Hold'em table

Raising from the button with K9o to apply pressure on the blinds and take initiative with position.

I have a suited connector (7h8h) which has good post-flop playability, so I want to see a flop. The pot odds are favorable at 250 to call into a 450 pot, and I'm in the small blind with position on the raiser.

T8o has enough equity to defend closing the action, getting 3.5:1 pot odds in a 3-handed game. I avoid a risky 3-bet with a weak offsuit hand out of position.

I have a strong flop draw with 7h8h on 5cKh6d, so I want to keep the pot small and see a free turn card. Checking also preserves my stack while I assess how my opponents react.

With ten-high and only a weak backdoor straight draw on a king-high flop, checking in the big blind keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into two players who already called preflop.

I have top pair with a decent kicker on a fairly dry board, so I bet for value and to protect against straight draws.

I have a strong open-ended straight draw with 7h8h on a 5cKh6d board, giving me 8 outs to the nuts. Calling 600 into a 1500 pot is a favorable implied odds situation, and I want to keep the opponent's stack behind for potential river action.

I have only ten-high with no pair or credible draw on a king-high flop, and facing a bet plus a call I am unlikely to improve enough to win. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a very weak holding.

The board is wet and dangerous with a flush draw and straight possibilities; my 7h8h is vulnerable and I have no made hand, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bet with a weak holding.

The board is coordinated with a straight and flush draw, and seat_1's flop raise suggests a strong hand. With 7h8h I have a straight but likely second-best to a higher straight or flush, so checking to control pot size and induce bluffs is optimal.

7h Jc is a weak offsuit hand with limited playability. Facing a 100bb big blind and a 50bb small blind, the pot odds don't justify calling with this speculative hand.

Button in a 3-handed game, Q4o is a marginal but playable open with position and fold equity; a 2.5x raise applies pressure while I can fold to a 3-bet.

8-2 offsuit is a very weak hand out of position against a preflop raise, so folding saves chips.

Seat 3 opened to 250 with KsQs, which is marginal. Seat 1 folded, leaving a heads-up pot where I'm out of position. Folding avoids a tough post-flop spot with a weak hand.

T7s is playable from the button in a 3-handed pot, and raising puts pressure on the blinds while having position and a suited hand postflop. I choose a standard 3x open to collect the dead blinds or play in position against a narrow range.

With 2d6s, I have no meaningful equity against a preflop raise. The pot odds don't justify calling 250 to continue with this weak hand.

Closing the action with suited connected 6h4h, I have enough equity and pot odds to defend against a 3x button raise in a 3-handed game.

Opponent checked a dry paired board, so a small continuation bet can take the pot. My hand has overcard and backdoor flush equity if called.

I have two pair (6s and 3s) on a draw-heavy board. Raising for value and protection against flush draws and overpairs.

With 3s7c on the button and only 100 to call, I'm folding to avoid playing a weak hand out of position against the blinds.

72o is the weakest starting hand and I am out of position against the big blind; folding avoids further investment with a trash hand.

95o is a weak, easily dominated hand with poor postflop playability. Folding on the button for 1bb avoids bleeding chips in a marginal spot.