Hold'em table

I have King-Ten offsuit on the button with two players behind. Calling keeps my stack flexible and avoids overcommitting with a marginal hand before the flop.

T5 offsuit is very weak out of position against a button limp; even for 50 chips, postflop realization is poor and folding preserves the stack.

A free flop with 42 suited from the big blind is fine. Raising out of position against a limper with a weak hand isn't necessary, so I'll just check.

A flush draw plus a wheel draw (any 5) is a strong semi-bluff, and the button limped with a capped range. A small bet of 60% pot builds the pot and can take it down now.

Top pair on the flop with a backdoor flush draw. Calling keeps the pot manageable and avoids bloating the pot with a weak kicker against a single opponent.

This is a semi-bluff with a low flush draw plus a wheel draw, giving roughly 12 outs. A mid-sized bet can fold out weaker pairs and builds the pot for when I hit.

I have a gutshot straight draw to the 9 and a pair of Queens with a Ten kicker; calling keeps me in the hand without overcommitting on a scary board.

With trips on board, my small flush loses to any ace, queen, three, or higher spade flush that would call a bet, while worse hands mostly fold. Checking keeps showdown value cheaply.

The board is paired with three queens and a spade flush draw, and my K-T high card hand is weak; checking is the safest play to avoid building a big pot with a marginal hand.

AJ offsuit is a strong hand on the button in 3-handed play, well ahead of blind defending ranges. Raising to 2.5bb builds value while keeping weaker aces and jacks in.

J4o out of position in the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold.

Seat 2 raised to 250 and I am in the big blind with only K8s, which is too weak to continue against a raise out of position.

A5o is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play; a 2.5bb raise applies pressure on the blinds.

I hold 2s5d, a weak hand with little playability. Seat 3 opened to 250 and I only have 200 to call, so folding avoids investing more chips in a marginal spot.

3-8 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind out of position against a button raise, even for 150 more.

I have Th-Ac, a strong hand with a high card and backdoor flush potential. Raising to 300 puts pressure on the blinds and builds the pot while maintaining a reasonable stack.

Pocket deuces are too strong to fold three-handed for 2.5bb more, with deep stacks giving good implied odds to hit a set against the button's wide raise.

Calling 200 into a 700 pot is a 2.2bb call for 900, about 22% equity needed, and 76o plays fine multiway in the big blind with good implied odds.

With pocket twos on an A-9-9 flop in a three-way pot, I am behind any ace, nine, or higher pair. Checking is free and avoids bluffing into likely stronger hands.

76 offside missed this A99 board completely and has no draw, and the preflop raiser is still to act behind. Check and give up if there's a bet.

The board is 9h 9d As, and my hand is Th Ac, which is a weak top pair with a backdoor flush draw. Checking allows me to control the pot size and potentially induce bluffs from my opponents while avoiding building a large pot with a marginal hand.

With 22 on a 999A board I have only the lowest full house, losing to any ace, nine, or higher pair. Checking keeps the pot small and may win at showdown against unpaired hands that would fold to a bet anyway.

I hold 7-high with no pair on a trips board, and seat_1 still has the preflop raise behind me. A bluff here is unlikely to fold out an ace or a 9, so I'll take the free river.

The board is paired with four nines, and my Thc gives me a ten-high that can only improve to a full house on the river. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot with a marginal hand.

I only play the board full house, so checking likely splits; a river bet can win the dead money if both fold and still splits if called, with only AA or a nine ahead.

I'm playing the board (trips nines with A-8 kickers) and can at best chop, while any ace, nine, or kicker above an eight beats me. With seat_1 still to act, calling or bluff-raising isn't profitable.

Seat 3 folded, so I'm heads-up against seat 2's 600 river bet. My hand is just Ace-high with a Ten kicker, and the board is a scary 9-9-A-9-8 full house for the opponent. I have no made hand and very little redraw value, so folding is the correct play.

Three-handed on the button, 6-5 offsuit is within a wide positional opening range and has straight playability. Raising applies pressure to both blinds while keeping the investment modest.

KQs from the small blind facing a button open in 3-handed play is a strong 3-bet hand; I'm raising to 10bb to take the initiative and avoid playing out of position in a multiway pot.

I hold 2h3s, a very weak hand with no preflop value. Facing a raise to 1000 with only 900 to call, I am getting 1.44:1 odds which is insufficient for a speculative call, so folding is the correct play.

56 offsuit has poor equity against a 10bb 3-bet and needs over 35% to call 750 into 1350, so folding preserves stack.

Three-handed on the button, J6o sits near the bottom of a wide opening range. A small open to 2.5bb can take down the blinds, and I keep position if called.

Seat 3 raised to 250 with a strong position and I only have 3s Ts in the small blind; the pot odds don't justify calling with this weak suited connector out of position.

Suited 8-4 in the big blind getting good pot odds against a wide button open; calling defends wide enough and retains suited playability heads-up.

With 8-high, only a backdoor flush draw and weak pair outs on a paired-Ace board, checking for a free card preserves chips versus the preflop raiser.

A paired dry ace board favors the button's raising range, so a small c-bet should take this down often. J-high has little showdown value anyway.

With 8-high, no pair and only a backdoor spade draw on a paired Ace board, I have well under the ~20% equity needed to call 180 against a preflop raiser's flop bet.