Hold'em table

Pocket sixes on the button in 3-handed play is a strong hand; raising builds the pot in position and takes initiative.

T8s is a playable suited hand in position; calling 200 more to see a flop with a 2.5x open is reasonable, and 3-betting is too loose with this hand.

98o in the big blind facing a 2.5x open and a call: pot is 600 and I need 150 to call, getting 4:1 odds. Closing the action with a connected hand that plays reasonably multiway, calling is clearly better than folding; raising would bloat the pot out of position with a marginal hand.

Ten-high with no draw on a dry flop; three players saw a raise, so checking behind is safest.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a multiway flop against the preflop raiser still to act; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see what the button does before committing chips.

Pocket sixes are likely best after two checks on a 2-9-4 two-heart board, so bet for value and to protect against flush draws and overcards.

Ten-high with no draw on a dry board facing a flop bet from the preflop raiser; folding is clearly best.

Top pair with a backdoor flush draw on a dry board against a button c-bet; calling keeps bluffs in and controls pot size with a medium-strength hand heads-up.

Top pair with weak kicker on the turn, out of position against the preflop raiser who c-bet; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me evaluate their turn action rather than bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

With pocket sixes I have showdown value but am behind any 9 or 7 and only have two set outs if behind. Checking in position keeps the pot controlled, avoids being called by better, and lets me evaluate the river for free.

Middle pair of nines on a river that completed the flush and brought an overcard; thin value is unlikely to be called by worse, so check and evaluate as a bluff-catcher if the button bets.

Opponent's river check after calling the flop caps them mostly to weak pairs like 9x, 7x, or 88, while flushes and Jacks would usually value bet. A sizable river bluff on the flush-completing Jack can fold those better pairs, exceeding the showdown value of pocket sixes.

Second pair of nines is a bluff-catcher getting ~29% pot odds; villain's turn check-back then river bet on the flush/overcard scare card includes missed overcards and straight draws bluffing alongside flushes and Jx, so calling is marginally profitable.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; A7 suited is a clear raise from the small blind against a single opponent, taking initiative and often winning the blinds outright.

T5 offsuit is weak versus a small-blind 3x raise heads-up; calling 200 lacks sufficient equity and playability.

Pocket jacks on the button in a 3-handed game is a premium hand; open-raise to 2.5bb for value and to take initiative.

T4 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise out of position from the small blind, so folding preserves chips.

Q9 offsuit is too weak to call 150 more against a button raise; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Ace-queen suited is a premium hand on the button in 3-handed play, so raising to build the pot in position is best.

8c4s is a very weak hand facing a 3bb raise out of position; folding is clearly best.

KTo in the big blind facing a 3x button open with 200 to call into 450 — getting good odds and KTo is comfortably in the defending range; calling is better than 3-betting out of position with a hand that plays fine postflop.

Out of position with K-high on an A-high flop against the preflop raiser; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the aggressor does, with a backdoor/overcard draw to continue cheaply if needed.

Top pair with queen kicker on a rainbow ace-high board after the big blind checked; bet for value against weaker aces and pairs and to charge straight draws.

King-high with no pair and no real draw on an ace-high flop facing a c-bet out of position; folding is the standard play.

56o is a weak hand from the button facing a full BB; folding is clearly best.

8-2 offsuit is one of the weakest starting hands; even with button folded and a cheap call from the small blind, playing out of position against the big blind with this hand is unprofitable.

7-2 suited is one of the worst starting hands; even on the button in a 3-handed game it is not profitable to open, so folding is the correct play.

Heads-up blind battle after button fold, J2 suited has enough equity versus a random big blind to complete for 50 into 150 despite being out of position.

K5o heads-up against a limper is playable but marginal; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position with a weak kicker.

With jack-high and no pair or draw on a Q-7-3 rainbow flop, checking is free and avoids building a pot with a weak hand against the big blind's wide range.

K-high with no draw on a dry board heads-up; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating with a weak hand.

Jack-high with no real draw has little equity when called by any pair, and checking keeps the small pot cheap while preserving showdown value against missed draws and a chance to improve on the river.

I have king-high only on a scary board with a free check available; betting is unlikely to fold seat_1 after passive checks, and I avoid bloating the pot with a weak hand.

Jack-high has some showdown value against missed ten-high draws, and bluffing without a club blocker into an uncapped big-blind range risks being called by any pair, ace-high, or flush for a small pot.

King-high only; opponent has shown no aggression all hand, but betting has little fold equity and no value. Check and hope K-high is good.