Hold'em table

9c2c is a weak offsuit-ish hand, and on the button facing the big blind with two players left to act it plays poorly, so folding is the disciplined choice.

Completing costs only 50 chips against the big blind’s wide range. T3 offsuit is too weak to raise, but worth seeing a flop at this price.

With A6o in the big blind facing an SB limp, checking behind allows us to see a free flop in position without inflating the pot with a mediocre offsuit hand.

Ten-high has little immediate value on this ace-high flop. Checking avoids investing more chips with a weak hand.

Betting half pot for thin value and protection with top pair and a gutshot straight draw against the small blind's check.

Ten-high has little chance to improve on this ace-high, two-club flop, so calling the bet is not worthwhile.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise can win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Folding 76 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open is standard given poor playability out of position.

3-6 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling 150 out of position against a button raise to 250 would leave me playing a weak, poorly connected hand. The price is about 27% pot odds, but the hand doesn't realize equity well, so I'll fold.

Opening with Ace-King offsuit on the button to 2.5bb for value and position.

2-6 offsuit is one of the worst hands, and I would be out of position against a button raise with a big blind still to act behind me, so I fold.

Calling 150 to contest a pot with dead small-blind chips gives 6-5 offsuit a reasonable price to defend the big blind against a button raise.

I have little immediate equity on this ace-paired flop, so I’ll check rather than lead into the preflop raiser.

Flopped trips with top kicker; betting small (around one-third pot) allows worse hands, pocket pairs, and flush draws to continue.

With six-high and no immediate draw, this hand has too little equity to continue against the flop bet.

AKo is a premium hand on the button in a 3-handed game, so I raise to 3bb for value and to build the pot with position.

A4 suited is a good three-bet candidate against a button open, and raising avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

Holding T3o facing an open-raise and a 3-bet is an effortless fold.

AKo is a premium hand facing a small-blind 3-bet from out of position. A 4-bet to 2800 builds the pot with the best of it, and I can call a shove or get it in with good equity.

A4 suited is too weak to continue against this sizable four-bet without a read that the button is bluffing frequently.

Ace-three offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game, and a 2.5-big-blind raise puts pressure on both blinds.

95 offsuit is a very weak hand out of position against a button raise, making it an easy fold.

A8s in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open with 3-handed play is a clear defend. The price is 150 to win a 400 pot, and a call keeps the hand simple, so I call rather than 3-bet out of position.

Ace-high with a backdoor nut-flush draw on a K-Q-7 board is mostly a bluff-catcher. I'm out of position against the button's raise, so I check and keep the pot small.

A small continuation bet uses my positional and range advantage to pressure weak hands. The ace of clubs gives me some backdoor equity if called.

Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-ish holding on K-Q-7 has decent equity against a button c-bet of 180 into 550. The price is about 20% (180 to win 730), so calling is profitable, and raising would mostly fold out worse hands.

Ace-high with a gutshot (Q-K-T on board, J gives the nut straight) has little showdown value. The opponent bet the flop, so checking to control the pot and realize equity is better than bluffing into a likely stronger range.

The turn connects with many hands that called the flop. Checking keeps the pot manageable while preserving my chance to improve with a jack or ace.

Ace-high on a K-Q-T-7-4 board with three clubs has little showdown value and rarely gets called by worse. Villain's turn check-back and small flop bet suggest a capped range, but a bluff is unlikely to work well, so I check.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws. Betting would mostly target better hands, while the ace of clubs blocks some missed club draws that might otherwise fold.

Q5o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play, making it a clear fold.

In the small blind against the big blind, with the button folded, J9o is a playable hand. Completing costs only 50 to win a pot of 150, which is good odds.

A3 offsuit is strong enough to raise against a small-blind limp. Raising to 4 big blinds applies pressure and builds the pot with a likely equity advantage.

J9o out of position against a 4x big blind raise is a marginal hand. Calling 300 to play a 800 pot out of position is unprofitable enough, so I fold.