Hold'em table

K5o is a borderline button open in three-handed play, but a small raise uses position and fold equity better than limping or folding.

Q4 offsuit is weak, facing a raise and out of position; not worth continuing.

Ad2s is weak and unsuited; facing a raise plus the BB's call, folding avoids a marginal spot with no playability.

Button raise with Ace-high in a 3-handed pot to build the pot and apply pressure on the blinds.

Seat 2 raised to 250 with Js Kc on the button. As the small blind, I have only 50 invested and need to call 200 more. The hand is marginal and out of position, so folding preserves chips.

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

I have Th6d on the button with a playable suited connector. Calling the 100 big blind keeps my stack flexible and avoids overcommitting with a marginal hand in a 3-player pot.

Q9o is not strong enough to raise out of position, but 50 more into 250 is a cheap complete with enough equity and playability to see a flop.

With 6s9d as big blind facing no raise, checking is free and lets me see a flop cheaply.

Queen-high with no pair and no real draw on an ace-high multiway flop. Checking is free and avoids betting into two opponents with air.

I have 9-high with no pair or draw on an ace-high board; checking is free and keeps the pot small.

Board is paired with a Ten and I hold top pair with a decent kicker; checking keeps the pot small and avoids scaring out a bluff from the small blind.

I have an open-ended straight draw but no pair and only about 17% equity with one card to come, out of position in a small pot. Checking realizes that equity for free after both opponents showed weakness.

No pair or draw with 6-9 on a Td4cAhJd board; checking to see the river cheaply.

Board is paired with a Ten and both opponents checked twice; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bluff catcher with middle pair on a scary turn card.

Queen-high with no pair or flush is too weak to bet for value, and a river bluff into two players is unlikely to fold out better hands often enough. Checking is the highest-EV line.

9-high with no pair or draw on a five-card board; no value in betting and nothing to call, so check.

Board is dry and I have only a ten-high with no made hand, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into two opponents who have shown weakness.

67o is too weak to call or raise from the button against two live blinds, so folding preserves chips.

With seat_1 folded this is effectively heads-up against the big blind; A2 offsuit plays well heads-up, so I raise to build the pot and take initiative.

Calling the 200 chip raise with Q9o in position is reasonable; I can continue postflop with a playable hand.

Board is dry with A-high and no pair; checking to control pot size and see a free card while retaining option to bluff later or fold to strength.

The board is paired with an 8, giving me a gutshot to a straight and backdoor flush potential, but I have no made hand. Since the opponent checked, checking back keeps the pot small and preserves my option to bluff or improve on later streets.

I have ace-high with no pair or draw on a paired board; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into two opponents who saw the flop check through.

The board is paired with an 8 on the turn, giving me a weak pair of 8s with a backdoor flush draw. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bet with a marginal hand.

I have two pair, eights and twos with an Ace kicker, a solid holding likely ahead of checked-down hands; a moderate value bet extracts more chips from worse hands.

The board is paired with 8s and I hold Qs, giving me a weak second pair vulnerable to the 88 on board; calling 300 into a 900 pot is a reasonable pot odds play to see a showdown without overcommitting with a marginal hand.

Cheap price to see a flop in position with Q8 offsuit, no raise to worry about yet.

I have 9s8h, which is a weak hand in early position. The pot odds don't justify calling 50 into 250 with such a speculative hand, so folding is the safest play.

26 offsuit is too weak to raise, and checking is free as the big blind after a limp.

2-6 completely missed this flop with no pair or draw, so checking is the only sensible option when it is free.

I have top pair queen with a decent kicker on a dry board; betting for value against a checking opponent.

2-6 offsuit missed this flop and has only a weak gutshot, so calling 150 is not justified against a bet.

I have King-high with a backdoor flush draw, which is decent but not strong enough to raise preflop. Calling keeps the pot manageable and lets me see a flop without overcommitting.

T6s is weak but suited, and completing costs only 50 into a 250 pot with the button already limping. Calling keeps the price low and preserves suited-flop equity rather than folding or bloating the pot out of position.

I'm the big blind with a weak, unsuited 7-3 offsuit hand; no raise incoming and I can check for free to see the flop.

Ten-six offsuit missed the ace-high flop with no pair or draw, so checking is free and better than betting into two opponents.

I have 7-3 offsuit with no pair, no flush draw, and both opponents checked/called cheaply; no reason to bet a weak hand into two players.

Board is dry and I have only King-high with no clear draw, so I check to control the pot and avoid building a big bet with a marginal hand.

Ten-high with no pair or draw on a paired-ace board is too weak to bet into two opponents, so I check and realize equity for free.

No pair or draw with 7-3 offsuit on an A-7-2-A board; checking is free and avoids bluffing into two other players.

The board is paired with an Ace on the turn, and my King-high doesn't improve my hand. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a bigger pot with a weak holding.

Ten-high has no pair or draw on a paired ace board, and a river bluff into two opponents is unlikely to fold both out. Checking realizes the free showdown.

I have two pair (aces and sevens) after a series of checks; a modest value bet extracts chips from weaker hands while limiting risk against the flush-heavy board.

Seat 2's river bet on a paired A-A board with a Jc kicker suggests a strong hand like two pair or better. My Kd-high with a weak kicker is unlikely to win and has poor bluff-catching equity, so folding minimizes losses.

Ten-high has no pair and no club, so it loses to any value hand on this paired ace board. Calling 200 is not justified against a river bet.