Hold'em table

Holding 93o on the button is too weak to open raise or call, making fold the clearly profitable standard play.

King-Jack offsuit is a playable hand, and completing the small blind for 50 into a 3-way pot with only the big blind left to act is a reasonable price.

With 5-2 offsuit in the big blind and no amount to call, checking takes a free flop rather than building a pot with a very weak hand.

I have King-high with no pair on a 9-8-2 board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing more chips without a made hand.

Bottom pair is likely ahead of the small blind's checked limping range, and a small bet protects against overcards and flush draws while taking the pot often.

Facing a one-third pot bet with K-J high, a 10 completes a straight and I have a spade with two-card flush potential, so calling is a reasonable price to see the turn.

I have only a king-high flush draw with no made pair, and the opponent showed aggression on the flop, so I'll take the free card and keep the pot small.

With bottom pair on a three-spade, ace-high board, betting risks a raise or call from better hands; checking preserves showdown value and sees the river cheaply.

We hold a pair of kings with no betting to call, and the opponent's turn check suggests weakness, so checking keeps the pot controlled while seeing a free showdown.

Opponent's limp-call and checks on the ace turn and king river cap them mostly to weak pairs or missed draws. A 300 river bet can fold out 8x/9x bluff-catchers that beat my bottom pair, while checking only wins against missed draws.

A pair of kings with an ace on the board is likely second-best against a river value bet of 300 into a 400 pot, and the price doesn't justify a call without enough equity.

QJo on the button is a playable hand in a 3-handed game, and calling the 100-chip price keeps the pot small while I see a flop.

AQs is a premium hand 3-handed; raising over the button limp builds value and isolates rather than playing out of position in a limped pot.

Holding 4d 2h in the big blind facing a raise to 400 with a limper behind is an easy fold due to very poor equity and playability out of position.

Queen-jack offsuit is a playable hand, and calling 300 to see a flop in a 600-chip pot is reasonable against a raise from the small blind that could be wide.

As preflop raiser I have range advantage on K-J-6, and AsQs has a gutshot to Broadway plus an ace overcard, so a half-pot c-bet has fold equity with equity when called.

I have second pair (jacks) with a queen kicker, and calling 450 into a 1350 pot is a reasonable price against a range that includes weaker pairs and bluffs. Raising risks being check-raised by a King or better.

Semi-bluff the turn with the nut gutshot and Ace overcard; a two-thirds pot bet can fold weaker pairs and draws while retaining equity when called.

Seat 3 has shown consistent aggression across three streets, and a pair of jacks with a king on the board is likely behind their range, so calling 1100 into a 2900 pot needs more equity than this hand has.

Q3 suited is above average against two random blind hands and I have the button, so calling to see a flop in position offers good pot odds without building a large pot with a weak kicker.

Getting 5:1 immediate pot odds to complete the small blind with J9o against a single button limper.

Holding 3d 9h from the big blind with no bet to call, checking sees the flop for free and a raise with this weak offsuit hand isn't justified.

I missed the flop completely with J-high and have no reason to bet out into two opponents out of position.

I hold 3d-9h on a Q-6-5 flop with no pair or draw worth building around, and checking is free, so I take the free card and avoid bloating the pot.

Top pair on a draw-heavy Q-6-5 board in a limped pot; betting in position charges flush and straight draws and protects my weak-kicker queen.

I hold jack-high with negligible draw equity on a coordinated board facing a bet with a player behind. An easy fold.

I have 9-high with no pair or draw on a Q-6-5 board, so facing a 200 bet into a 500 pot I should fold.

4c2c is too weak to profitably open on the button even 3-handed, making fold the best play.

Calling 50 into a 150 pot needs about 25% equity, and Q5 offsuit heads-up against the big blind's range is roughly 40%, so the call is profitable.

9-8 suited plays well in position heads-up against a small-blind limp, which is often weak and capped. Raising builds the pot with a playable hand and adds fold equity.

Q5 offsuit is a weak hand facing a 250-chip call out of position, and it does not have enough equity to justify the price against a raise from the big blind.

Q-3 offsuit is weak, but calling 100 into a 150 pot from the button is cheap with the small blinds still in, so I see a flop cheaply rather than folding.

Completing the small blind for 50 into a 250 pot with Q7o offers good pot odds 3-handed and the hand has enough equity to see a flop cheaply.

Holding pocket nines in the big blind against two limpers, I raise for value and to thin the field.

Q3 suited is weak facing a 500 raise from the big blind, and calling 400 into a 700 pot needs about 36% equity that this hand is unlikely to have against a raising range.

Q7 offsuit is weak and dominated against a big blind raise to 500 after limps; calling 400 needs too much equity heads-up out of position.

J7 offsuit is a marginal, easily dominated hand even on the button in a 3-handed game; investing 100 chips preflop has negative expected value against the blinds' ranges.

In a blind versus blind situation, QJo is well ahead of an average holding; raising to 3 bb allows us to build the pot and take the initiative.

Facing a 200 call in a 400 pot with only one opponent left, K-3 offsuit has enough equity and pot odds to continue, so calling is better than folding.

Checked on a low, disconnected flop that favors the big blind's calling range, keeping the pot manageable with Queen-high.

I hold a pair of threes with a king kicker, a medium-strength hand. Seat_1 checked, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it without a strong made hand.

I hold Queen-high with two overcards after checking the flop out of position; checking the paired turn keeps the pot small and allows me to see a river card for free.

I hold three threes (trips) on a 3-2-7-3 board, which is very strong. Seat_1 checked the turn, so a value bet of about two-thirds pot should get called by weaker pairs and draws.

I have queen-high with no draw on a paired board out of position, making a call against a two-thirds pot bet unprofitable.