Hold'em table

Nine-six offsuit is too weak to limp or open from the button against two live blinds, so folding preserves chips.

In a blind-versus-blind spot after the button folds, raising with an Ace blocker is standard to apply pressure and take the initiative.

TJs suited is far too strong to fold for 200 more, and flatting out of position against the SB raiser invites postflop pressure. A 3-bet to 900 applies pressure and builds value against a wide SB opening range.

A4o is a standard blind-vs-blind steal raise, but facing a 3-bet to 900 out of position it plays poorly and should be folded.

Q2o is too weak of a hand to open from the button, even 3-handed. Folding is standard.

Heads-up against the big blind, JTo has strong equity versus a wide BB range; raising takes the initiative and builds the pot rather than limping out of position.

AJo is ahead of a small-blind open heads-up, so I 3-bet to 900 to build the pot and take the initiative rather than flat-calling.

JTo offsuit is far too weak to call a 3-bet out of position against the big blind; it's dominated by most of a 3-betting range and plays poorly postflop, so folding preserves 600 chips.

Q2 offsuit is one of the weakest hands in 3-max; even from the button, raising or calling leaves me out of position against two blinds with a dominated, unplayable hand. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with connected JTo. A small raise takes the initiative and builds the pot rather than just completing.

K8s has plenty of equity and plays well in position against a small blind opening range, making this an easy defend getting 2 to 1.

Out of position with only jack-high and a gutshot on an ace-high flop, so I take the free card rather than bluff into the preflop caller.

We hold King-high with no draw on an Ace-high board; checking back in position to see a free turn is standard.

I have jack-ten with no pair, no flush draw, and no real straight draw on an ace-paired board. Out of position with no showdown value, I check rather than bluff into the in-position caller.

Seat 1 has checked twice, but King-high retains some showdown value and can see a free river card with three clean outs to top pair.

Jack-high has almost no showdown value, but a river bet mostly gets called by aces and pairs that beat me while folding out hands I already beat. Checking avoids turning a thin showdown into a losing bluff.

Checking behind on the river with King-high to see showdown, as our hand has some showdown value against missed undercards and bluffing into checked-down ranges risks getting looked up.

75 offsuit is too weak to open even from the button in three-handed play; folding avoids putting chips in with a hand that plays poorly against continues.

J6o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position against the big blind.

74s is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play. Folding is standard.

Getting 3:1 on a 50-chip call heads-up with ace-high; A2o has decent equity vs the big blind's range, so I'll see a flop cheaply rather than bloat the pot with a dominated kicker.

46o is too weak to raise for value against the SB limp, and checking is free, so I take the flop rather than fold or inflate the pot.

I only have ace-high on a paired 3-5-3 board after limping and being checked to. Checking keeps the pot small, preserves my showdown value with ace-high, and avoids dumping chips with a hand that has just four outs when called.

I have an open-ended straight draw (4-6 on a 3-5-3 board) and the small blind checked, so a small in-position semi-bluff builds the pot and can fold out better kickers while I still have eight outs.

The paired board gives me a pair of threes with an ace kicker, which beats any unpaired stab, and the small 150 bet into 200 offers good odds. Calling preserves that showdown value while folding would waste it against a likely wide BB stab.

The double-paired board gives me two pair (fives and threes) with an ace kicker, which beats only bluffs and chops with any other ace, while pocket pairs 44+ or any 3/5 beat me. No worse hand calls a bet, so I check back and keep the pot small.

I only have a six kicker on a double-paired board and no made hand better than the board, so there is no value in betting. Checking keeps the pot small and sees a free river.

Board is 3355K so 46 only plays the board and can chop or lose. A bet is only called by better hands and is neutral against chops, so checking is higher EV.

8d3h offsuit is one of the weakest hands and I'm first to act from the button with no reads; folding costs nothing and preserves my stack for better spots.

24o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind heads-up against the big blind. Folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.