Hold'em table

Five-deuce offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players.

Completing is cheap heads-up and retains sufficient equity versus the big blind's range, with room to realize equity postflop.

K9o is well ahead of a small-blind limping range, so I'm raising to 4x for value and to use my positional advantage postflop.

5-high offsuit is far too weak to defend against a 4bb raise out of position in a heads-up pot.

KQs is a strong button opening hand three-handed, with good equity and playability. I raise to apply pressure and build value.

62o from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; calling out of position with this hand loses money.

KJo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button raise, and calling keeps weaker hands in the pot without building a large pot out of position.

With trips and a strong kicker on a dry flop, checking lets the preflop raiser bluff or value-bet weaker hands.

A small continuation bet applies pressure to unpaired hands and realizes fold equity while risking little on this paired board. KQ also retains strong overcard and backdoor diamond equity when called.

Trips with a strong kicker are well ahead of a wide button betting range. On this dry board, calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in the pot.

Trips with a king kicker are strong here. Betting builds the pot against weaker jacks, eights, and heart draws while charging draws to continue.

KQ-high has insufficient equity against the turn lead on this paired board, especially after the flop call. Folding avoids continuing with only thin overcard outs.

77 on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; 2.5x puts pressure on both blinds.

Q9 offsuit is playable against a button open at this price, though not strong enough to build a larger pot out of position.

A5 offsuit has sufficient equity to defend the big blind getting 4:1 pot odds against a raise and a caller.

With no pair or spade draw on a paired flop, I prefer to check into two opponents and avoid building the pot.

I bet the nut-flush draw with an overcard, gaining fold equity against unpaired hands while retaining strong equity when called.

77 is a reasonable bluff-catcher against a big blind donk bet on a paired board. Calling 500 into 1250 needs only about 29% equity. Raising would fold out worse hands, and the small blind is still to act behind.

Q-high with no spade has little equity against a flop bet and a call on this paired, two-spade board.

I barrel with the ace-high spade draw and strong blocker, credibly representing trips or an overpair. The turn bet can fold out many unpaired flop floats while retaining strong river equity.

Getting about 3.5:1, and villain's donk-bet range includes many spade and straight draws that 77 beats. That makes calling marginally profitable, while raising would only isolate us against better hands.

I rivered the nut flush. A substantial value bet targets worse flushes and trips while avoiding overcommitting into the paired-board full-house portion of the opponent's range.

77 is only a bluff-catcher on a paired board where the flush just got there, and a large triple barrel is heavily weighted toward 8x, overpairs and flushes. Calling needs about 30% equity, and there are not enough bluffs in villain's range to beat us that often.

Offsuit 5-4 is a weak button open against two players with deep stacks. Folding avoids playing a low-equity hand.

Complete from the small blind with a connected hand and realize equity in position postflop.

95o is weak, so I'll take the free flop in the big blind against the small blind's limp and keep the pot small. I'll be in position after the flop.

I have a pair of sevens in a limped pot and can make a small value/protection bet against overcards and draws.

The 1bb bet into 2bb gives a good price, and I have position plus a backdoor flush draw and some overcard equity against a wide limp-and-bet range. Calling is cheap enough to continue.

My pair of sevens has some showdown value but is too weak to value bet confidently into the flop calling range on this overcard turn. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me react to a bet.

My hand has almost no showdown value or draw, and the opponent's small flop bet followed by a turn check looks weak, so a two-thirds-pot stab can take the pot often.

I have middle pair and a favorable price against a range that can include draws, weaker pairs, and probing bets. Raising would mostly isolate against stronger queens, jacks, or sets.

Our pair of sevens has modest showdown value, but the river completes the diamond flush and worse hands are unlikely to call a value bet. Checking preserves our chance to win at showdown without exposing chips to a check-raise.

9-high has no showdown value; the diamond on the river completes a draw that fits our flop call and turn bet, so a two-thirds pot bluff can fold out the one-pair hands that check-called.

Our bottom pair is unlikely to beat this turn check-raise followed by a river barrel on a three-diamond board. Folding preserves chips against a heavily value-weighted line.

A suited ace is a strong button opening hand three-handed, and a 2.5bb raise applies pressure while retaining flexibility.

K7o from the small blind facing a button open is too weak to call out of position with the big blind still to act. A 3-bet bluff isn't necessary here, so folding is the clean play.

Calling 150 from the big blind gives me a reasonable price to defend 9-8 offsuit against a button open.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this dry ace-high flop. Checking avoids committing more chips out of position.

Betting top pair for value and protection on this relatively dry board after the check.

Nine-eight offsuit missed this ace-high flop and has no meaningful draw. Calling the bet out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

J9o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5x raise to 250 pressures both blinds.

K3 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

Defend Q2 suited in the big blind against a small button open; the price and heads-up position/range dynamic make calling preferable to folding.

We have a strong flopped flush on a monotone board. Checking preserves the opponent’s bluffs and gives them room to value-bet weaker made hands.

The A-K-4 board with two spades favors my button opening range over the big blind's calling range, so a small c-bet should fold out many weak hands. My J-high has a gutshot to Broadway with a queen and some backdoor equity.

Call with the queen-high flush draw and some potential to make a pair; the bet size gives favorable immediate pot odds while keeping weaker hands and bluffs in.

I have a strong flush draw with a useful blocker and can pressure the opponent's many marginal flop stabs. A substantial turn bet gives fold equity while retaining solid river outs when called.

J-high with only a gutshot to the Q (needs Q for AKQJT? no, 9-J needs Q and T) — effectively no equity against a check-call then turn lead on an A-K board; folding to the 600 bet is correct.