Hold'em table

Hand 89 offsuit on the button is a marginal holding, but it has good connectivity and position, so calling the 100-chip big blind is a reasonable low-cost continuation over folding.

AQo is well ahead of a button limper's range, so I'll isolate from the small blind with a raise to 5bb to take initiative and deny the big blind a cheap flop.

T7o is far too weak to call 5bb against a raise; folding is clearly best.

Calling 400 into a 700 pot in position is a reasonable price with connected 9-8 offsuit against a small blind raise, since the big blind has already folded and the hand plays heads-up.

AQ with a gutshot (K for broadway), a backdoor flush draw, and two overcards on a board that favors my preflop raising range, so I c-bet half pot out of position against the limp-caller. Betting builds the pot with strong equity and can fold out better hands like weak pairs.

I have an open-ended straight draw with 8 outs (7s or Qs), and calling 550 into a 2200 pot needs about 25% equity, which that draw roughly meets on the flop.

With an open-ended straight draw (a K or 8 makes the straight), an overcard ace and range advantage as the 3-bettor, a turn barrel of about two-thirds pot applies pressure. It gets folds from weak pairs and builds the pot for when the draw hits.

Our pair of nines is weak against a villain who has bet the flop and turn, and the straight draw has only about 17% to hit on the river, short of the roughly 28% equity needed to call 1450 into a 3650 pot.

Three-handed, the button opening range is wide, and 74s plays well enough in position to open for a small raise and try to take the blinds.

32o is far too weak to call 200 more against a raise; folding is clearly best.

I'm in the big blind getting 150 to call into a 400 pot, about 2.7 to 1, and 2-9 suited has enough playability heads-up against a button raise to justify calling.

The board is Ts Td Tc and I hold 2d 9d with no pair, so my hand is weak and betting would mostly be a bluff. Checking keeps the pot small and costs nothing.

On a trips board, the preflop raiser in position has a range advantage, so a small range bet works well. My 7-high has almost no showdown value, and this bet can fold out the better overcard hands cheaply.

I have 9-high with no pair on a board of three tens, and the flop bet of 180 needs about 25% equity that this hand doesn't have against a preflop raiser's range.

Queen-seven suited on the button is a standard open; raising to 3x builds the pot with position and folds out weak hands.

Ace-four offsuit facing a button raise to 300 with 250 to call and 450 in the pot gives roughly 36% pot odds, which is reasonable for a playable ace in a three-handed 100bb game.

Getting 200 to win 700 (over 3.5:1) in a multiway pot with a suited connector-ish hand that plays well multiway; calling is clearly profitable.

I have the Ad for a nut-flush draw on a three-diamond board, but with three players and no bet to call, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn for free.

I've flopped a ten-high flush on a monotone board in a three-way pot. I'm betting about two-thirds pot for value against sets, two pair and single high diamonds, and to charge draws to a bigger flush.

I only have second pair on a monotone board with a king present; seat_2's flop bet likely beats me and I have no equity edge worth calling 600 more.

I hold the ace of diamonds with three diamonds on board, so I have a four-card flush draw plus an ace-high overcard. Calling 600 into a 1500 pot gives about 28.6% pot odds, which a draw with two cards to come roughly justifies.

I hold Ace-high on a paired king board, which is too weak to bet or raise into the opponent's flop aggression, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing more chips.

Our ten-high flush is strong against the SB's check-call range, which includes Kx trips, weaker flushes, and draws holding one diamond. A medium bet gets value from these hands and charges single-diamond draws, while keeping the pot controlled against boats and higher flushes.

I have only a flush draw with ace-high against a turn raise from seat_2, which likely holds a king. Calling 1300 to chase roughly 20% river equity isn't profitable enough, so I fold.

Nine-seven suited on the button is a playable hand in a 3-handed pot, and a raise to 250 applies pressure on both blinds for a steal.

Q9o from the small blind facing a 2.5x button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a marginal hand that plays poorly out of position. Folding is standard here; I'm not taking a 3-bet bluff line with a dominated hand.

85o is far too weak to defend against a 2.5x raise out of position heads-up; folding is the standard profitable play.

AJo on the button in 3-handed play is a strong open; a standard 2.5bb raise.

KJs is strong enough to call a 2.5x raise in position-lite; I'll see the flop and play fit-or-fold rather than bloat the pot out of position.

I'm in the big blind facing a button raise and a small blind call, so I'm getting about 4-to-1 on a 150-chip call with a 600 pot. Queen-four offsuit is weak, but it is worth closing the action cheaply rather than folding.

K-high with a gutshot-ish backdoor on a dry board; no need to bluff into two callers out of position. Check and see a cheap turn.

I have only Q-high with no pair or draw on a 3-7-8 flop, so checking is the cheapest way to see the next card and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Both opponents checked to the preflop raiser in position. A small one-third-pot c-bet with two overcards and a backdoor spade draw can take the pot down often and keeps the pot manageable.

KJ-high on a 3-7-8 board with two players already in and a flop bet from the preflop raiser is too weak to continue profitably. Folding avoids investing more with little equity.

Queen-high with no pair and only a weak backdoor straight draw facing a 250 continuation bet into a 1000 pot is a clear fold.

A7 offsuit is a playable hand, and with the button already folded I can complete the small blind for 50 chips to see a cheap flop heads-up against the big blind.

T6o is a marginal hand, so checking the limped pot out of position is the simplest play. It takes a free flop without bloating the pot.

I hold only ace-high with no pair on a T-3-9 board, so I'll take the free check and see whether seat_2 bets.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a wet board in a limped pot; a small bet gets value from worse tens, nines, and draws while protecting against overcards. In position against a checking small blind, betting is better than giving free cards.

Ace-high with no pair is weak, but facing a 130-chip bet into a 330 pot I need only about 28% equity, and a single small continuation bet is often a wide range I can beat with an ace.

I hold an open-ended straight draw (7-8-9-T needs a 6 or J) but no made hand, and the opponent raised the flop, so I'll check to see the river cheaply rather than bloat the pot.

Weak top pair on a three-flush, straightening board facing a limp/check-call range that contains many flushes and straights; checking controls the pot and keeps some showdown value.

I hold 7-high with an unmade 7-8-9-T draw that misses on the river, so checking is the cheapest way to see showdown and avoid building a pot with a weak hand.

Top pair is likely ahead of a range that checked twice, which is mostly 9x, 8x, and missed draws. A small bet gets thin value from those weaker pairs while limiting the loss against a check-raise.

I have only ace-high with no pair, straight, or flush on a board of T-9-8-3-2, and seat_2 has shown strength by betting the flop and river. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a hand that cannot beat a value bet.