Hold'em table

94 offsuit is too weak to open on the button, even three-handed.

We have a weak but playable hand in the small blind and are getting 3:1 pot odds to call 50 more. Raising out of position with a speculative hand is not ideal, so we take the cheap flop.

J-T suited plays well against a small-blind limping range. Raising builds the pot with a strong, connected hand.

7h9d is too weak to continue against a big blind raise, especially out of position with only 300 chips already in and poor equity versus a typical raising range.

87o on the button has decent implied odds and position, so calling 100 into 150 with deep stacks is profitable.

Completing for 50 chips gives me a cheap chance to see a flop with J6 offsuit. Raising would build a larger pot out of position with a marginal hand.

We have T7s in the big blind with two limpers; checking takes a free flop multiway with a playable suited hand.

I have no heart or made hand on a three-heart flop, so checking avoids putting more chips in with a weak holding.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a monotone board with no hearts in hand; checking controls the pot multiway.

Middle pair on a monotone board with no heart; checking keeps the pot small and avoids getting raised by flush draws or made flushes.

Middle pair without a heart is too weak to value-bet on a four-heart board. Checking controls the pot and avoids investing more against a likely flush.

I have second pair with no heart on a four-flush board; checking is the safest standard play.

Board has four hearts and I hold no heart; my pair of sevens has limited value against a possible flush, so I check to control the pot and see a free river.

I have no heart, so I can only play the board’s flush. Betting would mostly fold out hands I tie with while risking a call from a better flush.

The board features a five-card flush. Without a heart in hand, I am playing the board flush and checking to realize a potential chop.

The board is a made flush (five hearts) and I hold no heart, so my hand is just the board flush. Any opponent with a heart beats me, making a raise risky with little fold equity. Checking keeps the pot small and may result in a chop if no one has a heart.

J9 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. A 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Holding 42 offsuit out of position against a button raise is an easy standard fold.

With A3o in the big blind and only 150 to call, I have decent pot odds closing the action against a likely wide button open. Calling keeps the pot manageable, while 3-betting would bloat the pot out of position with a weak ace.

Ace-high with a gutshot on a monotone board; checking out of position keeps the pot small and avoids getting raised by made flushes or strong pairs.

I have a king-high straight on a three-diamond flop. A 400-chip bet gets value from strong pairs and draws while charging hands that could improve to a flush.

With As3c on a QdKdTd monotone flop, I have only a gutshot and weak overcard. Facing a 400 bet into 950, my equity is below the 29.6% pot odds, and being out of position makes calling worse.

K7s is well within standard opening range from the button in 3-handed play. Opening to 2.5bb applies pressure and plays well in position.

5s6c offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a dominated low-equity hand.

J4 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5 big blind button raise.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to continue, even from the button in a 3-handed game; it has poor equity and playability, so folding avoids unnecessary risk.

With the button folded, Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open against the big blind. Raising to 250 puts pressure on their range without committing much of the stack.

T3s is too weak to defend against a 2.5bb raise from the small blind, even with position.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise pressures the blinds without overcommitting.

92s is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open.

65o is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise, with poor playability and reverse implied odds. Folding avoids investing more chips in a marginal spot.