Hold'em table

3-8 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling from the button out of position against two players isn't profitable, so I fold and wait for a better spot.

K7 suited is a strong enough heads-up small-blind holding to raise for value and initiative after the button folds.

Calling 200 into a 400 pot gives about 3:1 pot odds, and suited 4-6 has enough playability to see a flop heads-up against the small blind's raise.

Top pair is not needed here; my pair plus king-high flush draw has strong equity and can extract value from worse pairs, draws, and ace-x. A medium continuation bet builds the pot while retaining flexibility.

I have 4-6 offsuit-style with no pair on an A-7-2 board, facing a 400 flop bet after a preflop raise, so my hand has little showdown value and folding avoids a losing call.

Open-raise the button to apply pressure and leverage position in this short-handed configuration. J6 offsuit is marginal but suitable for a minimum open.

Calling 150 to close the action with 6-5 suited-connector-style cards is a cheap price in a three-way pot with 350 chips to win, and it keeps playable straight potential. Folding is also reasonable, but the pot odds justify a call.

I'm in the big blind with 2h4h, and calling 100 into a 500 pot gets 5-to-1 odds. The hand is weak, but it is suited, and the price is good enough to see a flop in a three-way pot.

I hold 6-5 with no pair and no straight draw on a 9-T-A flop, and I have the option to check for free, so checking is the sensible play rather than betting a weak hand.

I have 2h4h on a 9s Tc As board, which is just a weak backdoor-less hand with no pair or real draw. Checking is better than bluffing into two opponents when the button still has to act.

Multiway on a coordinated ace-high board, J6 has little immediate showdown value and no made draw worth betting. Checking preserves equity and avoids being check-raised.

I have only a gutshot draw to a seven with 6-5 on a 9-T-A-8 board and no made hand, and no bet is required, so checking is the cheap way to see the river.

I have 2h4h on a 9s Tc As 8h board, so I only have a gutshot-type draw to a 7 or 6 at best, no pair, and two opponents are still in. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river for free.

I have an open-ended straight draw and can apply pressure after both opponents checked twice. A two-thirds-pot bet has fold equity while retaining strong river improvement potential.

I have 6-5 with no pair on a 9-T-A-8 board and only a 7 completes a straight, about 4 outs. Calling 400 into a 1400 pot needs roughly 22% equity, so folding is correct against a turn raise.

I have 2h4h on a 9s Tc As 8h board, which is just 4-high with no pair. A gutshot needs a 5-6-7 combination that I don't have, and a 7 would give me a straight only with 5-6. I'm facing 400 into a pot of 1000, which needs about 29% equity, and I'm well short of that, so folding is correct.

Suited 7-9 on the button with only the blinds to act is a reasonable steal spot, so I'm raising to the minimum rather than limping.

9-6 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Calling 150 more would be unprofitable, so I fold.

Defend the big blind against the minimum button raise with A4 offsuit; the price is excellent and the ace has sufficient equity heads-up.

Check the ace-high gutshot to realize equity and avoid inflating a marginal spot out of position. We can respond to the button's continuation bet based on its sizing.

I have only a 9-high with a backdoor straight draw on a Q-high board, and seat_2 checked to me, so checking to see the turn for free is the sound choice.

A-high has some showdown value after the flop checked through, while a turn bet is unlikely to get enough better hands to fold. Checking preserves the chance to realize our river equity.

I have only Q-high with no pair and no clear draw, so checking takes a free card and avoids building a pot without a made hand.

I have the nut straight on a board where the opponent has shown weakness through two streets. A modest river value bet can be called by a queen, trips, or worse straight while limiting exposure to flushes and boats.

I have a river flush (2s 3s 7s 9s Qs), which is strong against a range that includes many bluffs, but a higher flush or a full house is possible, so calling the 300 is better than raising.

6-9 offsuit is a weak hand out of position postflop against two opponents; folding on the button is the disciplined choice, though calling would be only marginally worse.

T3 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against the big blind with the button already folded.

On the button with 87 suited, I raise to isolate and leverage position against the blinds.

Ace-nine suited is a playable hand in a 3-handed pot, and calling the 200-chip gap to see a cheap flop is better than folding or bloating the pot out of position.

8-6 offsuit is weak, and calling 150 more out of position against a raiser and a caller (pot 600, so about 4-to-1) is marginal. Folding is the simplest choice.

With a pair of nines on a Q-9-J board, I have middle pair with an ace kicker and no strong draw, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see whether seat_2 bets.

With only a gutshot to a non-nut straight and limited showdown value, I check back rather than inflate the pot on this coordinated board.

I have a modest pair of nines with an ace kicker on a Q-9-J-2 board, which is worth showing down but not a strong bet, so I'll check to keep the pot controlled.

I have an open-ended straight draw and little showdown value. A moderate turn bet can fold out unpaired overcards and weaker holdings while retaining strong equity when called.

I have a middle pair of nines facing a 400 turn bet into a 1000 pot, which is about 2.5 to 1 pot odds, so calling is reasonable against a bettor who could be bluffing. Raising risks too much with a pair that may already be beaten.

I hold a pair of nines with an ace kicker on a paired-looking but capped-range board, so checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see whether seat_2 bets again.

After the checked river, a substantial bluff represents a queen, jack, or diamond flush while targeting missed draws and marginal pairs. Our eight-high has no showdown value.

I have only a pair of nines against a river bet of 900 after a turn raise, so calling needs roughly 28% equity that I don't have against that range. Folding preserves chips.

Calling 100 into a 150 pot gives about 2.5-to-1 pot odds, which is roughly enough to continue with 23 suited-off on the button against two players.

9-2 offsuit is the weakest type of hand; completing the small blind for 50 more out of position against two opponents isn't worth it, so I fold.

Check the big blind with 8-6 offsuit and realize equity heads-up rather than bloating the pot out of position.

Check the marginal pair to keep the pot controlled and allow the limper to bluff or value-bet worse hands.

My 2-3 offsuit has no pair or real draw on a K-6-4 board, and checking is free, so I take the free card rather than bluff into two opponents.

I will make a small turn probe with my pair of sixes to target missed overcards and deny a free river card. The flop checks make a king less certain for the opponent.

I have a pair of threes with a gutshot to a straight, and calling 100 into a 350 pot gives good enough odds to see the river cheaply.

I have an eight-high flush and should value-bet against kings, straights, sets, and weaker flushes. A moderate sizing targets those calling hands while limiting exposure to stronger flushes.

I only have a pair of threes on a paired-high-card board, which is weak against a river raise after the turn aggression. Calling 300 needs about 29% equity, and I doubt a pair of threes reaches that against this range.