Hold'em table

4-8 offsuit is a weak hand not worth playing from the button facing a raise-sized call in a 3-handed pot.

Pocket fives is a reasonable hand to play from the small blind. Raising to 200 chips (min-raise) gives decent pot odds while testing the big blind's strength with one opponent already folded.

Defend the big blind cheaply against a minimum raise with K6 suited, which has adequate heads-up realization.

I raised preflop with pocket 5s and both opponents called. On a dry 8-2-10 flop unfavorable to my small pair, checking allows me to control the pot size while gathering information about opponent hand strength before committing more chips.

With only king-high and a weak club backdoor, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot against the preflop raiser.

With a small pair (5s5d) on a turn that brought a third club (9c), my hand is vulnerable. Both opponents checked the flop, suggesting weak holdings, but checking preserves my option to fold cheaply if faced with aggression on the river while keeping the pot small.

Betting our strong straight-and-flush draw after the turn check applies pressure and can win the pot immediately while retaining substantial river equity if called.

I hold pocket fives on a 8-9-2-9 board with a 4-card flush draw possibility. Seat 3's aggressive turn raise to 300 after checking the flop suggests a strong hand, likely a made hand like 9x or 8x. With only ~15 outs (if I'm behind on paired board), calling 300 into a 700 pot requires significant equity I likely don't have. Folding is the mathematically sound play.

9-7 offsuit is a weak hand in the button position facing a big blind and small blind already in the pot. Folding preserves chips for stronger starting hands.

Heads-up from the small blind, Ah-3c has sufficient equity and realizes well enough to complete for 50 chips.

I'm big blind with a weak, unsuited-connector-ish hand (9s3s suited actually) and no raise to face; checking to see a cheap flop with position advantage of already being in.

Betting top pair for value and protection against the big blind's wide checking range on this connected board.

9-high with a backdoor flush draw doesn't justify calling a bet on an Ace-high board against a raiser who checked preflop then bet into it.

6-4 offsuit is a weak button holding and not worth entering against two blind defenders at this stack depth.

With the button folded, it's heads-up against BB; A5o plays fine as a raising hand to isolate and take initiative.

J8o is a weak holding in a 3-handed game. Facing a raise from the small blind after already posting the big blind, folding preserves chips against a likely stronger range. The button folded, so we're heads-up with poor equity.

AJ offsuit on the button is a strong hand; raise to build the pot and take initiative against two opponents.

5-4 offsuit is one of the weakest starting hands in poker. Facing a raise to 250 from seat_1 and with the big blind still to act, folding is the correct play to preserve chips.

QTs is a strong suited broadway hand with good playability heads-up against a button open. Calling preserves positional disadvantage costs while defending at an attractive price.

I flopped top two pair on a coordinated board and should value-bet while charging Qx, Tx, pair-plus-draws, and straight draws.

T6o is a weak hand in a 3-player game. Folding is the mathematically sound play from the button when facing a small blind and big blind already in the pot. This hand lacks the strength to profitably contest the pot.

Pocket nines is well ahead of a typical blind-versus-blind range, so I raise for value and to deny equity.

A8 offsuit is strong heads-up against a single-raiser; 3-betting applies pressure and builds equity with a decent ace-high hand.

Pocket nines are strong enough to continue against this heads-up 3-bet, and calling preserves their value without inflating the pot out of position.

I have some showdown value on this paired board but am poorly positioned against the big blind's 3-bet range. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs available while controlling the pot.

Dry paired board favors my preflop raising range; a c-bet here can take down the pot given the opponent's check, and I still hold overcard equity if called.

Pocket nines remain an overpair to the board's deuce, and the small continuation bet can include many unpaired overcards. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding an inflated pot.

Our pocket nines retain showdown value, but a turn bet is likely called primarily by stronger queens, jacks, and overpairs. Checking controls the pot and lets us realize equity.

I have only ace-high with no pair or strong draw on a scary paired/two-club board, so betting further with air into a caller is unprofitable; checking preserves my stack for a cheaper look at the river.

Our nines have useful showdown value after the turn check, while a river value bet is likely called mainly by queens, eights, jacks, and overpairs that beat us. Checking captures value from missed overcards without exposing us to a check-raise.

River 8 gives me jacks-and-eights two pair with an ace kicker; villain's check-call flop then check-check line looks weak, so a solid value bet extracts chips while limiting exposure to a slowplayed monster.

My nines are only two pair on a paired board and lose to the opponent's likely overpairs, queens, jacks, and stronger pocket pairs. The river value bet after this line is not a favorable bluff-catching spot.

Q9 suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed and benefits from initiative. A 2.5bb open pressures the blinds while keeping risk controlled.

T7o offsuit is weak against a button raise; not worth defending SB with a marginal hand facing a raise and cold call from BB still to act.

K-T offsuit is a weak holding against an aggressive raise from the button after folding the small blind. The raiser has shown strength with a 2.5x raise, and calling 150 more chips puts me in a difficult position post-flop with a marginal hand. Folding preserves chips for better opportunities.