Hold'em table

Q-high has enough equity to defend the small blind heads-up at these pot odds. Calling keeps the pot manageable with a weak offsuit hand.

Button folded (fallback) and SB limped; J4s is a reasonable hand to attack a limper heads-up with position disadvantage mitigated by a small isolation raise, taking the pot down often preflop.

Q5 offsuit is weak and often dominated against the big blind’s raise. Calling 200 more out of position is not worthwhile.

J5 offsuit is too weak to continue from the button against the blinds, and calling would invite a multiway pot with poor postflop prospects.

Blind vs blind with button folded; 4s2s is a weak suited hand but has playable equity and fold equity against a single opponent. A small raise takes down the pot often and plays fine in position-less spots; folding gives up too much, limping invites BB to take initiative.

8-high offsuit trash against a 3x raise from SB; pot odds don't come close with this hand.

J9o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb to take initiative and pressure the blinds.

3h5s is a weak hand facing a 2.5x raise out of position; folding is clearly best.

Q9 suited is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button 2.5x open, and the call price is favorable. I’ll see a flop rather than inflate the pot out of position.

I have only queen-high with a gutshot and backdoor flush potential, so checking keeps the pot small and lets the preflop raiser act.

I have an open-ended straight draw (J9 on 3-8-T) plus overcard equity and position; a c-bet of roughly half pot takes down the pot often against a checking BB and builds the pot for when I hit.

Q-high has no made hand or immediate flush draw, and the gutshot/backdoor flush possibilities do not justify calling this sizable raise. Fold and preserve chips.

A6s on the button is a standard opening raise; I'll take the initiative and try to win the blinds or play in position.

Pocket deuces have poor playability postflop, but the 100bb effective stacks offer enough implied odds to continue for a set. Calling keeps the pot manageable; reraising would expose the hand to unnecessary risk.

A5 suited in the big blind facing a 3x open and a flat from the small blind; closing the action with 200 to call into a 700 pot gives excellent odds, and A5s plays well multiway with nut flush and wheel potential. Squeezing is marginal out of position, so calling is the best value.

With only a small underpair on a connected, two-diamond flop against two opponents, betting is unlikely to be profitable. I’ll take the free card and keep the pot small.

Bottom pair with ace kicker on a wet 9-8-5 board, multiway with the preflop raiser still to act behind me; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does.

I raised preflop and both checked the flop to me; a small continuation bet with ace-high plus backdoor flush/straight potential takes the pot or builds it when called.

Pocket deuces are well behind on this connected, two-diamond flop, and the button's bet into two opponents makes a continuation bluff less likely. The call price is not justified by my two-out set draw.

Bottom pair with ace overcard on a draw-heavy board; getting 2.5:1 against a wide button c-bet range that includes many overcards and flush draws, so calling once and reassessing on the turn is the best option.

I have bottom pair with an ace kicker on a board that just added a queen overcard; checking to the preflop aggressor keeps the pot controlled and lets me decide based on their turn action.

I only have ace-high; seat_3 called a flop bet, so bluffing into them is risky. Checking back keeps the pot small and I may still win with ace-high if they check down.

Bottom pair with ace kicker on a coordinated board has some showdown value against missed diamond draws but can't be bet for value; checking keeps the pot small and lets me evaluate a river bet from the button.

I hold ace-high with no showdown value, and seat_3's flop call followed by two checks suggests weakness, so a modest river bluff has good fold equity relative to the 2100 pot.

Bottom pair with ace kicker is a bluff-catcher; villain's turn check then 57% pot river bet is consistent with missed diamond draws and air, and we only need ~27% equity to call.

K7 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. A modest raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

K5 offsuit in the small blind facing a 2.5x button open is a standard fold; it plays poorly out of position and is dominated by much of the button's range.

Queen-Ten suited plays well heads-up with position; calling 150 more to see a flop against a 2.5x open is profitable.

Q-high on a paired board heads-up with no investment risk; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into the preflop raiser.

Check back with king-high on this dry paired board. I have limited improvement potential, and checking preserves showdown value without inflating the pot.

The board has trip deuces plus a nine; my Q-high kicker is weak and any bet only folds out worse or gets raised. Checking to realize a cheap showdown is best.

With K-high on a low, paired board, checking preserves showdown value and avoids folding out hands I already beat or being called by better hands.

My queen-high missed the trip-2s board entirely; checking back and folding to aggression loses the minimum.

With only king-high on a paired board, a bet is unlikely to get called by worse hands and risks being raised; take the free showdown.

Q7o on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable steal candidate; a small raise pressures the blinds and takes the pot down often.

9c4c offsuit is far too weak to call 2.5x against a button raise with two players behind; folding is clearly best.

K8 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button open, and the 150-chip call offers favorable pot odds. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in the pot without inflating it out of position.

I have middle pair with a modest kicker on a connected flop, so checking keeps the pot controlled and allows the preflop raiser to act.

Small c-bet as a semi-bluff with a gutshot (9) and an overcard on a board where I have the preflop range advantage; cheap to fold out weak pairs and ace-highs while keeping equity when called.

Call the small flop bet with middle pair and a strong king kicker; the pot odds are favorable, while raising risks building a pot against better made hands or strong draws.

With only a weak pair of eights on an ace-high board, betting is unlikely to get value and risks building a pot against stronger hands. Check and proceed cautiously.

Q7 on 8-J-T-A gives an open-ended draw (any K or 9 makes a straight) with no showdown value; the ace is a strong barrel card for the preflop raiser against a check-call flop range, so a 2/3-pot semi-bluff has good fold equity plus 8 outs if called.

My pair of eights is weak on this ace-high, connected board, and the sizeable turn bet after the flop call suggests a stronger made hand or a strong draw. The four river queens are not enough to justify the call price.