Hold'em table

Suited connector 76s plays well 3-handed from the button; a small raise builds a pot with position and can win blinds immediately.

AK offsuit is a premium hand against a button open. Re-raising to 950 builds the pot while applying pressure from out of position.

Facing a 3-bet from the small blind with the button still to act, calling 8.5 bb with a low pocket pair out of position offers insufficient implied odds for set mining.

6d7s is far too weak to continue against a 3-bet to 950 after my open; calling 700 to play a dominated connector out of position is -EV. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Pocket sixes are a solid button-open in a three-handed game; raising to 250 applies pressure while keeping the size modest.

QTo is not strong enough to defend out of position from the small blind against a button open.

7h4c is a very weak hand facing a 2.5x button raise out of position; folding avoids losing more chips with minimal equity.

K4o is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play, making it a standard fold.

Heads-up from the small blind, A5o has solid equity against the big blind's range. Raising to 3x builds the pot with a hand that's often ahead and applies fold equity.

A♠3♥ is a reasonable big-blind defend against a small blind open, especially with the favorable price and position postflop. Calling keeps dominated hands and bluffs in the raiser’s range without inflating the pot with a weak offsuit ace.

I missed the flop entirely with just ace-high and a weak flush backdoor; checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold to pressure rather than invest more into a hand that only beats bluffs.

I have a weak pair with an ace kicker and enough showdown value to continue. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids being pushed off my hand by a raise.

I have ace-high with a weak kicker on a paired board; both opponents checked the flop, so I take a free card rather than bluff into two players.

I have two pair and my opponent has checked twice, so a modest turn bet can get value from worse pairs while charging draws.

I have the nut flush draw plus a gutshot (about 13 outs, ~28% equity) and only need ~23% to call 250 into 850, so calling is clearly profitable with strong implied odds if the flush hits.

My two pair is modest on this paired board, and the opponent called the turn bet. Checking takes my showdown value without risking a thin value bet that worse hands may fold to and better hands may call.

Three-handed, the button is the most profitable stealing seat, and even 34o plays fine as a wide open since I have position postflop and can take the 150-chip pot uncontested often. A 3x open to 300 applies pressure while keeping the risk small relative to my 100bb stack.

Q8 offsuit is a weak out-of-position hand against a 3x button raise, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids investing more from the small blind.

Calling 200 chips getting over 2.25 to 1 with T8s defending the big blind against a button open.

I flopped middle pair plus an open-ended straight draw; checking to the preflop raiser is standard to let them bet into our strong holding.

After the flop checked through, the turn brings an Ace giving me a combo draw (flush draw plus open-ended straight draw) along with second pair. A semi-bluff bet targets folds from weak holdings while retaining huge equity if called.

I hold 3-high with nothing on the board; facing a turn bet, folding is clearly correct.

I’m on the button and can see a flop in position for a small price, though 9-3 offsuit is too weak to raise for value.

Folding 97o from the small blind facing a button limp; it plays poorly out of position.

56 offsuit is too weak to raise for value from the big blind against a single limper, and checking realizes my equity for free while keeping the pot small out of position.

Weak draw with 56 on T-K-2; checking keeps the pot small heads-up and avoids investing with little equity.

I have no pair or meaningful immediate draw, so checking behind takes a free card without investing into the pot.

I have only bottom pair (6s) with a weak 5 kicker out of position heads-up; the flop went check-check, so I'll check back, keep the pot small, and reassess if seat_2 bets the river.

I have no meaningful pair or draw, and the three-heart board makes a bluff risky without a heart blocker. I’ll take the free river card and preserve my chips.

I hold a weak pair of sixes on a board with many higher cards; betting risks a raise or a call from better hands, so checking is the safe line and may win at showdown against air.

I have no meaningful showdown value, while the opponent has checked every street on a board that supports credible strong hands. A modest river bet can pressure their capped range without risking too much of the pot.

My pair of sixes beats missed heart draws and air, and seat_2's passive line (limp, check flop and turn) followed by a small river bet looks like a turned flush draw turning into a bluff. Calling 150 to win 550 needs only ~27% equity, which this line justifies.

King-six offsuit is near the bottom of playable button hands in 3-handed play; folding avoids playing a dominated offsuit hand postflop.

Heads-up against the big blind, K8o has strong equity (~60% vs a random hand) and folding or just limping gives up too much value. A standard 3x raise builds the pot and applies fold equity.

A4 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defend against a small-blind open, and calling gets a playable price without inflating the pot with a weak ace.

I flopped two pair (kings and queens) and am first to act; a half-pot bet builds the pot against the preflop caller while charging draws and any Qx that might outdraw me. My weak 8 kicker means I want to win this pot now rather than let a free card improve them.

A-high has some showdown value against missed broadways, plus backdoor straight and flush possibilities. Calling is preferable to turning it into a bluff against the preflop raiser's continuation bet.

With ace-high and no pair, checking preserves showdown value against missed draws. The river completes a heart flush, making a bluff less attractive.