Hold'em table

K2 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb applies pressure on the blinds and lets me play in position.

97o is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act, so folding is best.

Facing a 150-chip call into a 400-chip pot heads-up with 5d8d suited, the price is good enough to see a flop from the big blind.

I have 8-high with a backdoor diamond draw on a 4-9-T flop and there is no bet to call, so checking keeps the pot small and sees the next card for free.

As preflop raiser in position with king-high and a backdoor spade draw, a small c-bet takes down the pot often against a capped checking range while keeping risk low.

Five-eight with a 4-9-T board is a missed hand needing two specific cards for a straight, so calling 200 into a 750 pot lacks the roughly 21% equity required.

75o is too weak to play, even on the button; folding is the highest EV option.

Facing only a 50-chip completion from the small blind with the button already folded, calling is a cheap way to see a flop with 8-Queen offsuit.

Small blind limped and I have a weak 64 offsuit in the big blind; checking to see a free flop is best, with raising being unnecessary against a limper with a marginal hand.

I have a pair of eights with a backdoor-ish straight draw on a 9-8-7 board, and checking is free and keeps the pot small while I see whether seat_1 bets.

Open-ended straight draw (5 or T completes) on a coordinated board after SB checked; semi-bluff bet to take the pot now or build it with 8 clean outs.

I have a pair of eights with an open-ended straight draw, and calling 150 into a 350 pot is well within the odds needed to continue.

I hold a pair of eights on a board with a king and some straight-draw texture, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position.

Open-ended straight draw (any 5 or T) with 8 outs in position; the K is a good second-barrel card to fold out weak pairs and draws, and we still have strong equity when called.

With a pair of eights and an open-ended 6-T straight draw, calling 325 into an 825 pot (about 22% needed) is profitable against a likely King-high range.

I hold a pair of eights with a queen kicker on a K-high board, which is a medium-strength hand that is best checked for showdown value rather than bet into a possible stronger range.

I hold 6c4h making a nine-high straight (5-6-7-8-9) on this board; only T6/JT beat me, so I'm value-betting about 65% pot against a passive check-caller who has shown up with pairs and draws.

Holding a pair of eights with a queen kicker, I'm likely behind a king or a made two-pair hand after villain's escalating river bet. Calling 750 into a 1900 pot needs about 28% equity, which a single pair doesn't clear against this line.

Jack-nine offsuit on the button is a playable steal-range hand in a 3-handed game, and calling the 100 to play in position is better than folding or bloating the pot out of position.

J6o in the small blind facing a limp from the button; completing for 50 into a 250 pot gives good odds to see a flop cheaply, though out of position. Not strong enough to raise.

Hand is too weak to raise, checking to see the flop.

J6o with a gutshot-ish (need 9,T for... actually 6-J gives nothing but backdoor); limped pot, first to act out of position with no made hand, so check and see what the others do.

I have an open-ended straight draw on the flop and am out of position. Checking allows me to see a free turn and potentially realize my equity against two opponents.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with J-9 on an 8-7-K board, and the field checked to me, so I take the free card rather than bluff into two players.

J6 offsuit with a gutshot (5) on a K-high board; checked around on the flop so a bet could take it, but out of position against two players, checking and seeing a free river is cheap and safe.

I have an open-ended straight draw and no showdown value. Everyone has checked twice, so a small bet can win the pot now while I still have outs if called.

With only a gutshot to the 10 (4 outs, about 9% with one card to come) against a 100-chip call into a 400-chip pot that needs about 17% equity, folding is the correct play.

Gutshot to the 5 plus a jack overcard-ish; getting 4:1 on a tiny bet with deep stacks behind gives good implied odds, so calling is cheap.

Jack-high has no showdown value, and the 9d completes several straights (T6, 65, JT) that my turn call represents well; a 350 bet into 500 only needs ~41% folds and villain's tiny turn probe suggests a weak, foldable range.

Seat_1's river lead after calling the turn suggests a completed straight or two pair, and my pair of nines lacks enough equity to call 350 into 850.

8-6 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal hand; folding is the straightforward play from first to act preflop, avoiding a raise with a weak offsuit hand against two opponents.

Jh9c is a weak offsuit hand from the small blind with no positional advantage; folding avoids losing more chips in a difficult spot.

T5s is a marginal but playable button open in 3-handed; raising to 250 pressures the blinds and keeps initiative postflop.

Three-king offsuit is weak and out of position against a button open, and calling 200 more into a 400 pot needs more equity than this hand has against a wide range.

KJo in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open heads-up: a clear defend with good pot odds and playable postflop hand; 3-betting is an option but calling keeps the pot controlled and realizes equity in position-disadvantaged spots.

I have top pair with a decent kicker on a paired board, out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking to let the button continuation-bet and then calling or check-raising keeps weaker hands in and controls the pot.

We missed the flop entirely with T5o on a paired K-high board that heavily favors the BB's calling range; there's no reason to bluff into a player who likely has at least a pair or draw.

Top pair with a decent kicker on a paired board after the preflop raiser checked back the flop; betting about two-thirds pot extracts value from worse pairs and draws while charging spade draws.

I have ten-high with no draw on a paired, king-high board facing a turn bet from the big blind. There's no reason to continue with such a weak hand.

Calling the 100-chip big blind with 2-3 offsuit on the button is a cheap speculative play in a three-handed pot, and raising with this hand is not clearly profitable.

Button limped, I'm in the SB with A3o; isolating the limper with a raise to 4bb takes advantage of a weak limping range and lets me take the pot preflop or play heads-up with initiative.

Facing a raise from the small blind with 53s in the big blind, folding is the best option to avoid losing more chips with a weak hand.

Facing a raise to 400 from the small blind with 2c3d, a weak offsuit hand with no playability advantage, folding loses less than paying 300 to continue.