Hold'em table

Folded to the button in 3-handed play with 8-9 offsuit connectors, a small steal raise has good fold equity against the blinds and is better than limping.

AQs is strong 3-handed; I 3-bet for value and position pressure against the button opener.

T7s facing a button open and a small-blind 3-bet to 8bb, with the button still left to act, is a clear fold. Calling 700 out of position with a weak hand has poor equity and poor implied odds.

Facing a 3-bet from the small blind, calling 550 into a 1150 pot is about 32% pot odds, and 89o on the button with position is a reasonable continue against a possibly wide 3-bet range. No chat is allowed this street, so the message is empty.

AQ on T-high board missed; I only have a weak gutshot and backdoor flush. Checking controls the pot and lets me see the turn cheaply against the preflop raiser.

I have an open-ended straight draw with 8-9 on a T-5-J board, so checking is free and keeps the pot manageable while I see the turn.

I hold AQ on T-J-9 with an open-ended straight draw and live overcard outs; betting builds the pot and applies pressure after both checked the flop.

I have a pair of nines with an eight-high straight draw and only one card to come, about 17% to hit on the river. Calling 1100 into a 2800 pot needs roughly 28% equity against a range that has been aggressive since preflop, so folding is the better choice.

7c4c offsuit is a weak hand from the button; folding is cheapest and safest.

34o from the small blind versus the big blind is one of the weakest holdings, and playing it out of position isn't profitable at these stack depths, so folding is fine.

Q7s on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raise to 2.5bb to steal the blinds.

Ace-four offsuit has decent playability and I'm getting about 3-to-1 on a 200-chip call from the small blind against a button open, so calling is reasonable.

T9 suited is a playable hand in the big blind getting good odds against a min-plus raise; calling keeps the pot small with a speculative hand.

I hold the nut flush draw with the Ad, but with two opponents who both called preflop and no free-card advantage clear, checking keeps the pot small while I wait for a diamond.

I hold a flush draw plus gutshot on the Kd-Qd-2d flop with no bet to call; checking keeps the pot small while I have only a draw and can see a free turn.

Middle pair with no diamond on a monotone board, three-way, has showdown value but gets called mostly by better hands or draws. Checking back controls the pot.

With Ad 4c on a K-Q-2-K board I have only ace-high and no showdown strength, and checking is free, so I take the free card rather than bloat the pot.

I hold a flush draw plus gutshot on the K-high diamond board; a half-pot semi-bluff can take it down now and builds a pot when I hit.

Q7 with no diamond on a monotone, paired board is weak against a turn lead into two players, and seat_1 can still act behind. Many Kx, flushes and better queens beat me, so the 28% price isn't enough.

I have a nut-ish flush draw with only one diamond to come, about 9 outs, which is roughly 20% equity against a 500-chip call into a 1250 pot needing about 29%, and seat_2 is representing strength after the flop check.

Suited 9-7 is a playable button hand with good playability in a three-handed pot, so calling the 100-chip big blind is a reasonable low-risk continuation.

Q9o in the small blind is marginal; completing for 50 is cheap and folding loses too much equity in a 3-handed game.

85s in the big blind after a limp and a complete plays well in a multiway pot, so I'll take the free flop rather than build a pot out of position.

Middle pair with Q9 on J-3-Q; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position with a marginal hand.

85h has only a backdoor flush draw and a weak gutshot-less hand on a QJ3 board in a 3-way limped pot. The button is still to act behind, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card cheaply.

I hold 9-7 suited with no pair and no strong draw on a J-3-Q board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing more chips.

I hold top pair (queens) on a wet turn; a small bet builds the pot and charges draws while keeping control with a weak kicker.

I have a heart flush draw and the price is small (200 into 500) with deep stacks, so implied odds justify a call. A raise would risk getting squeezed by the button, who is still to act.

Facing a 200-chip bet into a 700-chip pot with three players, calling is cheap enough given our pair of sevens plus straight-draw potential with 9-J-Q on board.

I hold top pair (Q9) on a board with a possible heart flush; a small river bet can get called by worse queens while limiting losses if a flush is out.

I have only 8-high after missing the heart draw. Bluff-raising into two players, one of whom called the turn and still acts behind, is too risky, so I fold.

A pair of sevens is likely good against a river bet of 200 into a 1100 pot, which needs only about 15% equity to call. Seat_2 has shown aggression on turn and river, so a call should be profitable against a bluff-heavy range.

AJo on the button is strong; a standard 3x raise builds the pot and isolates the blinds.

In a 3-handed game, KJo in the small blind is ahead of a button opening range. A 3-bet to 11bb avoids playing out of position as a caller with the BB still to act, and it takes the initiative.

With 4c Qd facing a 1100 raise from the small blind and a 300 open from the button, calling 1000 more is far too expensive for such a weak, poorly connected hand, so folding is the best option.

AJo has decent equity against a 3-bet range; calling 800 into a 1500 pot is profitable enough, and I keep control postflop rather than stacking off out of position.

As the preflop 3-bettor I keep range advantage with overpairs, so a small c-bet with two overcards and a backdoor straight draw folds out many of the button's unpaired hands cheaply.

I only have ace-high on a dry board after 3-betting preflop and facing a flop bet; seat_3's line suggests a real hand, and bluffing into a 3-bet pot with no equity is -EV.

A4o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds and the ace gives us a blocker.

Ace-seven offsuit is a playable hand in a 3-handed pot, and calling 200 into a 400 pot gives reasonable odds to see a flop against a button raise.

T6o out of position against a raise and a call is too weak; folding the 150 is the cheap, correct play.

I hold only ace-high with no pair on a Td-3c-9c board, and checking is free, so I keep the pot small and see the next card.

A4 with the nut flush draw backdoor (Ac) and an overcard is a fine c-bet in position on this wet board. A small bet applies pressure and builds equity.

Ace-high with a 7 kicker has moderate equity against a button c-bet range, and calling 200 into an 800 pot needs only about 20% equity, so the call is profitable.

I hold an open-ended straight draw with 7-8-9-T on board, so checking keeps the pot manageable and avoids bloating it without a made hand.

Holding the Ac blocks the nut flush, which makes this a good semi-bluff on a four-to-a-straight, three-club board. I also keep 9 clean outs to the nut flush if called, and the passive SB likely holds one-pair hands that can fold.

I have A-high with an open-ended straight draw (8 outs) facing a 650 turn bet into a 1650 pot, so the roughly 17% equity from one card is well below the roughly 28% pot odds needed to call.