Hold'em table

75o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and folding avoids investing chips out of position against two live blinds.

A♦8♣ is strong enough to raise from the small blind after the button folds; a 3bb open puts pressure on the big blind and builds the pot with initiative.

4-2 offsuit is one of the weakest starting hands; facing a 3x raise from the small blind out of position, folding is clearly best despite the pot odds.

JTs is a strong, playable hand from the button in a three-handed game. Raise to 250 to take the initiative while keeping the open size modest.

K3 suited in the small blind facing a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act is a marginal hand that plays poorly out of position; folding is the standard play.

Closing the action with K9o against a likely wide button open, I only need about 27% equity to profitably call the extra 150 into a 400 pot. Raising out of position with a marginal offsuit hand would risk too much.

I flopped top pair with a decent kicker and want to charge the button's preflop raising range, including draws and weaker pairs. Betting also protects my hand and builds the pot while I likely have the best hand.

Second pair with a decent kicker is strong enough to continue against a modest flop lead, and the pot odds are favorable. Raising would risk inflating the pot against a king or stronger hand.

I have top pair with a flush draw and gutshot straight draw on a wet board. Betting for value and protection is best here.

I have two pair and enough equity to continue against the turn bet, while raising risks isolating me against straights or stronger hands. I'll call and reassess on the river.

I have a marginal pair of kings on a very wet board with an ace and straight/flush possibilities; checking preserves showdown value and avoids bloating the pot against a strong calling range.

The river ace improves many of the opponent’s plausible hands, and a queen completes a broadway straight. My two pair still has showdown value, but betting risks getting called or raised mainly by better hands, so I’ll check back.

87o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb gives me position and fold equity against both blinds.

Jc5c is a weak, easily-dominated hand facing a 2.5x button raise out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids bleeding chips with a marginal holding.

9-4 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 2.5× button raise, especially out of position. Fold rather than call with poor postflop playability.

On the button with a suited connector, raising applies pressure on the blinds and builds a pot with position and good playability.

Pocket nines are strong three-handed and play well as a value 3-bet against a button open. Raising to 1000 applies pressure while keeping the sizing reasonable out of position.

T7 offsuit in the big blind facing a 3-bet to 1000 with the original raiser still to act is an easy fold; the hand has poor equity and playability against two ranges.

Suited connector with position and good pot odds; calling the 3-bet keeps a strong implied-odds hand in a 3-handed pot without overcommitting.

With pocket nines on a paired board containing a jack, I have showdown value but little need to build a pot against the caller’s range. I’ll check and keep weaker hands and bluffs in their range.

With 8-high and no real draw on a paired board, checking behind in position is best; the preflop 3-bettor's flop check could be a trap or a missed overcard hand, and I have little to gain by betting into a strong range.

With a medium-strength showdown hand, checking keeps the pot manageable and allows me to respond to a river bet. A turn bet is unlikely to get much value from worse hands that would otherwise fold.

My 8-high has little showdown value and the opponent showed preflop strength before checking, so I will take the free card and avoid building a pot with a weak hand.

With 99, I have useful showdown value after both players checked the flop and turn. A river bet is unlikely to get called by enough worse hands, so I’ll take the free showdown.

My 7s8s has no showdown value, and the opponent checked all three postflop streets, likely holding two unpaired overcards that cannot stand a river bet. A bet of 1500 into 2100 can fold out better ace-high hands and win the pot without a showdown.

99 is a reasonable bluff-catcher after the flop and turn checked through, and the river bet can include missed overcards. I need to win about 29% of the time, so I’ll call rather than surrender the pair.

AQ offsuit is a strong button-opening hand in a three-handed game. A 2.5x raise builds value while applying pressure to the blinds.

T5 suited from the small blind facing a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; weak hand out of position.

65o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise; folding avoids further investment with a dominated, low-equity hand.

Pocket threes on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and can win the blinds or set-mine cheaply in position.

With 99 in a 3-handed pot, I want to 3-bet the button's wide open-raise for value and to avoid playing a marginal pair out of position against two opponents. A raise to 800 applies pressure while still leaving room to fold to a 4-bet.

Jh4h is too weak to continue against a 3-bet, especially with another player already involved. Calling 700 would require too much equity.

Small pair in position facing a 3-bet with ~17x implied odds on the call; set-mining is marginally profitable here, especially with position and a likely wide SB 3-bet range.

I will continuation-bet my overpair-ish 99 for value and protection on a draw-heavy Q-high flop, charging flush draws and overcards while I likely still have the best hand.

Flopped bottom set on a wet Q-high board with a flush draw against a preflop 3-bettor who c-bet; raising builds the pot for value against overpairs/AQ and charges draws, setting up a turn shove with ~100bb stacks.

My 99 is only an underpair to the queen-high flop, and the button's flop raise after calling a 3-bet represents a strong range of Qx, sets, or combo draws. Calling 1800 out of position with little chance to improve is not profitable enough.