Hold'em table

Raise on the button to take initiative and pressure the blinds with position; Q8o is marginal but playable in a 3-handed game.

AJo is strong against a typical button opening range. A three-bet applies pressure and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

Holding T6 offsuit in the big blind facing an open and a 3-bet is an easy fold.

Q8o is too weak to continue against a 3-bet out of position; folding avoids losing more chips with a dominated hand.

Q7 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed, rake-free game. A small raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Q6o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

Ace-ten offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, and calling keeps the pot controlled while realizing equity. The small blind has folded, so I only need to pay 120 into 370.

I am out of position with A-high on a K-high flop and no strong draw. Checking preserves my equity and avoids building a pot against the preflop raiser's stronger range.

Q7 has little chance to improve on this dry K-high flop. Checking in position keeps the pot small and lets me see a turn.

I have ace-high with no pair, and the preflop raiser checked back the flop. Betting the turn applies pressure, denies free cards to draws, and can fold out better unpaired hands or small pairs.

With no pair or viable flush draw on the turn, this hand has too little equity to call 250.

Q6o is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

67s has good equity and playability heads-up; raising applies pressure and takes initiative rather than completing out of position.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against the small blind's raise, even with position after the flop.

T2s is too weak to open from the button in a 3-handed game; folding avoids investing chips with a low-equity, easily dominated hand.

With 98 offsuit in the small blind, completing for 50 chips is inexpensive and keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Checking our option in the big blind with pocket deuces to see a free flop with set-mining value.

With a pair of eights on a coordinated flop, I can check and avoid building a large pot while keeping weaker hands in.

I have a weak underpair on a board with multiple overcards; taking a free card by checking is standard.

A small turn bet can get value from draws and weaker pairs while denying free cards to overcards. I can keep the pot manageable if called.

Holding bottom pair with essentially two outs and no redraws on a coordinated board, folding to a turn bet is clear.

On the button in a three-handed game, T4 offsuit is marginal but can profitably open small with position and no rake.

Getting attractive pot odds of 150 to win 350 against a button min-raise with suited queen-high.

Closing the preflop action in the big blind with 5:1 pot odds, so I call with Tc2d despite the weak hand and evaluate on the flop.

Checking out of position on a king-high board with a queen-high flush draw to control the pot and evaluate the preflop aggressor's action.

With T-high and no pair or strong draw on a K-high flop, checking is best; there is no value in betting and I want to avoid bloating the pot out of position against two opponents.

Bottom pair is too weak to value-bet into two players, and checking in position keeps the pot manageable.

With a queen-high flush draw multiway and out of position, checking allows us to see the river cheaply or evaluate facing a single bet.

I have only bottom pair with no heart on a coordinated board, and both opponents have shown weakness but can still have a king or draws. Checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised off a marginal hand.

Bottom pair is too weak to value-bet confidently into two opponents. Checking controls the pot and preserves the chance to improve on the river.

I made a Queen-high flush on the river after the flop and turn checked through. Betting two-thirds pot targets weaker flushes, kings, or pocket pairs for value.

I have trip 2s with a T kicker, and I'm getting 2.5:1 pot odds. The board is paired and has a flush possible, but seat_3 could be value betting a K or bluffing a missed draw, so calling is profitable.

Bottom two pair is unlikely to beat both a river bettor and a caller on a board that completed a heart flush and possible straights.

On the button in 3-handed play, J5s is comfortably within a wide opening range to steal the blinds and leverage position.

T2o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, even getting 150-to-call into a 350 pot.

Calling 100 into a 350-chip pot gives Q5 offsuit a reasonable price against a button min-raise, despite being out of position.

Top pair with a weak kicker is worth continuing, but checking out of position keeps the pot manageable and lets the preflop raiser act.

I hold J-high with negligible draw equity on a coordinated board; checking behind controls the pot and takes a free card.

After the flop checked through, top pair is worth a modest turn bet for value from weaker pairs and draws while charging club draws.

I have Jack-high with no draw on a coordinated turn board, making this an easy fold against the turn bet.