Hold'em table

On the button three-handed with 9-7 offsuit, I have position and good steal equity against the blinds, so a small open raise is more profitable than limping or folding.

K5o is a weak hand that doesn't warrant a 250 chip investment preflop. Against a raise from early position and facing 200 more chips to call with poor odds and weak equity, folding is the optimal play to preserve chip value.

AJo is strong but 3-betting out of position against a button raise may isolate against better. Calling closes the action and keeps the pot manageable.

I have A-high with a gutshot on a paired board. Checking to the preflop raiser is best, as betting into a range that connects well with K-K-T is risky.

With 9-high and no real draw on a paired K-K-T board, checking likely loses at showdown. As the preflop raiser in position, a small continuation bet represents a king well and can fold much of the big blind's checked range.

I have ace-high with only a gutshot on a paired board, and the opponent's flop bet indicates strength. Calling is not profitable with poor pot odds and out of position.

6-3 offsuit is a weak hand with poor equity. Folding is the optimal play from the button when facing a big blind and small blind already committed, as this hand doesn't warrant the 100-chip call against two opponents.

Q3o is weak but heads-up against the big blind I only need to call 50 into 150, so seeing a cheap flop is better than folding for 50.

JTs is strong heads-up against a small-blind limp, and I have position postflop. Raising builds value against a wide, capped range instead of giving a free flop.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to call a 300-chip raise out of position, especially with only one opponent left and poor playability postflop.

A6o on the button is strong enough to raise for initiative and to pressure the blinds, especially 3-handed. Raising to 300 applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

4-2 offsuit is one of the weakest hands and facing a 3x button raise from the small blind, calling 250 is unprofitable out of position.

K5o is strong enough to open on the button in 3-handed play, and raising applies pressure to the blinds while keeping position.

9-3o (9 clubs, 3 diamonds) is a weak hand that doesn't warrant defending the small blind against a raise to 250. Folding minimizes losses when holding a poor holding out of position.

QTs has enough equity to defend the big blind closing the action, getting over 2.5:1 pot odds against a button open, so I call rather than fold or bloat the pot out of position.

I missed the flop with QcTc and am out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking controls the pot and lets me see a free turn.

With two pair on a heart-draw board, betting charges flush and straight draws while getting value from weaker kings and eights.

Q-high with no pair or strong draw on a K-high flop; facing a 400 bet into 950, folding is the disciplined play.

4-8 offsuit is a weak hand with poor playability. From the button facing a small blind and big blind, folding preserves chips for stronger opportunities.

Getting 3:1 to complete in the small blind with a weak but playable hand; folding forfeits the 50 already posted, and a min-raise risks too much against a big blind getting good pot odds to call.

With 6-2 offsuit in the big blind, checking is free and raising would risk chips with a very weak hand heads-up.

With bottom pair and a coordinated board, I prefer checking to keep the pot small and avoid getting raised by stronger hands or draws.

With 6-2 offsuit I have no pair or draw on a connected 8-T-J board, so checking for free is better than bluffing into a board that hits many calling hands.

I have a weak pair on a coordinated board with three hearts and multiple straight draws. Checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised by stronger hands.

With 6-high and no draw on a coordinated board, a free check in position lets me see the river cheaply and reassess a possible bluff.

I have bottom two pair on a very coordinated board; checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised by straights or flushes.

I have only six-high and cannot win at showdown, while opponent is capped weak after checking every street. A pot-sized river bet credibly represents a flush or straight and can fold better hands.

I have two pair (eights and fours) and am getting 3:1 pot odds to call the river bet. Folding seems too weak against a possible bluff or one-pair value bet, while raising would risk too much against straights and flushes.

84o is too weak to play from the button against two blinds, even with a small call. Folding avoids investing chips with a hand that flops poorly and has little steal equity.

Ace-eight is strong heads-up from the small blind against the big blind; raising builds value and denies a free flop.

Ace-Queen is a premium hand. Seat 1 raised to 300 from small blind after button folded; re-raising to 1000 applies strong pressure, defining our hand strength while maintaining fold equity. This aggressive 3-bet play maximizes value from this strong holding and exploits position.

A8 offsuit is dominated by a large BB 3-bet to 10bb and plays poorly out of position, so folding avoids a negative-EV call.