Hold'em table

Seven-two offsuit is the weakest starting hand, and facing a 100-chip call from the button in a 3-handed game with no initiative, folding is the disciplined play.

AK suited is a premium hand; I raise for value and to build the pot against the big blind.

2-5 offsuit facing a raise is not worth defending; folding preserves chips.

T4 offsuit is a weak hand even on the button; folding preflop is the standard profitable play.

Button folded, cheap price to see a flop heads-up with suited low cards; calling the small blind completion is fine.

I'm already in the big blind with no bet to call, so checking sees the flop for free, and 6-7 offsuit is too weak to raise profitably.

Weak bottom pair with backdoor flush draw; checking to control pot size against two players with no info.

With 6-7 on K-8-5 I have an open-ended straight draw but no made hand, and checking is free, so I take the free card rather than bet into a field that checked to me.

I have only a gutshot/backdoor draw with 3h5h on K-8-5-Q board, no pair, no equity to bet; checking keeps pot small.

I hold 6-7 with no pair on a K-8-5-Q board, and checking is free, so I take the free showdown rather than bluff into two players who both checked.

My hand (3h5h) missed the board entirely with no pair or draw, so checking to showdown is best given both opponents have shown passive lines.

Our 6-7 has no pair and no straight on this board, and both opponents have checked through, so a free check is the best option rather than a bluff into a possibly stronger range.

Weak offsuit hand (J4) with no pair or strong connectivity; not worth calling from the button facing a raise-equivalent situation.

Facing only 50 chips to call into a 150 pot against one remaining opponent, K5 offsuit has enough equity to justify calling, and the price is good.

K3s is weak but I'm in the big blind with no raise, so a free flop is fine.

I have only King-high with a paired board and no made hand, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing chips without a strong hand or clear fold equity.

King-high with a paired low board is weak; heads-up with a free card, checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the turn.

I have only King-high with no made pair on a paired board, and the pot is small, so checking keeps the hand cheap and avoids bloating a pot I am unlikely to win.

King-high with no draw on a paired low board; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building it with a marginal hand.

I hold only a pair of fours with a king kicker on a Q-high-ish board, which is too weak to value bet and too weak to bluff profitably against a seat that has checked two streets. Checking is free and keeps the pot small.

King-high is likely no good after all checks, but betting into a checked-down pot rarely gets called by worse here; checking is free.

3s 8c is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability, so folding preflop avoids losing chips out of position against the blinds.

42o out of position against the big blind is a clear fold; completing gives no equity edge.

8c3c offsuit is a weak hand facing two players; folding is the profitable play.

Cheap price to see a flop heads-up against BB with reasonable pot odds, even though J6o is weak.

I'm already in the big blind with no call required, and 5-7 offsuit is too weak to raise profitably, so checking sees a free flop.

I have top pair of jacks with a weak kicker on a drawy diamond board; betting for value and to deny flush draw equity.

I hold 5-7 with only ace-high on an A-J-2 board and no real draw, so I can't justify calling 120 into a 320 pot.

T2 offsuit is a weak hand not worth playing from the button facing a raise-call scenario; folding preserves chips.

With the button already folded, I only need to add 50 chips to see the flop heads-up against the big blind. 54 suited is a playable speculative hand at this price, so calling is better than folding.

Q9o is ahead of SB's limp range heads-up; raising builds pot and applies pressure with position-neutral equity.

Five-four offsuit is weak, and facing a 300-chip call after a raise to 400 from the big blind, the price is too high to continue profitably.