Hold'em table

54 suited is a playable suited connector on the button in 3-handed play; raising applies pressure to the blinds while retaining good postflop equity and position.

Holding Q5o out of position in the small blind against a button raise, this hand is too weak to call or raise profitably.

Tc6c suited in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open with 150 to call into a 400 pot; getting ~2.7:1 and closing the action, this suited hand has enough playability to defend by calling.

Flop A-K-9 rainbow with T6 suited gives me nothing but a weak gutshot-ish backdoor; out of position vs the preflop raiser, checking to see if they c-bet is the standard play and I can fold or continue cheaply.

As the preflop raiser in position on a dry A-K-9 board, a half-pot continuation bet leverages my range advantage despite having only backdoor equity with 5s4s.

Tc6c on A-K-9 rainbow has no pair, no draw (a gutshot needs Q and J both), and faces a half-pot c-bet from the button opener whose range heavily hits this board. Folding is clearly correct.

Button with suited T7, raising to steal blinds and build pot with position.

A8s in the SB facing a button open at 2.5x; 3-betting is a strong play since A8s plays poorly out of position as a call but has a good blocker and playability for a 3-bet versus a wide button range.

K6 suited is too weak to call a 3-bet out of position with the button still to act behind; folding preserves stack.

7c Ts is too weak to continue against a 3-bet from the small blind; folding preserves our stack for better spots.

J6 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open-raise; suited with a jack high has decent playability and we take the initiative in position.

K2 offsuit is a weak, dominated king facing a button raise with the big blind still to act; playing out of position has negative expected value.

74o is too weak to defend from the big blind against a button raise; folding avoids losing more chips out of position.

Q6 suited on the button in 3-handed play is well within opening range. Raising applies pressure to the blinds and takes initiative rather than limping or folding.

A9s has decent equity against a wide button open; calling keeps options open and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Q7 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a raise and a call; despite decent pot odds (150 to win 600), it plays poorly postflop in a 3-way pot with a dominated queen, so folding is the standard play.

Top pair with a decent kicker on a dry board; I bet 300 to extract value from weaker Ax, pocket pairs, and draws while protecting my hand.

Queen-high with no pair and only backdoor draws on an ace-high board facing a half-pot lead; calling 300 lacks equity against opponent's likely ace or pair range.

J7s is a decent speculative hand on the button in a 3-handed game; raising to 3bb can steal the blinds or build a pot with position.

T9s in the small blind facing a 3x button open at 100bb deep; suited connector plays well postflop and getting ~2.8:1 with implied odds justifies a call rather than fold or 3-bet.

Q8 offsuit is dominated and will play out of position against both a button raiser and a small-blind caller; the raw pot odds do not compensate for poor realizability.

Top pair with a gutshot out of position against the preflop raiser; checking to the aggressor lets me call or check-raise depending on their action rather than leading into a range that will often continue.

I have a weak draw (gutshot to a straight and backdoor flush) with no pair; checking behind for a free card to realize equity and avoid bloating the pot.

Two pair (tens and nines) on a coordinated board; bet for value and to protect against straight/flush draws after the button checked back the flop.

I have an open-ended straight draw with 8 clean outs, getting about 3.5:1 pot odds. With position and deep stacks, calling is profitable to see the river and potentially extract value if I hit.

Top two pair on a blank river; opponent checked back flop and called turn, so their range is heavy with overpairs and Tx/9x that will pay off a value bet. Bet ~2/3 pot for value.

I hold a J-high straight using my J7 and the 8-9-T on board, only losing to QJ. I raise for value against worse hands like lower straights, sets, and two pairs.

Top two pair on a board where opponent's river raise can represent straights (QJ/76/J7) and sets, but button's preflop-raise range also contains bluffs and worse two pair/overpairs; at ~26% required equity with blockers to TT/99, calling is correct while raising folds out everything worse.

8-4 offsuit on the button is well below a profitable opening range even in 3-handed play; folding avoids playing a weak, uncoordinated hand out of position postflop against two blinds.

Heads-up against the big blind, K8o is ahead of a wide defending range and worth raising rather than limping, despite being out of position postflop.

We close the action preflop with 7c6c in the big blind, getting 2:1 pot odds and position on the small blind raiser. Calling keeps in the hand with a playable suited connector and avoids inflating the pot with a marginal hand.

With Kh8d on Qd-Jh-Ts I have an open-ended straight draw to the ace or nine plus a king overcard, so a half-pot continuation semi-bluff can win immediately or build a pot for my outs.

We have a weak 6c7c with only backdoor straight and flush draws on a wet QJT board. Villain's small c-bet of 300 into 900 looks weak, so a min-raise to 600 as a semi-bluff can fold out his air or marginal hands while setting up a turn barrel if we improve.

King-high with an open-ended straight draw to the A or 9 has enough equity and implied odds to call a 300 min-raise into a 1500 pot, despite some outs being dirty against made straights.

With K-high and an 8-out straight draw on a very coordinated Q-J-T board where opponent raised the flop, checking preserves pot control and may see the river cheaply; betting is unlikely to fold stronger hands.

I have 6-high with no draw on a coordinated board. Checking behind gives me a free river and avoids inflating the pot with a weak bluff that could get called.

King-high has little showdown value after the flop raise, but I block AK, K9 and 98 straights. Opponent checking the turn weakens their range, so a large river bluff representing the straight can fold pairs and two pair.

I have 6-high with no draw on a coordinated board; opponent's river bet after a flop raise and turn check indicates strength, so I fold.