Hold'em table

9-4 offsuit is too weak to call or raise from the button in a three-handed pot, so I fold and preserve chips.

With the button folded, K6 offsuit is strong enough to open against the big blind's wide range. Raising to 3bb applies pressure and gives us a chance to win the pot immediately.

54 suited closing the action in position vs a small-blind open at 3x; getting 3:1 with a playable suited connector, calling is standard.

K-high has limited showdown value and no meaningful draw on this flop. Out of position, checking keeps the pot small and reserves bluffs for hands with better equity when called.

I have 5c4c on 2h8d-Tc with only a gutshot (3) and backdoor flush; SB checked to me, so take the free card and realize equity cheaply rather than bluff into a pot I'm often behind.

K-high has limited showdown value and no direct draw, while the jack improves several hands in the big blind's range. Checking avoids building the pot out of position with a weak bluff candidate.

SB raised preflop then checked flop and turn, showing weakness; I hold a club flush draw with 9 outs, so a 2/3-pot semi-bluff takes it down often and keeps equity when called.

King-high with no straight or flush draw has too little equity to call this two-thirds-pot turn bet. Our weak blockers and limited river prospects also make a bluff-raise unattractive.

65 offsuit is below a standard button opening range at 100 big blinds. With no evidence that the blinds overfold, its weak equity realization makes folding preferable.

Pocket eights in the small blind versus only the big blind after the button folds is a clear value raise; 3x sizing builds the pot while keeping it manageable out of position.

43o is the bottom of my range and plays poorly out of position; the small blind's raise isn't worth defending with this trash, so I fold.

7s5s suited connector on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes the initiative and plays well in position.

T2s is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a dominated hand.

J6 offsuit has weak playability and substantial domination risk against a button raise. Defending out of position against 2.5 big blinds is not attractive without evidence of an unusually wide opening range.

With 45o on the button, calling 100 closes the preflop action cheaply and keeps position with a hand that can flop well. Raising into two blinds with a weak offsuit connector risks unnecessary chips early.

Completing costs only 50 into a 250-chip pot, making suited connectors attractive at 100bb effective stacks. Calling preserves their multiway potential without inflating the pot out of position.

K4 offsuit in the big blind with two limpers; checking to see a free flop is standard since raising with a weak kicker out of position against two opponents has little value.

With only backdoor draws on a paired flop, betting into two opponents from first position is unnecessary. Checking preserves chips and may let us see a free turn.

K-high with no pair on a paired dry board in a limped 3-way pot; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn for free, while a small bet has little fold equity against two players and gets check-raised by trips/nines.

I have 4-high on a paired board with no real draw, so checking behind keeps the pot small and takes a free turn.

I have only a gutshot straight draw and very little showdown value. Checking keeps the pot small out of position against two opponents and may let me see the river for free.

Everyone has shown weakness on a paired, dry board in a limped pot; a two-thirds-pot stab with king high should take it down often enough versus ace-high and missed hands, and I can give up if raised.

I have 4-high with no pair or meaningful draw on a paired board, and facing a turn raise I should fold rather than chase or bluff into a likely made hand.

We have only a gutshot and negligible showdown value against a two-thirds-pot bet. The 28.6% equity required to call is far above our chance of completing the straight, and implied odds are insufficient.

AJo is a strong opening hand on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds builds value against weaker hands and pressures the blinds while preserving our positional advantage.

KQo in the small blind facing a button open in 3-handed play is a strong hand; 3-betting to ~3.2x isolates the wide button range and avoids playing out of position with a flat call that invites the big blind in.

With 4c9c in the big blind facing a raise and a reraise, my hand is too weak to continue. I'm out of position and likely dominated. Folding is the most profitable play.

AJo is strong enough to defend against a small-blind three-bet at this sizing, especially with position. Calling keeps weaker hands in the opponent's range without inflating the pot against hands that dominate us.

Top pair with a strong kicker on a two-heart board; I 3-bet preflop and the button called, so I c-bet for value and to deny flush/straight draws, sizing around 65% of the pot.

Ace-high with no meaningful draw is a weak continuation against a substantial bet on this king-high flop in a three-bet pot. Our limited improvement chances and poor equity realization make folding preferable to calling or bluff-raising.

9-6 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal hand; folding avoids playing a weak holding out of position against two blinds who may defend or 3-bet.

64s has sufficient equity against a random big blind, and calling only 50 into 150 gives good pot odds. Raising would bloat the pot out of position with a speculative hand.

With 3-2 offsuit and no cost to continue, checking takes a free flop in position. This hand is too weak to justify raising without evidence that the small blind folds excessively.

With 6-high and no pair on a coordinated flop, checking preserves chips and avoids building a pot out of position with a weak hand.

Bottom pair has some showdown value but gains little from betting into a range that can contain many jacks, tens, and draws. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess the turn in position.

I have no pair or draw on a coordinated board and there is no bet to call, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into a possible made hand.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting would mostly fold out weaker hands while better pairs and strong draws continue. Checking keeps the pot small and takes a free river in position.

With 6h4h on JsTd3h8s5c I have only a weak busted draw and no showdown value; both opponents checked all streets, so checking back the river costs nothing and avoids bluffing into two players who may have a pair.

Our pair of threes has showdown value against unpaired hands after three checks. Betting is unlikely to get called by worse or reliably fold out better, so checking preserves that value.