Hold'em table

4h 5c is a weak hand with no immediate equity or playability. I'll fold to avoid donating chips to the blinds and preserve my stack for better spots.

Blind vs blind, K7o is strong enough to open for a standard 3bb raise to apply pressure on the big blind.

Q9 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defend against a small-blind open, and the price is favorable. Call and see the flop rather than inflate the pot with a marginal hand.

Checking out of position on a low, connected flop that connects well with the big blind's calling range, while holding king-high and a gutshot.

I have two overcards but no meaningful draw, and checking takes a free card without inflating the pot.

We picked up a huge draw on the turn with an open-ended straight draw and a King-high flush draw. Betting two-thirds pot applies pressure after the flop checked through and builds the pot for our equity.

I have no pair and only three likely clean outs to a straight on the river, far short of the equity needed to call 400 into the 1,000-chip pot.

Holding 6d 4c on the button is too weak to open raise even in a 3-handed game, so folding is standard.

Q-J offsuit is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds. A 300-chip raise builds the pot while applying pressure and avoids giving the big blind overly favorable odds.

I have King-high with a backdoor flush draw, which is marginal but playable. Calling 200 to see a flop is reasonable given the opponent's small raise size and my position.

Bet 400 into 600 for value and protection with top pair, while charging club draws and weaker pairs to continue.

I have top pair with a king kicker on a board with two low cards, giving me a decent equity advantage. Calling 400 into a 1000 pot keeps the pot manageable while avoiding a bluff raise that could get re-raised.

Bet for value and protection with top pair and a strong kicker. A moderate size charges straight and club draws while keeping weaker queens and other hands in the pot.

I have a pair of fives with a backdoor flush draw on a board that could complete a straight. Calling is low-risk and keeps my hand alive without committing more chips to a marginal holding.

I have trips with a decent kicker and can get value from worse queens and some bluff-catchers. A modest river bet limits the cost if the opponent has a stronger queen.

I have top pair with a King kicker on a board with two Queens. My hand is decent but vulnerable to better Kings or two pair. Calling 900 to see a showdown is reasonable given the pot odds and my remaining stack.

J8 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game, and raising applies pressure to the blinds while retaining position postflop.

I have a speculative QJ suited hand and the pot is offering good odds. Calling 200 to see a flop is reasonable rather than folding or raising without a strong made hand.

T4o is a weak offsuit holding that plays poorly multiway and out of position, making it a clear fold even getting good pot odds.

I have a backdoor flush draw with QsJc on Kd-7d-8d, but no made hand yet. Checking allows me to see a free card and potentially improve while controlling the pot size against the button's preflop raise.

I have a modest pair on a monotone flop, and betting risks running into a king or a made flush. Checking keeps the pot controlled and preserves my showdown value.

I have a backdoor flush draw and gutshot straight draw on a dry board, but no made hand yet. Checking keeps the pot small and allows me to see the river cheaply while preserving my stack for a potential bluff or value bet.

I have modest showdown value with two pair using the paired board, but a bet is unlikely to get value from many worse hands and could be called or raised by stronger holdings.

The board is paired with a King and Ace, and my QJ is dominated by any Kx or Ax. With no money in the pot on the river and a weak showdown value, checking is the safest play to avoid building a pot I'm likely to lose.

I have modest showdown value with a pair of eights, but no diamond blocker on a four-diamond board. A bluff is unlikely to fold hands that beat me, so I check.

I have Kd8s on the button with a 100bb stack. The BB is only 100 chips, so calling is low-cost and keeps my range wide. I'll see a flop and play positionally.

A9s is well ahead of a button limping range 3-handed; raising to 400 builds the pot and takes the initiative from out of position.

5♣6♥ is a weak offsuit hand, and the sizable raise plus a caller makes continuing from the big blind unprofitable.

8s Kd is a weak offsuit hand that doesn't play well postflop, and facing a raise to 400 with only 300 to call, folding minimizes losses with a speculative hand.

J8o is below the standard opening range on the button in 3-handed play, making it a clear fold.

With the button folded, completing from the small blind costs only 50 into a 150-chip pot. This weak offsuit hand is worth seeing a flop at that price rather than raising.

I have pocket Aces, the strongest possible preflop hand, and the pot is small with only one opponent remaining. I want to build the pot early and charge the small blind for their speculative range.

54 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a raise, even with the pot odds. Fold and avoid investing another 200 chips with poor equity and playability.

QJo is a strong button hand in a three-handed game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to take initiative and apply pressure to the blinds.

I have 7h As, a weak offsuit hand. Facing a 250 raise with only 200 to call, the pot odds don't justify continuing with this marginal hand.

Holding pocket tens in the big blind against a button open 3-handed, 3-betting to 10bb for value and initiative.

QJo is a marginal hand against this large 3-bet, and calling would put in 7.5bb out of position postflop with poor realization. Fold and preserve the stack.