Hold'em table

3c5c is a weak suited hand on the button against two players who both still act behind me. Folding is the conservative choice, although calling 100 into a 250 pot would be close.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position, even with the small blind discount.

83s is a weak suited gapper that rarely flops well enough to continue profitably, even with position. Folding avoids investing chips in a likely dominated spot.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot, making T7 offsuit worth playing heads-up against the big blind. Limping keeps the pot small with a marginal hand out of position.

AKo is a premium hand heads-up against a limping small blind, so I raise for value to build the pot and play it with initiative.

T7 offsuit is too weak to profitably call this raise out of position. Its poor equity realization and lack of strong blockers also make a bluff reraise unattractive.

A6 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed, with an ace blocker and position after the flop. Raising to 250 pressures both blinds without investing too much with a marginal ace.

Pocket tens are a strong hand in a 3-handed game. A 3-bet from the small blind against a button open builds the pot and thins the field, and the large raise size punishes the big blind for calling.

AQo is strong enough to continue in a 3-handed pot, and calling keeps the button's weaker range in while avoiding a bloated pot out of position against a 3-bet.

A6 offsuit fares poorly against a small-blind three-bet and a big-blind cold-call, with substantial domination risk. Position and the pot odds do not compensate for its weak equity realization.

I hold an overpair (TT) on a 6s4c7s board that is wet with straight and flush draws. I was the preflop aggressor, so I bet about 63% of the pot for value and to charge draws. I'm first to act heads-up against the big blind.

I have two overcards, a backdoor spade draw, and position; the pot odds are close enough to call and see a turn, while raising into a strong preflop 3-bettor risks too much.

I have an overpair (tens) on a 6-4-7-A turn with two spades on board. I'm first to act heads-up and have been the aggressor, so I'll bet about half pot for value and to charge flush and straight draws. The ace is a risk, but the hand is still strong enough to bet.

I have top pair top kicker and the pot odds are favorable. Calling keeps worse Ax hands and bluffs in while avoiding a raise that only gets called by better.

Board 6s 4c 7s Ah 3d has a 5 for a straight (A-2-3-4-5 wheel needs 2, 5-6-7 with 3,4 means 5 makes a 3-7 straight). My pair of tens beats many bluff-catchers, and the opponent only called down, so a value bet of about a third of the pot is reasonable, though the risk of a straight or flush is real. Betting medium size gets value from weaker pairs and Ax while limiting losses to a raise.}

Top pair with Q kicker, getting over 4:1 pot odds; opponent's range includes enough worse aces and bluffs to make calling profitable.

Pocket fives on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong hand, so I raise to 3bb for value and to take initiative with position.

With 3-7 offsuit facing a raise, folding is the best play.

Against a 3bb button raise, 76 offsuit is a marginal defense with poor equity realization out of position. Folding avoids investing more with a weak hand that rarely makes strong pairs.

Q8s is a playable button hand in a 3-handed game; raising applies pressure on the blinds and uses position.

54 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3bb open, especially with the big blind still to act. Poor equity realization out of position makes folding preferable to calling or bluff-raising.

3h5s is a weak offsuit hand. Calling 200 to win a 450 pot gives about 31% pot odds, and I would be out of position against a button open. The hand is not strong enough to call, so I fold.

72 suited is too weak to open profitably by default, even on the button three-handed. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding avoids investing in a hand with poor high-card and straight potential.

Pocket jacks are a strong hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, so I raise for value from the small blind.

Getting 250 to call into a 450 pot with a suited connector; calling keeps the pot manageable and realizes implied odds against a possible small-blind steal, while raising would bloat the pot out of position with a weak hand.

Jacks have an underpair to a Q-K board with two overcards, but the pot is heads-up and I am first to act. A bet of about two-thirds pot (450 into 700) charges draws and overcards and gets value from worse pairs, while keeping the pot manageable if I'm behind to a K or Q.

I have a pair of sixes plus a flush draw, giving strong equity. Raising applies pressure and builds the pot while I have outs.

Pocket jacks are an overpair to the six but sit under the Q and K on a Q-K-6 flop. Seat_2's check-raise is strong, but the call costs 750 into a 2350 pot, which is a fair price. Calling keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the turn without committing my stack.

Jacks on a Q-K-6-K board are a marginal made hand. Seat 2 raised the flop and I only called, so they probably hold a king or a queen. Betting would mostly get called or raised by better hands, so I check to control the pot and keep showdown value.

Checking behind with a pair and flush draw controls the pot and lets me realize equity for free; opponent's flop call suggests strength, so I avoid getting raised off my draw.

JJ is a medium-strength showdown hand on a paired K board. The opponent's flop raise and turn check could be a strong Kx or Qx, or a missed spade draw. A bet would mostly get called by better hands and fold out worse ones, so I check to control the pot.

I have bottom two pair on a paired board with many better hands in opponent's range; checking behind realizes showdown value and avoids getting called by better.