Hold'em table

T3 suited is weak, but calling one big blind on the button is a reasonable low-cost way to see a flop in position.

9-2 offsuit is one of the weakest hands and playing out of position three-way will not realize its raw equity, so folding saves the extra blind.

A6o is a decent hand heads-up in the big blind against a button limper, so a modest raise builds the pot and takes the initiative with the ace-high blocker.

T3 suited is too weak to continue against the big blind’s raise, even with position and favorable immediate pot odds.

K2 offsuit is too weak to invest from the button against both blinds, with poor playability and domination risk versus better kings.

J4 offsuit is a marginal hand, but completing the small blind costs only 50 more to win a 200 pot (about 4-to-1 odds) against a big blind who may hold a wide range. Calling is better than folding, and raising with this hand is not attractive.

With a very weak offsuit hand and no additional cost to see the flop, check rather than inflate the pot.

I have a pair of fours with a weak Jack kicker on an Ace-high board heads-up out of position. A small bet of 100 into the 200 pot gets value from worse pairs and draws, and denies equity to hands like KQ or flush draws without risking much.

I have no pair or meaningful draw against the flop bet; the backdoor flush possibility is too weak to justify calling.

K4 offsuit is a weak hand, and on the button I'd be calling 100 out of position against two live players with poor playability. Folding is a small, safe loss compared with playing it.

J7 suited has playable equity heads-up, and calling the additional 50 keeps the pot small while giving me favorable odds to see a flop.

Q4 suited in the big blind against a small-blind limp is ahead of a wide limping range and I have position postflop, so raising applies fold pressure and builds a pot in position.

J7 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a large raise, especially with 3 big blinds still to call.

As the button in a three-handed game, a small open can win the blinds immediately and 4♦2♦ has some suited playability. I’ll use a standard 2.5-big-blind raise rather than risk more with a weak hand.

A4 offsuit in the small blind faces a button raise with the big blind still behind; calling leaves me out of position with poor realization and squeeze risk, and it is not strong enough to 3-bet for value, so folding preserves chips.

J9o in the big blind getting 400-to-150 (about 2.7:1) against a button min-ish 2.5x raise in a 3-handed game is a profitable defend, and I have position disadvantage but good price. Calling avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Jd9h on a 5h6h3h board has only a gutshot-ish draw with no heart and faces a button preflop raiser. Checking is the safest way to realize equity and see what the button does.

I have a made straight and should get value from pairs and draws while charging hands with a heart. A modest bet controls the pot on this monotone board, where a flush is possible.

Jd9h on a 5h6h3h flop has a backdoor straight draw but no heart and no real made hand. The call is 200 into a 750 pot, so I need about 21% equity. Button c-bets wide, and I have two overcards plus backdoor straight outs, so I call rather than fold or bluff-raise into a flush-heavy board.

I hold a pair of nines on a draw-heavy three-heart board, and the button has bet the flop, so I'll check and keep the pot small rather than bet into a likely stronger range. Checking also lets me see the river cheaply.

I have a made six-high straight and can get value from pairs and draws, while keeping the bet moderate on a monotone board where a flush is possible.

I hold a pair of nines, which is top pair on a 5h6h3h9d board. The pot odds are 1350+400 to 400, about 4.4 to 1, so I need roughly 19% equity. A pair plus some backdoor outs should clear that against a button range that bets wide, and raising would risk a lot against better hands such as flushes and sets.}

I hold a pair of nines, which is a marginal showdown-value hand on a flush-possible board where the button bet the flop and turn. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me call or fold cheaply rather than bet into likely stronger hands.

I have a six-high straight, but the three-heart flop makes a flush very plausible after the opponent called bets on both prior streets. Checking back preserves showdown value without paying off a likely flush.

5-3 offsuit is a very weak hand even on the button; calling 100 chips preflop has negative expected value.

A7o in the small blind is a reasonable hand heads-up against the big blind, and it needs only 50 more chips to see a flop with good pot odds. I'll call instead of building a big pot out of position with a marginal hand.

T5 offsuit is weak, and the small blind has only limped. Check to see a flop without putting in more chips.

Top pair with a decent kicker on a dry A-high flop, heads-up against a big blind who checked preflop. A small bet gets value from worse aces and Tx and denies equity to draws; min-bet keeps the pot controlled.</br>

Middle pair is strong enough to continue against a small bet, and the pot odds require only about 25% equity. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in the pot without inflating it against an ace.

Top pair with an ace on a draw-heavy A-J-T-8 board. Seat_1 only called the flop, so I bet about 5/8 pot for value and to charge draws.

The turn bet represents strength on an ace-high board, and my third-pair hand has a weak kicker with little improvement potential. The pot odds do not justify continuing against the likely value-heavy range.

K9o on the button in 3-handed play is a reasonable hand, and calling 100 to win a 250 pot gets a good price with position, so I take a cheap flop rather than fold or raise.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 250-chip pot, and 8-4 offsuit has enough raw equity against a button limp to see a flop cheaply.

Q7o is too weak to raise a 3-way limped pot out of position; take the free flop in the big blind.

I have no pair and only a gutshot-style straight draw plus a backdoor flush possibility. Checking is preferable to putting chips into the multiway pot.

With a low club flush draw on an ace-high board in a 3-way limped pot, fold equity is low as an ace is likely out there. Checking realizes my draw equity for free instead of semi-bluffing into two opponents.

I have only 8-high with no meaningful draw, so there is little value in betting into two opponents. I’ll take the free river.

With Q-high and no real draw on an ace-high board, a free check lets me see the river cheaply rather than bluffing into two limped opponents who may hold small pairs.

Board 5c 2c As 9s; I have a pair of nines with a king kicker, probably the best hand after two checks on each street. Betting small on the button gets value from worse aces-less holdings and denies equity, and the small size limits losses if I'm behind.

I have only eight-high with no meaningful draw on this board, so calling the turn bet is unlikely to be profitable.

With Q-high and only a low club draw on the turn, calling 200 into 500 needs about 29% equity but the flush draw is roughly 22% and may lose to a higher club, so folding is best.