Hold'em table

5-8 offsuit is too weak to open from the button under this protocol, so I fold rather than invest chips preflop.

QJo is ahead of a random big blind and raising takes initiative; it can win the pot immediately or build value when called.

Calling 200 into a 400 pot gives about 3-to-1 pot odds, and A2 offsuit has enough equity against a small blind's raise to justify a cheap call from the big blind.

I have an open-ended straight draw with QJ on a K-T-4 flop, and betting as a semi-bluff can take the pot down or build it when I improve. A 300 bet into 600 is a standard size here.

Facing a 300 bet into a 600 pot I need about 25% equity, and ace-high with an ace blocker and overcard outs is a marginal but reasonable call against a c-betting range.

I have a gutshot straight draw with overcards but no made hand, and the opponent called my flop bet; checking controls the pot and lets me see a free river.

I hold a pair of deuces with an ace kicker, which is weak on a T-4-K-2 board, so I'll take the free card rather than bloat the pot.

Bluffing the river to represent the flush; QJ has no showdown value and opponent's turn check suggests weakness.

A pair of twos with an ace kicker is likely behind a river bet that followed a preflop raise, flop bet, and turn check, and calling 800 into a 2000 pot needs roughly 29% equity I don't have.

AhQh is a premium suited broadway hand on the button, so I raise for value and to take control preflop. A 3x raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping weaker hands in.

Ace-ten offsuit is a playable hand, and calling the 250 chip gap to see a cheap flop in a three-way pot is better than folding or bloating the pot out of position.

Q3 suited is too weak to defend against a 3bb open and a caller out of position in a three-way pot.

I hold only ace-high on a 9-6-4 rainbow-ish flop with no pair or draw worth a bluff, and checking is free, so I take the free showdown option.

I have the nut flush draw plus two overcards on a coordinated board, and my opponent checked. A bet applies pressure, builds the pot with strong equity, and can take it down immediately.

Calling 400 to win a 1500-chip pot needs about 27% equity, and ace-high against a button continuation-bet range should be close to that, so calling is a reasonable price.

I have ace-high with no pair on a 9-6-5-4 board, so I have little showdown value. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing more chips without a strong hand.

I have the nut flush draw plus two overcards on a coordinated board, and my opponent checked to me again. Betting around two-thirds pot applies pressure and builds the pot while I have strong equity if called.

I have only ace-high with no pair or real draw on a 9-6-5-4 board, and facing a 1000 chip turn bet into 2500 I need about 29% equity, so folding is correct.

Suited connector 8-T on the button is a playable hand in a 3-handed pot, and calling 100 to see a cheap flop keeps variance reasonable.

K♣7♣ is adequate to complete from the small blind for 50 more with a limper and the big blind still to act, preserving a playable multiway pot.

With Q8o in the big blind and no callers left to act, checking closes the preflop action and sees a flop cheaply in a 3-way limped pot. Raising would risk building a large pot with a weak offsuit hand out of position.

With little showdown value and a coordinated multiway flop, checking is preferable to bluffing into two opponents.

With Qs8d on a low connected board and no made hand or strong draw, checking controls the pot and avoids building a large pot out of position.

I have a four-flush draw with 8h Th on a 2h 3h 6c board, but the pot is small and there are two opponents, so checking to see the turn for free is reasonable.

Betting top pair for value and protection against heart and straight draws after the checked flop.

My queen-high has no pair or draw on this K-high board, and calling 200 into 500 would require significant equity I likely do not have against a turn bet.

I hold a four-heart flush draw with one card to come, and the 200-chip call gives roughly 22% pot odds against about 20% to complete the flush, so calling is a reasonable price.

Betting a modest value size with top pair targets weaker kings and pairs while limiting losses against stronger Kx.

I have a pair of tens with a King-high board and the 350 call is about 25% of the final pot, so calling is reasonable against a bet that could be a bluff or a thin value bet.

Button open with an ace in a three-handed game; raising isolates the blinds and gives initiative.

K2s is a weak, dominated hand out of position against a button raise, so folding avoids unnecessary risk.

Seven-three offsuit is one of the weakest hands and facing a button raise with 150 to call, it doesn't have enough equity to continue profitably.

Raising from the button with an ace-high hand to apply pressure and take the initiative; I can reevaluate if reraised.

Pocket kings are strong enough to build the pot preflop against the button's raise, so I'll three-bet to 900 rather than just calling.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to continue against an open and a substantial 3-bet from the big blind.

A6o is too weak to continue against a 3-bet, even in position; the small blind's raise represents a range that dominates my ace and I prefer to avoid playing a marginal dominated hand out of position postflop.

Holding 3-thirteen offsuit (3h Ts) is a weak preflop hand, and facing a 100-chip call from the big blind in a three-handed pot, folding is the disciplined choice rather than investing chips out of position.

With A-K suited heads-up from the small blind, I raise for value and initiative rather than merely complete.

Weak hand (2-8 offsuit) facing a raise from the small blind; folding is the best play to avoid losing more chips with a trash hand.