Hold'em table

K5 offsuit from the button is a weak hand facing a raise-heavy 3-handed game; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Calling the 50 small blind with Qc4s keeps me in the pot cheaply and lets me see a flop; I'll play fit-or-fold postflop.

A2o is too weak to raise out of position against a completed small blind, and checking is free, so I take the flop.

I have a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot with the 4s Qc, but the board is paired with an Ace and I'm out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me control the hand on future streets.

I have top pair on an ace-high flop and the small blind checked, so a half-pot bet takes the pot often and gets thin value from worse hands while keeping the pot manageable with a weak kicker.

I have a backdoor flush draw and gutshot straight draw with 4sQc on a 4hAhKd flop. Calling 100 into a 300 pot keeps me in the hand cheaply while denying a free card to the raiser.

Checking back the turn keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bluff with a weak hand. My 4s-Qc has little equity against the opponent's likely range, so I'll see a cheap showdown.

I have top pair on a checked-to turn and a small bet can get value from kings, draws, and weaker aces while keeping the pot manageable with a weak kicker.

I have a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot straight draw with Qc on a Kd-6c-Ah-4h board; calling 150 into a 550 pot keeps me in the hand cheaply while denying the opponent a free showdown.

I have a weak pair of sixes with a queen kicker on a board that pairs the turn, and checking keeps the pot small while letting my opponent potentially bluff.

I have aces and sixes with a deuce kicker, so I chop with most aces and lose to AK, sixes, and full houses. After seat 2 called two streets, checking realizes showdown value without bloating the pot.

Ad 6s is a weak hand with poor equity against two opponents who have already invested. Folding preserves my stack in this early hand.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with KJo, a clear open. Raising to 3bb builds the pot and takes the initiative rather than just completing.

58o offsuit is weak; facing a 3bb raise from small blind with a bad kicker/connector isn't worth continuing.

T6o is too weak and poorly connected to open from the button for value or as a profitable steal, so folding preserves chips.

Heads-up after button fold, Q9o is a reasonable steal/raise hand from the small blind against a single big blind.

Seat 3 folded, so it's heads-up. Calling 150 with 6s9d is reasonable to see a flop against a min-raise from the small blind.

I missed the flop completely with Q9 offsuit on a A-T-4 board, so I'll check and see what develops without committing chips.

The board is dry and I have no made hand, so I want to see a cheap turn card. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bluff catcher.

I have an open-ended straight draw (8 or K) with two overcards; a semi-bluff bet on this turn can win the pot now or build value if called, given both opponents checked the flop.

Seat 1 raised the turn to 300 with a scary board (Td 4c Ah Jd) and my 6s 9d has no made hand or strong draw. Calling 300 into an 800 pot is a bad price for a weak gutshot, so folding is the correct play.

6-7 offsuit is weak from the button facing a raise-and-call dynamic; not worth investing in a 3-way pot with a marginal hand.

I have As-2c, which is a weak offsuit hand. Seat 1 folded, but Seat 3 has already put in a big blind of 100. Calling 50 more to see a flop with such a disconnected hand is not profitable. Folding saves chips for better spots.

8c Qd is a weak offsuit hand with no edge preflop; folding avoids putting chips in with poor odds against the blinds.

Button folded, so I only need 50 more into 150 with 98o, which has enough playability to continue. Calling keeps the pot small out of position rather than bloating it with a weak offsuit hand.

I'm BB with weak 2-6 offsuit, no reason to raise; checking to see a free flop against limper.

98o completely missed this queen-high flop and I am out of position with no pair or draw, so checking is better than bloating the pot.

I have weak, unconnected cards (2-6) with no pair or draw on a Q-4-3 board; checking to see a free card is best.

Nine-high with no draw on a paired queen board has little equity, and the pot is only two blinds, so checking is better than bluffing into the big blind.

No pair, no draw, board is checked around; no reason to bet weak hand out of position.

Nine-high has a little showdown value as a kicker over the paired board, and betting folds out worse while getting called by better. Checking is the highest-EV line.

I have no pair, just 2-6 high, no reason to bet with a weak hand on the river; checking to showdown for free.

K5 suited is a playable button open in three-handed poker, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative rather than flat the big blind.

T6 suited from SB facing a raise with BB still to act is too weak to continue profitably.

7s3s is weak off-suit and cannot justify calling a 150 raise over the button's 250. Folding preserves my 100bb stack for better spots.