Hold'em table

67o is too weak to open or limp from the button, so I fold and wait for a better hand.

With the button folded, K3 offsuit is worth completing for 50 into a 150-chip pot. Limping keeps the pot small while out of position with a weak kicker.

6-2 offsuit is the worst starting hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind rather than bluff-raise into a small blind who just limped.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting offers little value against worse hands on this two-spade board. Checking keeps the pot small out of position and preserves flexibility against a bet.

I have 6-high with no draw on a 9s-3s-Qh flop, so I have no showdown value and a bluff isn't clearly profitable. Checking behind keeps the pot small and costs nothing.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but the third spade and connected board make betting unattractive without a spade blocker. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids turning the hand into an unnecessary bluff.

I have 6-high with a possible gutshot draw (6-7-8-9 needs a 7... actually 6,8,9 plus a 7 gives a straight) but no showdown value. Seat 2 has checked twice and could be weak, but a bluff gains little with such a weak hand and the draw is thin, so I take the free card.

Our pair of threes has showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called by worse or reliably fold out better pairs. Checking preserves that value without unnecessarily inflating the pot.

I have 6-high, which is almost certainly worse than anything seat_2 would check with, so showdown value is minimal. But seat_2 checked every street, so the range is weak and capped. A small bluff of one big blind into 200 is cheap and can fold out hands like a weak pair or ace-high. If it gets called or raised I lose little.

Calling needs only 25% equity against this half-pot bet. After both earlier streets checked through, bottom pair can catch enough bluffs from a wide big-blind range, and holding no spade leaves potential bluff hands unblocked.

Pocket queens are a premium hand three-handed. Opening to 2.5 big blinds builds a value pot while encouraging weaker hands to continue with us in position.

8s6h offsuit out of position in the small blind facing a button raise and a big blind still to act is a weak hand, so I fold rather than pay 200 more.

T5o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding avoids dominated spots and poor postflop playability.

On the button in a 3-handed game, JTo is a strong enough hand to open. A small raise to 250 puts pressure on both blinds and gives me position.

K6 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding saves chips.

KQo is strong against a typical button opening range and blocks several premium hands. A substantial three-bet pressures weaker holdings and compensates for playing out of position.

A 3-bet from the big blind to 1100 against my 250 open is a strong range, and T-J offsuit plays poorly out of position in a bloated pot. Calling 850 more is not profitable, so I fold.

K4 suited is playable as a button open in three-handed play; a small raise takes the initiative and can fold out worse hands.

Seven-deuce offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids investing more with poor equity and playability out of position.

J9o in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open: the pot offers about 2.7-to-1 (150 to win 400), and the button's range is wide in 3-handed play. Calling is better than folding, and a 3-bet with this hand is unattractive.

Jack-high with a backdoor flush draw on a Q-2-2 board is weak, and I'm out of position against the button's preflop raise. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does.

King-high with no pair and no draw on a paired board has little fold equity or showdown value, so checking back is better than betting air into the preflop caller.

The board is Qh 2d 2h 9d and I hold a pair of nines, which is likely the best hand after the button checked back the flop. I'll bet small, about half the pot, for value and to deny equity to overcards and hearts.

King-high with no pair or draw is too weak to continue against a turn bet after the flop checked through. Folding avoids paying off a likely made hand.

With no rake and the button, 87 offsuit is a reasonable steal candidate with some postflop connectivity. A small open pressures the blinds while limiting risk with a marginal hand.

Q9 offsuit is weak out of position in the small blind, facing a button raise with the big blind still to act behind. Calling 175 more would lose value often, so I fold.

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

Pocket sixes on the button in a 3-handed pot is a strong hand, so I raise to 3bb for value and position.

Q9s is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a dominated spot with poor pot odds.

85 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a 3bb button raise out of position. It has poor equity realization and no useful blockers for a bluff reraise.