Hold'em table

82 offsuit is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind, so I fold and wait for a better hand.

With the button folded, T5 suited is worth completing for 50 chips against the big blind, but not strong enough to raise out of position.

With a weak offsuit hand and no additional price to continue, take the free option and keep the pot small while preserving position postflop.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting into the ace-high flop is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll check and reassess after the big blind acts.

I have a modest second pair with weak kicker on a board that favors many ace-x hands. Checking keeps the pot small while preserving showdown value.

My bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting out of position is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I'll check and keep the pot small.

With a weak pair and no strong draw, checking keeps the pot small and reaches showdown without value-owning against better hands. It also lets the opponent bluff missed draws on the river.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting into a completed flush draw and two overcards is unlikely to get called by many worse hands.

I have a modest pair of nines and the checked-through action suggests showdown value; betting risks getting called by better hands without much need to bluff.

KTo is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

4♣5♥ is a weak, disconnected hand from the small blind, and calling risks investing more while the big blind can still act.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding saves chips.

J7 suited is a playable button hand, and raising applies pressure to the blinds while retaining decent postflop equity.

84s is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

7-3 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a 3x raise, even with the small blind's dead money.

97s is a playable suited one-gapper on the button, so I open to 2.5bb to take the initiative and fold out weak hands.

Nine-eight suited plays well postflop, and calling 200 offers a reasonable price against a button open.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind at this price, but the raise and caller make a squeeze unattractive.

Middle pair with a weak kicker is worth continuing cautiously in a three-way pot, but not strong enough to lead into both opponents.

Ace-high has some showdown value and a backdoor spade draw, but this multiway flop strongly connects with the raiser's range. Check rather than inflate the pot with a weak hand.

Middle pair on a queen-high flop after both opponents check. A small c-bet takes it down often and gets value from worse pairs and draws.

Middle pair is strong enough to continue against a small flop bet, but raising would inflate the pot with a vulnerable hand.

Call the modest 250 into a 1250 pot with ace-high, an overcard, and a backdoor nut-flush draw; calling also closes the action.

Middle pair has some showdown value, but the ace and third spade favor opponents' ranges. Checking avoids building a multiway pot with a marginal hand.

I have top pair with a flush draw, so a modest turn bet can get value from weaker pairs and charge draws while keeping the pot manageable multiway.

Pair of nines with a weak kicker is crushed by an ace-queen board once the big blind leads the turn into two callers. Calling 500 into 2000 is not justified against that range.

Third pair is unlikely to have enough equity against a turn bet on an ace-high, three-spade board, and calling risks facing another bet on the river.

Pocket fours are a profitable button open three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise gives me initiative while keeping the pot manageable.

T4 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

34o is too weak to continue against a button open; folding saves the remaining stack.

Pocket nines are a strong button open in a three-handed game. Raise to 300 to build the pot while applying pressure to the blinds.

2-4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open; folding saves chips.

J5 offsuit is marginal, but with no rake and 200 to call into a 450-chip pot, it is worth defending the big blind against a button raise.

I have a weak hand and only a backdoor flush draw on this flop. Checking avoids building the pot out of position against the preflop raiser.

With two overcards and a monotone flop, pocket nines without a club is a fragile showdown hand. I’ll take the free card rather than build the pot or face a check-raise.

The turn gives me a gutshot and a weak flush draw, but betting risks building a pot against stronger hands or better club draws. I’ll take the free card.

With 99 on an A-K-Q board, a bet is unlikely to get called by worse or fold better hands. I’ll take the free showdown chance in position.

Jack-high has little showdown value. The checked-through flop and turn make a river bluff plausible, and the 5c blocks some flushes.

My pair of nines is behind most hands that would value-bet this board, and I have no club to block flush draws. The river bet is sizable enough that calling would require too many bluffs.