Hold'em table

K4o is a weak hand in a 3-handed game even on the button. Folding preflop avoids putting more chips at risk with poor equity against likely stronger holdings from the blinds.

Button folded, so I am heads-up versus the big blind with K9o. A small raise takes the initiative and can win the blinds or build a pot with a playable king.

7-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise to 3 big blinds.

Ten-four offsuit is too weak to open even from the button in a three-handed game, so folding preserves chips.

Pocket kings are a premium hand, so I raise for value against the big blind.

7-5 offsuit is a weak hand in the big blind facing a raise to 400 from the small blind. With only 9900 chips and needing to call 300 more, folding preserves chips for better spots.

On the button in a three-handed pot, 6-5 offsuit is a marginal but playable steal. A small raise risks relatively little while preserving position postflop.

2-6o is a weak hand with no potential. Folding from small blind against a raise is standard, as I'd need significant equity to justify calling 150 more chips with a dominated holding.

A3s has enough equity and suited playability to defend the big blind against a button min-raise in three-handed play, getting a reasonable price to see a flop.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a dry board, so I check to pot-control and see the turn rather than inflate the pot against the preflop raiser.

I have an open-ended straight draw and little showdown value. A small continuation bet can win the pot now while keeping the cost of drawing modest.

Top pair with a weak kicker is not strong enough to raise, but 150 to win 600 is a good price against a button c-bet, so calling is the best option.

I have trip aces with a weak three kicker on a paired board, so checking controls the pot and avoids value-owning myself against better aces or full houses.

I have an open-ended straight draw, and checking in position lets me see the river without paying to bluff into a flop caller.

I have aces full of threes on the river and only lose to the rare Ah7 or Ah4. A half-pot value bet targets worse aces and pairs that checked down.

I have a seven-high straight, which beats likely ace trips and two-pair hands. A value raise can get called by those hands while keeping the pot manageable against a full house.

I have aces full of threes, losing only to the rare Ah7x or Ah4x. Their river raise indicates strength, so I raise for value rather than flat-calling.

My straight beats trips and bluffs, though the river reraise could represent a full house. Calling captures value from weaker hands without risking more chips against a stronger one.

9-3 offsuit is one of the weakest hands in poker. Folding this hand preserves chips for better opportunities, as the required call of 100 chips is better saved for hands with real value.

Button folded, so this is blind versus blind and 32o is getting the right price to complete rather than surrender the small blind. I will call and play a fit-or-fold flop out of position.

With 5-3 offsuit in the big blind, I can see the flop for free rather than build a pot with a weak hand.

32o has no pair and no draw on a paired queen flop, so there is no value in betting. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes the free card.

After the small blind checks, a minimum bet risks little to take down the pot. My hand has little showdown value, so I prefer betting to checking.

32 offsuit has no pair, draw, or showdown value on a paired queen flop, so calling a bet is unprofitable.

Button in a three-handed pot with suited cards and position; a small open applies pressure and keeps the hand playable in position rather than folding or limping.

K2 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act.

Holding pocket jacks in the big blind against a button raise. With a medium-strength hand, I raise to 750 to build the pot, extract value, and get information about my opponent's hand strength. This is a standard 3-bet that applies pressure while keeping my range balanced.

82s is too weak to continue against a 3-bet; folding saves chips rather than calling or re-raising with a dominated hand.

Ten-nine suited plays well in position, so I open from the button to 2.5 big blinds.

King-deuce offsuit is a weak hand, and facing a raise to 250 from the button after already committing the small blind, folding is the appropriate play. The hand lacks the strength or potential to warrant calling against a positional aggressor.

64o is too weak to continue against a button open; folding avoids paying 150 with a dominated, low-equity hand.