Hold'em table

Holding 93o on the button is well outside any standard opening range in 3-handed play; folding is standard.

King-jack offsuit is a playable hand in a three-way pot, and completing the small blind for 50 is cheap to see a flop.

With 5-2 offsuit in the big blind and no cost to see a flop after the small blind limped, checking preserves chips and takes the free card.

I have King-high with no pair on a 9-8-2 two-spade board, so checking for a free card is the lowest-risk play.

Bottom pair with weak kicker has some showdown value but is vulnerable; checking takes a free card and avoids building a pot against draws and better pairs.

I have only King-high with no pair on a board showing an ace, and checking is free, so I keep the pot small and see the river cheaply.

Bottom pair has some showdown value and a free check lets me see the river cheaply; betting would likely only be called by better hands or strong draws.

I hold a pair of kings on an ace-high board with no obvious draws, and the other seat has checked every street, so checking to showdown keeps the pot small and avoids facing a raise from a better hand.

Free showdown with bottom pair beats missed draws and ace-high; betting would only be called by better hands like any higher pair, ace, king, or flush.

QJo on the button in a 3-handed game is a playable hand, and calling the 100-chip completion keeps the pot small without bloating it with a marginal holding.

Ace-queen suited is a premium hand three-handed, and the button limp looks weak. Raising isolates and builds the pot in position against the big blind if called.

Holding 4d 2h in the big blind facing a raise to 400, this is an easy fold.

Queen-jack offsuit on the button is a playable hand against a small blind raise in a 3-handed game, and calling 300 with a 600 pot offers good odds to continue.

As preflop raiser on K-J-6, I have a gutshot to Broadway plus an ace overcard and block AK/KQ, so a modest continuation bet can fold weaker pairs and build pot for my draws.

I have a pair of jacks with a straight draw (Q-J plus King on board, needing a 10 or Ace), so with 8 outs and the pot odds of about 23.5% needed to call 400, calling is profitable.

With ace-high, only a gutshot to Broadway, and an opponent who called on a king-high flop, checking preserves equity cheaply rather than bluffing into a likely king or jack.

I hold middle pair (Jacks) on a King-high board, which is not strong enough to bet for value into a player who has been aggressive, so checking keeps the pot controlled.

I have only ace-high on the paired river and likely lose at showdown to any king, jack, or six, but the second seven is a good scare card for my 3-bet and flop-betting range. A near pot-sized bluff can fold out one-pair and two-pair hands that checked the turn.

A pair of jacks with a sevens-paired board is beaten by most of the strong hands that bet this large on the river, and calling 1600 into a 4900 pot needs about 33% equity, which I don't think I have against this line.

On the button in a 3-handed game, Q3 suited is strong enough to open for value and fold equity, and raising gives me initiative in position.

Folding J9 offsuit in the small blind against a button open, as it plays poorly out of position and with the big blind still to act.

I'm in the big blind getting about 27% pot odds against a button open, and 3-9 offsuit has enough playability to defend cheaply heads-up.

With 3-9 high on a Q-6-5 board I have no pair and only a weak backdoor, so I take the free check rather than bloat the pot.

Top pair on a draw-heavy Q-6-5 board in position; betting charges spade and straight draws and protects my pair despite the weak kicker.

I have 9-high with no pair and only weak backdoor potential on a Q-6-5 board, so facing a 300 bet into 550 I should fold.

42s is too weak to open profitably even on the button in 3-handed play.

Queen-five offsuit is a weak holding out of the small blind, and calling 50 more to see a flop out of position is not worth it.

On the button with Qc 3c, a raise to 250 steals the blinds with a playable offsuit queen and folds out weak hands. Calling for 100 would leave us in a weak limped pot.

Q7o is too weak to call a button raise out of position with the big blind still to act, and it lacks good blockers for a 3-bet bluff.

Pocket nines has strong equity against a wide button open in 3-handed play. Three-betting to 900 establishes initiative and extracts value from weaker broadways and pairs.

Queen-trey offsuit is weak and facing a 650 call into a 1200 pot needs about 35% equity against a re-raising range, so folding is the disciplined choice.

J7o is playable on the button in 3-handed play; raising applies steal pressure on the blinds while retaining position and reasonable equity if called.

QJo plays poorly out of position from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still to act, making a disciplined fold the cleanest play.

Getting about 2.7:1 on a 150 call heads-up against a button raise is a cheap price for a K-high hand with some equity, so calling is better than folding.

I hold a pair of threes with a king kicker on a low, dry board, which is medium strength, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see whether the button bets.

Top pair with Jack kicker on a dry 7-3-2 rainbow board after the big blind checked; betting for value and protection against overcards and draws.

Calling 350 into a 900 pot needs about 28% equity, and bottom pair with a king kicker should clear that against a wide button betting range.

I have three threes (3c with the 3h and 3d on board), a very strong hand, so I want value from the aggressive button's range. A bet of about two-thirds pot builds the pot while keeping their calling range in.

The large turn donk after a flop check-call on a paired board is heavily weighted to trips, better sevens, and full houses; my sevens-up with a jack kicker lacks the roughly 29% equity needed and faces another big river bet.