Hold'em table

7-4 offsuit is a very weak button opening hand in a three-handed game; folding avoids entering with poor equity.

KQo is a strong hand heads-up from the small blind after the button folds; raising to 3bb builds the pot with a hand well ahead of the big blind's range and takes initiative.

6-5 offsuit facing a 3bb raise from the small blind with a short connector hand is not worth defending; folding preserves chips.

AJo on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; standard 2.5x sizing to build the pot in position.

K2 offsuit is too weak to continue facing a raise out of position.

T3 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open, especially out of position.

Button raise with AJ offsuit is standard to build pot and take initiative preflop.

7-high suited is far too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

K3 offsuit is a weak, dominated hand out of position against a button 3x open; calling 200 into 450 is marginal and the hand plays poorly postflop, so folding is the lowest-variance, chip-preserving play.

Fold the weak offsuit 5-3 on the button rather than enter with poor equity and playability.

Button folded, so I'm in the small blind heads-up vs the big blind with 87s, a strong suited connector that plays well. Raising to 3bb takes initiative and puts pressure on the BB rather than limping out of position.

K3 offsuit facing a 3x raise from SB with button already folded is not worth defending; fold to preserve chips.

T8 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raise to 2.5bb to take initiative and play in position.

T2o is a weak offsuit hand facing a raise from the button; not worth continuing.

Defending the big blind against a small button min-raise with suited king-high is profitable at this price, especially heads-up in position postflop.

K-high with no made hand and only weak backdoor prospects is not strong enough to lead into the preflop raiser. Checking preserves flexibility and allows a response to their continuation-bet sizing.

Button vs BB, checked to me on a dry Q65 board; a small c-bet with T8 (backdoor flush, gutshot-ish overcards) takes it down often and keeps range advantage pressure cheaply.

K-high with a weak backdoor club draw has insufficient equity versus a heads-up flop continuation bet on this coordinated board.

Pocket tens is a strong hand; raise for value from the button to build the pot and isolate.

KJo is strong enough to defend the small blind versus a button open, especially with no rake. Calling keeps the pot manageable while retaining good high-card value.

Q7 suited in the big blind facing a 3x button open and a small blind call: pot is 700 and it costs 200 to call, giving 3.5:1 odds with a suited hand that plays fine multiway. Calling closes the action and is profitable; raising would bloat the pot out of position with a marginal hand.

Checking preserves equity with a king-high flush draw and gutshot in a multiway pot while avoiding building a pot out of position with only a draw.

Top pair with a weak kicker out of position against the preflop raiser behind me; checking lets me see the button's action and keeps the pot controlled rather than bloating it with a marginal hand.

I have an overpair (TT) on a Q62 rainbow board; betting for value and to deny equity to any draws or weak hands behind.

I have a king-high flush draw plus a gutshot to the broadway straight, giving strong equity versus a standard flop continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while preserving flexibility with the player behind.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a dry board facing a half-pot c-bet and a caller; calling keeps the pot controlled while getting good odds, and raising would only isolate against better queens.

With only king-high and two opponents who called the flop bet, checking preserves equity and avoids bluffing into multiple likely made hands.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a three-way pot; betting into two opponents including the preflop aggressor risks getting raised off a marginal hand. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me evaluate the button's action.

Both opponents checked twice, indicating weakness; betting here applies pressure and extracts value from worse hands with my pocket tens.

K-high has no made hand or meaningful draw on this board, and calling a substantial multiway turn bet is not profitable.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a fairly dry board facing a 1000 bet into 2400; pot odds ~23% and the button's range includes many bluffs and draws, so calling is clearly correct while raising would fold out worse and get called by better.

Trips queens with a weak kicker vs a triple-barreling range that's polarized (AQ/KQ/overpairs or missed spade draws); checking lets missed draws bluff and value hands bet anyway, while avoiding being raised off a hand by better queens.

I hold two pair (queens and tens) on this board, a solid value hand; villain checked river after calling flop and turn, so a moderate value bet should get calls from weaker queens or pairs while limiting risk against a possible slowplayed set.

Trips queens with a weak kicker on a paired board; villain's triple-barrel range from the button includes overpairs, missed spade draws, and bluffs we beat, and we only need 25% equity to call. Raising only gets called by better Qx/full houses.