Hold'em table

Button raise with A5 offsuit is a standard steal/value attempt against two opponents.

Suited king-queen is a strong hand against a 2.5bb button open, and calling the 200-chip difference keeps me in with good playability at a low price.

A3 offsuit has poor equity realization against a button raise and small-blind call, with substantial risk of a dominated ace. Despite the favorable pot odds, folding avoids an unprofitable multiway defense.

I have two overcards and a backdoor flush draw on a low, connected flop, and I'm out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see a free next card.

Continuation bet with overcard and backdoor flush draw against a check that signals weakness.

I have Q-K high with only a backdoor flush draw and no pair, facing a 300 bet into a 900 pot, which needs roughly 25% equity to call. That is too much to justify against a player who has shown aggression on this flop.

King-jack offsuit on the button is strong enough to raise for value and to take the initiative in a 3-handed pot. A raise to 300 also builds the pot against the blinds.

J9 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably from the small blind against a 3bb open, with the big blind still to act. Its poor positional equity realization and domination risk favor folding.

6-3 offsuit facing a 3x raise is too weak to continue; folding preserves chips.

Ace-ten offsuit is a strong opening hand on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while building a pot with position and a likely range advantage.

J7 suited is weak out of position facing a raise in a 3-handed pot; not worth defending here.

Ten-deuce offsuit is a weak hand to call 150 more into a button raise out of the big blind, so folding is the better long-run play.

82o offsuit is a weak hand; not worth calling from the button facing a raise-sized pot with no equity edge.

Q2 offsuit is weak, but completing the small blind for 50 more chips is cheap, and only the big blind is left to act against me.

J3 offsuit is too weak to raise routinely against a small-blind limp. Checking lets us see a free flop and play in position without inflating the pot.

Checking is free and I only have a weak pair of deuces with a queen kicker, so I take the free card rather than bloat the pot.

A half-pot stab attacks the small blind’s wide checking range on this dry board and can fold out better high-card hands. J3 has little showdown value but retains some backdoor straight potential if called.

I hold a pair of deuces on a 2-4-7 board facing a 100 chip bet into a 300 pot, so calling 100 gets roughly 25% pot odds and keeps me in against a possibly weak bet.

I have a pair of twos with a queen kicker on a four-to-a-straight-possible board, which is a modest hand, so I'll check to control the pot and see whether seat 3 bets again.

The turn connects with many hands that called the flop, reducing the appeal of another bluff. Checking takes a free chance to hit the gutshot or improve to a pair without risking a check-raise.

Holding two pair (sevens and twos with a queen kicker) on a paired board, I have medium-strength showdown value and can check for free rather than bloat the pot into a possibly stronger range.

J-high has little showdown value against the flop-calling range. A three-quarter-pot bluff can fold better high cards and some weak pairs while credibly representing a seven played cautiously on the turn.

I have two pair, sevens and deuces with a queen kicker, and calling 300 into a 700 pot needs only about 30% equity, which this hand should reach against a range that includes bluffs and weaker made hands.

Suited 5-4 on the button is a playable connector, and calling the 100-chip big blind to see a cheap flop is better than folding or raising out of position with it.

KJs is strong enough to raise for value against a button limp. A 5bb sizing compensates for being out of position and discourages the big blind from entering cheaply.

Facing a 400-chip call into a 700 pot heads-up against the small blind, I need about 36% equity, and 54 offsuit in position is close to that against a wide raising range. Calling is a reasonable price to see a flop.

A small continuation bet leverages my overpair advantage on this low paired board and can fold out unpaired hands. KJ also has two overcards and a backdoor heart draw when called.

I hold 5s-5d-5h, a set of fives on a 5-2-5 board, which is very strong, so I raise for value against seat_3's flop bet.

King-high with only a backdoor flush draw is a weak continuation against this flop raise. Out of position, our overcard outs are unreliable and we cannot profitably withstand further pressure.

52 suited is near the bottom of the button range, with weak high-card strength and limited straight potential. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding is preferable to investing in a marginal steal.

T6 offsuit is weak; facing a call with only two players left, not worth continuing from the small blind.