Hold'em table

8-2 offsuit is too weak to open profitably even from the button; folding avoids investing chips with poor playability.

Button folded, so this is blind versus blind with T5 suited. Completing for 50 keeps the pot small and sees a flop with a playable suited hand.

9-7 offsuit is a weak hand, but I can see the flop for free and will have position against the small blind.

I have bottom pair on an ace-high flop with no spade, so checking is best against the big blind.

Middle pair is often ahead of a small blind limping range. A modest bet can get value from weaker pairs and draws while denying free cards.

Bottom pair with a weak ten kicker is out of position on an ace-high, two-spade board against a flop bet, so folding avoids a dominated spot.

KTo is a standard button open; raising to 2.5bb takes the initiative and folds out weak hands before the blinds.

Offsuit 5-4 is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

Q4 offsuit is marginal, but heads-up against a button raise it has enough equity and pot odds to defend from the big blind.

I have two pair on a relatively dry board, so a modest value bet builds the pot and charges overcards while avoiding an unnecessarily large commitment.

King-high with only a gutshot is too weak to continue against a flop bet; I rarely win at showdown and lack the equity to call.

J7 suited is a playable button open three-handed. Raising to 250 applies pressure while keeping the investment modest.

8♣4♣ is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

73 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open; folding avoids paying 150 with a dominated, unconnected hand.

On the button three-handed, 9♦7♦ is a playable suited hand and a good candidate to open-raise. A modest raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

98s has enough equity and playability versus a 2.5bb button open to continue, and calling keeps the pot smaller out of position.

Calling 150 into a 600-chip pot gives A7 offsuit favorable pot odds from the big blind. A squeeze would risk too much against two opponents with a hand that is often dominated.

I have middle pair out of position in a multiway pot and the preflop raiser is still to act, so checking is the better line than leading.

Ace-high has little value betting into two opponents on this flop. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the chance to improve.

I have a weak pair with a poor kicker in a three-way pot, so checking behind controls the pot and avoids value-owning myself against stronger hands.

Pair of nines is too weak to bet into two opponents on an Ace-Queen turn, so I check and realize equity cheaply.

Top pair is likely ahead after the flop checked through. A modest bet gets value from weaker pairs and charges single-spade draws.

A small turn lead can include draws and weaker pairs, and my middle pair has enough showdown value at the price. Raising risks isolating against stronger hands, so I call.

Middle pair of nines has little equity against two opponents who both put money in on the turn with an ace and queen on board. Folding avoids a poor call.

Top pair has showdown value, but a river bet risks getting called or raised by stronger aces and flushes. Checking keeps weaker hands and missed draws in the opponent's range.

With a weak pair of nines and no meaningful improvement on the river, checking behind preserves showdown value without risking a bet into a stronger hand.

Pocket fours are a clear button open; a small raise builds the pot and can take it down preflop.

T4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

34 offsuit is a very weak hand against a raise, and calling would put in 150 more chips with poor equity and no meaningful playability.

Pocket nines are strong on the button in a three-handed game. Raising builds the pot and applies pressure to the blinds.

2♣4♥ is a very weak offsuit hand from the small blind, and calling risks more chips with the big blind still to act. Fold rather than defend against the raise.

J5 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding avoids paying 150 into a dominated hand.