Hold'em table

King-five offsuit on the button is a marginal hand, but completing the 100-chip call is cheap and keeps me in with position for a multiway pot.

AJo is strong against a button limp in three-handed play. Raising isolates the limper and builds the pot with a likely equity advantage.

54o is too weak to continue out of position against a raise and a caller.

Facing a small raise heads-up in position with K5 offsuit, calling for 350 is a reasonable price to see a flop without committing more chips.

This connected flop favors the limper's calling range, and ace-jack has little immediate equity. Checking avoids building a pot out of position.

I hold only King-high with no pair, but seat_2 checked the flop after raising preflop, so a half-pot bet can win the pot now or take it down if they fold.

The half-pot bet gives me a reasonable price with two overcards and backdoor straight and flush possibilities. I’ll call and reassess on the turn.

Ace-high has little equity on this turn, and a bluff is unlikely to be profitable after the flop bet was called. Checking keeps the pot small.

I have a pair of fives with a king kicker on a paired-looking low board, which is a weak showdown hand. Seat_2 checked the turn, so I'll take the free card rather than bloat the pot.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws. The river completes many possible straights, making a bluff less attractive.

With only a pair of fives on a board of T-9-8-6-5 and seat_2 having checked, a bluff risks more than it gains, so I'll take the free showdown.

T2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, even three-handed, with both blinds still to act.

K8s has solid heads-up equity against a random big blind, so raising applies pressure and takes initiative rather than just completing.

With 6-8 offsuit facing a 200-chip call into a 400-chip pot as the big blind, the price is good enough to see a flop without committing more chips.

I flopped top pair with a flush draw, so betting for value and protection is best; checking would let worse hands and draws see a free card.

I have 6-8 high with no pair and no real draw on T-K-4 facing a 400 bet, so folding avoids losing more chips.

2s4h is a very weak offsuit hand and I am facing a full big blind call with poor playability. Folding avoids investing chips out of position with a dominated, low-equity holding.

Ace-king suited is a strong preflop hand in a 3-handed game, so raising to 300 builds the pot and takes initiative over the big blind.

K3 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind 3x raise, and I'll have position postflop.

I have only ace-high with no made pair on a 5-T-9 rainbow board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against a player who called preflop.

After the preflop raiser checks, a small bet can fold out unpaired overcards. My king also gives me some chance to improve if called.

Ace-high with a king kicker has showdown value and the 200 call is cheap against an 800 pot, so calling keeps me in against a possible bluff or weaker pair.

I hold only ace-high with no pair or real draw, and seat_2 showed strength on the flop, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it with a weak hand.

I have only a gutshot straight draw, and the jack connects with many hands that called the flop. Checking takes the free river card without investing more in a weak hand.

I hold ace-high with no pair on a paired board, and seat_2 showed strength on the flop, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into a possible made hand.

King-high is unlikely to win at showdown against a preflop raiser who called the flop. After two checks, a river bet can make ace-high and some small pairs fold.

Ace-high has little showdown value on this paired-5 board against an 800 river bet into about 1000, and seat_2 has shown consistent aggression, so folding loses the least.

Pocket pair of eights is a strong starting hand in a 3-handed game, so raising to 300 builds the pot and isolates or takes it down from the blinds.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a 3x button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Getting over 2:1 with a big blind discount against a likely wide button open, J8o is good enough to defend and see a flop.

I have only a gutshot and an overcard on a coordinated board; checking controls the pot and avoids bloating it against the preflop raiser.

Pocket eights are an underpair to the nine on this board, so I have a medium-strength hand and can take a free card rather than bloat the pot.

I have an open-ended straight draw and no showdown value, and opponent checked back the flop after raising preflop. A semi-bluff can fold out overcards and build the pot for when I connect.

Pocket eights are a middle pair on this board, but the pot odds of about 3.6 to 1 and the gutshot straight draw justify a call against a turn bet that could be a bluff or a float.

I have top pair with a medium kicker, but the river completes several straight draws. Checking controls the pot and may induce a bluff from missed draws, while avoiding a raise from better hands.

I hold a pair of eights on a board with no straight or flush threat, and seat_3 has checked, so checking is the free showdown option with no reason to bet into a possible stronger hand.

K6 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A modest raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

J4o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

With 5d 9d facing a button raise to 250 and only 150 to call from the big blind, calling keeps the pot cheap with a suited, playable hand and realizes my closing action well.

I have 5-9 with no pair on a Q-6-3 board, so checking keeps the pot small and I can see the next card for free.

A small continuation bet with middle pair can get value from weaker pairs and charge overcards without building a large pot.

I have 5-9 with no pair and no real draw on a 6-3-Q board, facing a 180 bet into 730 from the button after a preflop raise. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a hand that is unlikely to win.

Q4o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and calling 100 out of position relative to the blinds isn't worth it. Folding avoids unnecessary risk with a marginal holding.

Heads-up from the small blind with 7-6 offsuit, completing for 50 more is cheap and keeps a playable hand in a pot where the big blind has already invested 100.

With 7-6 offsuit, I can see a flop for free in position rather than inflate the pot with a marginal hand.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with a weak backdoor flush draw, so I'd rather take a free card than bloat the pot out of position.

With position, a gutshot and a backdoor heart draw, a small bet can win the pot when the limper misses while keeping the risk modest.

With 7h6d on Th8hKd I have only a gutshot and a backdoor flush draw, about 8-9% to improve, while calling 130 into a 330 pot needs about 28% equity, so folding is correct.