Hold'em table

Q2o is too weak to open steal from the button even in 3-handed play.

A suited connector is playable in the small blind, and the favorable price makes completing worthwhile.

K3 offsuit is weak, and I'm already in for my blind with no one to call. Checking for a free flop is clearly better than raising trash out of position.

I have a flush draw and a gutshot, so a half-pot bet gives me a chance to take the pot now while building it when called.

King-high only on a paired board with no draws; calling 100 into 300 against an aggressor has poor equity and no fold equity prospects worth pursuing.

As the button in a three-handed game, 44 is strong enough to open for value and initiative. A modest raise keeps weaker hands in while building the pot in position.

King-six offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise; folding avoids playing a dominated marginal hand postflop.

Holding 92s in the big blind against an open raise is too weak to defend profitably out of position.

KTo is a standard opening raise from the button in a 3-handed game; I'll take the initiative and play for the blinds or a favorable pot.

Folding 62s from the small blind facing a button open as it is far too weak out of position.

J♣6♥ is a weak offsuit hand, and calling out of position against a 2.5× button raise is unlikely to be profitable.

KTo is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb to apply pressure and play in position.

Q-2 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against the button’s raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Q2 offsuit is weak, but on the button I can complete cheaply and retain position rather than risk a raise with a marginal hand.

T7s has decent playability multiway for only 50 more; with a limped pot I'll see a cheap flop rather than inflate with a marginal suited connector.

We hold A6o in the big blind facing two limps. Taking a free flop out of position is the best play.

Th7h missed the A-Q-J flop entirely, leaving only T-high with backdoor possibilities. With no bet to call, checking is free and lets me fold cheaply to aggression.

I hold top pair with a weak kicker on a very coordinated board in a multiway limped pot; checking is prudent for pot control.

I have second pair on a connected board, and the checks make a small value-and-protection bet reasonable. I’ll keep the pot controlled with my weak kicker.

Cheap call of 100 into a 400 pot with a gutshot to Broadway (any king) plus a backdoor flush draw; deep stacks give decent implied odds if I hit.

I have top pair and am getting 5 to 1 pot odds against a small flop bet and a call; calling is standard.

I only hold Ten-high with a gutshot to the King (4 outs) on an A-Q-J-2 board, so betting has no value and calling a bet would be a losing chase. Checking is the cheapest line and I can give up to aggression.

I have top pair with a weak kicker in a multiway pot out of position. Checking to control the pot size and see what the button does.

I have two pair and both opponents have checked, so a modest turn bet can get value from weaker pairs while charging draws. I’ll avoid building an unnecessarily large pot with a weak kicker on an ace-high board.

I hold only ace-high (T7hh on Q-A-J-2) with no possible flush or straight by the river, so calling 300 into a 900 pot has virtually no equity. Folding is clearly correct against a turn barrel.

Holding top pair and the ace of clubs, getting 3:1 pot odds against a half-pot turn bet from the button in a limped pot justifies a call.

We improved to two pair on the river while blocking the nut flush with the Ac; checking to the aggressor lets them bluff or value bet weaker hands.

I have two pair, but the river completes the club draw and the turn call leaves plenty of Ax and flushes in the opponent’s range. A check avoids value-owning myself while preserving showdown value.

AJo is strong from the button 3-handed; raising for value and to build a pot heads-up or win blinds.

Q4o is far too weak to defend out of position against a 3bb button open.

7♠3♠ is too weak to continue against a 3x raise, even with the big-blind discount. Calling would require substantial equity and a difficult out-of-position postflop hand.