Hold'em table

Pocket sixes on the button in 3-handed play is a strong open; raising builds pot in position and can take the blinds.

T9s is a decent suited hand with playability; calling 200 more to see a flop in position against a 2.5x raise is reasonable, and folding is too tight.

98o in the big blind facing a 2.5x open and a small blind call: I'm getting 600:150 (4:1) to close the action with a connected hand that plays fine multiway, so calling is clearly profitable while 3-betting out of position with a marginal hand is not.

T8d on a dry 942 board with no bet to me; checking is safe and I can fold to aggression or improve later.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a 3-way flop, out of position to the preflop raiser; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me evaluate a bet from the raiser rather than bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

Pocket sixes are ahead of most checked ranges on this low board, so I bet for value and protection against overcards and the heart draw.

Ten-eight high on a dry board with no draw facing a flop bet from the preflop raiser; folding is clearly best.

Top pair with 98 on a 2-9-4 two-tone board versus a button c-bet; calling keeps the raiser's bluffs and overcards in while avoiding bloating the pot with a medium-kicker top pair out of position.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a draw-heavy board out of position; checking to the preflop/flop aggressor controls pot size and lets me evaluate their turn action rather than bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

Pocket sixes have showdown value against draws but are behind any 9 or 7 that called the flop. Checking back controls the pot and avoids being called or raised by better pairs.

Middle pair of nines on a river that completed the flush; opponent checked back the turn so likely has weak showdown value. Checking keeps pot controlled and lets me evaluate any bet rather than value-betting thin into a scary board.

My pocket sixes have little showdown value against a flop caller, but the river completes flushes, straights and top pair. A sizable bet after their check can fold better one-pair hands like 9x.

Button c-bet, checked the turn, then fired big on a scary river—line is polarized and includes many missed overcard bluffs; I hold a pair of nines with the 8h blocking some flush combos, and I only need ~30% equity to call.

Button folded, so it's heads-up vs the big blind; A7 suited is a clear raise from the small blind in a blind-vs-blind spot.

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise to 300, even heads-up; folding preserves stack.

Pocket jacks on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear value raise; open to 3bb to build the pot in position.

T4 suited is too weak to call a 3x button raise from the small blind out of position; folding preserves stack versus dominated equity.

Q9o is too weak to call 200 more against a 3x raise heads-up; folding is the profitable play.

AQ suited on the button is a premium 3-handed hand; raising builds the pot in position and pressures the blinds.

8c4s is a weak hand facing a 3x raise out of position; folding is clearly best.

KTo in the big blind facing a 3x button open in a 3-handed game; getting 2:1 with position disadvantage but a hand well within a defending range. Calling is standard; 3-betting is possible but call keeps the pot manageable.

Out of position with K-high on an ace-high flop against the preflop raiser; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the aggressor does rather than bloating with no pair and only a gutshot-less backdoor.

Top pair with queen kicker on an ace-high flop after preflop raise; betting for value against weaker aces, pairs, and straight draws while protecting my hand.

King-high with no draw on an ace-high flop facing a 70% pot c-bet from the preflop raiser; no equity to continue and raising as a bluff into a range heavy with aces is unprofitable.

4s6d is a weak hand from the button facing a limped pot; folding is cheapest and safest.

8-2 offsuit is one of the weakest hands; even heads-up from the small blind vs the big blind it's a clear fold rather than completing or raising out of position.

7-2 suited is the worst starting hand; even on the button with 100bb it's an easy fold against two players yet to act.

Heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, J2 suited has enough equity to limp for 50 into 150 rather than surrender the small blind.

Heads-up with K5s in the BB against a limper; checking keeps the pot small and preserves position for later streets.

With jack-high, only backdoor spade and overcard outs on a queen-high rainbow board, checking preserves showdown value and avoids risking chips out of position into the big blind's wide range.

King-high on a dry flop heads-up; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating with a weak unpaired hand.

J-high has some showdown value and no strong draw; checking keeps the pot small and realizes equity for free after the flop checked through.

King-high on a dry board heads-up; checking keeps the pot small and cheap, and a bluff here has little fold equity after everyone checked through.

Jack-high will rarely win at showdown, but the river completes the club flush and my opponent has shown weakness by checking every street. A pot-sized bet representing the flush gives me a chance to win the pot without showdown.

I hold king-high with no pair or draw that got there; seat_1's river bet after checking flop and turn likely beats king-high, and calling 200 to win 400 with a bluff-catcher of K-high is losing.