Hold'em table

J8 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a playable hand. Calling 100 to win a 250 pot gets a good price and keeps position, without bloating the pot out of position later.

8c2s is a weak hand with no playability postflop, and I'm out of position facing a raise from the button. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to raise for value, and checking lets me see a free flop.

Bottom pair with no heart is too weak to value-bet on a monotone flop, so I check and keep the pot small.

Top pair (eights) on a wet, all-hearts board, heads-up in position after the big blind checked. A small bet gets value from worse pairs and draws and charges flush draws, while keeping the pot manageable if I'm behind a flush.

Bottom pair with a queen kicker has enough equity against a small flop bet from a limped pot to continue, though the monotone board makes raising unattractive.

My hand has modest showdown value, but betting into the paired, three-heart board is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll check and reassess if they bet.

I have two pair, eights and sevens, and the opponent has checked twice and only called a small flop bet. A bet of about two-thirds of the pot gets value from worse eights and draws and charges heart draws.

Bottom pair with no heart is unlikely to be ahead often enough against a second bet on this board, and it has few ways to improve.

Calling the 100 big blind with Tc Jh in position is reasonable; I want to see a flop cheaply and play postflop rather than 3-bet this early.

Completing the small blind costs only 50 more chips. With a small pair, I prefer a cheap flop to building a larger pot out of position.

QTs is a good hand in a three-way limped pot, so I raise for value and to take the initiative with position against me, sizing at 4bb to charge the limpers.

I have TcJh on the button with a 9900 stack. Calling 300 to see a flop in position is reasonable; I'll continue with a plan to take the pot down postflop.

Calling 300 with pocket fours gives me a chance to flop a set in a three-way pot, with sufficient stacks behind to justify the call.

My small pair has limited value on this three-way flop with two overcards and a flush draw. Checking avoids building the pot out of position.

I have top pair with a decent kicker (Qd Td on 2s 9d Qs) in a three-way pot. Betting about 58% of the pot builds value and charges flush draws and overcards, and Seat 3's check shows weakness.

I have a decent open-ended straight draw with Tc-Jh on a 2s-9d-Qs board, and calling keeps the pot manageable while I try to hit a straight or flush. Seat 1's flop raise is sizable but not overwhelming given my stack and potential equity.

An underpair with little chance to improve is unlikely to be ahead after a bet and a call on this board. Calling 700 out of position against two opponents is not worthwhile.

Top pair with a nut-ish diamond flush draw and a gutshot is a strong hand. I bet for value and protection, and I have plenty of equity if raised.

Calling keeps me in a speculative hand with position; the pot odds justify a call and I can reassess on the river.

I have a pair of queens with a ten kicker on a 2-9-Q-8-K board. A straight is possible because J-T-Q-K-9 needs a jack and I don't have one. The opponent called two streets, so a thin value bet risks only getting called by better hands. I check to control the pot and keep showdown value.

Checked the river with a medium-strength Ten-high hand in position; no need to bluff when the opponent has shown heavy aggression and I can realize equity by seeing a free card or winning at showdown if they give up.

Pocket sixes are strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise builds the pot while retaining position.

9-4 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act, so folding is best.

Tc5s is a weak hand facing a raise and a fold; the caller is on the button with position, so I'll fold to avoid losing chips with poor equity.

Q8 offsuit is a weak hand in a 3-handed pot. Playing it out of position against two players risks too many chips, so I'm folding on the button.

4d3c is a weak hand with no playability, and I'm out of position facing a raise from the button. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

7c2c is a very weak hand with no playability. Facing a 100bb big blind and a 50bb small blind, I have no reason to continue with this hand.

KJs is strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise for value and initiative.

A7o in the big blind is facing a small blind raise to 300 in a 3-handed game. The pot odds are good at 200 to win 500, and the hand has a good chance of being ahead of the SB's wide range, so I call and keep the pot small.

A small continuation bet applies pressure on this ace-high flop while keeping the cost modest with a gutshot straight draw.

Top pair with a decent kicker (Ah on an Ad Tc 6c board) facing a small 200 bet into 800 is well ahead of a wide range, and the price is good. Calling keeps weaker hands in and controls the pot against a possible c-bet bluff.

I have the nut straight on the turn. Betting 800 into 1,000 gets value from strong made hands and charges club draws.

Top pair (aces) with a weak kicker gets 800 to win 2600, so I need about 31% equity. Villain's range includes draws and weaker aces, so calling is reasonable and raising would only get called by better hands.

I have Broadway on a paired board. A 1,900-chip value bet can get called by aces and other strong hands without risking an unnecessarily large amount against a full house.

Aces and sixes is a strong bluff-catcher. Calling 1900 into 4500 needs only about 30% equity, and it beats bluffs and most Qx and Tx hands, so a call is profitable.

Six-five suited plays well in position, and a modest button raise can win the blinds or build a pot with a playable hand.

Q6 offsuit is weak, out of position against a button raise to 250 with the big blind still left to act. Calling 200 more is a losing proposition, so I fold.

I hold 7h 9c, which is weak and unsuited with no clear playability. Seat 3 opened to 250 and seat 1 folded, so I am in a tough out-of-position spot and prefer to preserve chips.