Hold'em table

On the button three-handed, 7-6 offsuit is playable as a small open with position after the flop.

A7o with the As blocker is a good 3-bet bluff from the SB against a wide button open; taking initiative and folding out BB and often the button is profitable.

Facing a raise and a 10bb 3-bet, A8o is completely dominated and an easy fold out of the big blind.

Offsuit 7-6 is too weak to call a large three-bet, even with position. Folding avoids committing more chips with a hand that will often be dominated or miss the flop.

Jh4s is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and calling a full big blind out of position relative to the raiser is not profitable. Folding avoids unnecessary risk early.

J4o is too weak to complete out of position even with 3:1 pot odds.

86 offsuit is too weak to open profitably even from the button in a 3-handed structure.

With the button folded, calling 50 more gives me a cheap chance to play heads-up. This hand is too weak to raise for value.

With J5o in the big blind and the small blind just completing, checking takes a free flop and avoids investing more with a weak offsuit hand.

Bottom pair with a gutshot has enough equity to continue against a modest bet, but this connected flop favors the big blind's range. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

I have bottom pair with position and the preflop limper checked; a small bet can take the pot down or charge draws.

Bottom pair plus a gutshot has enough equity to call the small bet, and raising would unnecessarily inflate the pot.

My pair of fives and gutshot have some showdown value, but the connected three-club board makes betting unattractive. I’ll check and assess the opponent’s action.

My hand is a weak pair with some draw potential, but the board is very coordinated. Checking back controls the pot and avoids getting raised off my hand.

My pair of fives has some showdown value, but the connected, three-club board makes a value bet too thin. Checking avoids building the pot with a marginal hand.

I have a weak pair on a coordinated board and the river checked to me; checking behind realizes showdown value and avoids getting raised by a stronger hand.

K-Q suited is a strong button hand three-handed, so I’m opening for value and position.

K2o is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Folding Q5o facing a button open as it lacks playability and equity out of position.

With a small pair on the button in a 3-handed game, raising applies pressure and can take the blinds; I have position if called.

Ten-six offsuit is far too weak to defend out of position against a 3bb button open.

QTo has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button open, especially with the small blind's chips already in the pot.

Top pair is strong enough to continue, but checking to the preflop raiser keeps weaker hands in and avoids inflating the pot out of position.

Small c-bet on a Q-high flop with a weak pair; I can fold out overcards and worse pairs, and I'll shut down if called or raised.

Top pair with a ten kicker is too strong to fold to a small continuation bet, but raising would mostly isolate stronger hands.

Top pair with a ten kicker has showdown value, but betting into the preflop raiser on this draw-heavy turn risks building a large pot against stronger hands. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in their range.

My pair of threes has some showdown value but is too weak to bet for value or bluff into a caller; checking controls the pot and keeps my range protected.

Top pair is worth a small river value bet after the turn checked through. This sizing can get calls from weaker pairs while limiting losses against stronger queens.

Pot odds are decent and opponent's small river bet could be a missed draw bluff; calling closes the action with a marginal bluff-catcher.

4d 2s is unplayable even on the button; folding is the standard and highest EV move.

With no rake and only 50 more to call, I can complete the small blind cheaply, though this weak hand should be played cautiously out of position.

Q7o is a marginal offsuit hand; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a flop with position rather than bloating the pot against a limper.

Bottom pair on a monotone ace-high flop is too weak to value bet. Checking controls the pot and lets me reassess if the big blind bets.

I have only queen-high on a coordinated ace-high flop with no spade, so checking back controls the pot and avoids bluffing into a likely made hand or flush draw.

Bottom pair on a three-spade board is too weak to value bet. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess if the opponent bets.

I have queen-high with no pair and no draw on a board with an ace and jack; checking is free and keeps the pot small, and I have no reason to bluff into two opponents who have shown no weakness.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called by worse hands often enough. Checking avoids building the pot with a weak hand.

Our Ace-high with Q kicker has showdown value against a wide limping range that checked all streets; betting would only fold worse hands and get called by better. Checking realizes our equity and avoids risking chips as a bluff.