Hold'em table

7♦5 offsuit is a weak holding with poor playability, so I’ll avoid investing a blind from the button.

A8o is strong enough heads-up against a random big blind, and raising takes initiative while potentially winning the blinds immediately. I'll raise to 250 to apply pressure and avoid playing a marginal hand passively out of position.

4-2 offsuit is one of the worst starting hands; even getting ~2.3:1 against a small blind raise, it plays poorly out of position with little equity. Fold.

JTs is a strong suited broadway on the button in a 3-handed game, so raising for value and initiative is better than limping or folding.

K3 suited from the small blind facing a 3x button open with the big blind still to act is a marginal, out-of-position hand; folding avoids playing a dominated kicker OOP.

K9 offsuit is a reasonable heads-up big-blind defend against a button raise. Calling keeps dominated hands in and avoids inflating the pot out of position.

Top pair with a modest kicker is a solid hand, but checking out of position keeps the pot controlled and lets the preflop raiser act with their full range.

I flopped second pair with a gutshot and position; seat_1 checked, so betting for value and protection is best.

Top pair with a reasonable kicker is strong enough to continue against this modest bet, while calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in and avoids building a large pot against stronger holdings.

Check with top pair and a heart draw; the turn completes several draws, so keeping the pot controlled and allowing the button to act is preferable to leading into its flop raise.

I have two pair (Jacks and Tens) on a wet board. Betting for value and protection against flush/straight draws, and I can fold if raised.

Call with top pair and a strong combination draw: a heart or queen can improve me substantially, and the price is reasonable against the turn bet. Raising risks inflating the pot against stronger made hands.

The river ace is unfavorable after the button bet the flop and turn; my pair of kings is not strong enough to value-bet, so I check and avoid building the pot.

The river completes many straight and flush draws, and my two pair only gets called by better hands. Checking behind preserves showdown value and avoids a costly raise.

87o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb applies pressure on the blinds with a playable, connected hand.

J♣5♣ is too weak to continue out of position against the button's raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

4d9h is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise, and calling 150 more with poor playability is not profitable. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

With suited connectors on the button in a three-handed pot, I want to open-raise and use my positional advantage. A 2.5x raise gives the blinds a price without risking too much.

With pocket nines in the small blind, calling the button's 2.5x open keeps the pot manageable and lets the big blind come along with worse hands. Raising risks bloating the pot out of position against a stronger continuing range.

T7 offsuit in the big blind facing a 2.5x raise and a call: pot is 600 and it costs 150 to call, giving 4:1 pot odds with closing action. Hand is weak but the price is good enough to see a flop multiway; folding is also fine but calling is slightly better.

I have an overpair to the paired low board and want to bet for value/protection against overcards.

T7 offsuit on a 3-J-3 board with no pair or draw facing a two-thirds pot donk bet from the small blind with the preflop raiser still to act behind me; no equity to continue.

I have only weak overcard-like backdoor prospects and no reliable draw. Calling 500 into the current pot needs too much equity, so I fold.

AQo on the button is a strong hand; raising to isolate and build pot with position.

T5s from the small blind facing a 3x button open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; out of position with a weak suited hand that plays poorly postflop.

The price is favorable heads-up against the button's likely wide opening range; 6-5 offsuit has enough equity to defend despite being out of position.

With only a weak, unpaired hand and no meaningful draw, checking is preferable to bluffing into the preflop raiser.

I have two overcards but no pair on a coordinated board; checking behind in position controls the pot and lets me see a free turn.

I have no pair or meaningful draw, and the opponent checked the flop. Checking keeps the pot small with a weak hand.

Both flop and turn were checked to me; my AQ has a gutshot to Broadway plus overcards, and a bet can take down the pot or set up a river barrel.

I have no pair or meaningful draw, and calling 400 against the turn raise would be a poor investment.

Pocket threes on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and lets me play in position with a hand that can set-mine or win uncontested.

Pocket nines are strong three-handed against a button open, and a sizable out-of-position 3-bet takes initiative while applying pressure to the big blind.

Jh4h is too weak to continue against a button raise and a small-blind reraise, especially with only 850 already invested and poor implied odds.

Pocket threes in position vs a SB 3-bet: getting ~35% pot odds with ~13x implied odds behind, and SB 3-bet ranges are wide 3-handed, so a set-mining call is marginally profitable; will mostly give up on non-set flops.

With 99 below the queen on a two-heart board, I have useful showdown value but little need to build the pot. Checking keeps weaker hands in and avoids facing a raise with a marginal hand.

Flopped bottom set on a wet two-tone board against a 3-bettor who checked; bet for value and protection against flush draws and overpairs that may continue.

Pocket nines have useful showdown value and enough equity against bluffs and heart draws to call this moderate-sized bet. Raising would mostly isolate me against stronger hands.

Nines remain a marginal showdown hand against the flop bettor’s range, and the turn changes little. I’ll take the free card rather than inflate the pot or fold out worse hands.

Flopped set of threes on Qh3c8h5d; opponent 3-bet pre, check-called flop and checked turn, likely holding an overpair, AQ, or a flush draw. Bet large for value to set up a river shove.

A large turn bet after a three-bet preflop and flop bet strongly represents a queen or better. Nines have little equity against that range and no meaningful draw, so calling is not worthwhile.