Hold'em table

Pocket sixes play well multiway or heads-up; a standard 3x open from the button builds the pot with position while keeping risk low.

T8 suited is playable against a wide button 3x open in 3-handed play; calling 250 into 450 gives good odds and postflop playability despite being out of position.

9s8o in the big blind facing a 3x open and a call: pot is 700, 200 to call gives ~3.5:1 odds, closing the action with a playable connected hand that flops well multiway.

With ten-high, only backdoor draws and one overcard on a 9-4-2 two-heart board, I have little equity three-way and no reason to build the pot out of position.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a draw-heavy board, out of position against the preflop raiser; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me evaluate the button's action before committing chips.

I raised preflop with pocket 6s and both opponents checked the dry flop, so I'll takea stab at the 900 pot; a small c-bet can win it now, and my hand may still be best.

With T-high, no pair and no real draw on a 9-high board, calling 450 with a player behind lacks the equity to continue against the button's bet.

Top pair with a medium kicker on a dry-ish board versus a button c-bet; calling keeps the button's bluffs in and avoids bloating the pot against overpairs.

Top pair with weak kicker out of position against the preflop aggressor who c-bet; checking to control pot size and let them bluff or value-bet worse, planning to call a reasonable turn bet.

My pocket sixes are an overpair to this dry board; seat_3's flop call is wide, so I bet for thin value and protection rather than checking back.

Top pair with 8 kicker on a dry board facing a 1/3-pot turn bet from the preflop raiser; pot odds are great and villain's range includes many overcards, flush draws, and bluffs, so calling is clearly better than folding, while raising would only isolate against better hands.

Second pair with a weak kicker on a board where the flush just completed; no value in betting out of position, so check and evaluate against the button's river action.

My 66 is only a bluff-catcher on a three-heart board, and seat_3 has called two streets then checked—checking behind avoids paying off a flush or J-x and keeps the pot cheap.

6h7h is a strong suited connector on the button in 3-handed play, well ahead of a blind defense range, so raising pressures the blinds and builds a pot in position.

A7 suited is a strong hand 3-handed versus a button open; 3-betting from the small blind takes initiative and avoids playing a bloated multiway pot out of position.

T5 offsuit is a weak hand facing a 3-bet to 900; folding is clearly best.

67 suited plays well in position heads-up against a wide 3-handed SB 3-bet, with enough implied odds at 100bb to call rather than fold or 4-bet.

Nut flush draw with ace overcard on a board that favors my 3-bet range; a c-bet of ~37% pot builds the pot with strong equity and takes it down against weak holdings.

With 6h7h on Kc Jc 8d I have only backdoor flush and straight possibilities and no pair or real draw. Calling 700 against a preflop 3-bettor's flop bet lacks the equity needed.

Pocket jacks on the button, first to act in a 3-handed game; a standard 2.5x open builds the pot with a premium hand.

T4s is far too weak to call a 2.5x raise out of position with two players behind; folding is clearly best.

Q9o in the big blind gets good pot odds against a wide button 2.5x open, needing only about 27% equity to call 150 into 400.

Trip queens on a Q-Q-K two-spade board is likely best against a button raise; betting protects against flush and straight draws and gets value from kings and weaker queens.

JJ is an underpair on KQQ but a donk bet from the BB into the preflop raiser is often a draw or air; at 29% pot odds and with showdown value, one call is correct while raising only folds out worse hands.

The ace turn completes full houses for any Ace or King and straights/flush draws, so my trip queens are vulnerable. Checking controls the pot and avoids building it against hands that beat me while keeping worse queens to chop.

Semi-bluff with 12 outs (any spade for second-nut/royal flush, any ten for Broadway) after villain checked a scary ace; strong fold equity against Kx/Qx-weak hands and great equity when called.

Trip queens with ace-king board kickers is too strong to fold to a half-pot turn bet for 700 into 2000, and raising would only isolate against straights, flushes and full houses that beat me.

I have queens full of aces, losing only to an ace or pocket kings. Checking lets missed draws and weaker hands bluff or check back, while avoiding building a bigger pot against aces-full.

The board plays for me (AAQQK) so I can only chop against hands with no A/K/Q and lose to any A, K, or Q; betting can only fold out hands that would chop anyway, so checking is strictly best.

AQs is strong from the button; a standard 3x open builds the pot and applies pressure.

8-4 offsuit is a very weak hand facing a 3x button raise; calling 250 from the small blind out of position is unprofitable.

KTo in the big blind facing a 3x button open with 100bb effective; getting 450:200 odds and closing the action, a call is standard while 3-betting is marginal and folding is too tight.

KTo with no pair on A96 two-tone board; I'm out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking to see a free turn or fold to pressure is best. Leading would be a weak bluff with little equity.

I have top pair top kicker (AQ on A96) and was checked to heads-up, so I bet for value against weaker aces and draws.

King-high with no pair or draw on an ace-high two-club board facing a half-pot c-bet from the button; insufficient equity to float.

4-6 offsuit on the button is too weak to call or raise profitably against the blinds, with poor postflop playability and insufficient pot odds.

8-2 offsuit is one of the weakest starting hands; even heads-up from the small blind against the big blind it is a clear fold rather than paying to play out of position with no raise equity.

7-2 suited is among the weakest starting hands; even on the button in a 3-handed game it's a clear fold rather than risking chips with little equity.

J2s heads-up in position is worth completing for 50; cheap flop play with fold equity later.

K5 suited is ahead of a wide small-blind limp and I am in position on the small blind postflop, so raising isolates and builds value with fold equity.

J2s offsuit is far too weak to call a 3x raise out of position heads-up; folding is clearly best.