200 chips to complete to 250 is cheap enough to see a flop.

Queen-four offsuit is too weak to defend even at the 150-chip price against a raise and a caller, with little postflop playability out of position.

We hold King-high with no pair and no strong draw on a 3-7-8 board, so checking keeps the pot small and lets us see a free card.

As the preflop raiser in position, I have AJ with two overcards and a backdoor draw on a 3-7-8 board. The small blind's flat call and check make a small c-bet profitable, and this board is still reasonable for my range.

I hold King-Jack with no pair on a 3-7-8 board, so I have only high-card value against a continuation bet and should fold rather than invest more.

A4 offsuit is a marginal hand, but on the button against two blinds it has enough equity and fold equity to justify a standard raise over a limp-style call.

A7s has decent playability against a button raise; calling 250 to see a flop in position is better than folding or 4-betting light.

Getting 3.5:1 in the big blind, T6o has enough raw equity against a wide button open and an SB flat to justify a call, despite poor realization multiway.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a dry board; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a cheap turn against two opponents.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a wet board in a 3-way pot, and the preflop raiser is still to act behind. Checking controls the pot and lets me size up the action before committing chips.

I have only ace-high with a backdoor flush draw, and two opponents checked to me, so taking a free card is the cheapest way to realize my equity.

I have ace-high with a gutshot-ish draw on a scary board; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a very wet board (three clubs, straight possible with J or 76). I have showdown value but betting would mostly get called by better hands, so I'll check and take pot control.

I have ace-high with a club flush draw on a three-club board, but two opponents have already checked, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free river card.

I only have ace-high; with three checks on every street and no fold equity signal, checking to showdown is free and correct.

Top pair is likely best after the flop and turn checked through, which caps both opponents' ranges. A small bet can get calls from 9x, 8x and weaker hands while keeping my risk low on a board where flushes and straights are possible.

Ace-high with no pair facing a 300 river bet from a player who checked back earlier suggests I am likely behind, and the pot odds do not justify calling with this little showdown value.

Seat_2 checked every street then suddenly bet the river, a pattern that often signals a missed draw or thin bluff. My ace-high is cheap to showdown at 300 into 1200 and can beat busted club draws.