Hold'em table

On the button in a 3-handed pot, K2 suited is a marginal hand that is playable as a steal, so I'll raise to 300 to take the blinds or play a small pot profitably.

7-9 offsuit in the small blind facing a 3x button open is a fold; out of position with a weak, non-suited hand and the big blind still to act.

Getting 2.25:1 pot odds with a suited one-gapper, calling is slightly profitable even out of position against a wide button opening range.

I have a weak flush draw with no made hand, and I am out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking allows me to see his action and control the pot size.

I have only King-high with a backdoor spade draw, and the big blind already checked, so taking a free card is better than bloating a weak hand into a pot.

We have a flush on the turn and want to build the pot against hands like top pair or draws that may call a moderate bet.

King-high with only two spades on a four-spade-capable board, facing a 400 turn bet from a player who checked the flop; the pot odds don't justify calling with such a weak holding.

7-5 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game with 100bb stacks is below a reasonable opening range; folding avoids playing a weak, uncoordinated hand out of position postflop against two opponents.

Q8 suited has decent equity and I'm only up against the big blind; raising puts pressure and can take down the pot immediately, avoiding playing out of position postflop.

Six-four offsuit is a weak, out-of-position hand facing a small blind raise, and the pot odds only marginally justify calling 200 chips.

J9o is a decent hand on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5x the big blind applies pressure and can win the blinds immediately or set up a favorable postflop situation.

Six-jack offsuit is a weak hand to play out of position from the small blind against a button raise, and the 3-way pot doesn't give enough equity to justify calling 200.

9-6 offsuit is a weak, unconnected hand that plays poorly out of position against a button open; folding is the standard play even with decent pot odds.

Eight-six offsuit is a weak hand, but calling only 100 chips on the button keeps the cost of seeing a cheap flop small against two blinds.

J9o in the small blind facing a button limp: completing for 50 into a 250 pot gives great odds with a playable hand; raising is marginal out of position and folding wastes equity.

With 54s in the big blind and no raise, checking costs nothing and allows me to see a cheap flop with a speculative hand, avoiding building a pot out of position.

Jh9c missed the 5-2-3 two-tone flop entirely; first to act in a 3-way limped pot with no equity beyond overcards, so checking and giving up cheaply is best.

We have top pair with an open-ended straight draw on a coordinated board. Betting for value and to protect against draws.

I have 8-6 with no pair and only weak straight potential on a 5-3-2 board, so facing a 200 raise into a 500 pot I should fold rather than invest more.

J9 offsuit with no pair, no draw on a 5-2-3 two-tone board facing a 2/3 pot bet; folding is clearly best with only jack-high and no backdoor equity worth chasing out of position.

T5 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds with a hand that plays well postflop.

K3o is a weak hand out of position against a button raise; folding avoids losing more chips.

Facing a 150-chip call from the button with K-J offsuit in the big blind, the price and playability make calling a reasonable choice over folding or a larger raise.

I hold K-J with a board of 8-K-8 giving me top pair, but checking keeps the pot small and allows a free showdown with a marginal hand against a possible pocket pair or 8-x.

Paired, dry K-high board favors my preflop raising range; a small continuation bet with Td5d (no equity but max fold equity vs. BB's wide calling range) is a standard profitable play, cheap enough to give up if called.

I have two pair, kings and eights, which is strong on this board, so I raise for value against seat_2's flop bet.

T5 offsuit missed the K88 board entirely; facing a check-raise with no pair, no draw, folding is clearly correct.

My hand is 2-3 offsuit, the weakest possible starting hand. Folding is the optimal play to avoid losing chips with a hand that has almost no equity.

Heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, A3o has enough playability and fold equity to justify a minimum raise over a limp-style call.

Facing a min-raise from the small blind heads-up, I'm getting 3:1 pot odds with a suited connector-ish hand and position postflop; 53s plays well enough to defend profitably against a wide SB raising range.

Checking is free and my ace-high with a 3 has little showdown value, but it keeps the pot small and gives me a free card to hit a broadway draw.

I have a flush draw on a wet KQJ board with two spades; SB raised small and checked, showing weakness. A semi-bluff bet takes the pot down often and builds the pot when I hit; I have position and can continue on spade turns.

I have only ace-high with a gutshot to broadway (4 outs), which is about 17% equity against a 250 bet needing roughly 28% to call profitably, so folding is correct.