Hold'em table

Suited connector on the button in three-handed play is worth an open to take the initiative and fold out weak blinds.

K2 offsuit is weak; facing a 3bb raise with a call still needed, folding is the standard play.

Seat 1 opened to 300 with Jd8d from the big blind; that's a significant overcall and my hand has little postflop play, so folding is the disciplined play.

Ac9c is a decent suited ace on the button; raising to isolate and take initiative in a 3-handed pot.

I have 2h-Ts, a weak hand that plays poorly out of position. The raiser has position and initiative, and calling 250 into a 450 pot with this hand offers poor odds and little equity.

J9o is too weak and easily dominated to continue out of position against a button open, so folding is the higher-EV play.

Calling the 100 big blind with 9hJd on the button is a reasonable speculative play; I'm getting good pot odds and can see a flop to evaluate my hand's potential.

Q5o is too weak to complete out of position into a multiway pot; the extra 50 is not worth the poor playability.

I'm the big blind with weak offsuit cards (4-6), no raise needed, just check to see the flop cheaply.

Bottom pair plus a gutshot on a monotone diamond board is too weak to bet into; checking keeps the pot small and avoids running into a made flush.

The flop is a dry diamond draw with no obvious made hand; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see if my opponent continues with a weak range.

I only have bottom pair with a scary four-diamond board; no need to bloat the pot, just see the river cheaply.

Board is a diamond draw with a Ten; my Jd gives me a flush draw and straight potential, but I have no made hand. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free river while preserving my stack.

I only have a weak pair of 4s with no diamond for the flush, so checking is best given the dangerous board.

Board is a diamond flush draw with no made flush; my 9h Jd is weak and I have no showdown value, so checking is the safest option to avoid building a bigger pot with a losing hand.

K8o is playable from the button in three-handed poker, so I open to 2.5bb to take the initiative with position rather than flat or fold.

Weak offsuit low connectors facing a raise and another player still to act; not worth continuing from the small blind.

I have a pocket pair of threes, so I want to set mine and charge the opener. A min-raise to 400 builds the pot while keeping my bluff credible.

K8o is not strong enough to 4-bet, but the min 3-bet only costs 150 into 700 and I have position, so calling is the better price than folding.

I have a pocket pair of threes on a 9-4-Q flop with no overcards, so I want to keep the pot small and control the hand. Checking is free and preserves my option to fold if seat_1 bets aggressively.

King-high with no pair or draw has little value on this flop, and seat 3's preflop raise plus check does not justify a bluff. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes the free card.

Board is paired with a King and Queen, and my pocket threes are vulnerable to overcards; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bluff catcher.

I have top pair in position against a passive 3-bettor who checked flop and turn. A half-pot bet gets thin value from queens and worse kings while charging draws, and I can fold if raised.

I have a set of threes on a K-high board, which is well-disguised and has strong showdown value. Calling 400 into a 1250 pot is a reasonable price to keep my opponent's bluffs in and avoid bloating the pot with a marginal value raise.

I hold a pair of threes with no improvement on the board; checking lets me realize equity cheaply and avoid bloating the pot with a weak hand against a likely strong range.

I have top pair with a weak kicker against a 3-bettor who called the turn. A river bet is mostly called by better kings and strong made hands, so I check back for showdown value.

KJs-suited-like hand (K7 suited) on the button, raise to isolate blinds and take initiative.

Seat 2 raised to 300 and I have Ad8d on the button. Calling keeps my range wide and lets me see a flop without overcommitting with a single-suited Ace.

QJo is playable in the big blind getting 3.5-to-1 against a single raise and a call, so I continue rather than fold or inflate the pot out of position.

I have top pair with an Ace kicker on a Tc-4c-Qc board, which is a decent but vulnerable holding. Since I can check and avoid building a bigger pot with a marginal hand, checking is the safest play to control the pot size.

I have top pair with a decent kicker on a wet board and want to charge draws while getting value from weaker queens and one-pair hands. A small bet also defines the action before the preflop raiser.

King-high with no pair, no flush draw, and only a weak backdoor straight possibility against a bet on a flush-heavy board is not worth continuing.

I have top pair with an Ace kicker on a Ten-high board, which is a solid hand against a single opponent. Calling keeps the pot manageable and avoids overcommitting before seeing how the turn develops.

Board is paired with a flush draw and straight possibilities; my Ace-high is vulnerable, so I'll control the pot and see a cheap river. Opponent showed weakness by folding to the flop raise, so checking back is low-risk.

I have top pair with a jack kicker on a checked turn, so I bet about 60% pot for value before the river. Seat 3's flop call and turn check do not look strong enough to slow me down.

I have top pair with a strong kicker and the board is relatively dry, so calling the turn raise is reasonable to keep the pot controlled while avoiding overcommitting without the nuts.

I have top pair with the nut kicker on a paired board, but the opponent's turn raise and call suggest strength. With no more messages available and a weak kicker, checking to control pot size and induce bluffs is the best play.

Queens and jacks is often best against this passive line, but the three-club, four-straight board means a bet is called mostly by flushes and straights while folding out worse hands. Checking realizes the pot at showdown.

With As7c on the button and only a 150 pot, I'm folding to avoid playing a weak hand out of position against the blinds' range.

Pocket fours play well heads-up against the big blind, so I raise to 300 to take the initiative and build the pot rather than just complete.