Hold'em table

7-5 offsuit is a weak hand on the button facing a raise-worthy pot; folding preserves chips for better spots.

I have Ac Kc, a strong hand, and I'm in the small blind facing only a 50 big blind call. I'll raise to 300 to build the pot and put pressure on the big blind.

73o is too weak to continue against a raise; folding avoids putting more chips in with a hand that plays poorly and is often dominated.

I have a decent suited connector on the button and the big blind only needs to call 100 to see a flop. The pot odds are favorable, and I want to keep the small blind's 50 investment in the pot.

A3o is weak out of position, but closing the action for only 50 more into a 250 pot is cheap enough to take the flop with an ace rather than surrender the blind.

I'm big blind with a weak offsuit hand (4h6d) and no raise to face; checking to see a free flop is best.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on T-5-Q has little equity, so I take the free check rather than bluff into two opponents.

No pair or draw with 4h6d on a Th5dQh board; checking behind is free and costs nothing.

Board is dry and I have a decent gutshot with Ten-high; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a turn card cheaply.

I have the nut flush draw plus a gutshot on a checked-through flop, so a two-thirds pot semi-bluff applies pressure while building the pot when I improve.

4-6 offsuit with no pair or draw on a King-high board facing a bet is a clear fold.

I have a ten on the turn and a gutshot to a straight, plus backdoor flush potential. Calling 200 into a 500 pot keeps me in the hand without overcommitting on a scary king-heavy board.

Ace-high has little showdown value against a turn caller, but a river bluff is unlikely to fold out a pair on this connected board. Checking avoids putting more chips in with a hand that loses to almost every call.

Board is paired with Kd and I hold a weak Ten-high hand; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a bigger pot with a marginal hand.

Jack-seven offsuit is too weak to open from the button into two live blinds, so folding avoids a dominated, low-playability hand.

Cheap price to see a flop heads-up with a live, if mediocre, hand; folding here is too tight given the small additional cost.

I'm in the big blind with 3h5c, a weak hand. The small blind called and the button folded, so checking keeps my options open without investing more chips into a marginal spot.

I have top pair with an 8, and want to charge any flush draws or overcards on this wet board.

My 3h 5c is weak and disconnected from the 8d 2h 4h board, and seat_1's flop raise to 120 suggests a strong hand. Folding preserves my remaining 9900 chips for better spots.

Button open with a playable one-gapper in a 3-handed game; raising to apply pressure and take initiative with a wide opening range.

7c2h is a weak hand, and facing a 250 raise from the button with only 200 to call, I'm getting 2:1 pot odds which aren't sufficient for such a speculative hand. Folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

T7o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding saves chips.

I have King-Queen suited, a strong speculative hand. The pot odds are favorable, and I want to see a flop without overcommitting.

Pocket threes in the small blind only needs 50 more into a 250 pot, so completing is clearly profitable with set equity and deep stacks.

Q6 offsuit is weak; I'm already in for the BB with no raise, so I just check and see the flop cheaply.

Pocket threes are an underpair with no diamond or straight draw on a coordinated flop, so checking for free is best out of position.

Queen-high with no pair or draw on a wet flop; checking behind is best since I have no equity to bet for value or protect.

The board is a coordinated diamond runout with my KQ suited, so I want to control the pot and keep the opponent's bluffs in. Checking keeps the action free and lets me evaluate the turn without committing more chips.

Pocket threes have no diamond on a four-flush board, so I am often drawing dead or behind. With no bet to call, checking is the only sensible option.

Only a weak pair of sixes with three diamonds on board; check to control pot size.

The board is a flush draw heavy with four diamonds, and my Kh Qh is a backdoor flush draw with a weak high-card holding. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot with a marginal hand on the turn.

Pocket threes are only a weak pair on a four-diamond board, so there is no value in betting. Checking is free and avoids building a pot against likely flushes.

No made hand and board shows a four-flush; checking to showdown is best with a weak Q-high holding.

Board is a diamond flush draw with no made flush; my Kh Qh is a missed flush draw. Pot is only 300 and all players checked to me on the river, so there is no value to chase and no reason to bluff. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids wasting chips on a weak hand.

K8 suited is a standard button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative and fold out weaker hands.

5h7d offsuit is weak, facing a raise with two others still to act; folding is correct here.

My hand Jd6c is weak and unsuited, and I'm out of position facing a raise to 250. Folding avoids putting chips in with poor equity against a likely strong range.