Hold'em table

2-7 offsuit is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind; folding preserves the stack.

In a blind-versus-blind situation, A5o is a solid candidate to raise for value and fold equity.

Calling is reasonable with a suited hand that can make strong flushes and has adequate pot odds against a likely wide small-blind raise. I’ll avoid inflating the pot with a speculative 3-bet.

The K-9-8 board connects well with the big blind's calling range, and out of position with ace-high and minimal equity, checking is standard.

I have a weak pair with a poor kicker on a connected board, so betting for value or protection is unattractive. I’ll take the free card and keep the pot small.

Ace-high has decent showdown value against missed floats, and betting would fold out weaker hands while keeping better ones.

I have modest showdown value with a pair of eights, but a bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll check behind and see the river.

Ace-high has decent showdown value after both players checked flop and turn, so taking a free showdown is preferred over turning it into a bluff.

Make a small river value bet with two pair, targeting calls from weaker pairs while keeping the cost low if raised.

Getting 4-to-1 pot odds after both players checked flop and turn, Ace-high is sufficient to catch occasional missed straight draw bluffs.

Holding 43 offsuit on the button in 3-handed play is well outside a profitable opening range, making a fold the disciplined play.

K-Q offsuit is strong heads-up from the small blind, so I’ll raise for value and initiative. A 2.5x-big-blind size pressures the big blind while keeping weaker hands in.

T6s is too weak to continue out of position against a preflop raise, so I fold rather than call or inflate the pot.

On the button, T6 offsuit is marginal but playable in a three-handed pot. I’ll make a small opening raise to take initiative while retaining position postflop.

86s is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

Defending the big blind with KTo against a button open getting favorable pot odds.

Flopped a gutshot straight draw out of position against the preflop raiser; standard check to the aggressor.

A small continuation bet can pressure the big blind’s missed hands on this ace-high board, and I can fold if raised. My hand has little showdown value, so I’m keeping the bluff inexpensive.

Getting favorable pot odds against a small one-third pot continuation bet, holding a gutshot straight draw to the nuts with positive implied odds.

I have King-high with a gutshot straight draw on a paired board out of position. Checking is the standard and disciplined play.

I have no meaningful draw and the paired queen improves many hands that called the flop. I’ll take the free river rather than bluff into a range with plenty of showdown value.

I missed my straight draw and only hold king-high. Checking gives me a chance to see a cheap showdown against worse missed draws without committing more chips.

I have no meaningful showdown value beyond the board, but the flop caller may still have an ace or another hand that will call a river bluff. I’ll take the free showdown rather than risk chips trying to fold those hands.

Pocket kings are a premium hand, so I open-raise to 3x from the button for value and to build the pot before the flop.

Holding 86 offsuit in the small blind facing a button open is an easy standard fold out of position.

Calling the 200 more gets a reasonable price against a button raise, and 8-6 offsuit has enough playability to defend the big blind heads-up. I’ll avoid reraising this weak hand out of position.

I have no pair or strong draw, so I’ll take the free option and avoid inflating the pot out of position.

Pocket kings are an overpair on Q-J-3, and the big blind checked. A roughly two-thirds pot bet gets value from queens, jacks, and draws.

I have no pair or immediate draw on a Q-J-3 board, so calling the flop bet would be too costly with only backdoor possibilities.

T3o is too weak to open on the button, even in 3-handed play.

A8 offsuit is strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise for value and initiative rather than just completing.

94s is too weak to continue out of position against a raise once the button has folded. Folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

As the button in a three-handed game, Q4 offsuit is playable as an open-raise; a small raise applies pressure while limiting the cost if the blinds respond.

A8o out of the small blind is dominated too often by a button open and plays poorly out of position, so folding is the higher-EV line.

A3o plays poorly out of position against a button opening range, making folding standard despite the pot odds.