Hold'em table

54 suited is a playable speculative hand on the button in 3-handed play; raising gives fold equity and initiative with position rather than playing a multiway limped pot.

Q5 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open is a clear fold; it's dominated often and plays poorly out of position with the big blind still to act.

Getting 2.67:1 pot odds with a suited one-gapper, calling is profitable against a wide button open.

We have ten-high with no draw on an A-K-9 board that strongly favors the preflop raiser. Checking avoids inflating the pot out of position.

As the preflop raiser in position, the A-K-9 board strongly favors my range. A small c-bet with backdoor flush and straight equity can fold better hands while keeping the price cheap.

My Tc6c completely missed this A-K-9 board with no draw and almost no equity. The opponent's flop bet likely represents strength, and folding preserves my stack.

T7 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is marginal; without a read on opponents, folding this weak offsuit hand avoids a thin spot.

A8s is strong enough to raise from the small blind against the big blind; min-raising to 200 defines strength and builds the pot while keeping the opponent's calling range wide.

K6 suited is strong enough to defend the big blind heads-up against a small-blind raise to 200, especially in position postflop with flush potential.

With middle pair top kicker on a dry board, betting half pot for value and protection against overcards and gutshots.

King-high with no pair or draw on a J-8-3 flop facing a preflop raiser's bet; calling 200 into 600 lacks the equity needed.

Button position with Jh6s is a marginal hand but worth a steal attempt given the small blind and big blind are moderately deep. Raising gives me initiative and chance to take down the pot preflop or on favorable flops with position.

K2 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind out of position with the big blind still behind.

7-4 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise; folding is the standard play despite reasonable pot odds.

Q6 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is well within opening range, and raising gives initiative and a chance to win the blinds outright.

A9s in the small blind vs a button open 3-handed is a strong enough hand to 3-bet for value and to avoid playing out of position in a bloated multiway pot; sizing ~3.6x the open to apply pressure.

Q7o is a very weak hand, especially out of position facing a 3-bet from the small blind. Calling 800 more with this hand would be unprofitable.

Q6 suited is too weak to continue against a 900 3-bet from the small blind; calling 650 needs more equity than it has even in position, and a 4-bet bluff is unprofitable.

J7 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and often wins the blinds or plays in position.

T9s has good implied odds and plays well multi-way; calling is profitable against a wide button open.

Closing the action for 150 into 600, Q8o has enough equity against a wide button raise and small-blind call at 4-to-1 pot odds to see a flop.

I have middle pair with a gutshot straight draw, out of position against two opponents. Checking allows me to see their actions and potentially call a small bet or fold to aggression.

Middle pair with queen kicker on a dry 9-8-4 board is likely ahead after the small blind checked; betting protects against overcards and straight draws while getting value from worse pairs and draws.

J7s has only a gutshot, a weak overcard, and a backdoor flush draw on 4h8d9c; facing a donk bet of 400 into 750 with another player still to act, direct odds are insufficient and implied odds are speculative, so folding is the disciplined play.

Middle pair with backdoor straight draw and decent pot odds. Folding is too nitty, and raising out of position with a marginal hand is too risky.

We have two pair on a coordinated board; betting for value and to charge draws, while retaining the ability to fold to a large raise if a straight is likely.

With only third pair and a gutshot to the Q-high straight, I lack the ~28% equity needed against a strong 1000 turn lead from a flop caller who likely has top pair, two pair, or a made straight.

84 offsuit is too weak to call or raise from first position against two opponents, so folding is the best expected-value play.

K8o is well ahead of a big blind's defending range heads-up after the button folded, so raising builds value and takes initiative.

67 suited in the big blind facing a 3x open from the small blind heads-up; we have position and good pot odds (200 to win 600), so calling is a standard profitable defend.

As preflop aggressor with K-high and an open-ended straight draw to A or 9, betting semi-bluffs for fold equity while building the pot for my 8 outs.

7c6c on QJT rainbow-ish board with no flush draw and only a gutshot-ish nothing (need 8-9 for straight? no, 6-7 need 8 9 to connect... actually no straight draw of value here). Facing a 2/3 pot bet from the preflop raiser on a board that smashes their range, folding is clearly correct.