Hold'em table

K5o is weak but playable on the button in a 3-handed game; a small raise can take the blinds or isolate and gives me initiative. I can fold to a reraise.

AJo is strong against a button opening range. Reraising from the small blind pressures the opener and avoids inviting the big blind in cheaply.

Five-four offsuit is a weak hand facing a 900-chip call into a 1000 raise from the small blind, so folding is the disciplined choice.

K5o is too weak to continue against a sizable small-blind 3-bet; folding avoids playing a dominated offsuit hand out of position.

T2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two unknown opponents.

K8 offsuit is a marginal hand, but with the button already folded and only the big blind left to act, completing the 50-chip small blind is a cheap way to see a flop.

With 8-6 offsuit in the big blind, I see a free flop and keep the pot small; raising into a completed small blind risks bloating a weak hand.

We hold top pair with a king and an eight kicker on a T-K-4 board, which is a decent but not dominant hand, so checking keeps the pot small and lets us see whether seat_1 bets.

My hand has little equity on this board, and checking keeps the pot small while I see a free turn card.

Top pair with a king kicker is a decent hand, but with two players and both checking the flop, I'd rather keep the pot small and take a free card.

Opponent has shown weakness with checks on every postflop street; a small turn stab risks little to win the pot and can fold out unpaired or drawing hands.

Holding a pair of kings on a T-K-Q-4 board is strong enough to continue against a single turn bet, and calling keeps the pot manageable while I see the river.

I hold two pair (kings and fours) on a paired board, which is strong but vulnerable to a higher two pair or a set, so checking keeps the pot controlled and lets seat_1 act first.

My 8-high has no showdown value, and the opponent checked river after a weak turn call, so a bet can fold out missed draws and weak pairs. I'll bet 300 to deny a cheap showdown.

I have a pair of kings with a queen-high side, which is likely best against a range that includes many bluffs, and calling 300 into a 700 pot needs only about 30% equity.

Seven-deuce offsuit is the weakest starting hand, and calling 100 from the button to see a flop is not worth it.

AK suited is a premium hand, and with the button folded I want to raise for value and take control against the big blind.

K3 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and I’ll have position after the flop.

I raised preflop and the board is dry enough for a continuation bet; betting 300 into 600 can fold out overcards and smaller pairs while I still have two overcards.

King-high with no pair or immediate draw is too weak to continue against a half-pot bet.

With pocket eights on the button in a 3-handed game, raising for value and to take initiative is best. A 3bb raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable if called.

Nine-deuce offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a three-big-blind raise with the big blind still to act.

Facing a 200-chip call into a 450-chip pot as the big blind, I get about 2.25 to 1, and J8 suited has enough equity against a wide button opening range to justify calling.

I hold 8-J with an open-ended straight draw to 6-10, and checking is free, so I keep the hand cheaply and avoid bloating the pot out of position.

The big blind checked to me on a dry-ish flop; my 88 has showdown value and I can deny equity from overcards/draws with a small bet. I can fold to a raise.

I hold an open-ended straight draw (8s with 7h and 9s on board) with about 8 outs, so calling 300 into a 950 pot is profitable against a possible stab.

Checking is free and keeps the pot small with a weak straight-draw hand, while avoiding a bloated pot against a flop bettor.

Opponent checked turn after calling my flop bet, so my pair of eights is likely best against 7x/5x/draws. Betting 650 for value and protection.

I have only a backdoor-ish straight draw with one card to come, about 4 to 5 outs, which doesn't justify calling 650 into a 1900 pot against a turn bettor who has shown strength.

K6 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Jack-four offsuit is a weak hand to play out of position against a button raise, and calling 200 more chips to see a flop is not worth it.

Closing the preflop action with 150 to call and a suited gapper; the pot odds are good enough to see a flop in position-less but multiway-ish spot.

Weak hand with only backdoor draws on a Q-high flop; checking keeps the pot small and gives a free card, and I can fold to a large bet.

With a pair of sixes on a dry board, I can check in position to control the pot and keep weaker hands in.

I have a combo flush and straight draw with 15 outs; betting semi-bluffs and builds pot with high equity.

My pair of sixes can beat some turn bluffs and weaker pairs. The 400-chip bet is small enough to call in position and reassess on the river.

I have 9-high with no pair and my flush draw missed; checking avoids putting more chips in with no showdown value and lets me fold if seat_2 bets.

My six has showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by enough worse hands. Checking avoids turning it into a bluff.

Queen-four offsuit is a weak hand, and calling 100 to see a flop out of position is a marginal investment with poor playability.

Getting 3:1 pot odds in the small blind with 76o and the button already folded; completing cheaply keeps the pot small and avoids bloating with a marginal holding out of position.

With 7-6 offsuit, I can see a flop for free against the small blind's limp. Raising would build a pot with a marginal hand.

I have only a weak gutshot and backdoor hearts out of position, so checking controls the pot and lets me see a free turn.

With a weak gutshot and no made hand, I’ll take the free turn rather than build the pot against the small blind’s limping range.

Semi-bluffing with a combo draw (flush draw plus gutshot straight draw) on the turn; betting 150 applies pressure and builds the pot in case I improve.

The straight draw has only four outs, and a flush made with the 6h could easily be beaten. Calling 150 into a 350-chip pot is not worth it.