Hold'em table

2♦7♠ is a very weak offsuit hand, and calling or raising from the button is unlikely to be profitable against the blinds.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. A5o has enough equity and fold equity to raise for the lead rather than just complete.

84s is too weak to profitably defend against a 3x open even with position.

34o is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind, especially three-handed with no fold equity edge over calling. Folding preserves the stack for better spots.

Holding Kd Qc in the small blind after the button folds, raising to 3 bb is standard for value and positional play against the big blind.

T6 suited has enough equity and playability to defend the big blind heads-up for the additional 200 chips. Raising would risk too much with a marginal hand.

As the preflop aggressor holding the second-nut flush draw with the Kd on an Ace-high board, a small one-third pot c-bet puts pressure on BB's weaker holdings while maintaining great equity.

I have only T-high with no diamond and very little backdoor equity, so calling the flop bet is not worthwhile.

T6o is too weak to open from the button in a standard 3-handed structure.

6♣8♣ has reasonable playability heads-up, and completing costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot.

KTo is ahead of a wide small-blind limp, and a small raise builds the pot while taking the initiative heads-up.

6♣8♣ is a playable suited connector with deep stacks, and the price is reasonable heads-up despite being out of position. I’ll call and look for a favorable flop.

I have an eight-high flush draw but little showdown value, and the ace-high board favors the preflop raiser. I’ll check and respond to their action.}

I was the preflop raiser and the flop checked to me on an ace-queen board that favors my range. A small continuation bet pressures the limper's wide calling range even though king-ten has no pair or draw.

I have a flush draw with nine likely outs and favorable pot odds to continue. Calling keeps weaker bluffs and bets in without inflating the pot with a low showdown hand.

I have a flush draw and little showdown value, so a modest turn bet can build the pot when I improve and apply pressure when the paired board missed my opponent.

King-ten offsuit is only king-high on an ace-queen-queen board with no pair or draw, and the turn bet is too expensive to continue.

With pocket kings on the button, raise for value and build the pot while keeping weaker hands in.

86o is too weak to call a button open out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.

86 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 3x open.

T3 offsuit is too weak to call or open from the button in a three-handed pot; folding avoids putting chips in with a hand that plays poorly postflop.

In a blind-versus-blind situation after the button folds, A8o is well ahead of an average holding; raising to 3bb builds value and applies preflop pressure.

9♥4♥ is weak, but the price is favorable and its suitedness gives it enough equity to defend the big blind. A 3-bet would be an unnecessarily risky bluff with no useful blockers.

Check out of position on a paired Queen-high board with Ace-high showdown value.

I have only nine-high with a backdoor heart draw, so a check avoids investing into the raiser’s stronger Qx and pocket-pair hands.

Holding Ace-high on a double-paired board provides solid showdown value against missed hands, making a check best.

With no pair or draw, my 9 kicker has some showdown value on this paired board. A bet is unlikely to get called by worse, so I’ll take the free river.

The board is a full house (Queens full of Sevens) and we do not hold a pocket pair higher than 7s to improve it. Checking down to take our share of the pot at showdown without risking getting raised.

The board itself makes queens full of sevens, so my hand only chops unless the opponent holds a queen. Betting risks losing value to a queen and is unlikely to improve my return against hands that share the board.

Q4o is too weak to open from the button, even in 3-handed play.

A8 offsuit is strong heads-up against the big blind, so I’ll raise for value and initiative rather than complete from out of position.

Button folded, so I am heads-up in position against a small-blind open. Ace-three offsuit is not strong enough to three-bet, but the price and position justify a call.

A small continuation bet can get value and protection from weaker pairs and overcards while keeping the pot manageable with middle pair.

Ace-high with no pair and no draw on a king-high flop has too little equity against a continuation bet, so folding is the highest-EV line.