Hold'em table

42o is far too weak to open or play profitably from the button.

Completing the small blind is cheap with Q5o against only the big blind, and I can evaluate a flop before committing more chips out of position.

A-T offsuit is strong heads-up against a small-blind limp, so I raise for value rather than give a free flop.

Q5o is too weak to continue against a big blind raise, especially out of position with only a small blind invested.

2d6s is a very weak offsuit hand, and calling or raising risks chips with poor equity. Folding preflop is the safest chip-maximizing play.

With the button folded, completing the small blind costs only 50 chips. Eight-five offsuit is too weak to raise, but it can see a flop cheaply against the big blind.

With an offsuit weak ace out of position, checking behind to see a free flop realizes our equity safely without bloating the pot.

With eight-high and little showdown value, a small bet can win this heads-up pot when the big blind has missed the paired ace-high flop.

I hold top two pair with a weak kicker on a paired board; calling seat 3's half-pot lead keeps their bluffs and weaker hands in while keeping the pot controlled.

I have no made hand or meaningful draw, and the queen can improve the range that called the flop bet. Checking avoids putting more chips into a weak bluff.

We have Aces and Jacks with a Queen kicker, but cannot get much value from worse hands while facing chops or stronger combinations. Checking behind keeps the pot controlled and realizes our showdown value.

Eight-high is unlikely to win at showdown. A modest river bet can fold out missed draws and weak pairs without risking much.

I hold two pair, Aces and Jacks with a Queen kicker. In a limped blind-vs-blind pot, my opponent can be bluffing missed gutshots or betting an Ace that chops with my hand, making calling profitable getting over 2.5-to-1 pot odds.

Pocket queens are a strong preflop hand on the button. Raising to 3 big blinds builds the pot while keeping weaker hands in.

Holding premium AKo in the small blind against a button open, standard play is a 3-bet for value and initiative out of position.

Holding 6s2h in the big blind facing a raise and a reraise, this is a clear fold with a weak offsuit hand out of position.

Pocket queens are strong enough to four-bet for value against a small blind three-bet, especially with position after the flop.

AKo is a premium holding in 3-handed play; 5-bet jamming all-in maximizes fold equity and realizes our equity against the button's 4-bet range.

Calling 7400 requires about 37% equity. QQ has enough against a plausible three-handed shoving range that includes AK, even though AA and KK are possible.

74s is slightly too weak to open profitably even from the button in a 3-handed game, so folding is the disciplined play.

With 5-2 offsuit in the small blind and the button already folded, this is the weakest possible holding and not worth completing against the big blind. Folding loses only the small blind and avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

K2o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and calling 100 chips out of position against two blinds is not profitable. Folding avoids unnecessary risk.

With the button folded, calling 50 more is a low-cost way to play heads-up against the big blind. 9-5 offsuit is too weak to raise for value.

QhTh is a strong suited broadway with excellent playability. Raising to 3.5bb isolates in position against the small blind's limp.

Nine-five offsuit is too weak to defend against a 3.5 big blind raise, especially out of position.

Q3 offsuit is playable from the button three-handed. A small raise pressures the blinds while preserving position postflop.

Holding 82o in the small blind against a button open is an easy standard fold.

Closing the action with 2.67:1 pot odds, Ts3s suited is good enough to see a flop against a button open, though it is too weak to 3-bet here.

My hand has no pair and only weak backdoor spade potential on a paired flop, so I prefer checking out of position rather than bluffing into the preflop raiser.

A small continuation bet on this dry, paired board can fold out some of the big blind's unpaired hands without risking much.

Getting 4:1 pot odds with an overcard and backdoor flush draw; the button's small flop bet could be a weak continuation, so calling is cheap enough to see a turn.

I have a weak high-card hand with little equity on a paired board and am out of position. Checking lets me see a free river card or fold to further aggression without investing more chips.

The flop call can include unpaired overcards and weak pairs. With little showdown value, I’ll barrel the turn to pressure those hands.

I have only ten-high with no real draw, and seat_3 has shown strength by raising preflop, flop, and turn. Calling 600 with almost no equity is not profitable, so folding is best.