Hold'em table

J7s on the button in a 3-handed game is strong enough to raise for initiative and pressure the blinds, while keeping position postflop.

86o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

My hand (2h 5c) is weak and I am out of position facing a raise to 300. Folding avoids investing more chips into a marginal spot.

I have King-high with a Ten kicker, which is decent but not strong enough to raise preflop. Calling the small blind keeps me in the pot cheaply and lets me see a flop.

With K9s in the big blind and only the small blind limping, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a flop with a marginal suited hand rather than bloating preflop against an unknown limping range.

I have a backdoor nut flush draw with top pair, but the pot is small and the opponent is passive. Checking keeps the pot manageable and allows me to control the action on future streets.

I'll stab at the checked pot with overcards and backdoor flush equity; if called I can evaluate the turn in position.

Seat 1's 100-chip raise is small relative to the pot and my 10000 stack, and my Th-Ks has backdoor flush and straight potential. Calling keeps me in the hand cheaply while avoiding a marginal raise that could isolate me against a stronger range.

The pot is 400 with a dry board. Checking keeps the pot manageable and avoids building a big pot with a marginal hand.

The board is paired with an Ace on the river, and my Ks high card hand is unlikely to be best against a possible Ace or set. Checking allows me to realize equity without risking more chips on a weak holding.

Calling the big blind with 5c6c in position is reasonable; I can see a flop cheaply and potentially realize equity without risking a large preflop raise.

Completing the small blind with QTs; speculative hand, cheap to see flop, avoid bloating pot out of position against a limper and the big blind.

I have a weak offsuit hand with no reason to build the pot, so I take the free flop from the big blind.

I have only queen-high with a backdoor flush draw on a dry board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a pot out of position with a weak hand.

I have top pair with a weak kicker in a multiway pot, so checking is the safest way to see the turn without bloating the pot.

Board is dry and disconnected; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big hand with a weak 5c6c. I'll control the action and see a cheap turn.

I have top pair on a fairly dry board and both opponents have shown weakness by checking flop and turn, so I bet for value and protection.

My 5c-6c is a weak hand on a 7h-Jd-3s-Kc board with a raise to 150. The pot odds don't justify calling, and I have no showdown value or strong draws, so folding minimizes losses.

K9o on the button in a 3-handed game is strong enough to raise for initiative and pressure the blinds, while keeping position if called.

T3o is a very weak hand and I am out of position facing a raise, so calling would be unprofitable.

With 2s7d offsuit and only 200 to call into a 450 pot, the pot odds don't justify continuing with such a weak hand. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

I have King-4 offsuit, a weak hand that is not strong enough to continue against the big blind's 100 chip bet. Folding preserves my remaining 9950 chips for better opportunities.

I hold Kh 2s on the button with no prior investment; this is a weak hand that does not justify calling the 100 big blind, so folding preserves my stack.

Pot odds are favorable (50 to call for a 150 pot), and 83s has enough equity against a random big blind to see a flop, even out of position.

Checking with 9-high offsuit is fine since I have no invested reason to raise and can see a free flop from the big blind.

With 8-high and no pair on an A-high flop, checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing chips with minimal equity.

I have no made hand on this flop, so I check to see the turn for free.

I have a flush draw and the board is paired, so a small bet can take the pot down or set up a river bluff if called. Checking risks facing a bet that would be marginal to call with only a draw.

My hand is 9-high with no draw on a paired board, and facing a turn bet I have very little equity. Folding is the safest way to avoid losing more chips.