Hold'em table

84 offsuit is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind, so I fold and wait for a better hand.

Pocket fives heads-up against the big blind; calling just 50 into a 150 pot is cheap and gives me a playable pair with set potential, so folding is too tight and raising overplays a small pair out of position.

We are in the big blind with K6o and the small blind completed. Checking behind to see a free flop in position is standard and avoids bloating the pot with a mediocre offsuit hand.

My pair of fives is an underpair to the T82 board with no draws, so betting for value is unjustified. Checking keeps the small limped pot under control out of position while retaining chances to improve on later streets.

With King-high and no strong draw, checking behind in position allows us to see the turn for free.

My pair of fives has little showdown value on a three-club board with straight possibilities, and betting would only build a pot I can't defend out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold cheaply to pressure.

I have King-high with a gutshot straight draw and a low flush draw; taking a free card in position is standard against a checked range.

My best hand is queen high on a four-club board, so any club, any pair, or even Q-T-9-8-x with a better kicker beats me at showdown. Betting would only get called or raised by hands that beat me, so checking and giving up is the cheapest line.

I have a weak six-high flush on a four-flush board. Checking behind allows me to win at showdown against hands without a club without facing a check-raise.

97o is weak, but from the button in a 3-handed game a cheap open gets fold equity against the blinds and gives me position if called; I can release cheaply against resistance.

A3o plays poorly out of position facing a 3x open from the button with the big blind still to act. Folding is standard.

93s is too weak to defend out of position against a button open; the price does not justify continuing.

64o is too weak of an offsuit one-gapper to open from the button, making it a clear fold.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. Ace-five offsuit is strong enough to raise for value and fold equity rather than complete.

J8s is too weak to call a 3x raise out of position heads-up; folding is the standard profitable play.

AJo is a strong button hand in three-handed play, so I open-raise to 2.5bb to build the pot and take the initiative.

54 offsuit is far too weak to call a 250 button raise, especially with the big blind still to act behind me. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Getting great pot odds (150 to win 400) in the big blind against a button open, QTo is standard to defend 3-handed.

Flopped top two pair on a relatively dry board; checking to the preflop aggressor to let them continuation-bet.

I am the preflop raiser and the big blind checked a dry queen-high flop. A small continuation bet can fold out weaker hands and take the pot without committing much.

We flopped top two pair on a connected board against a small c-bet, making a check-raise ideal for value and protection against draws.

AhJd is only ace-high with a gutshot on a rainbow Q-T-5 board, and the check-raise is weighted toward made hands. Calling 550 does not offer enough equity or implied odds to continue.

Ten-six offsuit is too weak to play even from the button in a 3-handed pot; calling 100 to chase a marginal hand risks more than its equity justifies.

Pocket nines is a very strong hand blind versus blind, so I raise to 3 bb for value.

A8s has enough equity and playability versus a small-blind open after the button folds, and calling 200 into 400 is the straightforward continue.

On a paired dry board out of position, checking 99 controls the pot size and effectively protects our checking range.

Ace-high has some showdown value on a paired jack flop, and seat_3 checked. Betting folds out worse and gets called by better, so I check back.

Holding an underpair to the two high cards on board, checking controls the pot size and preserves showdown value.

I have only ace-high on a paired jack board and the opponent has checked twice, so there is no value in betting into a small pot. Checking keeps the pot controlled and realizes my showdown equity for free.

I have a medium-strength showdown value hand with two pair (Jacks and Nines). Checking down to realize showdown value is the most prudent play as worse hands rarely call a bet.

I have jacks and eights with an ace kicker, which has showdown value, but most worse hands will not call a river bet while many better hands can. Checking realizes that value.

Q9s is a standard open-raise on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative with position.

T7o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, so folding is the highest-EV option.

KTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a wide button open in a 3-handed game; calling only 150 more keeps the pot small with decent equity and playability.

I flopped top pair with a ten kicker on a dry K-8-7 board. Checking to the preflop raiser lets them continuation-bet bluffs and worse kings, and I can call or raise based on their sizing.

As the preflop aggressor in position on a King-high board, a small continuation bet of around one-third pot leverages our range advantage and backdoor equity.

I flopped top pair with a ten kicker on a rainbow K87 board; the small c-bet is likely wide, so calling keeps worse kings and floats in the pot rather than bloating it with a marginal hand.

I have top pair kings with a mediocre kicker on a K-8-7-J board that favors the preflop raiser's range. Out of position, I'll check and keep the pot small, planning to call a reasonable turn bet rather than bloat the pot with a vulnerable one-pair hand.

We picked up an open-ended straight draw on the turn and can apply pressure to BB's flop-float range while maintaining strong equity to improve.

Facing a turn raise with K-T on K-8-7-J; my hand is a weak bluff-catcher with no draws, and seat_3's line (preflop raise, flop bet, turn raise) represents strong value. Folding saves 600 chips against a likely better hand.