Hold'em table

75o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and calling 100 from the button in a 3-handed pot does not offer enough immediate value. Folding avoids investing chips with a marginal holding out of position postflop.

Holding premium suited AK in a blind-versus-blind spot, raising for value to 3bb is standard.

7-3 offsuit is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise to 300, even with position after the flop.

T8s is a standard open-raising hand on the button in 3-handed play to apply pressure and build a pot in position.

A3 offsuit is often dominated by a button opening range and plays poorly out of position, with the big blind still to act.

Weak offsuit hand out of position facing a button raise; folding is the most profitable play.

J7 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open three-handed. A small raise uses position to pressure the blinds without committing much of the stack.

78o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act, and calling would leave us in a marginal spot with poor playability.

53 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button open.

Calling with 79o on the button for 1bb, getting good pot odds and position to see a flop.

7c 2h is the weakest starting hand in hold'em and does not justify calling out of position, even for half a blind.

T7 offsuit is too weak to raise for value out of position. Checking takes a free flop against the limper.

A small bet can win the pot immediately against a weak limping range, and the gutshot gives me some equity when called.

I have an open-ended straight draw (5 or 10) and am getting 3.5:1 pot odds to call 100 into 350, with position on the bettor. Calling keeps the pot controlled while realizing equity on later streets.

With a straight draw but little showdown strength against a flop caller, checking lets me see the river without building a larger pot.

Board is trips with a weak kicker; checking controls the pot and avoids putting chips in against full houses or quads.

I have trips, but my kickers are weak and the opponent’s flop call can include full houses or better trips. Checking preserves my showdown value without risking a bet that better hands are likely to call.

I have a straight (5-6-7-8-9) on a paired board. Opponent checked the river after checking the turn, suggesting weakness, so I bet for value and can fold if raised.

My ten-high trips lose to any unpaired jack or higher, as well as any full house. After calling the flop and betting the river, the opponent has enough likely value hands that this is a poor bluff-catcher.

King-Queen suited on the button is a premium opening hand in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5 big blinds is standard.

The button's small open gives 33 a reasonable price to look for a set, with deep enough stacks for potential payoff. I prefer calling to building a large pot out of position with a small pair.

Q6o is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise and small-blind call, and it realizes equity poorly in a multiway pot, so folding the big blind is the best chip-preserving choice.

With a small pair and no diamond on a coordinated monotone flop, I prefer to check rather than build the pot out of position.

On a monotone and connected flop where I hold no diamond, checking back to realize equity with two overcards and a gutshot is preferred over betting into a board that hits the caller's range.

With a small pair and no diamond on a four-diamond board, I have little reason to build the pot. Checking keeps the cost down and lets me reassess if my opponent bets.

With four diamonds on the board and no diamond in hand, betting into our opponent is high variance as even weak flushes will not fold. Checking behind lets us see a river for free.

My pair of threes has some showdown value against missed high cards. Betting would mostly fold out hands I already beat while getting called by better hands.

The board has four diamonds and four to a straight, heavily connecting with the opponent's preflop calling range; checking down has higher expected value than bluffing without a diamond blocker.

K8 suited is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

With 5h7d out of position facing a button raise and the big blind still to act, this weak offsuit hand is not worth calling 200 more.

J6o is too weak to defend out of position against a button open.