Hold'em table

73 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two unknown opponents. Folding avoids investing in a hand with poor equity and playability.

72o is the worst hand, and playing it out of position against the big blind is unprofitable even with good pot odds. Folding costs only the small blind.

In 3-handed play, K4o is a standard open from the button against two blinds, so I'm raising to 2.5bb.

T8o is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids paying 200 into a dominated spot.

Calling costs 150 into a 400-chip pot, requiring 27.3% equity before accounting for postflop play. Q8 offsuit is strong enough to defend against a typical wide button opening range, particularly with no rake.

With queen-high and no meaningful draw, there is little incentive to build the pot out of position. Checking preserves chips on an ace-high board that favors the preflop raiser.

Bottom pair with a K kicker on an ace-high, two-diamond board has showdown value but gets called mostly by better hands. Checking back controls the pot and realizes equity.

Second pair has showdown value, but with a weak kicker and no diamond, betting gets limited value from worse hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable and allows the opponent to bluff.

Third pair with a king kicker has showdown value on a wet, three-diamond board. Betting mostly gets called by better hands and folds out worse, so checking back for pot control is better.

Rivered trips are strong enough to value-bet after both streets checked through. A little over half pot targets calls from ace-x and pocket pairs without requiring the opponent to have a particularly strong hand.

Getting about 3.8:1 on a small river bet, my hand plays as queens and fours with an ace kicker. That beats busted draws, 2x and weaker pairs, which is enough equity to call even though it loses to Ax, Qx and flushes.

Jc3o is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind; folding preserves chips.

Completing costs only 50 into a 150-chip pot. With 97 offsuit, a limp keeps the pot small out of position while retaining reasonable straight and pair potential against the big blind's wide range.

A2 suited is well ahead of a small blind limping range, so raising for value and initiative is better than checking. Sizing to 4x keeps it simple and puts pressure on weak limps.

97 offsuit is too weak to profitably defend against this 4bb raise out of position. Its limited playability and poor equity realization favor folding over calling or bluff-raising.

85 offsuit is too weak for a standard button open against two opponents at 100bb depth. With no reads suggesting unusually tight blinds, folding avoids a marginal investment.

Blind vs blind, K4o is a reasonable raising hand from the SB against a single BB; raising to 3x takes initiative and can win the pot preflop.

62 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a preflop raise after the button folds. Folding avoids paying 200 chips with poor equity and no postflop advantage.

A3o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; a 2.5x size pressures the blinds.

97s has enough suited equity against a 2.5bb button open to continue for 200 into 400, without bloating the pot out of position with a 3-bet.

Nine-three offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise and small-blind call. Its poor equity realization and lack of useful blockers make both calling and squeezing unattractive.

Nine-seven missed this flop completely and has no draw, so I take the free check rather than bluff into the preflop raiser.

On a dry K-J-2 board where the small blind checked to the preflop raiser, a small c-bet with ace-high (Ac backdoor plus a wheel/Broadway gutshot) fits the range advantage and gets folds from weak hands. A third of the pot is enough here.

I have 97s with no pair and no draw on J-K-2, so calling a flop bet is burning chips. Folding preserves the stack for better spots.

Pocket jacks are well ahead of a three-handed button open, so I raise to 3x rather than flat and let the blinds see a cheap flop.

KTo is marginal against a 3bb button open from the small blind, where I would play out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a difficult call and an unnecessarily loose three-bet.

J2o out of position against a 3x button open is below the defense threshold; poor equity realization makes calling unprofitable.