Hold'em table

On the button three-handed with a suited ten, raising leverages position and fold equity against the blinds while keeping the price small if called.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a button raise in this heads-up pot.

J6 offsuit is weak even on the button 3-handed; folding avoids playing a marginal hand out of position postflop.

9-2 offsuit is a very weak blind-versus-blind holding and does not justify completing against the big blind.

9-8 offsuit is a playable button opening hand in three-handed play. Raising applies pressure to the blinds while retaining positional advantage.

A7o is too strong to fold three-handed against a 2.5x button open, and calling keeps the pot manageable out of position versus a wide range.

Q9s is a marginal hand but I'm getting a cheap price to see a flop in position with 150 to call into a 600 pot.

With Ace-high and a club flush draw on a paired board in a three-way pot, checking preserves pot odds and avoids a raise from trips or an overpair while seeing opponents' actions.

Checked to me on a dry paired board; Q9 has little showdown value but a small stab can take the 750 pot, and I can fold cheaply if raised.

I have trips with a decent kicker on this paired board. Raising builds value against weaker eights, overpairs, and club draws while charging draws.

Facing a flop bet and large raise on a paired board, ace-high with a non-nut club draw and gutshot lacks the pot odds and implied odds to continue out of position.

Q9 high on an 8-5-8 board facing a 1500 raise from the preflop raiser; I have almost no equity or fold equity, so folding is clearly best.

86 offsuit is a weak gapped hand even on the button in 3-handed play; limping invites a raise and raising as a steal has negative expected value against the blinds.

AK suited from the small blind heads-up is a premium; raising builds the pot and applies pressure to the big blind.

7-3 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a small-blind raise, even heads-up.

Jh6h is well worth completing from the small blind heads-up for the small price, retaining realization with a suited hand.

Q3o is weak against the small blind limp; taking a free flop in position as big blind preserves chips versus bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

I flopped a flush in a heads-up limped pot and should value-bet while charging one-heart hands and pairs with heart draws.

Heads-up in position with second pair on a draw-heavy K-Q-6 board, calling 150 into 350 gives reasonable pot odds against SB's wide leading range including flush draws and weaker pairs.

With a pair plus a strong heart draw and gutshot, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot on an ace that improves much of the flop calling range.

With just a pair of queens on an A-K-Q board, I have marginal showdown value but am behind any ace or king. Checking controls the pot and avoids paying off better hands while letting draws reveal themselves on the river.

I have a jack-high flush on a coordinated board and should value bet against one-pair hands and weaker heart holdings. A moderate sizing can still be called without overexposing us to higher flushes.

Pair of queens is only a bluff-catcher on an A-K-Q board with the heart flush completing on the river. Opponent's flop bet and river value-sized bet represent many aces, kings, straights and flushes that beat me, with few missed draws left to bluff.

On the button three-handed, J5 offsuit is suitable for a minimum steal raise and retains some postflop playability.

5d6d is a suited connector with good playability 3-handed; calling 150 into 350 gives reasonable pot odds to see a flop in position relative to the big blind.

Q9o in the big blind gets a cheap call closing the action with 100 more into a 500 pot; folding is too tight and raising out of position is unwise.

With a pair plus an open-ended straight draw on 7-6-8, I have strong equity and fold equity leading into the preflop raiser three-way.

Q9 on 7-6-8 is only a gutshot with no made pair; facing a flop bet from two opponents, folding is clearly best.

I have an open-ended straight draw with position and sufficient implied-odds potential against this flop bet. Calling preserves flexibility on later streets.

With middle pair plus an open-ended straight draw on a king turn that favors the caller, checking out of position controls the pot and lets me realize draw equity cheaply.

I have a made straight on a coordinated board and should value-bet while charging Kx, two-pair, sets, and drawing hands. A substantial sizing also denies a free river to hands containing a 9.

With a pair plus open-ended straight draw I have about 13 outs against a king, roughly matching the 900 into 2300 pot odds, plus implied odds if I hit the straight on the river.

With only a pair of sixes on a coordinated board after calling a turn bet, I have weak showdown value but checking is free and may let me realize it if opponent checks back.

I have a made straight on a dry river after the opponent checked. A substantial value bet can be called by kings, two pair, sets, and stubborn one-pair hands while avoiding an overcommitment against the occasional higher straight.

I have only a pair of sixes on a 7-6-8-K-2 board facing a large turn and river bet sequence; I beat only pure bluffs and need ~29% equity to call, which this weak bluff-catcher lacks.