Hold'em table

K2 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal hand that plays poorly out of position against two opponents. Folding avoids a costly call, and the cost of doing so is small.

Holding 53o out of position in the small blind against the big blind is an easy fold.

On the button in 3-handed play, T6s has sufficient equity and playability to open-raise for a standard 2.2bb sizing.

J8 suited plays well enough against a button open to continue at this price, but I prefer calling to building a larger pot out of position.

Pocket sevens in the big blind, getting about 4.5-to-1 on a call (120 to win 540) with two opponents in the pot. Set mining and good equity make calling clearly profitable, while a raise would risk a lot against a likely stronger range.

With jack-high and little draw potential in a three-way pot, checking is better than bluffing into two opponents.

Top set on a dry board in a 3-way pot; bet about 2/3 pot to build the pot and charge draws and overcards. Seat 3 checked, and I act before the button.

We completely missed this flop with ten-high and no direct draws facing a bet from the big blind with a player left to act behind us.

J-high has no immediate draw on this rainbow flop. Calling 450 against the big blind's bet is unlikely to be profitable.

J4 suited is a reasonable button open three-handed. A small raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

8c4s is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act, so folding is best rather than paying 200 more.

A2o plays poorly out of position facing a 2.5x open from the button, making it a standard fold despite favorable pot odds.

T9 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a decent hand with position, and calling 100 into a 150 pot gets a good price to see a flop.

I hold AK offsuit in the small blind facing a button limp; raising to 400 builds the pot with a premium hand out of position.

8-5 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a 4x raise, especially with the button still in the hand.

T9 suited-ish (offsuit) on the button, getting 600+300 pot odds: call 300 to win 900 with position against an SB raiser. Calling is reasonable; a 3-bet bluff is unnecessary. .

As the preflop raiser on a dry, paired board, a one-third pot continuation bet exerts pressure and denies equity to unpaired hands.

Getting 5:1 on a 300 bet into a 1200 pot with T-high, a backdoor straight draw, and two overcards to the 7. The board is paired and dry, so the opponent's c-bet range includes many bluffs. Calling is better than folding or raising.

I have Ace-high with trip threes on the board, giving me reasonable showdown value against floats while keeping the pot controlled out of position against pocket pairs and made hands.

Board 3h 7c 3d 3s is paired and I hold T-high with no pair, so I have a weak showdown hand. Seat_2 checked the turn after betting the flop, so it is likely weak or giving up. A bet of about half the pot should take the pot often, and I am in position, so I chose it over checking behind.

We hold Ace-King kicker with the board's trip threes, and getting better than 3-to-1 against villain's float stabs makes this a profitable call.

I have trip threes with an Ace-King kicker, but any pocket pair or any card matching the 7 or 4 makes a full house, so betting has no value and checking to showdown is best.

Board is 3h 7c 3d 3s 4d and I hold Th 9s, so I have only ten-high and nothing better than a bluff-catcher. Seat_2 checked the river after calling the turn, so a bluff could work, but a check is safer. Checking also gets a free showdown, where ten-high may occasionally win.

Q7o is too weak to open profitably even from the button in a 3-handed game.

With the button folded, J5 suited is playable heads-up against the big blind. A small raise gives me a chance to win the pot now while keeping the investment modest.

AQs in the big blind against a small blind open to 250 in a 3-handed game is a strong hand. A 3-bet to 850 builds the pot and takes the initiative with position disadvantage.

J5 suited is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, especially out of position.

Q6 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed, rake-free game. A minimum raise keeps the investment small while using position.

J5 suited is weak out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Calling 150 more would leave me playing a marginal hand out of position, so I fold.

Getting 3.5 to 1 pot odds against a button min-raise, Q3s has sufficient equity and playability to defend from the big blind.

I have complete air on an ace-high flop out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking is standard.

This ace-high flop favors my preflop raising range. A small continuation bet can win the pot when the big blind has missed without risking much.

I have queen-high with virtually no equity or backdoor flush draw on an Ace-high board, so folding to the flop bet is standard.