Hold'em table

Button with weak but connected hand 5-6; raising for position and fold equity against blinds in 3-handed play.

J4 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a 2.5x raise from the button even from the small blind; folding minimizes losses with a dominated hand.

K9o has enough equity against a wide button open to defend the big blind for 150 more into a 400 pot, and calling keeps the hand simpler out of position than a light 3-bet.

I have an open-ended straight draw plus two overcards, so a small semi-bluff can fold out weak hands while I retain solid equity when called.

Ace-high on the button in 3-max is a standard open; raising builds the pot and applies pressure to both blinds.

K2s is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; the king is often dominated and the pot odds do not justify a call.

57o offsuit is weak against a raise; folding is best given poor pot odds and weak hand strength.

78o is a marginal but playable button open in three-handed play; a small raise uses position and fold equity better than limping or folding.

6-8 offsuit is weak, facing a raise out of position with two players left to act; not worth calling.

2c5h is a very weak hand facing a 2.5x raise from the button with only one caller already folded; calling 150 more with trash has no profitable expectation.

K8 offsuit on the button is a reasonable steal hand heads-up-ish; raising to 250 applies pressure to both blinds.

Pocket sixes play well as a small 3-bet from the SB against a 2.5x open in 3-max; I can take pressure off and build a pot while retaining fold equity.

Jack-five offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise and a small-blind three-bet. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, unconnected hand.

K8 offsuit is too weak to continue against a substantial 3-bet.

J7 offsuit is a weak hand even from the button in 3-handed play; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Button folded, so I only need 50 more into 150 with suited T7. Completing is the right price; raising out of position is unnecessary.

I'm in the big blind with no raise to face, so checking with 8-7 offsuit is free and keeps the pot small against a weak limp.

I have a club flush draw but no made hand, so I semi-bluff half-plus pot for fold equity and to build the pot if called.

Only a backdoor/gutshot draw with no pair; facing a bet, pot odds don't justify continuing out of position.

K6s is playable from the button in a three-handed game, so I open to 2.5bb to take the initiative with position rather than flat-calling.

9-2 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise; folding is correct to avoid investing more chips out of position.

K9o in the big blind is a marginal but defensible call against a 2.5x button open in a 3-handed game, given I only need 150 into a 400 pot. Folding is too tight at this price, and 3-betting this weak kicker hand out of position is thin.

I only have king-high with a gutshot to the jack and a backdoor flush draw, so betting into the preflop raiser out of position just bloats the pot. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold to pressure or reassess on later streets.

King-high with no pair and no draw has little showdown value or barrel equity, so I take the free card rather than bluff into the preflop caller.

I only hold the board's pair of tens with a K kicker against a preflop raiser who checked the flop; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building it against a ten or a strong turn check-raise.

King-high with no pair or draw has little value as a bluff after two checks, and checking is free. I keep the pot small and realize whatever showdown value I have.

I hold two pair (kings and tens with queen kicker), but many Kx hands out-kick me and KT makes tens full, so betting for thin value is risky. Checking back the river keeps the pot cheap and preserves showdown equity against missed draws and weaker holdings.

I have kings and tens, which is ahead of most of the BB's check-down range. A small river bet gets value from worse pairs and ace-high while keeping the loss small if they are trapping.