Hold'em table

Six-four suited is a playable button open three-handed. Raising to 250 pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

AQo from the small blind facing a button open in a 3-handed game is well ahead of a wide button range, so 3-betting for value and initiative is better than flatting out of position with the big blind still to act.

T5 suited is too weak to defend against a 10bb open and a cold caller/raiser configuration from the big blind.

Six-four suited is too weak to call a large preflop three-bet, even in position.

K5o on the button 3-handed is a standard open-raise with only the blinds left to act, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal.

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

K9 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button open at this price. Calling keeps weaker hands in without inflating the pot out of position.

I have king-high and a gutshot to Broadway, but no heart on an ace-high flop. Checking out of position lets me see how the preflop raiser acts before committing more chips.

Our hand has the nut-flush-draw blocker (Kh) plus a gutshot to Broadway via the K, and we hold range advantage as the button raiser on an A-high board. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot applies pressure with good equity if called.}

K-nine offsuit has no heart and only weak backdoor possibilities on this ace-high flop. Calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

8-5 offsuit is a weak button hand; folding avoids entering with poor equity.

J7 offsuit is worth completing for 50 chips heads-up, but playing out of position makes a larger raise less appealing.

AJo is well ahead of a small-blind limping range, so raising for value from the big blind and taking initiative is profitable. A raise to 4bb isolates the limper and punishes the weak limp.

J7 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a four-big-blind raise.

Q9 suited is strong enough to open on the button, and a 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

53s out of the small blind facing a 2.5bb button open, with the big blind still left to act, plays poorly out of position. Folding is standard; a 3-bet bluff is possible, but a fold is fine here.

Defend the big blind heads-up against a small button open with a suited king at a favorable price.

Checking preserves flexibility with a strong king-high flush draw and gutshot while allowing the preflop raiser to c-bet into us.

A small continuation bet can pressure unpaired hands while keeping the pot manageable with a backdoor flush draw.

I have a strong king-high heart draw with two cards to come and am getting favorable pot odds for a call. Calling also keeps weaker hands and bluffs in.

Check back with king-high showdown value and a heart blocker. Betting into the preflop raiser after they were called on the flop is unlikely to fold enough better hands.

The turn gives me a club flush draw, and a 600-chip bet can win the pot now while building value if I improve.

Fold; the turn bet is too large to continue profitably with only a king-high flush draw and limited clean overcard outs.

T5o sits at or below the bottom of a standard 3-handed button opening range at 100bb, and with two players left to act, folding is the lowest-risk choice.

K9 suited is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind hand, and raising applies pressure while building a pot with a playable suited king.

J8 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and I'll have position after the flop.

I have trips with a solid kicker on a paired board. A small continuation bet keeps weaker pairs, club draws, and ace-high hands in while beginning to build the pot.

The small flop bet gives me a cheap chance to continue in position. Raising with jack-high and no club is unattractive, but I can reassess on the turn.

We have a full house on this paired turn, with only pocket queens beating us. Bet for value against kings, queens, and sticky flop calls.

J-high has little chance to improve against a turn bet on this paired board, and calling 650 is not justified.

9-3 offsuit is too weak to enter with from the button under a chip-maximizing strategy.

Pocket sixes are strong enough to raise against the big blind. Raising to 300 builds the pot while leaving room to play postflop.

Blind vs blind, the SB raised to 3bb and I'm getting 3:1 (200 to win 600). K8o is well ahead of a wide SB range and I have position, so calling is profitable.

My underpair has limited value on this coordinated monotone flop. Checking controls the pot while preserving the option to respond to a bet.

Middle pair plus a king-high flush draw in position after a check; a half-pot bet gets value and protection while building the pot with good equity.

My underpair has few ways to improve on this monotone flop, and calling out of position is unlikely to realize enough equity.