Hold'em table

K3s is a speculative hand, but calling only 100 with position and a small blind already in gives good odds to see a flop. Raising is possible, but this hand is too weak to bloat the pot early without reads.

J5o is too weak to complete from the small blind, playing poorly out of position even with decent pot odds.

J6 suited plays reasonably well against a button limp, but raising out of position would build a pot with a marginal hand. I’ll see the flop for free.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called by many worse made hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable out of position.

K-high with only a backdoor club draw on a coordinated flop; checking behind controls the pot and avoids getting raised off a weak hand.

Trips are strong against a button limp and flop check. Betting 200 gets value from tens and spade draws while charging hands with a single spade.

My K-high has little equity against a turn bet on a paired board, and I have no flush or straight draw. Folding avoids chasing with a weak hand out of position.

J2o is too weak to open even from the button in 3-handed play. Easy fold.

With 4♦3♦ in the small blind against only the big blind, completing for 50 chips is inexpensive and keeps the pot manageable out of position.

With 5h2h in the big blind and no call required, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a flop with a speculative hand.

With only a gutshot straight draw and no pair, I’ll check rather than build the pot out of position.

With 5-high and no made hand on this flop, checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into an opponent who has already shown interest by calling preflop.

I have little showdown value, but a river five can make a straight. A small turn bet may fold out unpaired hands after the flop checked through.

I have a flush draw and the pot odds are close; calling 120 to see the river with implied odds is reasonable.

My hand plays the board and has little showdown value. After leading the turn, a river bet can credibly represent a nine or another strong hand and may fold out weak pairs.

I have only 5h2h on a Th 6s 7c 6h 8d board, with no pair, no completed straight, and no flush. Facing a 360 river bet into 800, folding is clearly best.

On the button in a three-handed, no-rake game, 7-6 offsuit is playable as an open. A 2.5-big-blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

99 is strong enough to 3-bet a button open in a 3-handed game, and raising denies equity from the big blind while taking initiative. I can fold to further aggression and avoid playing a bloated pot out of position.

Q7o is far too weak to continue against an open and a 3-bet. Folding is standard and trivial.

76 offsuit is too weak to defend against this three-bet, even with position.

KJo on the button is strong enough to open for value and take initiative against the blinds.

ATo is well ahead of a standard 3-handed button opening range; 3-betting builds value and discourages the big blind from coming along cheaply out of position.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

KJo has enough equity against a small-blind 3-bet in a 3-handed game, and I have position postflop. Calling 750 closes the action and keeps my range strong enough.

I have second pair top kicker on a highly coordinated board that heavily hits the caller's range; checking allows pot control out of position.

I flopped the K-high straight on a wet board and want to extract value from sets, two pair, and draws while charging flush/straight draws.

Facing a large bet on a wet Q-T-9 board out of position with second pair and a gutshot, folding avoids costly reverse implied odds.

T2o is far too weak to open from the button, even in 3-handed play.

Completing for 50 chips is inexpensive heads-up against the big blind. T4 offsuit is too weak to build a larger pot out of position.

ATo is strong in a 3-handed limped pot. I raise for value and to take the initiative against the small blind's likely weak limping range.

T4 offsuit is too weak to call a 4bb raise out of position, despite the blind already invested.

K2 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open in a three-handed game. Raising gives me a chance to win the blinds while retaining position if called.

A6o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a dominated ace in a likely multiway pot.

K6o is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5x open from the button.