Hold'em table

7-5 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal hand; folding avoids playing a weak hand out of position postflop against two opponents with 100bb stacks.

A8 offsuit is strong enough to raise from the small blind heads-up against the big blind. A raise to 300 builds value while applying pressure to the BB.

4-2 offsuit is the worst starting hand and has very poor equity against a preflop raise, so folding preserves chips.

JsTs is a strong, playable button hand in a three-handed game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds for value and initiative.

K3s is too weak to continue against a button raise with the big blind still to act, and calling 200 more out of position is not profitable.

K9o in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open with 150 to call into a 400 pot gets good odds; K9o is a standard defend against a wide button range, and 3-betting out of position is marginal.

Top pair with a weak kicker out of position against the preflop raiser; checking to let them continue and then calling or check-raising is better than leading into their range.

A small bet can get value from weaker pairs and charge heart draws while keeping the pot manageable with a vulnerable middle pair.

Top pair with a medium kicker on a two-tone board versus a small c-bet from the button; calling keeps the pot controlled while continuing with a strong-enough hand, and raising would mostly fold out worse and build a pot against better kings.

Top pair with a weak kicker plus a 9-high flush draw and gutshot on a three-heart board; out of position versus the preflop aggressor, checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me call a bet with my combined equity rather than bloating it with a vulnerable hand.

I have two pair and should get value from Kx/Jx while charging heart and straight draws. A substantial but not excessive turn bet protects my hand without committing my whole stack.

Top pair with a 9-high flush draw and gutshot to the Q gives plenty of equity versus a button range that can be barreling draws or worse pairs; calling 600 into 2110 is well within pot odds without bloating the pot against a possible made flush.

Second pair with a weak kicker on a board where an ace, any queen, and a heart flush all beat me; betting has no value and I'll likely fold to a river bet, so check.

The ace river is unfavorable: it improves many of the hands that called my turn bet, and a queen makes a straight. My two pair has solid showdown value, but a thin value bet is unlikely to get called by enough worse hands.

87o has decent playability and position; a button raise can take down the blinds or isolate weaker hands.

J5 suited is too weak to call a 3x open from the small blind out of position with the big blind still to act; folding is the standard play.

A weak offsuit 9-4 is not worth defending out of position against a button raise, even at this price.

7s8s suited connector on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raise to 2.5bb to take initiative with position.

Pocket nines are strong enough to 3-bet for value and reduce the chance of playing a multiway pot out of position. A raise to 900 is a substantial but controlled size over the button's open.

T7o is too weak to continue against a button open and a small-blind three-bet, especially with poor playability and domination risk.

7s8s in position against a 3-bet with 100bb effective has good implied odds and playability; calling 650 into 1900 is a standard defend with suited connectors on the button.

A small continuation bet uses my preflop range advantage on this paired board and charges overcards while keeping the pot manageable with 99.

7s8s completely whiffed on 3c Jh 3d with no flush draw and only backdoor straight equity; facing a c-bet in a 3-bet pot against a strong range, folding is clearly correct.

AQ offsuit is a strong hand on the button, so I’ll open-raise for value and take initiative while keeping the sizing moderate.

T5s is too weak to continue against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act behind me.

65o in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open with 150 to call into a 400 pot gets decent odds (~27% equity needed); it's a marginal defend but playable in position-blind spot versus a wide button range.

I have 6-5 offsuit with no pair and only a weak gutshot-ish backdoor on K-8-2; checking to the preflop raiser is standard and I can fold or continue cheaply depending on their bet.

With ace-high and no spade, I have limited equity on this two-spade board. I’ll take the free card in position rather than risk a check-raise with a marginal c-bet.

I have 6-5 offsuit with no pair or draw on K-8-2-J; the preflop raiser checked back the flop, but bluffing out of position with nothing here has poor equity and I'll just check and fold to a bet.

I have useful showdown value with ace-high and a gutshot to the nuts, so I’ll take the free river rather than bluff into a turn card that may help the big blind’s range.

Six-high has zero showdown value, so checking wins nothing; opponent checked back flop and turn showing a capped, weak range on a paired-K board, so a ~70% pot bet needs only ~42% folds to be profitable.

AQ gives only a pair of kings with strong kickers, but most plausible value bets—such as Jx, 8x, pocket pairs, or Kx—beat it. The river bet is too costly to call without a credible bluff read.

Small pair on button; raising to steal blinds and take initiative with position.

Pocket nines in the small blind facing a button open at 100bb deep: 3-betting to ~3.3x is standard to take the initiative, deny the BB favorable odds, and avoid playing a bloated multiway pot out of position with a medium pair.

J♥4♥ is too weak to continue against a button raise and a substantial small-blind 3-bet. Folding avoids investing more out of position.

Pocket threes have good implied odds to set-mine in position, and the price is only 700 into 1400. Folding is too weak and 4-betting risks too much against a strong 3-bet range.

As the preflop 3-bettor on a Q-high board, a small c-bet with 99 denies equity to overcards and flush draws while keeping the pot manageable; folding out hands like AJ/KJ/JT is valuable.

Flopped bottom set on a draw-heavy board; raising for value and protection against flush draws.

Underpair to the queen facing a large check-raise-style raise after calling a 3-bet in position; his range (Qx, sets, strong draws) crushes 99 and we only have two clean outs against value, so folding preserves chips.