Hold'em table

AKs is a premium hand on the button; a 3x open builds the pot and applies pressure before the flop.

Calling with T9s gets reasonable pot odds to see a flop with a well-connected suited hand.

QQ is a premium hand three-handed, and the open plus cold-call is a good spot to squeeze for value while denying equity. Raising to 1300 builds the pot without committing my full stack.

AKs is well ahead of a wide three-handed 3-bet range, so I 4-bet for value and to isolate rather than flat and let the small blind continue cheaply.

Facing a 4-bet to 38 big blinds with the original 3-bettor still behind, ten-nine suited is far too weak to continue.

QQ is strong enough to continue, and the call price is favorable against a plausible 4-bet range. Calling keeps weaker hands in and lets me reassess on the flop.

The king-high flop favors the preflop 4-bettor’s range, and pocket queens without a spade are not strong enough to lead into the large pot. I’ll check and reassess if they bet.

Top pair top kicker in a 4-bet pot with under 1 SPR; shoving gets value from worse pairs and denies equity.

The preflop 4-bet followed by a large all-in on a king-high flop strongly favors hands like AA, KK, or AK. Pocket queens are unlikely to have the roughly 30% equity needed to call.

Opening from the button with King-six offsuit to apply pressure and utilize positional advantage against the blinds.

8♦5♣ is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise, so calling the extra 150 chips is unprofitable.

72 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding saves the remaining stack.

9-4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, especially with the big blind still to act.

Jack-five offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind after the button folds. Folding saves the extra 50 rather than playing a dominated, disconnected hand.

T8o is too weak to open even on the button in three-handed play, and calling would just limp a dominated offsuit hand. Folding avoids a low-equity spot.

ATo is well ahead of the big blind's defending range blind versus blind, making a standard 3x raise optimal for value.

T3 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 3bb raise, even from the small blind; folding avoids investing more with poor equity.

94o is too weak to open on the button in 3-handed play.

The button folded, leaving a heads-up pot; completing costs only 50 more and T3 offsuit has enough equity at these pot odds.

96s is too weak to raise for value against the limping small blind, and checking is free in the big blind to see a flop.

I have no pair or meaningful immediate draw, so a bluff risks chips without much equity. I’ll take the free card and preserve the chance to improve with my backdoor diamonds.

I have only a weak gutshot with no pair or flush draw, and the pot is small. Checking is free and avoids bloating the pot with a hand that has little showdown value.

I have a flush draw and straight-draw equity, and the opponent checked the flop. A modest turn bet adds fold equity while keeping the cost manageable.

I have 9-high with no pair and no meaningful draw on a diamond-heavy board, so calling 125 is unprofitable. Folding avoids putting more chips in with almost no equity.

On the button, T7 offsuit is playable as a wide opening hand; a small raise applies pressure while preserving position.

A4s is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act and frequent domination by better aces. Folding avoids a bloated pot with a marginal suited ace.

Getting 2.7:1 pot odds against a button open, J9o has enough equity and playability to defend from the big blind.

Check out of position on an ace-high broadway board where the preflop aggressor has a heavy range advantage; we have a gutshot straight draw.

I have only a gutshot to a straight and little backup equity on a board that connects strongly with the caller’s range. I’ll take the free turn card and keep the pot small.

We hold a gutshot straight draw on a paired board where villain checked back the flop. Checking gives us a free card to hit our ten on the river.

I have a gutshot to a broadway straight and little showdown value. A small turn bet can pressure weak hands after the flop and turn were checked through.

I only have a gutshot straight draw on a paired board where my outs may not even be clean or could result in a chop. Folding is clearly best against the turn bet.