Hold'em table

I have As9h on the button, a playable hand. Calling the 100 big blind keeps me in the pot with good implied odds and position while avoiding unnecessary preflop risk.

Pocket tens are well ahead of the button's declared limp range. I raise for value and to discourage the big blind from entering cheaply.

3d4s is very weak facing a limp and a 5bb small-blind raise; calling 400 more out of position has poor equity and playability.

Calling the 400 to keep the pot manageable with a suited Ace on the button; I can play postflop in position if I hit something.

With an overpair on a dry paired board, checking preserves the opponent's bluffs and avoids folding out their unpaired overcards immediately.

I have top pair with the Ace kicker on a paired board, but the opponent raised preflop and checked the flop, indicating possible weakness. Checking allows me to control the pot size and potentially induce a bluff or see a free card.

My tens are likely best on this paired board and benefit from charging overcards and straight draws. A medium value bet targets weaker pairs and denies equity.

I have top pair with the Ace kicker on a board with a pair of 4s. Calling is profitable against a wide range since the opponent may bluff or have a weaker hand.

TT is a reasonable showdown hand on this paired board, but a river value bet is unlikely to be called by many worse hands and risks paying off Jx, trips, or slow-played stronger holdings.

The board is paired with fours and I hold the Ace-high, which is a marginal showdown value hand. Seat 2 checked the river after betting the turn, indicating weakness, so I want to induce a bluff or take a free showdown without risking more chips.

QJs is a strong, playable button hand three-handed and benefits from taking initiative. A 2.5bb open applies pressure while retaining maneuverability.

A9o is well ahead of a button opening range in 3-handed play and gets good pot odds, but is not strong enough to consistently 3-bet out of position.

6d3s is a weak hand that cannot stand a raise from the button and SB, so I'm folding to preserve chips.

Ace-high with a wheel gutshot has showdown and draw equity, but out of position against the preflop raiser I prefer to check and realize equity cheaply rather than build a pot.

Checking back preserves showdown value with two overcards on a low connected board that favors the caller's range. We can realize equity and avoid facing a check-raise.

With a paired low board, Ace kicker to the board pair plus a wheel gutshot is likely best after the preflop raiser checked the flop. Betting denies equity to overcards and gets value from weaker hands.

The small turn probe after a checked flop is often weak or capped. Raising in position credibly represents an overpair or trips and applies pressure to unpaired holdings and small pocket pairs.

Ace-high with only a gutshot to the wheel has about seven outs, far below the ~29% equity needed to call 1000 into 2400 against a turn raise that credibly represents trips, a straight, or an overpair.

K9 offsuit is a strong button open in 3-handed play, well ahead of the blinds' random hands. Raising to 2.5bb applies pressure and builds a pot in position.

I have 9c-Ah, a weak offsuit hand, and face a 250 raise from the button. Calling 200 more with only one overcard is a negative EV play, so folding is the disciplined choice.

K4 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a button open in this short-handed spot.

With Tc6d on the button and a 150 pot, I'm folding to avoid playing a weak hand out of position against the blinds' already invested chips.

A2 offsuit is well ahead of the big blind's defending range heads-up and benefits from taking initiative. I raise to a standard 3bb total.

In position as big blind versus a small-blind steal, K3o has enough equity against a wide range for the 200-chip call getting good pot odds.

I have top pair and a nut-club blocker on a coordinated flop. A medium continuation bet extracts value from worse aces and draws while protecting equity.

Second pair of kings with a 3 kicker on an ace-high two-club board has poor equity against a 2/3-pot bet from the preflop raiser, whose range is rich in aces, better kings, and club draws, and it plays badly on later streets.

Button Q-high suited has enough equity and positional value to open-raise three-handed. A 2.5bb raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

J8 offsuit is too weak and poorly playable out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act.

My 9c7d is weak and out of position. The button raised to 2.5x, and I only have a small blind discount, so folding is the most profitable play.

9-5 offsuit is too weak and disconnected to open from the button even 3-handed; folding avoids negative-EV play against the blinds.

I have 4-2 offsuit, a very weak hand, and the big blind has already invested 100 chips. Folding avoids losing more chips with almost no chance to win.