Hold'em table

Q3 offsuit is weak, but the price is only 100 chips on the button in a three-way limped pot, so calling keeps cheap steal and realization equity.

Button limped and we only need 50 more into a 250 pot, so a suited 95 has an easy complete with good implied odds. Raising out of position is unnecessary.

J5 offsuit is a weak hand; checking my option in the big blind lets me see a free flop with a 3-way pot and no risk.

A flush draw on an ace-high board is a good semi-bluff spot in a limped pot. A small bet of about two-thirds pot gives us fold equity and builds the pot for when we hit.

J5 offsuit on an A-Q-4 board with a bet into me and a player behind: no pair, no draw, only a gutshot-ish nothing. Easy fold.

Top pair with a weak kicker facing a 200 bet into a 300 pot needs about 29% equity to call, and top pair is strong enough to continue without raising.

We turned a 9-high flush, which is strong though not the nuts. A value bet of about 70% pot charges two pair, sets and straights, and makes one-heart draws pay.

Middle pair of queens facing a turn raise after a flop raise, with three hearts on board and no flush draw, is likely behind a strong range, so folding saves chips.

Q5 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds.

A9o in the SB versus a button open 3-handed is a solid 3-bet candidate; raising takes initiative and avoids playing a bloated multiway pot out of position.

A-T offsuit faces a 3-bet from the small blind with the button also in, and calling 750 needs roughly 38% equity against a strong range, which this hand does not reliably have. Folding keeps the loss small.

Q5s is too weak to continue against a small-blind 3-bet to 8.5bb, even in position. Calling 600 to win 1800 means realizing equity with a dominated hand at 100bb depth.

K9o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raise to 2.5bb to take initiative against the blinds.

Q8 offsuit is weak out of position against a button open, and the 200-chip call only gets about 1/3 pot odds, so folding avoids a marginal spend.

Getting 150 to win 400 (about 27% equity needed) in the big blind against a wide button open in 3-handed play; 96o has enough equity and playability to defend.

I have 9-high with only a weak backdoor straight draw on a board that favors the button's preflop raising range, so checking to the raiser is standard. I'll fold to most c-bets unless the price is very small.

Standard c-bet on a dry 2-3-T rainbow board as the preflop raiser in position with king-high overcard and backdoor equity; BB checked and will fold many hands here.

Facing a small c-bet (about 35% of the pot), I only need roughly 26% equity. 9-high has some equity plus backdoor straight and flush draws, and folding too often here would be exploitable, so I'll make a light defend.

My 9-high has no pair and no real draw, and the ace on the turn favors the preflop raiser's range. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me give up cheaply if they bet.

K9 high has almost no showdown value against a flop caller; the ace is a classic scare card that favors the preflop raiser's range, so a second barrel folds out Tx, small pairs, and missed draws.

Nine-high with no pair and no real draw against a turn barrel on an ace; calling has no equity, and a bluff-raise is unlikely to get folds from a range that likes this card.

Queen-seven offsuit is a weak but playable button hand against two blinds with no rake, so calling 100 in position is reasonable.

Q9o in the SB facing a button limp is strong enough to isolate with a squeeze-sized raise, taking initiative against a capped limping range while getting 4.5:1 odds on calling being merely marginal.

6-4 offsuit facing a 4.5x squeeze from the small blind with a limper still to act behind is an easy fold; the hand plays poorly out of position in a bloated pot.

Seven-queen offsuit is a weak holding facing a 4.5bb raise from the small blind, so folding avoids putting 350 more chips in with poor equity.

K8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear opening hand, so a standard 2.5bb steal makes sense.

9-5 offsuit in the small blind facing a button raise is a clear fold; poor equity and out of position.

Q2 offsuit is weak, but I'm already in the big blind with 150 to call into a 400 pot heads-up against a button open, so calling is a cheap way to see a flop.

I have a pair of queens on an ace-high flop with no bet to call, so checking keeps the pot small and lets the preflop raiser show their hand.

On an A-Q-7 board I have the range advantage as the preflop raiser on the button, and my king-high has backdoor equity plus a gutshot to a broadway straight with a J and T. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot should fold out a lot of the big blind's weak hands.

Queens with an ace on board is a medium-strength pair, and calling 180 into a 730 pot is a reasonable price against a continuation-bet range. A raise would turn a marginal hand into a bluff.

I have a pair of queens against an ace on the board, so I'm likely behind a strong ace or a bigger pair. Checking keeps the pot controlled and avoids bloating it with a hand that's vulnerable to a raise.

Semi-bluff with a gutshot to Broadway and the K blocker, aiming to fold out weaker pairs that called the small flop bet. The bet keeps equity if called.

Second pair of queens with a weak kicker is likely behind a button who has bet the flop and turn, and the ace on board makes many of their hands better, so folding is reasonable against 600 into roughly 910.

Qh7h suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb to take initiative and play in position.

Nine-deuce offsuit is a weak hand that plays poorly out of position against a button raise, so folding the small blind is the disciplined choice.

Getting 150 to win 400 (about 27% equity needed) in the big blind against a button open, and suited Q4 has enough playability to defend by calling.

Weak Q-high with no club on a monotone board, out of position against the preflop raiser, so I check and plan to fold to significant pressure.

Top pair on a monotone board with no club; a small bet denies equity to overcards and single-club hands while keeping the pot manageable if raised.

Queen-high with no club and no real draw on a monotone board. Even at about 21% pot odds, calling has too little equity, and check-raising against a small c-bet range isn't profitable enough.