Hold'em table

78o is playable from the button in three-handed poker, and a small open uses position to steal the blinds or continue with a connected hand.

Seat 1 raised to 250; I need to call 200 more to stay in. With 5sTh I have a playable but not premium hand, so calling keeps my stack intact while I see a flop.

Top pair with a ten kicker on a dry flop. Checking back keeps the pot small and avoids building a bigger pot with a marginal hand against a preflop raiser.

I completely missed this ace-high flop and have no showdown value, so a small c-bet as the preflop raiser is the best way to win the pot uncontested.

Calling the 200 chip bet is the most straightforward play with top pair on a dry flop. I want to keep the pot manageable and avoid building a big pot with a weak kicker against a raise-first-in opponent.

Board is paired with an Ace and King, and my hole cards are a Ten and a low spade, giving me a weak Ten-high hand. Checking is the safest play to control the pot and avoid building a big bet with a marginal holding.

78o has no pair and no draw on AKT4, so checking back avoids bloating the pot with pure air after the flop call.

Board is paired with a King-high flush draw texture; my Ten-high hand is weak and likely behind. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a bigger pot with a marginal hand.

I have seven-high with no pair or draw on a high, connected board, so a river bluff is unlikely to fold out the hands that called the flop. Checking back realizes the only realistic outcome.

I hold Td Js on the button facing a raise to 100 from the big blind; this is a marginal hand that does not justify calling or reraising out of position preflop.

Cheap to complete the small blind heads-up against BB with a speculative hand; not worth raising or folding for just 50 more.

K5 offsuit is too weak to raise from the big blind against a small-blind complete, and checking is free. I will see a flop and continue only if it improves my hand.

Weak hand with no pair or draw on a paired board; checking to control pot size.

King-high with no pair or draw on a paired jack board has little value, and the small blind already checked. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids betting into a likely stronger hand.

No pair, no draw, and board is checked around; checking is free and keeps pot small.

King-high with no pair or meaningful draw on a paired ace-queen-jack board; checking is free and a bluff is unlikely to succeed.

My hand is just 9-high with no pair or draw; checking to showdown is best since betting has no value.

I have the king kicker with the board pair, which has real showdown value, but a bet would mostly be called by aces, queens, jacks, and deuces that beat me. Checking realizes that value.

Weak offsuit low connector from the button facing a raise-sized call in a 3-handed pot; not worth continuing.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. A7o is ahead of a random BB range and a raise to 300 builds the pot while taking the initiative.

Calling 200 with 2s-Kh is a speculative play that keeps the pot controlled while preserving stack depth for postflop play. I'm not raising because the hand lacks strong preflop equity against a likely wide range.

I am the preflop raiser on a dry J-5-4 flop with ace-high and no draw. A small one-third-pot continuation bet pressures the big blind's wide calling range and can win the pot immediately.

Seat 1 raised to 200 on the flop with a strong board (5d Jd 4c) and I hold 2s Kh, which is a weak offsuit hand with little equity. Folding preserves chips against a likely strong range.

Q8 suited is a solid button open in a three-handed game, so I raise to 2.5bb rather than limp or fold.

Seat 1 raised to 250 and I'm in the small blind with suited connectors. A min-raise to 400 keeps the pot controlled while preserving fold equity and stack depth for postflop play.

2d Ts is weak offsuit trash facing a raise and a 3-bet; folding is clearly correct.

Q8s is not strong enough to 4-bet for value, but calling 1.5bb more in position is cheap and keeps a playable suited hand.

I have a backdoor diamond flush draw and a gutshot straight draw on a dry board, but no made hand. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn card while preserving my stack.

Queen-high with no pair and only a backdoor spade draw has little showdown value or fold equity worth investing. Checking back keeps the pot small and realizes whatever equity I have for free.

Board is dry and I have a weak open-ended draw with no pair; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big hand for seat_1's range. If seat_1 bets, I can decide to call or fold based on price.

Seat 2 three-bet preflop but checked both the flop and turn, so a small turn bet can fold out weak hands while I still have a spade draw if called.

Calling 450 on the turn with a backdoor flush draw and a pair of nines is reasonable given the pot odds and the opponent's turn raise. I want to see the river cheaply and avoid overcommitting without a strong hand.

Board is dry and unpaired; my 9d gives a weak ten-high straight vulnerable to many hands. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot with a marginal hand.

Queen-high has no showdown value, but the turn caller’s range is too strong for a river bluff to be profitable, so I check back.

With 7c Qd on the button facing a 100bb raise from the big blind, the hand is too weak to call or raise; folding preserves my stack.

Folded around to me in the small blind against just the big blind; Q7o is playable heads-up for a cheap call to see a flop.

95o is too weak to raise for value or as a bluff after the small blind completes, so I take the free flop.

No pair or strong draw with Q7o on a K-8-T board; checking to control pot size.

I have no pair, draw, or board connection on Kd-Tc-8c, so there is no value in betting. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes whatever free equity remains.

No pair, no draw, just Q-high; checking to see a free river card.

I have nine-high with no pair, draw, or relevant blockers on Kd-8c-Tc-Js, so there is no value in betting. With the option to check for free, I take the free card rather than bluff a tiny pot.

I have no pair, just king-high with a queen kicker, so I check to showdown rather than risk betting with a weak holding.

I have only a pair of fives on a coordinated board, so there is no value in betting. Checking is free and lets me reach showdown.

K5 suited on the button is a reasonable raising hand heads-up-ish against two limpers; a standard raise builds the pot with positional advantage.

Q8s is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Ad3d is a weak hand to defend the BB with a raise to 250 on the button. The pot odds don't justify a call, and folding preserves my stack.