Hold'em table

KTo is a strong hand on the button in 3-handed play, well ahead of blind ranges. Raising builds the pot in position and can take the blinds.

T5o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold; out of position this hand doesn't have the equity to call or 3-bet.

I hold 4s2s, a weak hand that is not strong enough to call a raise from the big blind. Folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

AJo on the button 3-handed is a strong opening hand; a standard 2.5bb open raise applies pressure on the blinds.

J4 is a weak hand and I'm out of position facing a raise to 250, so folding minimizes losses with no equity edge.

K8 suited in the big blind versus a 2.5x button open is a standard defend; calling 150 into 400 keeps a playable suited hand with good equity against a wide range.

King-high with a 7-8-9 straight draw is not strong enough to bet into the preflop raiser on an ace-high, club-draw board; checking keeps the pot controlled and realizes equity cheaply.

Top pair with a good kicker on a wet board; bet about 2/3 pot for value and to charge draws.

King-high with only backdoor spade and straight draws has far less than the ~28% equity needed to call 350 on an ace-high board against a preflop raiser's flop bet.

Ad5c is weak offsuit and I'm out of position; folding avoids losing chips with a hand that rarely plays well from the blinds.

2-5 offsuit is near the bottom of the range and I would be out of position against the big blind postflop, so completing is not profitable.

Ace-Ten on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong opening hand well ahead of blind ranges. Raising to 3bb applies pressure and builds a pot in position.

Pocket deuces in the SB facing a 3x button open with 100bb deep: calling 250 into 450 is fine for set-mining with good implied odds. 3-betting a small pair would turn it into a bluff and isn't needed.

7s6c is weak and unsuited, and I'm facing a raise plus a call with only 7-high. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

Pocket deuces on A99 is a weak showdown hand that is out of position against a button raiser. Checking controls the pot and keeps their bluffs in.

I have aces and nines with a ten kicker on a dry paired board and am likely ahead of the caller's Ax and pocket pairs. A small value bet in position gets calls from worse while keeping the pot manageable versus trips or better aces.

Getting about 4.3:1 on a small c-bet, and on this dry paired board 22 beats much of the button's wide range of unpaired hands, so calling is profitable.

Our 22 makes only the weakest full house here; any ace or higher pocket pair beats us, so we check for pot control and bluff-catch cheaply.

I have nines full of aces, losing only to quad nines or pocket aces, so I value bet before a river ace can chop against worse full houses and trips.

Nines full of twos beats any unpaired hand without an ace, but it loses to any ace or any pocket pair above twos. Getting about 2.6:1, calling is the right price, while raising would only get called by hands that beat us.

Our 22 makes nines full of twos, but most hands that called or bet this line (any ace, any 8, pocket pairs) beat us. Betting would mostly get called by better hands, so I'll check and decide on a bluff-catch if villain bets.

I have 9s full of Aces, losing only to the lone 9c or pocket Aces. A half-pot river bet gets value from pocket pairs and 8x that called flop and turn, while an Ace just chops.

Our 22 makes only nines full of twos, which loses to any ace, any eight, any pocket pair, or a nine. After three streets of betting on an A-9-9 board, the button's range is heavy in those hands, so calling 1500 for the 25% equity we need looks unprofitable.

3-handed on the button, 65o is a reasonable steal with both blinds to get through. A small 2.5bb open is enough.

With Kh Qh on the button, I have a playable hand and position. Raising to the minimum 400 builds the pot, isolates the opener, and keeps my bluffing range flexible.

2-3 offsuit is one of the weakest hands, and facing a raise and a 3-bet for 300 more from the big blind it has poor equity and playability.

SB made a min 3-bet to 400, so I'm getting 150 to win 750, which is 5:1 odds. I'll be in position with 56o, so calling is clearly profitable.

Board is dry and I have a backdoor flush draw with no made hand; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot with a marginal holding. If seat_2 bets, I can decide to call or fold based on the turn card.

With only weak backdoor equity against a 3-bettor on an ace-high board, I'm taking the free card in position rather than bluffing into a range that contains many aces and strong pairs.

Board is dry and I have no strong draws; checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to bluff later if the river blanks.

Our weak pair of fives has showdown value against the 3-bettor's unpaired broadway hands. Betting mostly folds out worse hands and gets called by better pairs, so we check back for pot control.

Board is dry and I hold a weak King-high with no made hand; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big bluff catcher against a likely missed hand.

A pair of fives has showdown value against missed broadway hands. Betting would mostly fold out hands I already beat and get called by better pairs, so I'm checking back.

I hold J6 offsuit in the small blind and face a 100 big blind raise from the big blind. This is a weak hand that does not play well out of position, so I fold to preserve my stack.

Heads-up after the button fold, T3 suited has enough equity and playability to complete for 50 into 150 rather than fold, keeping the pot small out of position.

84s is weak; I'll check my option in the limped pot, realize equity in position, and avoid bloating the pot.

Heads-up on a paired Ace flop, a small bet representing an Ace has good fold equity against King/Queen/Jack-high and unpaired hands that beat my Ten-high, needing only modest folds to profit.

I'm getting 3:1 on a small bet with a backdoor flush draw and some overcard potential against a limping range. Calling is cheap, and it keeps me in position to take the pot away on later streets.

With Aces and Twos on board my Ten kicker is marginal and opponent called the flop, likely holding an Ace, a Two, a pocket pair, or a better kicker. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids betting into a stronger range.

The opponent checked the turn after a small flop stab, which suggests weakness. My 8-high has little showdown value and almost no draw, so a modest bet representing an ace should fold out many hands that beat me.

On the double-paired Aces and twos board I only play the board with a ten kicker, which loses to any ace, deuce, pocket pair, or higher-kicker bluff. Calling 260 into 660 needs more equity than this weak showdown hand has against a turn bet.