Hold'em table

A-T suited is a strong button opening hand in three-handed play. I raise to apply pressure and build the pot with position.

53o from the small blind facing a button open with the big blind still behind is a clear fold; the hand is too weak to call out of position or to 3-bet.

I'm getting good pot odds to call 150 more with K6o, and my hand has enough equity against a button open to continue in position postflop.

I have only king-high with no made hand on this flop, so I check to see the turn and keep the pot small.

Betting a small continuation size leverages range advantage and can deny equity while retaining flexibility with two overcards.

I have king-high with no draw on a board that likely hits the raiser's range, and facing a raise with only 200 to call but poor equity. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

87 suited is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play. A 2.5x raise puts pressure on both blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

32o is a very weak hand out of position facing a raise, so folding is the lowest-risk play.

AQ offsuit is a strong value 3-bet versus a button open, especially from the big blind where playing passively leaves us out of position.

87s in position against a BB 3-bet, 100bb deep, getting 650 to win 1850 — calling is profitable given implied odds and positional advantage.

Betting small for value and protection with top pair, while keeping worse aces and draws in.

The flop is A-K-6 with two clubs, and I hold 87 with no pair and no draw. The big blind 3-bet preflop and is now betting into a board that strongly favors their range, so folding is clearly correct.

Pocket fours are ahead of the big blind's random holding heads-up and benefit from building the pot while retaining initiative.

Getting 3:1 in position against a likely wide small-blind steal, Q2o has enough equity to defend by calling.

This low pocket pair has limited value on a coordinated high-card flop, and checking controls the pot while preserving showdown value.

In position after a check, a small stab can take down the pot often, and the queen overcard plus backdoor straight equity gives some fallback if called.

Our underpair has little showdown value on this coordinated overcard board and insufficient equity to call the bet. Folding preserves chips.

On the button in a three-handed game, suited 5-3 has enough playability to open cheaply and pressure the blinds.

AKo in the small blind facing a button min-raise is a clear 3-bet for value. Going to 900 builds the pot and isolates the button while charging the big blind to continue.

A5s is too weak to continue against a 3-bet from the small blind, especially out of position and with the button still able to re-raise. Folding preserves my stack for a better spot.

3d5d is far too weak to continue facing a large 3-bet out of position in a heads-up pot.

K4o on the button 3-handed is a standard open; a 2.5bb steal attacks the blinds.

KQ offsuit is a strong heads-up big-blind defense versus a button open and benefits from applying pressure preflop. A standard-sized 3-bet builds value while denying equity.

K4 offsuit plays poorly against a big blind 3-bet range out of position postflop and is dominated too often, so calling 550 for this pot isn't profitable enough. A simple fold is best.

93o is too weak to continue against two opponents, and calling offers poor equity despite the pot odds. Folding preserves chips for a better spot.

KJs is a strong heads-up holding against the big blind after the button folds. Raising for value and initiative is preferable to completing.

In a BB vs SB spot facing a 3x raise, I'm getting 3:1 with position, and K6o is a clear defend against a wide SB range.

I continuation-bet this dry-ish low board with two overcards and a backdoor club draw, putting pressure on unpaired hands while keeping the sizing efficient.

Top pair of sixes with a backdoor flush draw (Kd) and a king overcard, getting 4:1 on a 200 bet into a 600 pot, which is a clear call against a small c-bet. Raising would fold out worse hands and get called by overpairs.

With only king-high on a paired, coordinated board, checking controls the pot and preserves showdown equity rather than risking a turn barrel into a range that called the flop.

Top pair of sixes with a king kicker and a king-high flush draw, facing a turn check from the preflop raiser. A bet of about half pot gets value from overcards and weaker pairs and denies equity to straight draws.

K-high has little showdown value on this paired, coordinated board and no meaningful draw. Folding avoids continuing against a substantial turn bet after the opponent called the flop.