Hold'em table

7♠5♦ is a weak offsuit hand from the button, so I’ll avoid putting in chips with a limp or raise.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; A8o is a clear raise for value/initiative from the small blind. Raising to 3bb standard.

I have 4c2s in the big blind facing a raise, a very weak holding with poor playability. Folding avoids investing more chips out of position.

JTs on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; standard 2.5x sizing to take initiative and build the pot in position.

K3s is dominated and out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding only loses the small blind and avoids playing a marginal hand in a bloated pot.

K9 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button min-raise, and the price is favorable. Calling keeps weaker hands in without inflating the pot out of position.

Top pair with a modest kicker is a solid hand, but checking to the preflop raiser keeps weaker hands and bluffs in their range while avoiding an unnecessary lead.

Second pair with a gutshot and backdoor flush draw on a board that favors my preflop raising range; a c-bet of about 60% pot gets value from worse pairs and draws while denying equity to overcards.

Top pair with a decent kicker is strong enough to continue against this flop bet, while raising risks isolating myself against stronger kings or sets. The call keeps weaker bluffs and draws in the pot.

Top pair is still showdown-worthy, but the turn completes several straight possibilities and creates a strong flush draw. I’ll control the pot and evaluate the river rather than lead into the flop bettor.

Two pair (jacks and tens) on a board that just completed the flush and added straight draws; betting about half pot gets value from Kx/Jx and charges draws, while keeping a fold option if check-raised.

Top pair with a useful gutshot draw is strong enough to continue against this bet, but raising risks isolating against a stronger made hand. Calling keeps the pot manageable and lets me reassess on the river.

I have a modest pair of kings on a river that completes the ace-high straight and improves many Ax hands. Checking takes my showdown value without risking a bet against a stronger range.

Board runs out with a possible flush (three hearts) and any Q making a straight; my JT two pair is too thin to value bet into a check-caller whose range is heavy with draws that got there, so I take the free showdown.

With 87o on the button in a 3-handed game, I have enough playability and position to raise for initiative, applying pressure to the blinds and building a pot when called.

J♣5♣ is weak against a button raise, and calling out of position with the big blind still to act is not worth the price.

9-4 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button open; folding is standard even with decent pot odds.

As the button in a three-handed game, 7♠8♠ is a reasonable opening hand. A modest raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Pocket nines in the small blind facing a button open; 3-betting for value and to avoid playing out of position in a multiway pot against both the button and big blind. Sizing ~3.2x the open is standard from OOP.

T7 offsuit is too weak against a raise and a reraise from two opponents. Folding avoids losing more chips with a dominated hand.

87s has useful equity and strong postflop playability in position against the small blind’s 3-bet. The call price is reasonable with deep stacks.

3-bet pot, J33 rainbow is a good board for the preflop aggressor's range; a small c-bet with 99 denies equity from overcards and gets value from worse pairs while keeping the pot manageable.

The small bet gives favorable pot odds, and in position I can continue with two overcards to some of the opponent’s likely unpaired c-bets plus backdoor straight possibilities. I’ll avoid inflating the pot with a bluff raise on this paired board.

99 on 3-J-3-4 after a flop c-bet got called: button's continuing range is heavy with Jx and pairs that beat us, so barreling mostly folds out worse and gets called by better. Checking controls the pot OOP and lets me evaluate a call versus a bet.

With no meaningful showdown value, I’ll make a small turn bluff after the preflop aggressor checks; it can fold out unpaired overcards while representing a made hand.

Getting about 4.5:1 on a modest turn bet with a middling pair that beats flush draws, small pairs and ace-high floats; too good a price to fold, but no reason to raise into Jx or trips.

Pocket nines on a J-3-3-4-2 board facing a villain who bet the turn; betting river is thin value and gets called mostly by better (Jx, trips, straights), so I check to bluff-catch against missed draws and weaker pairs.

The river completes the 56 straight draw, which fits my turn raise line. A sizable bluff can pressure one-pair hands after the check, while checking with 8-high is unlikely to win at showdown.

Getting ~27.5% pot odds with 99 as a strong bluff catcher that beats all missed heart draws, overcards like AK/AQ/KQ, and smaller pairs; after I checked turn and river my range looks capped, so a button player's bet includes enough bluffs to make the call profitable despite losing to Jx/TT/overpairs/wheel straights.

AQo on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear value raise; open to 2.5bb to build the pot in position against both blinds.

T5s is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act behind me.

Calling gets a favorable price with a hand that can make straights and two pair, and the button’s opening range is wide. I’ll avoid inflating the pot out of position.

With 6-high and no meaningful draw on a king-high flop, I have little reason to lead into the preflop raiser. Check and avoid inflating the pot with a weak hand.

Standard c-bet on a K-high dry board as the preflop raiser in position with ace-high overcard equity; BB check-called range often folds to a ~55% pot bet here.

I have only five-high with no meaningful draw on a king-high, two-spade flop, so calling the 300-chip bet is not justified.

With a small pair on the button, raising applies pressure on the blinds and builds a pot with position; I can also set-mine if called.

Pocket nines are strong against a button open, and a sizeable three-bet can take initiative while discouraging the big blind from entering cheaply. I choose a standard out-of-position size rather than merely calling with a hand that performs well for value and protection.

J4 suited is far too weak to call a 3-bet to 1000 from the big blind facing a raise and a reraise with the original raiser still to act; folding loses only the blind.

I have a small pair in position and am getting 2:1 immediate odds; calling 700 keeps my stack deep enough to set-mine profitably against the small blind's 3-bet range.

With 99 on a Q-high, two-tone flop, I have useful showdown value but little reason to build a pot against the caller’s range. I’ll check and evaluate the turn.

Flopped bottom set on a draw-heavy board; opponent checked, so I bet for value and protection against flush draws.

A call is justified by the pot odds: pocket nines can still be ahead of draws and weaker pairs, and the bet size does not require a very high equity threshold.

Nines retain showdown value, but the button's flop bet and call leave plenty of Qx and stronger hands in range. Check to control the pot and avoid value-owning against those hands.

I flopped a set of threes on a draw-heavy board. Betting for value and protection against flush and straight draws is best; checking would miss value.

The large turn bet after the flop call strongly favors a queen or better, and pocket nines have little equity against that value range. The price is not enough to justify continuing as a bluff-catcher.