Hold'em table

K4 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures both blinds and gives us position if called.

T2o is a weak hand facing a 2.5x raise out of position; folding is clearly best.

AJs is a premium holding in 3-handed play; 3-betting out of position against a button open extracts value and seizes the initiative.

K4 offsuit is too weak to defend against this large three-bet, despite having position. Its poor playability and domination risk make folding preferable to calling or four-betting.

6h2h is the worst hand in hold'em; folding on the button costs nothing and avoids playing dominated trash out of position.

In a blind versus blind situation, JTs is a premium holding with excellent playability and high equity, warranting an open raise to 3bb.

97 suited is a profitable big-blind defend against a small-blind raise, with position postflop and only 200 to call into a 400 pot. Calling preserves its playability without inflating the pot unnecessarily.

Check with second pair out of position to control the pot size on an Ace-high board.

With nine-high and a flush draw, betting creates fold equity against weaker holdings while retaining good equity when called. A two-thirds-pot sizing applies pressure and starts building a pot for a completed flush.

I hold second pair with decent equity and pot odds (400 to win 1400), making a flop call standard against a wide betting range from the big blind.

We turned trips with TsJs on AcJc4sJd. Checking to the flop aggressor allows them to continue bluffing or betting weaker value hands.

Checking realizes our flush-draw equity without risking a check-raise on the paired board. After calling the flop, the opponent likely has enough aces, jacks, and stronger draws that another bluff has limited fold equity.

We rivered a full house (Jacks full of fours) after turn went check-check. We value bet roughly 57% of the pot targeting Ax hands that called preflop and bet the flop.

My flush draw missed, and I now play the board with no chance to beat any opponent hand. Calling only profits against hands that also play the board, which are unlikely to make up enough of this river betting range.

A7o is a profitable open-raise from the button in 3-handed play.

74 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids investing more chips with poor equity and positional disadvantage.

J5 offsuit is weak against a 2.2x raise from the button, and I'm out of position with no fold equity edge. Folding is clearly best.

Opening suited 9-5 from the button can profit from stealing the blinds and having position postflop. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure without risking too much with a marginal hand.

7d8s is a weak suited connector facing a 2.5x raise from the button with a player still to act; folding is the profitable play.

K9o has enough equity and favorable pot odds (150 to call into 400) to defend the big blind against a standard button open.

I hold the king-high flush draw and a gutshot on a monotone board. Checking to the preflop aggressor is the standard out-of-position play.

My flopped flush can get value from pairs, sets, and hands containing a high club. Betting also charges higher-club draws rather than letting them see the turn for free.

Holding the second nut flush draw with the king of clubs plus gutshot potential gives ample equity to float the flop bet.

I have the second nut flush draw out of position. Checking is the standard line to control the pot and see what the opponent does.

My made flush can get value from top pair, sets, and high-club draws. Betting about three-quarters pot also charges lone higher clubs to chase a fourth club on the river.

We hold only a King-high flush draw on a four-card board with an Ace. Facing a large 900-chip barrel on the turn, we lack direct pot odds and face significant reverse implied odds against the nut flush draw.

2c6h offsuit is the worst type of hand; folding preflop from the button against two players is clearly best.

J9o is well ahead of random holdings; raising to 3bb puts pressure on the big blind in a blind-versus-blind spot.

Q7 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defense against a small-blind open, especially with position and no rake. Calling costs 200 into a 400-chip pot and keeps the opponent's weaker hands in.

I flopped top pair with a nine kicker on a relatively dry board. A small continuation bet of one-third pot gets value from weaker pairs and overcards while denying equity.

Queen-high with no immediate straight or flush draw is too weak to continue reliably, even against a small bet. Folding avoids investing more with poor equity and limited improvement potential.

T7o is too weak to profitably open from the button 3-handed, making fold the standard play.

QTo is strong enough to raise against a lone big blind. A 3bb raise pressures weaker hands while building a pot with a hand that plays reasonably well postflop.

72o is nearly unplayable heads-up against a 3bb raise; folding is clearly best.