Hold'em table

AdTs is a strong button opening hand in three-handed play. Raising to 2.5bb builds the pot while applying pressure to the blinds.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to continue against a preflop raise, especially out of position. Folding saves chips for a better spot.

The button opened to 2.5bb and the small blind folded, so I'm heads-up in the big blind. I need 150 to win a 550 pot (about 27% equity), and K6o does well enough against a wide button range to defend by calling.

K-high with a backdoor flush draw, out of position against the button raiser's range on a J72 board; check and consider continuing against a small c-bet.

Betting our two overcards and backdoor/overcard equity after the big blind checks, while applying pressure to a wide preflop calling range.

I have a heart flush draw (6h with 7h-2h on board) plus a king overcard. Calling 350 into a 1250 pot needs about 28% equity, which this hand comfortably has, and staying in keeps the pot manageable with a low flush draw.

K6 with a backdoor heart-flush draw that missed on the turn has no pair, and the ace is good for the button's range, so I check and give up unless a free card helps.

We have trip aces with a solid kicker after the paired turn. Bet for value against weaker aces, jacks, and heart draws while charging calls.

K-high with no pair and no real draw facing a turn barrel of 800 into 2050 on an ace turn; there is no equity to continue.

87s is a playable suited connector from the button, and calling 100 to see a flop offers good implied odds.

Getting 5:1 to complete after a button limp, so even a weak hand like 23o can see a cheap flop. I'll play carefully out of position postflop.

AQ offsuit is a strong three-handed holding; I raise for value and to deny the limpers a cheap multiway flop.

Calling 4bb with a suited connector in position is reasonable, as we have implied odds and can play postflop with the button. Folding is too weak and raising risks bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

23o out of position against a BB squeeze and a caller: 400 to call into a 1500 pot is not worth it with such weak equity and poor playability.

I have strong top pair with a strong kicker in a heads-up raised pot. A moderate continuation bet gets value from worse aces, kings, draws, and pocket pairs while protecting against club draws.

Three-handed on the button, K2o is near the bottom of a wide opening range. A small open to 2.5bb has fold equity against both blinds, and the king blocker helps.

Pocket fours are strong enough to defend against a button open at this size, with good implied odds to set-mine.

Q2o is too weak to continue out of position against a raise and a call, and calling would risk too much with poor equity and reverse implied odds. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Checking preserves showdown value with a small pair on a flop that strongly favors the preflop raiser’s range. We can respond to the opponent’s sizing on later action.

K2o has little equity on a T-J-6 two-tone board that hits the small blind's calling range hard. Checking back realizes my overcard and backdoor equity cheaply.

I will take a half-pot stab after the checked flop; the paired turn is credible for a ten and can fold out many unpaired overcards.

King-high with no pair and no real draw on a paired, connected board facing a turn lead. Calling 300 into 900 needs about 25% equity and we have far less, so fold.

3d5d is too weak to open from the button at this stack depth, despite being suited.

I have a strong hand (AK offsuit) and want to build the pot heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 300 applies pressure and gives me initiative.

A5s is strong against a blind-vs-blind SB open, and it makes a good 3-bet candidate thanks to the ace blocker and its playability; 3-betting in position is profitable. Calling would also be fine, but raising applies pressure to a wide range.

K4o is marginal but I have position and only need to call one big blind, so I take a cheap flop.

A8s is well ahead of a button limping range, so an isolation raise from the small blind lets me take the initiative and possibly win the pot preflop. It also avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

KQs is a strong multiway defending hand versus this small blind raise, with good playability and favorable pot odds.

I'm getting excellent pot odds of about 3.9-to-1 to call 350 into a 1000 pot, and my K4o has enough equity against two opponents to continue. Closing the action makes a call straightforward.

Second pair with top kicker and a backdoor flush draw on a connected board; a small one-third-pot bet gets value from worse 8s and draws while charging overcards and straight draws in a multiway pot.”

KQ-high has no made hand or meaningful draw on this connected flop, facing a half-pot continuation bet into two opponents. Folding preserves chips.

I have bottom pair with a king kicker and am getting 4:1 pot odds on a small bet. Calling is cheap and I can reevaluate on later streets with position.

Second pair with an ace kicker has showdown value, but the Q overcard hurts it against the button's calling range. Checking out of position controls the pot and keeps bluffs in.

I have bottom pair with a king kicker, and the opponent's turn check suggests weakness, but betting could get check-raised or called by better hands. I'll take the free card and see the river.

Second pair with an ace kicker has showdown value, but the river brings some straights, and a bet mostly gets called by better hands. Checking to realize equity is best.

I have a weak pair with showdown value, and the opponent checked both the turn and river, so checking back avoids value-towning myself against better hands.

93 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play with two players left to act behind me, so folding is standard.

KJs suited is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind hand and benefits from applying pressure with a value-oriented raise.

I have decent equity against a small-blind steal and am getting good pot odds to defend the big blind. Calling keeps the pot manageable while I have position after the flop.

A small continuation bet applies pressure to unpaired overcards and realizes fold equity while risking little on this low connected board.