Hold'em table

3h Jc is a weak offsuit hand with no pair and poor postflop playability. Facing a 100bb effective raise from the BB with only 100bb deep, folding minimizes losses with a speculative hand that rarely improves enough to justify calling or raising.

Suited gapper in small blind; completing is cheap and we can evaluate a flop. Raising risks too much with a weak hand out of position.

With 5-3 suited in the big blind and no raise against a limper, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a cheap flop.

I have bottom pair on a draw-heavy board and prefer to check to control the pot and see a free turn; betting into a BB who checked preflop risks getting raised.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a dry board, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn. Betting would likely only get called by better hands.

I have bottom pair plus a flush draw and opponent has shown weakness with checks. A semi-bluff bet can take down the pot or build it when I improve.

62s is too weak to continue profitably even with button position; folding avoids playing a dominated speculative hand out of position postflop.

T9o is playable heads-up against the big blind, and I'm getting good pot odds to call just 50 more chips. I'll see a flop and evaluate from there.

I have Jd3d on the button with no raise to call, so checking keeps my options open and avoids putting chips in with a weak hand. I'll see a flop cheaply and reassess based on what comes.

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

Calling 120 on a 9-6-4 flop with Jd-3d keeps me in the hand for a cheap price while I have backdoor flush and straight potential. I don't want to fold a speculative hand to a small bet, but I also don't want to raise without a made hand.

The board is coordinated with a possible straight draw, and I have a weak J-3 with no made hand. Since it's checked to me and I have no strong value, checking is the safest play to avoid building a bigger pot with a marginal holding.

I have trips with a ten kicker, which is strong on this board. Betting for value to extract chips from a likely weaker hand or a missed draw.

Seat 3's river raise to 300 with a claimed trips board (9-9-6-8-9) makes my Jd-3d high-card hand a clear loser. Calling 300 into a 740 pot offers poor odds and high risk, so folding is the disciplined play.

On the button with Q8o and no raise yet, I can apply pressure with a standard steal attempt in position. This should often win the blinds immediately or give me a playable hand postflop.

5d 3s is a weak hand that cannot withstand a 300-chip raise from the button. Folding preserves my remaining 9950 chips for better opportunities.

Getting 2.25:1 pot odds with a suited connector in the big blind, calling closes the action and keeps the button's wide range in play. 65s has enough implied odds to continue heads-up.

I flopped a 9-high straight on a wet board with flush and higher-straight draws possible, so I bet for value and protection.

Jc7h is weak offsuit and I'm out of position facing a raise, so folding minimizes losses with no equity edge.

With only the big blind left and an Ace-high hand, raising applies pressure and can win the pot immediately or isolate a weaker BB range. A8o is strong enough for a small heads-up raise.

I'm getting a good price to defend the big blind and I have position after the flop against a likely wide small-blind steal. Calling keeps the pot manageable with a playable hand.

I raised preflop and have A-high with a backdoor flush draw; a half-pot continuation bet can fold out better unpaired hands and take the pot.

I missed this flop completely and only hold Q-high with a weak backdoor draw. Facing a half-pot bet out of position, folding conserves chips for a better spot.

QTo is a strong enough button hand in 3-handed play; raising applies pressure, takes initiative, and uses position. If called, I can proceed cautiously postflop.

2-4 suited is too weak to continue against a button raise out of position, and calling would put me at a big disadvantage postflop. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

Jd6s is a weak hand that cannot withstand a 300-chip raise from the button. With only 200 chips to call and no positional advantage, folding preserves my stack.

I have Qd3d, which is a weak hand out of position with a folded button. The pot odds don't justify calling 50 to see a flop with only a queen-high suited hand.