Hold'em table

Seven-five offsuit style hand 5s 8d is weak and out of position against two blinds in a 3-handed game, so folding the button is preferable to investing more chips.

QJo is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind hand and benefits from taking the initiative. I raise to apply pressure and build a pot with a hand that plays well postflop.

Getting 2:1 with an ace-high hand against a likely wide small-blind raise; calling closes the action and keeps the pot small while out of position.

I have an open-ended straight draw and a diamond blocker on a board where a small continuation bet can fold out unpaired hands while preserving efficiency.

My ace-high has no pair or meaningful draw on this K-T-4 flop, and calling a bet out of position with A2o would mostly lead to difficult later streets. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

AQ suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 3bb builds value while retaining flexibility against the blinds.

ATo is strong enough to defend the small blind against a button raise in a 3-handed game, but not strong enough to 3-bet into two live opponents. Calling keeps the pot manageable and lets me evaluate the flop.

Facing a 200-chip call into a 700-chip pot from the big blind, the price is good enough to continue with a suited Queen-3 even though the hand is weak.

Ace-high with no pair on a coordinated low flop; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn card against two preflop callers.

I have Q-high with a club flush draw, so checking is the cheapest way to continue and the pot is already set. Seat_3 checked behind, so I keep the hand without adding chips.

Betting our nut-heart draw with two overcards builds the pot while applying pressure to the opponents' checked ranges.

Calling with two overcards and a backdoor straight draw, getting 2.5:1 pot odds. Folding is too tight, and raising risks too much against a likely value range.

I hold Q-high with only a backdoor flush draw against a flop raise and a call, so my equity is well below the roughly 22% needed to call 600 into a 2100 pot.

Ace-high with no strong draw on a coordinated board; checking controls the pot and lets me see what the aggressor does on the turn.

Betting our strong nut-flush draw plus gutshot after the turn check, with fold equity against one-pair and weaker draw holdings.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on a coordinated board; facing a third barrel from the preflop raiser, folding is best.

Calling with a speculative suited hand in position to see a cheap flop.

K7 suited is a playable hand in a multiway limped pot, and completing the small blind for 50 more is a cheap way to see the flop.

Qs8d is a reasonable multiway big-blind defend, and checking realizes its equity without inflating the pot.

I have King-high with a three-club backdoor flush draw on a dry board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position.

With only queen-high and two opponents on a low connected board, I take the free card rather than bluffing into multiple ranges.

I have a flush draw plus two overcards in position, and both opponents checked; a semi-bluff bet can win the pot now or build it with strong equity.

King-high with no pair and only two clubs against a 200 bet from the button into a 500 pot. Facing a three-way raise with this little equity, folding is the disciplined play.

Q-high with no heart or meaningful draw has insufficient equity against the button's flop bet.

A2 offsuit on the button is a marginal hand in a three-way pot, so calling the 100 to see a cheap flop is reasonable and keeps the pot small.

K2 suited has sufficient equity to complete cheaply in a limped multiway pot, while avoiding an inflated pot out of position with a dominated king.

With 7-3 offsuit in the big blind and no call required, checking is clearly best; raising into two limpers would bloat the pot with a very weak hand out of position.

With only a gutshot to the king-high straight on this highly connected, three-way flop, checking is preferable to building a pot out of position.

My hand is weak and the board is coordinated; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into two opponents with no equity.

I hold only ace-high on a J-9-T board with no pair or strong draw, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against two players who may have connected.

With only king-high and a gutshot on this coordinated board, checking preserves equity and avoids bluffing into two opponents who can hold many made hands or strong draws.

I have no pair or draw on a coordinated board and no reason to put chips in as a bluff into two players. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river for free.

I have only ace-high with no made pair, and both opponents have checked twice, so checking takes a free card and avoids bloating a pot where I likely have the best hand only sometimes.

With only king-high on this coordinated board and two opponents, checking preserves showdown value against missed draws and weaker unpaired hands.

Both opponents have shown no strength by checking every street. My 7-high has no showdown value, so a small river bet can fold out better unpaired hands and occasionally win the pot.

Ace-high on a paired-free board has little showdown value, but the 200 call needs only about 29% equity into a 700 pot, and a river bet after two checks can often be a bluff.

King-high has no showdown value against a river bet and a caller on this coordinated board. Folding preserves chips.

Button open with A6 suited is profitable three-handed; a modest raise applies pressure while retaining flexibility.

Pocket kings are very strong; I'll raise for value and to build the pot.

Seven-five offsuit is a weak hand facing a 1000 three-bet from the small blind with 900 to call out of position, so folding preserves chips.

A6 offsuit is too weak to continue profitably against a large small-blind 3-bet, especially out of position postflop.

T3o offsuit is too weak to continue, even on the button; folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position postflop.

Ace-king offsuit is a strong hand to build the pot heads-up against the big blind, so I raise to 300 for value and to take the initiative.

8-high offsuit is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise heads-up.