Hold'em table

73o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play with 100bb stacks; folding is standard.

72o is the worst offsuit hand and I am out of position against the big blind, so folding the 50 is the highest-EV option.

K4o is too weak and poorly coordinated to open from the button into two live players, so folding preserves the full stack.

Completing costs only 50 into a 150-chip pot, and T8 offsuit has enough equity and connectivity to continue against the big blind’s unrestricted range. Limping keeps the pot small while out of position.

Q8o is ahead of a typical small-blind limping range, so I'm raising for value and to take the initiative. A fold from the SB now is also a fine result.

T8 offsuit realizes equity poorly out of position against a raising range. Calling 250 into 450 is too expensive for this marginal hand, and it lacks useful blockers for a bluff raise.

J3 offsuit is too weak for a standard button open with both blinds still to act. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding avoids investing in a frequently dominated hand.

Blind vs blind with 97o, a raise to 3bb is a standard, profitable open from the SB and puts pressure on the BB while giving us initiative.

Ah2h has enough suited-ace playability to call a 3bb small-blind raise heads-up, getting a reasonable price without needing to inflate the pot out of position.

Third pair with backdoor flush and straight draws on a connected board; a small c-bet as the preflop raiser denies equity and gets folds from overcards.

Ace-high with only a backdoor heart and no pair or straight draw is too weak to continue against a flop bet.

85o on the button 3-handed sits at the bottom of the opening range and the blinds defend wide, so I fold rather than open a weak offsuit hand.

Button folded, so I only need 50 more into a 150 pot with king-high. K4o is weak, but the price is good enough to complete rather than fold or inflate the pot.

62 suited is too weak to raise routinely against the small blind's limp. Checking takes a free flop and preserves our positional advantage without inflating the pot.

King-high with no pair and no diamond draw has little equity on this monotone flop, so checking is the disciplined play rather than bluffing into a scary board.

Bottom pair with no diamond has modest showdown value but little reason to build the pot on this coordinated, monotone board. Checking back preserves that value and avoids a costly check-raise.

King-high with no diamond and no pair has almost no showdown value on a four-flush board, so checking is the only sensible option.

My pair has some showdown value, but with four diamonds on board and no diamond in hand, betting is unlikely to get called by worse. Checking preserves chips and lets me reassess on the river.

I have only one pair of kings on a four-diamond board, so a bet gets called by flushes and better and folds out worse. Checking is the best way to reach showdown cheaply.

My pair has some showdown value after the opponent checked every street. Betting would rarely get called by worse, and without a diamond blocker this is a poor bluff candidate.

A3o is playable as a button open in three-handed; a 2.5x raise takes the initiative rather than limping or folding.

Suited 9-7 has enough playability against a wide button opening range to justify calling 200 in this unraked pot. Calling keeps the pot manageable while retaining straight and flush potential at 100-big-blind depth.

93o out of position facing a raise and a call is too weak even with 4:1 pot odds; multiway with poor playability.

With nine-high and no meaningful draw on a dry K-J-2 flop, leading into the preflop raiser is unattractive. Check and avoid investing chips without a strong reason.

Checked to as the preflop raiser on K-J-x with ace-high and no draw; a small one-third-pot c-bet pressures weak hands and keeps the pot manageable if called.

Nine-high has no pair or meaningful draw on this king-jack-high flop. Out of position against the preflop raiser, neither calling nor bluff-raising offers enough value.

Pocket jacks are a strong value open on the button in three-handed play. Raising to 2.5 big blinds builds the pot against weaker hands while denying the blinds a cheap flop.

KTo from the SB against a button open in 3-handed play is strong enough to 3-bet for value and fold equity, which is better than calling out of position with the big blind still to act.

J2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against an open and a 3-bet to 10bb; folding saves the remaining stack.

JJ is strong enough to continue against a small-blind three-bet, especially with position. Calling keeps weaker hands in the opponent’s range and avoids unnecessarily escalating the pot against a stronger continuing range.

Top pair with a backdoor/flush draw component (Ts) on a K-Q-4 two-spade board as the preflop 3-bettor; a small c-bet gets value from Qx, worse Kx and draws while protecting equity.

The one-third-pot bet gives me 4:1 pot odds, and JJ retains enough showdown value against underpairs and unpaired continuation bets to continue in position. I will reassess against further pressure on this unfavorable board.

The spade completed many of the draws that would have called the flop, and top pair with a ten kicker is behind AK, KQ and sets. Checking controls the pot size while keeping my T-high flush draw, and I can call a reasonable bet.

JJ retains showdown value against underpairs and unpaired hands, but betting is unlikely to get value from worse or reliably fold better. With no spade on this three-spade board, checking back preserves chips and takes a free river.

KT is a weak top pair on a board where the turn completed the spade flush. Checking keeps the pot small and lets the button bluff his missed hands; a bet would mostly get called by better hands like AK, KQ and flushes.

JJ retains showdown value against missed draws and smaller pairs, but a bet is unlikely to get called by worse. With no spade blocker and two overcards on board, checking is preferable to turning the hand into a bluff.