Hold'em table

96o is too weak to open raise from the button even in 3-handed play. Folding is standard.

Button folded, I have A4o in the small blind. Raising to isolate the big blind and take the initiative with a hand that has decent equity heads-up.

JTs plays well in position against a small-blind raise. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving its strong postflop potential.

I flopped top and bottom pair on a draw-heavy board. Betting for value and to charge flush draws.

J-high has little immediate equity on this ace-high, two-spade flop, and calling a large bet without a flush draw is unlikely to be profitable.

Q2o is a very weak hand with poor playability; folding avoids investing chips with a likely dominated hand.

JTo is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind after the button folds. Raising to 300 puts pressure on the blind while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Three-betting for value with AJs in position against a small blind open.

JTo is often dominated by a big blind three-bet range, and calling the additional 600 chips would leave me out of position.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two blinds, particularly with its poor kicker and limited postflop playability.

In a blind versus blind situation, JTo is well ahead of a random holding; raising to 3bb applies pressure and seizes preflop initiative.

K8s has enough equity against a small-blind steal to defend from the big blind, and calling keeps the pot manageable while realizing equity in position postflop after the button folded.

As the preflop raiser on an Ace-high board, a small continuation bet of one-third pot leverages our range advantage.

K-high on an Ace-high flop with no real draw; facing a bet, calling with weak equity is not profitable, so I fold.

75o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Completing the small blind with J6o given 3:1 pot odds; avoiding a raise out of position with a weak offsuit hand.

Q5 offsuit is weak enough to take a free flop rather than build the pot against the small blind's limp.

With J6 offsuit on a KQ4 flop, I have no pair or strong draw and am first to act; checking controls the pot and avoids bluffing into two opponents.

Second pair is likely ahead of the small blind’s wide limping range. A modest bet gets value from weaker hands and charges diamond draws.

I have only J-high with no pair or real draw on a coordinated K-Q-4 flop, and I'm facing a 120 bet into 320. Folding avoids chasing with very little equity.

With 4d7d on the button in a 3-handed game, I can call 100 into a 150 pot with position and a suited connector, seeing a cheap flop without overcommitting.

A2 offsuit is worth completing for 50 chips against a button limp, but raising from the small blind would build a larger pot out of position with a weak kicker.

Holding 64o in the big blind facing two limpers, checking to see a free flop is the standard and highest expected value play.

With ace-high and a gutshot on a paired board, I can check out of position and avoid building a multiway pot without a made hand.

I flopped an open-ended straight draw in a multiway limped pot; checking allows me to realize equity cheaply with the button yet to act.

With 7-high and only a gutshot on a paired board, checking in position keeps the pot small and allows me to see a free turn.

The board gives me two pair with an ace kicker, but hands that call a bet are often tied or ahead. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the river.

I have an open-ended straight draw on a double-paired board; checking to take a free river card is standard and low risk.

I have a marginal two-pair using the board with a weak 7 kicker; betting risks getting called by better kickers or full houses. Checking in position lets me see the river and reassess after the other seats act.

Ace-high plays as two pair with an ace kicker. Betting is unlikely to get called by worse hands, so I’ll check and try to reach showdown.

I am playing the board with two pair and a King kicker. With one player left to act behind me, checking allows me to see showdown for free with chop equity.

The board is double-paired and my hand does not improve beyond the board's two pair. Betting only risks getting called or raised by trips or a higher two pair, so checking to reach showdown is best.

8-3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two players.

42o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position.