Hold'em table

8-3 offsuit is a very weak button holding and not worth entering against two blinds.

K7 suited is a playable hand from the small blind with only 50 chips to complete against a big blind, so calling keeps the pot cheap and the hand playable.

4d6d is a weak suited hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind rather than inflate the pot out of position against a limper.

I hold K-7 with a pair of sevens on an A-7-2 board, which is weak and vulnerable to an ace. Checking is free and keeps the pot small.

Heads-up on a 2-7-A flop, I have a gutshot straight draw (4-6 needs a 3 and 5... actually 3-4-5-6-7 needs a 5 and 3 combo) plus a backdoor diamond draw. SB checked, showing weakness, so a small bet can take the pot or build equity.}

I have a pair of sevens plus a spade flush draw with king high, so calling the 100 chip bet is a reasonable price to see the turn.

I have a modest pair of sevens with a king kicker on a board with an ace, so I'll check to control the pot rather than bloat it with a weak made hand.

I have a pair of sixes with a gutshot to a straight (A-2-4-6-7 needs a 3 or 5 for the wheel... actually 4-6-7 plus 2 gives open draws), and opponent checked twice showing weakness. A small value/protection bet of 300 into 400 is reasonable.}

Holding only a pair of sevens with a king kicker against a player who has raised twice, I am likely behind an ace or a set, so the 300-chip call does not justify the pot odds.

Calling the 100-chip big blind from the button is a cheap price with Jd6c in a three-way pot, so I can see a flop without committing much.

6-5 offsuit in the small blind needs only 50 more to call into a 250 pot (about 5:1), so the price is good for a speculative hand in a 3-way pot. Raising with it is not worth the risk.

Check the big blind with a very weak suited hand rather than inflate a multiway pot.

I have 6-5 offsuit on a 9-T-A flop, which is only a weak gutshot (an 8 or 7 would fill part of a straight draw, but it's very thin). Checking in a 3-way pot out of position is the safest play, since a bluff has little fold equity against two opponents.

With no made hand and only a weak backdoor heart possibility, checking is the best low-risk option in this multiway pot.

I have no made hand, only an open-ended straight draw with J-9-T, so I take the free card rather than bloat the pot against two players who checked.

I have a straight (6-5 with 9-T-8 board gives 5-6-8-9-T, no wait: needs 7). Actually I hold an open-ended straight draw needing a 7 (and 4 does not make a straight with 8-9, so only 7s), plus the flop checked through twice, so a small semi-bluff bet can win the pot now and still has outs.}

We have no made hand or meaningful draw on this coordinated board, and calling into a multiway turn bet is unprofitable.

I have J-6 with only an open-ended straight draw (8 outs, one card to come), which is below the roughly 22% equity needed to call 200 into a 700 pot against a turn raise that may well contain an ace.

7s9s is a suited connector on the button in a 3-handed pot, so it is strong enough to open. A 3x raise applies pressure to both blinds and gives me position.

9-6 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button 3bb open from the small blind, especially out of position.

Facing a button raise to 300 with 200 to call from the big blind, the price is good enough to call with an ace-high offsuit hand in a three-way pot rather than fold.

I have only ace-high with a weak backdoor on a Q-5-3 board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it without a made hand.

On a dry 3d Qs 5c flop with the big blind checking, I hold 7s9s with a gutshot and a backdoor flush draw. A small continuation bet of about half the pot gains fold equity and still keeps some equity if called.

Ace-high with a weak kicker and no pair, facing a 300 flop bet from the button, is too weak to continue profitably against a range that bets this way.

9-6 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in this short three-handed configuration without stronger positional leverage.

Calling 50 more chips from the small blind is a cheap price with pot odds of about 3 to 1, and it keeps a weak T3 offsuit in the hand for a small cost.

5-4 offsuit is a weak hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind instead of raising against the small blind's limp.

I have T-high with no pair on a 6-7-8 flop, so I'm not strong enough to bet for value, and checking is free.

I flopped an open-ended straight draw (5-4 on 6-7-8, needing a 3 or 9) with a backdoor flush chance, in position against a checking range. A small bet builds the pot with equity and can win it outright if villain folds.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with no pair, and calling 150 into a 350 pot needs about 30% equity, well above what one card to a gutshot gives me, so folding is correct.

Suited connectors like 7s8c are strong enough to see a flop heads-up-ish in a 3-handed pot for only 100 chips, so calling the big blind is a reasonable, low-risk play.

A9o is a decent hand in a 3-handed pot. The button limped and I'm in the small blind, so raising for value and to take initiative is better than a marginal call out of position.

8-6 offsuit is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise with another player already in the pot.

I'm on the button with 7-8 offsuit, a connected but weak hand. Calling 300 into a 600 pot gives about 2:1 odds, which is enough to see a flop in position against a single raiser.

Top-ish pair is not available, but I hold a pair of nines with an ace kicker on a Q-J-9 board; middle pair with decent equity. I'm first to act heads-up out of position, so a modest bet of 600 into 900 charges draws (T, K, 8 straight draws) and gets value from worse pairs.

I hold only a 4-out inside straight draw against a 600 bet into a 1500 pot, which is far short of the roughly 29% equity needed to call, so folding is correct.

2-3 offsuit is one of the weakest starting hands, and I'm out of position postflop against two opponents. Folding the button costs nothing, so I wait for a better spot.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against the big blind, especially without positional advantage.