Hold'em table

79 offsuit is too weak to call a big blind from the button in a three-handed pot, so I fold and save the chips.

Pocket queens is a premium hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 300 builds the pot for value and denies a free flop.

On the button in a 3-handed game I can open wide with queen-high and position; a small raise can win the blinds immediately and gives me initiative if called.

A6 suited with an ace is a speculative hand worth a cheap call from the small blind facing a small raise, but not strong enough to 3-bet.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise and a small-blind call; folding saves chips.

I missed the flop with ace-six suited and only have backdoor flush equity, so I check and see what the button does.

As the preflop raiser in position on a dry J-8-2 board, a small continuation bet can fold many missed hands while my queen-high has little showdown value.

Ace-high with backdoor draws only; small bet doesn't justify continuing with no pair or strong draw against a range that connects with this board.

K2 offsuit is a weak hand not worth playing from the button facing a raise-call dynamic; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. Queen-ten offsuit is playable enough to complete for 50 and see a flop rather than fold or inflate the pot.

J9o is ahead of a small-blind limp range and I have position postflop, so raising builds value and can take the pot down now.

QTo is playable heads-up against a likely wide isolation raise, and the price to continue is acceptable even out of position.

I have second pair with a weak kicker against the preflop raiser, and the king on board hits much of their range. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how they continue.

Board K-Q-4 favors my preflop raising range and opponent checked; a half-pot semi-bluff with a gutshot to a king-high straight has good fold equity and outs if called.

Middle pair with a ten kicker has enough equity against a half-pot c-bet to continue; raising is too thin with the king on board and a weak kicker.

I have only a pair of queens on an ace-king-queen board against an aggressive opponent, so checking controls the pot and keeps worse hands in.

The turn ace favors my preflop raising range and I still have a gutshot to the Broadway straight with a ten, so a semi-bluff can fold pairs below an ace while retaining nut outs if called.

I have only a pair of queens with a weak kicker on an ace-king-queen board, and the opponent has bet every street. Calling 900 is unlikely to be profitable against that range.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind, so I fold rather than call or bluff-raise.

AK offsuit is a premium hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded; raising builds the pot and denies a free flop.

AQ offsuit is strong enough to 3-bet the single-raiser SB for value and to take initiative heads-up.

AKo is a premium hand against a BB 3-bet heads-up, and I will be out of position postflop, so 4-betting for value and fold equity with a ~2.4x sizing is preferable to calling.

Pocket sevens on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong hand well ahead of opening ranges. Raising builds the pot in position and denies cheap flops to the blinds.

J2 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise; folding is correct from the small blind.

K4 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a button open; folding avoids a dominated, low-playability spot.

K6 offsuit is weak from the button facing a call; not worth playing into two players.

Button folded, so I am heads-up versus the big blind with suited king-four. Completing for 50 is cheap enough to see a flop rather than folding or bloating the pot.

53 offsuit is very weak, but checking is free in the big blind heads-up after the small blind limped, so I take a free flop rather than building a pot with a poor hand.

King-high with no pair or draw has little value, but checking is free heads-up, so I take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind.

Heads-up after the small blind checked, my bottom pair is likely ahead of overcards and draws. A 150 bet charges those hands and protects my pair while folding easily to a raise.

King-high with no pair and no real draw is too weak to continue against a flop raise. Folding saves chips for better spots.