Hold'em table

87 offsuit is too weak to open from the button into two live blinds, so folding preserves chips.

With the button folded, raising K6o from the small blind attacks the big blind with decent high-card value and fold equity.

J4 offsuit is a weak hand to play out of the big blind against a 250 raise from the small blind, so folding avoids a costly marginal call.

J6s is playable on the button 3-handed, so opening with a standard 2.5bb raise to exert positional pressure.

Calling the 200 chips to complete keeps a marginal hand like 6-K offsuit in the pot at good pot odds against a wide button raise, with the big blind still to act.

A8o in the big blind gets 4:1 to call a min-raise and a flat. The price is right to see a flop rather than fold or inflate the pot out of position.

With only a pair of sixes on a J-T-6 board, I have a weak made hand and little equity to build the pot, so checking keeps the hand cheap and lets me see the turn.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on J-T-6 is too weak to bet into two opponents, especially with the preflop raiser still to act. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes the free card.

Flopped two pair on a dynamic board with straight draws present. Betting for value and protection after both opponents checked.

Bottom pair with a king kicker is weak against a button flop raise in a three-way pot, and calling 450 into 1200 needs about 27% equity that this hand is unlikely to have.

Ace-high with only a weak gutshot is not worth calling a 450 flop bet into 1200 against the preflop raiser.

Queen-nine suited on the button is a playable hand in a 3-handed pot, and calling the 100-chip big blind keeps the pot small while I see the flop.

42s is too weak to continue out of position in a multiway pot, even for a cheap completion. Folding avoids reverse implied odds and postflop trouble.

I hold T3s in the big blind facing a button limp and SB fold. Taking the free flop is standard.

Second pair with a weak kicker in a limped pot plays best as a check to control pot size and see what the button does.

I have a pair of queens on an 8-Q-T board, a decent but not dominant hand, and the big blind checked to me, so taking the free card keeps the pot small.

Turned trips after the flop checked through. Betting around two-thirds pot to extract value from queens, eights, and drawing hands.

I hold two pair (queens and tens) on a paired board, which is strong but can be beaten by a set, so calling the 175 turn bet keeps me in without risking a large raise.

The river J completes straight possibilities with any nine and two pairs with Queens/Jacks, so checking to control the pot with three tens is prudent.

I hold a straight, Q-9 on the 8-T-J-Q board, and the opponent's river check suggests they are weak or capped, so a half-pot value bet should get called by worse hands.

We hold three of a kind tens on a board where any nine makes a straight, but getting 3-to-1 pot odds against a half-pot bet makes folding too exploitable against bluffs or thinner value bets.

K9o is playable from the button in three-handed; a small open takes the initiative and can fold out worse hands.

75o is too weak to call or 3-bet out of position against a button open.

I'm getting about 2.7-to-1 on a 150 call in a three-way pot, and J9 offsuit has enough playability to defend the big blind against a button raise.

I have only Jack-high with no pair, and the paired board favors a preflop raiser's range, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it without a made hand.

King-high has little showdown value on a paired flop, but as the preflop raiser I can take a small stab after the check and fold out many missed hands.

I have 9-J high with no pair and no real draw on a 4-4-2 board, so calling 200 into a 750 pot needs more equity than I have against a flop bet that could be a continuation bluff.

Q4o is too weak to open raise from the button in 3-handed play.

Facing only the 50-chip completion from the small blind with the button already folded, the pot odds are about 3 to 1, so calling a cheap pot with King-trey offsuit is reasonable.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to raise, and checking is free as the big blind after the small blind limped.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a dry board, so checking keeps the pot small and controls risk while I see whether seat_1 bets.

53 offsuit completely missed K-6-2 and has no draw, so checking behind after the small blind checks is the highest-EV line.

I have top pair with a king kicker of 3, which is decent but vulnerable, so I'll check to control the pot and see if seat_1 bets.

I have a weak pair of fives on a king-high board and seat_3 has checked. Checking realizes showdown value without bloating a small pot with a marginal hand.

Holding a pair of kings on a checked-down board with no bet to face, checking keeps the pot small and gets to showdown for free.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a king-queen board, so a river bet gets called mostly by better hands. Checking realizes my showdown value for free.

From the button in a 3-handed game, 9-5 offsuit is a marginal speculative hand, and calling 100 to see a flop for one big blind is reasonable.

K3s is weak but the price to complete is only 50 into 250, so I take the suited-king flop rather than raise out of position or fold.

Taking a free flop with JTo in the big blind multiway is standard and preserves pot control out of position.

Top pair with a weak kicker multiway; checking controls the pot and lets me see the turn before committing more.

I flop middle pair with a gutshot possibility in a three-way limped pot. Checking to control the pot size and see how the button reacts is standard.

I have no pair and no real draw on this T-K-4 flop with 9-5 offsuit, so checking is the cheapest way to see the next card.

Second pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board is too thin to bet three-way, so I check and keep the pot small.

Holding third pair and an inside straight draw, checking keeps the pot small and lets us see the river card for free.

I have 9-high with no pair on a board of T K 4 A, and both opponents checked, so checking is free and keeps the pot small.

I have aces and kings, but any ace or a king with a better kicker beats me on this paired river. With no bet facing me, checking realizes the hand without risking a raise or a call from a stronger holding.

We hold Aces and Tens with a King kicker in a limped, checked-down pot. Betting offers little value as worse hands likely fold and better hands call, so taking a free showdown is standard.

I have nine-high with no pair on a board showing ace, king, and ten, and checking costs nothing, so checking is the only sensible action.