Showdown Hold'em table

Standard optimal strategy raises 4x preflop with any Ace, including A3o.

32s does not meet the preflop 4x raising threshold, so checking to see the flop for free is standard optimal play.

With only three-high and weak backdoor draws on a high flop, checking is clearly higher expected value than committing a 2x raise.

We are playing the board with no pair and can never beat the dealer. With dealer qualifying often enough, folding has a higher expected value (-20 chips) than calling.

Any Ace is a standard preflop 4x raise in optimal Ultimate Texas Hold'em strategy.

Standard preflop strategy dictates raising 4x with any Ace, including A4o.

Pocket eights meet the standard optimal preflop 4x raising criteria (any pocket pair 33 or better).

Any ace is within the standard optimal preflop 4x raising range against the house dealer.

9-3 offsuit is far below the standard preflop raising threshold, so checking to see the flop for free is optimal.

We have middle pair with a weak three kicker; checking to see the full board for free is standard over raising 2x.

Holding two pair (nines and fives) with a king kicker beats all single-pair hands and lower two pairs, giving sufficient equity to value bet.

72o is well below the standard preflop raising range in Ultimate Texas Hold'em / Showdown Hold'em, making check the clear optimal play.

With 7-high and no significant draw on a Kd-Jh-8s board, checking to see the turn for free is the optimal play.

The board pairs eights, qualifying the dealer automatically. With only a 7 kicker, we lose to almost every dealer holding, giving raising an EV worse than folding.

In Ultimate Texas Hold'em, any Ace is an optimal 4x raise preflop according to standard basic strategy.

T5o is well below the standard preflop raising threshold in Ultimate Texas Hold'em, making check the optimal play.

I flopped two pair (Tens and Fives), which is well ahead of the dealer's range and an easy value raise.

K6o meets the standard preflop 4x raising threshold of K5o or better.

T9o is below the optimal 4x preflop raising threshold (which requires JTo+, Q8o+, K5o+, any Ace, or 33+), so checking is correct.

Holding two pair (Tens and Nines) on the flop is well above the threshold to commit a 2x play bet against the dealer.

JTo meets the standard optimal preflop 4x raising threshold (J8s+, JTo+).

8s 2d is a very weak unsuited hand far below the preflop raising threshold, so checking to see the flop is standard.

With only eight-high and an inside straight draw to a ten, there is not enough equity to justify a 2x raise on the flop. Checking to see the turn and river for free is optimal.

With a pair of deuces, we beat all non-qualifying dealer hands and low-kicker deuce hands, easily exceeding the required showdown equity to make the 1x river bet profitable over folding.

52o is well below the standard preflop 4x raising threshold, so checking to see the flop is optimal.

With only a gutshot straight draw and five-high on a paired board, checking to see the turn and river for free is the highest EV play.

Holding two pair (fours and deuces), we beat all of the dealer's single-pair holdings, which comprise over half of all possible dealer hands.

63o is well outside the standard preflop raising threshold, so checking to see the flop is optimal.

With only six-high and no direct draw on an ace-high flop, checking is clearly optimal.

We have a ten-high straight (6-7-8-9-T), which beats all three-of-a-kind and two-pair hands and loses only to dealer holdings containing a Jack.

Standard Ultimate Texas Hold'em preflop strategy dictates a 4x raise with any Ace, including A3o.

K6s is within the optimal preflop 4x raising range (K2s+).

9h6h is outside the optimal preflop 4x raising range, so checking to see a flop is the mathematically sound play.

With only nine-high on a paired Ace board and no significant draws, checking to see the turn and river for free is optimal.

With four diamonds on the board and our pair of aces only carrying a nine kicker, our showdown value is well below the ~20% threshold required to justify calling the river bet.

QTo meets the standard preflop 4x raising criteria (Q8o+), so raising 4x maximizes positive EV.

Pocket kings are a premium starting hand well above the standard threshold for a maximum 4x preflop raise.

K9o is above the standard preflop 4x threshold of K5o+ in Ultimate Texas Hold'em strategy.

T9s falls just outside the standard preflop 4x raising range according to the published strategy, so checking to see the flop is optimal.

Flopped top two pair (Tens and Nines), which is a clear value raise at the 2x flop decision point.

Ten-five suited falls below the optimal preflop 4x raising threshold, so checking to see the flop is standard.

I flopped top two pair (Tens and Eights), which easily meets the standard flop raise threshold in Ultimate Texas Hold'em.

QTo is within the standard preflop 4x raising range (Q8o+), which maximizes expected value.

Pocket aces are the strongest starting hand, making a 4x raise clearly optimal.

Q6o falls below the standard 4x raising threshold of Q8o+ / Q6s+, making check the optimal preflop action.

Holding Queen-high with no made pair and only backdoor draws on an Ace-high board, checking is clearly superior to raising 2x.

We hold an eight-high flush on a four-flush board, beating all non-club dealer holdings (which account for roughly two-thirds of combinations) plus lower flushes.

T7o is below the standard preflop 4x raise threshold, so checking to see the flop is optimal.

We have top pair of tens on a 5d-Th-4d board, which easily exceeds the threshold for a 2x flop raise against a random dealer hand.

87 offsuit does not meet the preflop 4x raising criteria (which requires at least JTo, Q8o, K5o, any Ace, or any pair 33+), so checking is optimal.

Flopped two pair (eights and sevens) is well above the standard threshold for a 2x flop raise.

QJo exceeds the standard preflop 4x threshold of Q8o+, making raise_4x the optimal play.