Hold'em table

On button with 98o, raising to 2.5x exploits position and puts pressure on the blinds while building a pot with a speculative hand.

Calling 200 more into a 400 pot with J9 offsuit is a cheap, reasonable price to see a flop in a three-way pot, and it avoids bloating the pot with a weak hand out of position.

Closing the action in the big blind with 4:1 pot odds; T5 suited has enough playability (flush and straight potential) to defend cheaply, even multiway out of position.

I have J-high with no pair and no strong draw on a 7-5-K flop, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position.

Middle pair with a weak kicker on a K-high board; checking to the preflop raiser is standard to control the pot and see what the button does.

I missed the flop completely with 9-high and only have backdoor straight potential. Both opponents checked, giving me a free card, so I'll check and reevaluate on the turn.

I hold top pair with a jack and a king on the board, but the opponents checked the flop and a check keeps the pot small while I see the next card.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker on a board with K and J; flop checked through by all, so a check keeps the pot small and lets me see a cheap river or showdown.

I have an open-ended straight draw but no showdown value. Since both opponents checked and the board has two overcards, I take the free card from position rather than semi-bluffing into two players.

I hold a pair of jacks (Jd with the Js on board), which is a showdown-value hand, and checking is free with no bet to face, so I take the free showdown.

River paired my 5 giving trips; both opponents showed weakness by checking flop and turn, so a value bet of about 2/3 pot targets Kx, Jx, and pocket pairs that will call.

My 9-high only makes a pair of board fives, which loses to any K, J, or trips. V's line of check/call pre, then double-check and bet river on a paired board is weighted toward value, and I have no reads to justify a hero call.

I hold top pair (Jacks) on a paired board, and facing a 500-chip river bet into a 1250 pot I need about 22% equity, which a jack-high pair plausibly clears against a bet-sized range.

Pocket fives are a playable pair in a three-way pot, and raising from the button builds the pot and takes initiative from the blinds while the stacks are deep.

Q7 offsuit in the small blind facing a 3x button open is a clear fold; it plays poorly out of position and is dominated by much of the opener's range.

AQs is a strong hand, and 3-betting from the big blind against a button open allows us to build the pot with equity and take initiative postflop.

Calling 600 into a 1250 pot with pocket fives gives about 32% pot odds, and a small pair has set-mining potential against a 3-bet range. Folding would give up too much equity.

Flop came low and dry, missing our AsQs. Against an opponent who called a preflop 3-bet, our range advantage is not clear, so I prefer to check and see a free turn card while controlling the pot size.

A pair of fives is a weak made hand on a 4-6-9 board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against a player who has shown weakness by checking.

I have only ace-high with no draw on a coordinated board. Checking keeps the pot small and allows me to realize showdown value or improve on the river.

I hold pocket fives with an open-ended straight draw on a 4-6-7-9 board, which is a weak hand. Checking is free and keeps the pot small, and there is no bet to call.

We have only Ace-high with no draw on a board that heavily favors our 3-bet range. Our opponent has checked three streets, showing weakness, so a bluff of around 2/3 pot can fold out small pairs and unpaired hands to take down the pot without showdown.

Our pair of fives is a bluff-catcher, and calling 1300 into a 4450 pot needs only about 29% equity. Villain's flop and turn checks make a bluff plausible enough to continue.

65o on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable open-raise with position; a small raise to 2.5bb pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Holding 4c2c in the small blind against a button raise is far too weak to continue; even in a three-handed game, the hand lacks equity and playability postflop.

Facing a 150-chip call into a 400-chip pot is about 37.5% pot odds, and T5 suited has roughly that much equity against a button open range, so calling is a marginal but reasonable continue.

I hold a made flush (Ts, 5s with the 7s 9s 3s board), so I'm raising about two-thirds pot to build the pot against the button's range.

Holding 6s5c on 7s9s3s gives a flush draw plus a gutshot (8) with 8s being a straight flush; facing a 350 donk bet into 550 we get ~2.6:1 with roughly 12 outs, so calling in position is clearly profitable while raising with a weak 6-high flush draw risks getting blown off equity.

We hold a T-high spade flush on the turn, which is very strong, so we bet about two-thirds pot for value while opponents can still call with worse holdings.

Pair of sixes plus a flush draw and gutshot vs a donk-bet-then-barrel line; pot odds (~28%) are roughly met by our combined outs even discounting flush-tainted ones, and raising into a strong-looking range with a weak made hand is poor. Call and reassess river.

I hold a river flush (T-high spades), which beats most hands that continued this far, so a half-pot value bet should get called by weaker pairs or draws.

Pair of sixes with no flush facing a third consecutive bet with escalating sizing on a three-spade board; our hand only beats pure bluffs and the line strongly represents flushes, sets, or top pair, so folding is prudent.

JQo has decent equity 3-handed and opening is standard to take initiative, especially since SB and BB will act behind and may fold to a raise.

Seven-deuce-style offsuit trash (2c 5h) facing a 250 raise from the button with 200 to call out of the blinds is a clear fold.

A3 suited in the big blind facing a button open in 3-handed play is a profitable 3-bet; it has blockers to premium aces, plays well postflop with nut flush potential, and the button raise range is wide.

JQo is a marginal hand against a large 3-bet from the big blind, and calling 600 into 1150 offers insufficient equity to justify the risk.

Ace-trey offsuit on the button is a playable steal spot against two blinds, so I raise to 250 to take the initiative and win the blinds.

98 offsuit in the small blind facing a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act; out of position with a marginal hand, folding is the standard play.

Holding 2c6d out of position, this is an extremely weak hand that plays poorly postflop; folding is the best option to avoid losing chips.

4-6 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a weak hand that doesn't profitably open or call; folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position postflop against the blinds.

With A4o in a heads-up pot from the small blind, raising puts pressure on the big blind who could fold weak hands. If called, we have some blocker value and post-flop initiative despite being out of position.

King-jack offsuit is a playable hand, and calling the 200-chip completion keeps the pot manageable against a small blind raise. Raising would be bloated and out of position.

I have a gutshot straight draw with As4h, but only 4 outs, and my ace high may not be good. Checking to see what seat_2 does.

Flop 3d 7h 5c with King-high and Jack-high gives little equity to bet into a player who raised preflop and checked; checking keeps the pot manageable and sees a free card. Legal check available with to_call 0.

I have an open-ended straight draw with As4h on a paired board. Betting 350 into 600 as a semi-bluff to fold out weak hands and build the pot for my draw.

I hold K-high with no pair and no real draw on a 3-5-7-7 board, and seat_1's turn raise after checking the flop likely means a made hand, so folding avoids a costly call.