Hold'em table

AJo on the button 3-handed is a clear open-raise; 2.5bb is a standard sizing.

Against a likely wide button opening range, 98 suited is a reasonable semi-bluff three-bet with good playability when called. The larger sizing applies pressure while compensating for being out of position.

K9 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, especially with the button still able to act.

AJo plays well in position against a wide 3-handed small-blind 3-bet, and the pot odds are good. Calling keeps their bluffs in and avoids bloating the pot against their stronger hands.

Top pair plus an open-ended straight draw has strong equity, but this connected board favors the caller’s range. Checking protects our checking range and lets us respond to a bet without unnecessarily inflating the pot out of position.

AJo missed the 7-6-9 two-tone board, which hits our range poorly and favors the 3-bettor's range less than ours, but we have little equity against overpairs. Checking back takes a free card and keeps our ace-high showdown value in this SRP-sized 3-bet pot.

My nine-high straight is strong enough to bet for value against overpairs, sets, and draws. Betting about two-thirds pot also charges diamond draws and starts building a pot before potentially awkward river cards.

AJ high has no pair and no real draw on a coordinated 7-6-9-5 board, facing a 3-bettor's turn bet. Our equity is well below the roughly 28% we need to call 1500 into 3800.

43 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing in a hand with poor equity and limited playability.

A6 offsuit is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds. Raising to 300 applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Pocket aces in the big blind facing a small-blind open: 3-bet to about 3.3x for value while keeping their weaker hands in.

A6 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a large three-bet, and calling 700 more is unlikely to be profitable.

Nine-deuce suited is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players.

JJ is a strong value hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I raise to 3bb to build the pot and play it out of position with an initiative edge.

A4 suited is a strong defend against a small-blind open, with nut-flush and wheel potential. Calling keeps weaker hands in and lets me play in position postflop.

JJ is ahead of much of the big blind's defending range on this K-high two-tone board, so a small one-third-pot c-bet gets value and protection while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

The nut-flush draw has ample equity to call this one-third-pot bet, with an ace potentially providing additional outs. Calling in position keeps weaker hands in and preserves flexibility on the turn.

JJ is still ahead of BB's many 8x, underpairs and heart draws, so a small turn bet gets value and denies equity while keeping the pot manageable against Kx.

The nut-flush draw, potential ace outs, and implied value on heart rivers justify calling this modest bet in position. Raising would unnecessarily inflate the pot on a paired board against a second barrel.

Jacks full is near the top of my range here and beats every flush that got there on the river. A 75% pot bet gets value from flushes, kings and other made hands, and only KK or 55 beat me.

The nut flush is strong enough to raise for value against lower flushes and some trips or two-pair hands. A moderate sizing extracts value without committing the entire stack on a paired board.

Jacks full beats nearly everything in a check-raising range here (flushes, trips, K5, 85, J5); only KK and 55 beat us. Jamming gets maximum value from the many worse hands that can't fold.

Calling requires 28% equity. Although the paired board allows full houses and quads, the nut flush is strong enough against a range that can also include lower flushes and occasional bluffs.

75 offsuit is at the bottom of a 3-handed button opening range. With both blinds able to defend or 3-bet, folding is the low-risk choice.

J7 suited is strong enough to open from the small blind after the button folds. Raising to three big blinds pressures the big blind while retaining reasonable playability when called.

Against a small-blind raise, 6-5 offsuit has enough playability to defend the big blind for 200 chips, especially with position after the flop.

A small continuation bet pressures the big blind’s unpaired hands on a king-high board that favors my raising range. My flush draw provides substantial equity when called and opportunities to keep betting on favorable turns.

A pair of sixes is worth continuing against a small flop bet, but raising would be too ambitious on a king-high board with a heart draw.

With little showdown value and a heart flush draw, this hand is a good semi-bluff candidate. A substantial second barrel pressures weak pairs and flop floats while retaining equity when called.

Middle pair and a gutshot give me outs against a king, and I may already be ahead of a draw. With position, I can call the turn and reassess on the river.

The missed heart draw has little showdown value, but holding two hearts blocks natural folds from the opponent’s missed draws. With many kings and improved sixes remaining in their twice-calling range, this is a poor hand for a third-barrel bluff.

Trips are likely ahead of the opponent's king-pair hands. A half-pot bet seeks value while limiting losses against a stronger six or a full house.

My missed flush draw has almost no showdown value, and holding two hearts blocks some of the opponent's natural bluffs. Without evidence they overfold to river raises, folding is preferable to an expensive bluff.

J8 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed, where position and the chance to steal the blinds support raising. A small sizing limits risk while preserving postflop flexibility.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Calling 125 into a 375 pot with A4s against a button open is clearly profitable. Three-betting is also viable, but calling keeps the button's wide range in.

Trips with an ace kicker on a paired board, out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking lets the button c-bet and keeps his bluffs in, and I can check-raise or call later.

A small continuation bet pressures the big blind’s unpaired hands while risking little on this paired board. The 8d provides backdoor flush potential if called.

Trip fours with the top kicker is very strong on a board with flush and straight draws, so I check-raise for value and protection. Overpairs and draws can continue against this raise.

Jack-high with only weak backdoor possibilities cannot profitably continue against this large check-raise. There are plenty of stronger hands and draws to defend instead.

K9 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed, and a 2.5 big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

83o from the small blind facing a button open with the big blind behind is a clear fold; it is too weak to call out of position and a poor bluff-raise candidate.

T9 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defense against a button open, with connected cards that can make strong straights. Calling costs 150 into a 400 pot and keeps weaker hands in the opponent's range.

Checking to the preflop raiser keeps my range protected and avoids building the pot out of position with ten-high. My open-ended straight draw can comfortably continue against many bet sizes.

A small continuation bet on this dry flop can fold out some better ace-high hands while keeping the risk modest. My king-high hand also has ways to improve if called.

I have an open-ended straight draw and need only about 20% equity against this small bet. Calling preserves favorable implied odds without inflating the pot out of position with ten-high.

Checking keeps the pot controlled with an open-ended straight draw and little showdown value. This turn does not strongly favor my range, so leading is less attractive than evaluating the opponent's bet size.

King-high has some showdown value, while a turn bet is unlikely to fold out many hands that called the flop. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the river.

My missed straight draw has little showdown value, and the turn check leaves the opponent with many weak hands. A substantial river bluff credibly represents trips or better, which my big-blind calling range can contain.

King-high is unlikely to beat a river bet after the flop call, and the price is too high to justify a bluff-catch.