Hold'em table

3-handed on the button, 98o is a standard open; raise to 2.5bb to steal the blinds with a playable hand.

AQ offsuit is strong enough to 3-bet against a button open, building the pot with a hand that plays well postflop.

T7o is dominated and out of position facing a raise and re-raise; folding is clearly best.

Getting about 2.1:1 in position, deep-stacked, against a wide 3-handed SB 3-bet range. 98o has enough playability and equity to call rather than fold.

As the preflop aggressor heads-up, a small continuation bet with an inside straight draw to the K plus two overcards is a reasonable way to take the pot or pick up equity cheaply.

Open-ended straight draw plus backdoor diamond flush draw, getting 2700:500 in position against a small c-bet. Calling realizes equity well, keeps the pot manageable against a 3-bettor, and gives good implied odds when the straight comes in.

I have ace-high plus an open-ended straight draw (8 or K completes), but no made hand, and checking keeps the pot controlled against a player who has called two streets.

Second pair plus an open-ended straight draw is behind the overpairs in a 3-bettor's range, but it beats his unpaired AK/AQ. Checking back realizes our equity cheaply and avoids getting check-raised off the draw.

I hold a pair of aces with a queen kicker, which is good showdown value but vulnerable to a diamond flush or a higher pair, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it.

A pair of nines has almost no showdown value against a 3-bet range that checked twice. Overpairs like KK and QQ are scared of the ace and the flush, so betting two-thirds pot can fold them out. My 9d also blocks some flushes.

Holding a pair of aces with a queen kicker, I have enough showdown value against a 0.67-pot river bet that can include bluffs and thin value, so calling 1800 is better than folding.

Seven-four suited is weak, but calling 100 on the button with a cheap price and only two opponents is a reasonable speculative continue.

Trash hand but only 50 to call in the small blind with a limped pot; folding is fine too, but calling keeps pot odds cheap and I can fold postflop.

92 suited is weak; taking the free flop in the big blind is better than raising into two limpers.

I hold 34-high on a trip-Tens board; any raise is a pure bluff with no equity, so checking is clearly best.

On the trips-ten board my 9 kicker is weak, and with a 3-way limped pot, any ten or overpair crushes me. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how the button acts.

I hold 7-4 with no pair on a paired T-T-T board, so I have little showdown value; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it without a strong hand.

I hold 3-high on a trip-T board with no betting so far; checking keeps the pot small and avoids paying off anyone's ten.

The flop checked through and I have a diamond draw, so a small turn bet should often take down the pot. Calling stations are less likely on this paired-trips board, and the draw gives me some backup if called.

Seven-high with a paired-trips board and no real draw means I have almost no showdown value against a turn bet, so folding avoids losing more chips.

I hold 3c4h on a TTTJ board with no draw; seat_1's turn raise signals a ten. Calling 200 to chase nothing is losing play, so I fold.

Blind vs blind with an ace is a strong hand, so a raise to 3x takes the initiative and has fold equity. The button folded, which leaves only the big blind to get through.Blind vs blind with an ace-high hand is a clear raise; going to 3x takes the initiative and has fold equity against the big blind.

Facing a 200-chip call into a 400-chip pot as the big blind, 7-T suited has enough equity to continue against a likely wide raise from the small blind.

I have the nut flush draw with the Ad blocker on a monotone board, and I'm out of position against the big blind caller. A small c-bet of a third of the pot keeps my range strong and builds the pot with plenty of equity behind me.","table_message":""}

We hold a made diamond flush (K-high with Q, T, 7, 2 of diamonds), a very strong hand on this board. Raising to 600 builds the pot for value while still allowing a call from weaker holdings.

The nut flush draw gets about 35% equity by the river, which is well above the 22% the price requires (400 to win 1800). Calling keeps BB's made flushes and sets in and leaves strong implied odds when the diamond lands.

We hold ace-high with the nut flush draw, out of position against a flop raiser on a paired board. Checking lets us realize equity cheaply rather than bluff into a strong range.

With 7d Td on a Kd Qd 2d board I have a King-high flush, which is strong, and seat_1 checked the turn, so I'll bet for value to build the pot.

I hold the nut flush draw with the Ad, which gives me 9 diamond outs (about 20%). Strong implied odds on a river diamond, plus some ace-high showdown value against bluffs, make calling 1000 into a 2800 pot worthwhile.

Aces and kings with a weak kicker beats only bluffs and weaker made hands against a range heavy in flushes and trips after the flop raise and turn barrel. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets villain's bluffs keep betting.

I have only high-card ace-king-queen-type strength with 7-high, so I cannot beat a value bet and a bluff is unlikely to be profitable after seat_1 checked. Checking takes the free showdown.

97s on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear opening hand; a standard 2.5x open puts pressure on the blinds.

Queen-nine offsuit is marginal, but calling 200 into a 400 pot with the big blind still to act gives a reasonable price to see a flop in a three-way pot.

8h5h is a weak hand facing a raise and a call; folding is cheapest and safest.

Top pair with a queen and a nine kicker is strong heads-up, so I'm betting about half the pot for value while the preflop raiser may continue with weaker holdings.

97s on QJ3 has no pair and no direct draw, only runner-runner backdoors, so calling a third-pot donk bet isn't justified. Folding is cleanest.

Ace-Jack offsuit is a strong hand to open from the button, and raising to 300 builds the pot and takes initiative from the blinds.

KJs is a strong playable hand against a 3x open; calling 250 to see a flop keeps the pot manageable while retaining equity.

Q4o is dominated and hard to play multiway from the big blind against a 3bb button open and an SB flat call. The 3.5:1 price doesn't make up for poor realization, so I'm folding.

K-high on a low board heads-up; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating with a marginal hand against the preflop raiser.

Ace-high with a jack kicker is weak on this 3-7-8 board, and checking keeps the pot small while taking a free showdown against one opponent who has already checked.

KJ on T-high board with two players checked flop; I have showdown value but no strong hand, so take a free card and keep pot small.

I have only A-high with a gutshot to a straight (needs a 9), and the opponent has checked the flop and turn, so checking to see the river for free is the safer line.

K-high missed the board and checks are free; opponent's preflop raise suggests they may have a hand, so I take the free showdown rather than bluff into it.

I have only ace-high with no pair, and the board has many connected cards, so checking to see the showdown is the safest line.

Ace-high on the button is worth an open; raising to 300 applies pressure and can take the blinds, with decent equity if called.

Three-handed, the button opens a wide range, and A7o plays well as a 3-bet from the small blind. The ace blocker helps fold equity, and 3-betting avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot by just calling.

Six-ten offsuit is a weak hand facing a large raise from the small blind, with the button still to act behind me, so the pot odds don't justify calling 1000 to win about 1500.

Ace-four offsuit is far too weak to continue against a raise to 11bb after my 3bb open; folding is clearly best.