Hold'em table

Q3 suited on the button 3-handed is a standard steal; raise small to pressure the blinds.

Facing a button raise to 250 with 9h5h from the small blind, the price is 200 more into a 400 pot, and suited cards with a playable price make calling a reasonable low-stakes choice over folding.

J5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise and a cold-caller; calling 150 into 600 gives decent odds but the hand plays poorly multiway from the big blind.

I have a four-flush draw with 9h5h and no made hand, so checking for a free card is the lowest-risk line out of position.

Middle pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board plays best as a pot-control check in position. Betting gets called by better hands and folds out worse ones.

I hold a flush (9h 5h with Kh Qh 4h), which is very strong on this board, so I want to build the pot while the seat that checked the flop may call with weaker hands.

Third pair with a weak kicker on an Ac Qh 4h Kh board facing a turn bet is too weak to call. Many of the villain's hands beat me, and I have no draw.

Queen-five offsuit is a weak hand out of position facing a 100 chip call with a 3-handed table, so folding avoids a marginal negative-expectation continuation.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; A9o is a clear raise from the small blind to take the pot or play in position-less but with a strong hand against a wide BB range.

ATo is well ahead of a wide blind-vs-blind SB opening range; 3-betting to 900 gains value and fold equity while keeping position.

A9o out of position facing a 3-bet is frequently dominated by the 3-betting range and plays poorly post-flop; folding avoids a reverse-implied-odds spot.

K9o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and position against both blinds.

Q8o from the small blind facing a button open is dominated too often and plays poorly out of position with the big blind still to act, so folding is standard.

9-6 offsuit is weak and I'm out of position facing a 250 button raise needing 150 more, so folding is the disciplined choice.

Q7o on the button 3-handed is a standard open; raise to 2.5bb to steal the blinds.

Nine-queen offsuit is a weak holding out of the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act, so folding avoids a marginal call for 200 more chips.

6h4d offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button open; folding is the standard play despite decent pot odds.

K8 offsuit on the button is a playable hand in a 3-handed game, and the price is only 100 chips to see a flop. Calling keeps my range wide without risking a large raise.

Button limped, I'm in the small blind with 9-5 offsuit getting 5:1 to complete for 50 more into a 250 pot. Weak hand but price is good; a cheap call to see a flop is fine, folding is also acceptable but overfolding here gives up equity.

Q2o is weak and out of position against two limpers, so I'll take the free flop rather than build a pot.

I have 9-high with no draw on an A-Q-7 board in a 3-way limped pot; betting into two opponents with nothing is unprofitable, so I check and give up unless it checks through.

Second pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board, three-way in a limped pot. Checking controls the pot size and keeps some showdown value.

I missed the board with King-high and there is no bet to call, so checking keeps the pot small and takes a free card.

I have 9-high with no pair and only a gutshot-ish (need J for a straight: 9-T-J-Q-K? no, I hold 9 and 5, board 7 Q A T — a J gives Q-J-T-9 needing an 8 or K; essentially nothing). Everyone checked the flop so a bluff could work, but with two opponents and a dry limped pot, checking is the cheapest line; fold to any bet.

Second pair with a weak kicker on a broadway-heavy board where KJ makes a straight. Checking controls the pot and keeps my showdown value.

I have only king-high with no pair on a board with an ace and queen, and both opponents have checked, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into a possible made hand.

Nine-high has zero showdown value after everyone checked three streets; both opponents have shown weakness, so a 2/3-pot bluff needs both to fold ~40% of the time to profit, which is plausible in a limped, checked-down pot.

At 3.5:1 pot odds against a small river stab after the hand was checked through, my middle pair of queens beats enough bluffs and weaker hands to justify a call, despite the weak kicker and the player still to act behind me.

With only king-high and two opponents showing aggression and calls on the river, my equity is well below the roughly 22% needed to call 200 into a 700 pot, so folding is the correct play.

Q7 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative against the blinds with a playable suited hand.

92o in the small blind facing a button open is a clear fold, with the big blind still left to act behind me.

Getting about 2.67 to 1 on a 150-chip call heads-up against the button's raise, and Q4 suited has enough equity to continue as the big blind.

I have Q-high with no pair and only a weak backdoor draw on a club-heavy board, so I'll check to see a free card and keep the pot small.

I have middle pair with Q kicker on a monotone board without a club; a small continuation bet takes it down often and charges draws cheaply while keeping the pot manageable if raised.

Queen-high with no pair and no flush or straight draw worth chasing against a button bet of 275 into a 550 pot; calling needs about 25% equity, which this hand doesn't have.