Hold'em table

With pocket 2s in the button position, a small raise to 300 (3x big blind) is a reasonable play to take control of the hand and see how opponents respond. This is a modest raise that keeps the pot manageable while maintaining positional advantage.

Q4 suited is too weak to continue profitably from the small blind against a 3bb button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

3-4 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a button 3x open from the big blind.

T4 offsuit is too weak to open profitably against two unknown blind defenders. Folding avoids investing in a hand with poor playability and little showdown value.

A7 suited is strong heads-up against the big blind after the button folds, so I raise for value and initiative.

9-7 offsuit is a weak hand in early position. Seat 3 (small blind) raised to 300, requiring 200 more from me. Folding preserves chips against a likely stronger range.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button in this spot.

KJs is a strong hand preflop with good potential. Raising to 300 chips applies pressure on the big blind while keeping the pot manageable. This isolates the remaining opponent and gives us good fold equity.

Q9 offsuit is strong enough to defend against a small-blind raise to 3bb, especially with position postflop. Calling costs 200 into a 400 pot and keeps weaker hands in the opponent's range.

With King-Jack suited on an Ace-King-Three flop, I have top pair with a decent kicker. Checking allows me to control the pot size, gather information about my opponent's hand strength, and avoid unnecessarily inflating the pot when I'm uncertain about the strength of my holding. A check is optimal for pot control in this multiway flop situation.

This ace-king-high flop favors the preflop raiser's range, and I have only weak backdoor draws. Checking preserves equity without investing in a low-confidence bluff.

I have King-Jack on a A-K-3-9 board with a gutshot straight draw; checking keeps the hand competitive at minimal risk while allowing me to see the river.

Third pair has showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get much action from worse or fold out better hands. Checking preserves the pot and avoids a check-raise while taking a free river.

On the river with K-J on a board of Ah-Ks-3s-9h-Jd, I have a strong hand (pair of Kings with a Jack kicker). Both opponents checked through to the river, indicating weak holdings. Checking is optimal here as betting has low value against likely weaker hands.

Our pair of nines has showdown value against missed draws and lower pocket pairs. Betting is unlikely to get called by worse often enough, so checking preserves that value.

4-6 offsuit is a weak hand with poor winning potential. Folding from the button when facing a 100-chip big blind bet avoids putting additional chips at risk with a marginal holding.

Completing the small blind with pocket deuces gets 3-to-1 immediate pot odds and keeps the pot manageable out of position. The hand has set potential but plays poorly in a large pot without improvement.

T9 offsuit is a playable heads-up big blind hand versus a limp. Raising to 4bb applies pressure and builds a pot with a hand that has reasonable equity and postflop playability.

Calling 300 preserves a small pocket pair with sufficient implied odds at roughly 100 big blinds deep. I can win a large pot when I flop a set without inflating the pot out of position now.

Checking keeps the pot manageable with a weak pocket pair and lets the preflop raiser act. Betting would usually fold out weaker hands while getting action from stronger pairs and draws.

A small continuation bet pressures unpaired overcards and random limp-calls while risking relatively little on this dry paired board. T9 retains useful equity when called.

The small continuation bet gives me good pot odds, and my pocket pair is still ahead of many unpaired high-card hands. Calling keeps those bluffs in while allowing me to reassess on the turn.

I turned a full house and can check to let the preflop aggressor keep betting overpairs or bluffs. A check-raise can build the pot while preserving value from hands that might fold to a lead.

The paired low turn is poorly suited for a second barrel after being called on the flop. Checking preserves our modest showdown value and avoids betting into a range containing many pocket pairs and trips.

My full house is strong enough to value-bet, and the river ace can give my opponent a pair or complete a straight. Betting 1000 into 1300 targets those hands after the turn checked through.

The ace is unfavorable after the flop call, and T-high has no showdown value or credible bluff-catching ability against this river bet.

Q5 offsuit is below a solid default button-opening range against two players at 100 big blinds. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, its weak playability makes folding preferable.

Pocket fives are well ahead of the big blind's random range and benefit from building the pot while retaining initiative.

Jack-Eight offsuit is a weak hand in heads-up against a raiser. With only 200 chips to call and significant risk, folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

Suited 5-6 is a playable button open in three-handed play, with position and useful postflop equity.

Q5 offsuit is a marginal big-blind defense against a 2.5bb button raise, with poor playability and domination risk. Without evidence of an unusually wide opening range, folding is preferable.