Hold'em table

84 offsuit is too weak to open from the button; folding avoids investing chips with a hand that has poor equity and playability.

Holding a pocket pair in a blind-versus-blind spot, I make a standard open-raise to three big blinds for value and initiative.

Nine-seven offsuit is too weak to profitably open on the button in 3-handed play.

Heads-up against only the big blind, A3o has solid equity versus a random hand, so a standard small-blind raise builds the pot with fold equity while staying cheap if called.

93s is too weak to continue against a preflop raise; folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, low-equity hand.

64o is far too weak to call even a single big blind from the button with a limped pot; folding maximizes chips long-term.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. Ace-five offsuit is strong enough to raise for initiative rather than flat-call.

Defending J8s in position against a small blind open getting 2:1 direct odds.

Ace-high has little showdown value on a paired flop, but as the preflop raiser I can take a small c-bet and fold if raised.

Flopped trips in position against the small blind's continuation bet; calling keeps their bluffing range wide and allows us to extract value on later streets.

Ace-high has little equity against a flop caller on a paired board, and there is no strong draw to semi-bluff. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to bluff or fold on the river.

I turned three of a kind eights with a jack kicker and the opponent checked. Betting 600 into 1000 targets value from pocket pairs, turned tens, and drawing hands.

Ace-high with no pair or draw against a turn bet on a paired board is too weak to continue. Folding avoids putting more chips in with little equity.

AJo is a strong button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to build the pot and take the initiative rather than limp.

54o is too weak to defend out of position from the small blind against a button open.

QTo has enough equity against a wide button opening range in 3-handed play, and calling 150 into a 400 pot is profitable; I keep the pot small out of position rather than 3-betting a dominated-type hand.

I flopped top two pair (queens and tens) on a dry board, and the preflop raiser checked, which suggests weakness or a medium made hand. Betting ~70% pot extracts value from AQ/KQ/JJ/AA while protecting against the few gutshots.

Ace-high with only a gutshot is not strong enough to continue against a sizable flop bet, and the price does not justify chasing.

T6o is too weak of an offsuit holding to open from the button, even 3-handed.

Pocket nines is a strong heads-up hand against only the big blind; raising builds the pot while I'm likely ahead and denies the BB a cheap flop.

A8o has enough equity and playability in position against a small-blind open after the button folded, so calling 200 is better than folding or bloating the pot with a 3-bet.

My 9c9d makes two pair (jacks and nines) on a dry, paired board, and I'm the preflop raiser in position. A half-pot bet extracts value from worse jacks and lower pairs while denying free cards; I can reassess if raised.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on a paired jack board is too weak to continue against a half-pot flop bet. Folding avoids putting more chips in with little equity.

Q9s is a profitable button open 3-handed with position and a playable suited hand; a standard 2.5x raise builds the pot while keeping the range wide.

T7o is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a dominated, poorly connected hand out of position.

Defending KTo in the big blind against a button open is standard given the favorable pot odds.

Check top pair with a moderate kicker out of position to control pot size and induce c-bets from the preflop aggressor.

I raised preflop and the BB checked to me on a K-high board; my Q-high flush draw has 9 outs plus fold equity, so a ~55% pot continuation bet is profitable whether he folds or calls.

I have top pair with a decent ten kicker against the button's continuation bet, making calling standard to keep bluffs and worse kings in their range.

I have top pair with a gutshot straight draw; checking out of position to control the pot and evaluate seat_3's action.

Seat_2's check-call-check line looks capped and weak; as the preflop raiser I should barrel the turn with Q-high plus a gutshot to the ten, winning the 1150 pot outright often enough to make the semi-bluff profitable.

Holding top pair and a gutshot straight draw, calling the turn bet getting nearly 2.6 to 1 pot odds is standard against the button's double-barrel range.

Checking top pair with a mediocre kicker to control the pot and evaluate any river bet from the button.