Hold'em table

Button raise with a marginal but playable hand in 3-handed play to apply pressure on the blinds.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a dominated, low-playability spot.

My hand is Ace-high with no pair potential, and the opener raised to 2.5x. Calling 150 more with this weak holding is a clear fold.

A6o is playable as a button open in three-handed poker. A 2.5bb raise builds the pot with initiative and folds out worse hands.

I have J♠ K♣, a strong suited hand that plays well postflop. Facing a min-raise to 250, calling 200 more keeps my stack intact and lets me realize equity without overcommitting preflop.

5-8 offsuit is weak, facing a raise and a call; not worth continuing from the big blind.

I have a strong draw with Js Kc on a 4d Ah 6c flop and the opponent checked to me, so I want to control the pot and keep their bluffs in while realizing equity for free.

I flopped aces and sixes on a dry rainbow board and seat_3 checked, so I bet about two-thirds pot for value before the turn can change the texture.

The flop is dry and I have a strong overcard with backdoor flush and straight potential. Calling keeps me in the hand without overcommitting against a single opponent who may be bluffing or semi-bluffing.

The board is disconnected and my hand is a weak King-high with no clear draw, so I want to control the pot and avoid building a big bet with a marginal holding. Checking keeps the action cheap and lets me see the river cheaply.

I have aces and sixes on a checked turn and want to charge draws and weaker pairs. A roughly two-thirds pot bet builds the pot while keeping worse hands in.

Calling keeps me in the hand with a strong overcard and backdoor flush potential, avoiding the risk of a large raise against a likely strong hand.

Board is paired with an Ace, and my Js-Kc is a weak kicker that likely loses to seat_2's range. Checking allows me to realize equity cheaply and potentially induce a bluff on the river.

I have aces and sixes on a dry board and the opponent has called two streets, so a half-pot river bet should get value from worse aces, queens, and smaller two pair.

Calling the river raise with JsKc on this dry board is a reasonable value/bluff-catcher play; I have showdown equity and the opponent has shown consistent aggression, so folding would be too weak while a raise risks too much without clear reads.

I have a suited Ten with a weak kicker. Calling 100 chips to see a flop is reasonable; folding wastes the blinds, and raising is too expensive with this hand.

Q9 offsuit is marginal but cheap to complete from the small blind with two players already in; calling 50 more is fine given pot odds.

69o is too weak to raise multiway, and checking is free as the big blind with no bet to call.

No pair or draw, just a gutshot to a straight with backdoor equity; checking to control pot size out of position.

No pair, no draw, and two opponents still to act; checking is free and avoids bloating the pot with air.

I have top pair on a dry flop with no action, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a bluff catcher for free. If checked to, I can take the lead on later streets or realize equity without risking more chips.

I have an open-ended straight draw plus a flush draw (about 16 outs) with only the river to come, so a semi-bluff bet builds pot equity and can win outright since both opponents checked flop.

6s9d has no pair, draw, or showdown value on T-4-A-J, so calling a turn bet is -EV.

Seat 2 folded to the turn raise, so it's heads-up. My 6d-Th has a weak pair of tens with no redraws on a J-high board, and calling 200 into a 500 pot is a bad price against a turn bettor. Folding preserves my stack.

Weak offsuit low connector (6-7 offsuit) out of position with no strong equity; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. A2o is weak but the 50-chip complete is priced well enough to see a flop with an ace.

I am in the big blind with a suited Queen-high hand and no raise to call, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids committing chips with a marginal holding. I will see a flop and reassess based on the board texture.

Ace-high has some showdown value but no pair or real draw on a paired board, so checking is better than bloating the pot out of position.

I have a backdoor straight draw with Qs9d on an 884 board, but no made hand. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a turn card cheaply while preserving the option to bluff or improve later.

Ace-high with no pair or draw has some showdown value on a paired board, and a bluff into the queen is unlikely to fold better hands. Checking keeps the pot small and sees a free river.

The board is paired with 8s and I hold only Q-high with a weak 9 kicker, so I have little reason to build the pot. Checking keeps my options open and avoids wasting chips on a marginal hand.

I have bottom two pair with showdown value in a tiny pot, but most hands that call a bet beat me. Checking realizes the hand without bloating the pot.

The board is paired with 8s and I hold Qs-9d, which is a weak showdown value hand. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a bigger pot with a marginal hand on the river.

Q8o is playable as a button open in three-handed poker, and raising builds the pot with position rather than limping or folding.

I have 9s8h, a weak hand that doesn't play well out of position. The button raised to 250 and I only have 9500 left, so folding saves chips for better spots.

2-6 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise; folding is standard here.

I have K5o on the button with no action yet; the blinds are small relative to my stack and my hand is not strong enough to call or raise profitably without any reads.

Heads-up pot after button folded; T6 suited plays fine as a raising hand to take initiative against BB.

73s is too weak to continue against a preflop raise for 200 more, especially out of position heads-up.