Hold'em table

Opening on the button 3-handed with K9o is standard given positional advantage and wide defending ranges.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against the button’s raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

74 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open; folding is the highest-EV option.

The suited hand is weak, but calling one big blind from the button gets a favorable price and preserves position postflop.

86o is too weak to complete from the small blind after a button limp, especially out of position multiway. Folding saves the extra half-blind.

I am in the big blind with 9d 2s facing a limp and a fold, so checking to see a free flop is the clear play.

I have nine-high with no draw on a high board out of position, making a standard check the only reasonable play.

I have a weak pair on a coordinated high-card board, so I’ll take the free card and preserve showdown value rather than build the pot.

I have nine-high with no draw on the turn; checking is the standard play with zero showdown value and no equity.

I have a weak pair with little potential to improve, but checking keeps the pot small and preserves showdown value after the opponent checked.

I have nine-high with zero showdown value, but bluffing in a limped pot out of position risks chips unnecessarily against a wide range.

My pair of threes is weak on this board, and a bet is unlikely to be called by many worse hands. I’ll take the free showdown.

Queen-ten suited is a strong button open; a 3x raise builds the pot and takes the initiative against the blinds.

A9s plays very well 3-handed against a button open. 3-betting to 1100 gains initiative and leverages our strong suited ace.

Q7 suited is far too weak to continue against a large squeeze to 11 big blinds, especially out of position and with substantial action still possible.

QTs has enough suited connectivity and playability to continue against a single 3-bet at this price, with position and a manageable stack-to-pot ratio. A 4-bet would turn a decent calling hand into a bluff, so I flat.

On a coordinated board with middle pair and top kicker out of position in a 3-bet pot, checking controls the pot and protects our showdown value.

I have top pair with a queen kicker on a coordinated flop after the preflop 3-bettor checked. A small bet gets value from worse pairs and ace-high while denying free cards to draws.

We hold middle pair with top kicker in a 3-bet pot getting nearly 4-to-1 pot odds against a roughly one-third pot continuation bet. Calling is standard to keep opponent's bluffs and dominated draws in.

The board has four to a straight and three hearts, leaving my second pair with no flush draw in a vulnerable spot, so checking is standard.

I have only top pair on a four-straight, three-heart board, and the turn completed many of the hands that called my flop bet. With no bet to face, checking controls the pot and avoids building a large pot with a vulnerable one-pair hand.

I have pair of nines on a connected and flush-heavy board where any jack or six makes a straight; checking to realize whatever showdown value I have.

Top pair with a queen kicker loses to the many straights, two pairs, sets, and flushes this board allows, and seat_1's flop call does not look weak enough to bluff. Checking realizes the hand without bloating the pot.

96o is too weak to open from the button, even three-handed. Folding is standard.

Q5 suited is weak, but calling 50 to contest a 200-chip pot heads-up offers favorable pot odds.

J8o is too weak to raise out of position against a limper, and checking is free, so I take the flop.

I have only queen-high with no immediate draw on a low, connected board, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind.

I have middle pair with a jack kicker and the small blind checked, so a half-pot bet gets value from worse hands and protects against club draws.

Calling is justified by the favorable pot odds and the chance to improve with a queen or backdoor diamond draw. I’ll reassess on the turn.

I have a flush draw with Q♦5♦ and can apply pressure while retaining strong equity if called. A 200-chip lead is a modest semi-bluff into the 400-chip pot.

Heads-up with second pair and a jack kicker, the half-pot turn bet is small enough that I have the equity to continue. Raising a marginal made hand only folds out worse and gets called by better.

My queen-high has little showdown value, and the river king is a favorable scare card after my turn aggression. A 500-chip bet pressures one-pair hands while credibly representing a king or better.

I only have a pair of eights on a king-ten river, and the opponent's turn and river leads look like value. Calling 500 into 1300 is not justified with this weak showdown hand.

Nine-six offsuit is a weak holding with poor playability, so I’ll avoid investing from the button rather than open or limp into two blinds.

Button folded, so I raise K4o from the small blind to 3bb as a steal against the big blind rather than complete out of position with a weak offsuit king.

Facing a 3bb open from the small blind with 87 offsuit, this hand is slightly too weak to defend profitably even in position.

J6o is too weak to open from the button in three-handed play; folding avoids dominated spots and negative-EV steals.

72s is too weak to complete out of position against the big blind, making an easy fold.