Hold'em table

Suited connected cards have good playability on the button in a three-handed game, so I open to apply pressure and retain initiative.

K2 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a raise, especially with no connected or suited potential. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

J8 suited in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open is getting 150 into 400 (about 27% equity needed), which is easily enough to defend. Calling keeps weaker hands in and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

On a paired 9-9-3 board, J8 with no pair has little equity against a button opener, and the board favors the raiser's range. Checking to the preflop aggressor is standard, and I can re-evaluate facing a c-bet.

A small continuation bet pressures unpaired overcards and random broadway holdings while risking little on this paired board. Our hand has limited showdown value but retains some backdoor potential.

The small c-bet only asks for about 21% equity. J-high with backdoor straight potential does well enough against a wide button range on this paired dry board to justify a call.

The 5 turned and I have J-high with a gutshot to a 7, so I'm out of position against a button c-bettor. Checking keeps the pot small and gives me a free card if he checks back.

I improved to two pair and can value-bet against pocket pairs, a 3, and some floats while charging overcards.

Jack-high with no real draw on a paired board facing a second barrel; with only about 6 weak outs, the 24% pot odds aren't enough, and a bluff-raise is unconvincing.

A9s is strong enough to raise from the button, and a standard open to 300 pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable if called.

T2 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open to 3bb is a clear fold. We'd be out of position, the big blind is still behind us, and our equity is poor.

J9 offsuit has sufficient equity versus a button opening to defend at this price, while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Checking preserves the strength of our one-pair hand while allowing the preflop raiser to continuation-bet with worse hands and bluffs.

I have a strong flush draw with an overcard, so I'll semi-bluff bet to take the pot now or build it while holding position.

I have middle pair with a gutshot to the nuts and am getting a favorable price versus the small continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in.

I have two pair on the paired board and should lead for value against queens, straight draws, and weaker pairs. A moderate sizing builds the pot while retaining flexibility versus a raise.

The turn raise to 650 is strong, and my hand (Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw) is unlikely to be best. Folding saves chips for better spots.

J9o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a raise to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds.

Qc5h offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

64o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, and calling 150 more with poor equity is not profitable.

K8 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed, with initiative and position against the blinds.

2d4d is too weak to continue against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act behind. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Getting 400:150 odds in the big blind against a button open, 33 has good set-mining value with 100bb deep, so a call is profitable while a 3-bet would fold out worse hands.

Small pair out of position on a Q-high board against the button's range; check and see if showdown is cheap.

Heads-up in a small single-raised pot, a modest continuation bet can profitably fold out unpaired overcards and weak holdings while retaining manageable risk with king-high.

Getting 3.2:1 against a small, likely wide button c-bet; 33 has some showdown value against air plus set outs, so a call is profitable.

Small pair on a K-Q-9 board with two hearts, facing a button raiser who already c-bet. Checking keeps the pot small and allows a fold to further aggression, since bluffing into a board this good for his range is unprofitable.

Betting top pair for value against Qx, 9x, and draws while charging straight draws on this coordinated board.

Pocket 3s on K-Q-9-4 with two hearts face a turn barrel from the preflop raiser, and they are well behind almost all of his value range. Getting 1650:600 isn't enough, since we have only 2 outs and little bluff-catching value.

K7s is a playable suited hand from the button, and raising puts pressure on the blinds while taking initiative in position.

A8s in the small blind against a wide 3-handed button open is strong enough to 3-bet for value and to deny the big blind a cheap look. Sizing to 10bb keeps initiative and avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot.

QJs is attractive but is marginal facing a large small-blind 3-bet after an open, with the button still behind. Folding avoids a difficult dominated multiway or out-of-position spot.

Calling with a suited king in position, getting reasonable pot odds and playable postflop equity against a 3-bet.

Ace-high with no club on a monotone board plays poorly out of position against a flatting range full of clubs and broadways, so I'll check and control the pot.

I have only king-high with no made hand or flush draw, and the opponent checked the flop, so I'll take the free card and see the turn.

The flop checked through, so a small turn semi-bluff can fold out underpairs and unpaired hands without a club. If called, I still have the J gutshot and an overcard ace.

A7o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; 2.5x puts pressure on the blinds.

Pocket fours have sufficient set-mining value versus a button open at this price, especially with deep stacks. Calling keeps weaker hands and potential multiway action in.

A6s is playable multiway and I'm getting great pot odds (150 to call into 600). Calling seems best rather than folding or bloating the pot out of position.

With a small underpair on a coordinated K-J-3 two-club flop in a multiway pot, checking is best to control the pot and react to opponents' actions.

We have a weak hand with a backdoor flush draw and an overcard. Checking allows us to see a free card and potentially improve.

Both opponents checked to me on the button, and my A7 with the ace of clubs has a backdoor nut flush draw plus an overcard. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot on this K-high board takes it down often and keeps equity when called.

Bottom pair has poor equity in a three-way pot on this king-high, club-heavy board facing the preflop raiser's continuation bet. Folding avoids continuing with a vulnerable hand.