Hold'em table

T3 suited is too weak to open from the button in this short-handed setup, especially with poor high-card strength.

Ace-queen suited is a premium hand in small blind versus big blind after the button folded, so I raise to build the pot and take initiative.

9c5d is a weak hand facing a 3x raise out of position; folding is clearly best.

J6 offsuit on the button is below a profitable 3-handed opening range, dominated by better jacks and weak postflop, so folding avoids a negative-EV open or limp.

9-2 offsuit is weak but heads-up in position for only 50 more is a cheap call; folding gives up too much equity against the BB.

With K5 offsuit heads-up in an unraised blind pot, checking realizes equity without inflating the pot with a dominated holding.

I have bottom pair with 9-high kicker on a monotone board; checking keeps the pot small and avoids committing chips with a weak hand out of position.

Bet small for value and protection with top pair in a limped heads-up pot, while keeping the pot controlled on the monotone board.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker on a monotone flop facing a bet; folding is cheapest and safest.

Heads-up from the small blind, A7 offsuit is well ahead of the big blind's random defending range and benefits from a value raise.

Q9o has sufficient equity against a small-blind 3bb raise and I have position postflop, so defending the big blind with a call is profitable over folding.

I will make a small continuation bet on this paired board, leveraging my preflop initiative while risking little with ace-high and a club blocker.

Q-high with no pair, flush draw, or straight draw on a paired board has weak, often unclean overcard outs against the preflop raiser's flop bet, so folding preserves chips despite the small bet size.

8-6 offsuit is too weak to enter with from the button at this stack depth.

AKo is a premium hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 300 builds value and denies the big blind a cheap flop.

32o is dominated trash facing a 3bb raise out of position; folding is clearly best.

Q4 suited on the button in 3-handed play is well above average and worth opening. Raising to 2.5bb applies pressure to the blinds and takes initiative rather than limping.

J6s is a weak hand facing a 2.5x raise out of position with a player still behind; folding is clearly best.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise, particularly out of position.

J5s suited on the button is playable 3-handed for one big blind, giving cheap flop potential with position.

Complete from the small blind with suited connected cards at a very favorable price in a multiway pot.

Q9o is a medium hand out of position against two limpers; taking the free flop preserves equity without building a large pot OOP.

I have a pair plus an open-ended straight draw on this coordinated flop. A moderate continuation bet builds value and can deny equity to overcards while retaining flexibility.

With an open-ended straight draw plus an overcard on 7-6-8, I have roughly 8 clean outs and implied odds; calling 200 into 500 offers sufficient pot odds despite a player behind.

Open-ended straight draw (any 4 or 9) with good pot odds; calling 200 into 700 is cheap and keeps equity against two opponents.

With a marginal pair and an open-ended straight draw in a three-way pot, checking realizes equity without building a pot against likely stronger Kx, two-pair, or made-straight holdings.

With Q-high and an open-ended straight draw (5 or T) in a three-way pot, checking realizes my equity for free. A semi-bluff faces two flop callers and low fold equity, so taking the free river is higher EV.

I hold J5 on 7-6-8-K with only gutshot equity; checking is free and avoids building a pot out of position.

Our pair of sixes has limited showdown value on this coordinated board, and a river bet is unlikely to be called by worse often enough. Checking preserves our chance to win at showdown.

I have only queen-high with a missed straight draw and little showdown value, but I block nine-high straights and both opponents have shown weakness by checking the turn and river, so a sizable bluff can win the 900 pot.

I hold only jack-high (J-8-7-6-5) on a 7-6-8-K-2 board with no pair or draw that got there; a river raise from seat_2 almost always beats jack-high, so calling 650 into 1550 is throwing chips away.

Our pair of sixes is too weak to profitably call into a river bet after the flop action, as the opponent has many stronger pairs, made straights, and occasional slow-played hands.