Hold'em table

75o is too weak to open from the button, even in 3-handed play.

Ace-king suited is strong heads-up, so I raise for value and initiative from the small blind.

7-3 offsuit is the worst starting hand, and calling 250 more out of position against a small blind raise is a losing play.

T8 suited is a profitable button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

A3s is a reasonable hand three-handed against a button min-raise to 250. Calling 200 more from the small blind is cheap, and the big blind still has to act. Playing it passively avoids a bloated pot out of position with a weak ace.

64o has very poor playability and equity out of position multiway against a raise and a call.

I have the nut flush draw plus an ace-high backdoor, and I'm first to act out of position heads-up against the button's preflop raise. A bet of about two-thirds pot builds the pot and folds out hands like underpairs, and I still have plenty of equity if called.

Middle pair has enough equity to call this flop bet, and position lets me evaluate the turn before committing more chips.

Ace-high with a nut flush draw? No: Ah with Qh and Th on board gives a heart flush draw (Ah plus two board hearts is only three hearts), so only a gutshot-type draw (A-K-Q-T needs J for Broadway, giving a gutshot) plus ace-high. Checking to control the pot and realize equity is reasonable versus a caller.

Middle pair has showdown value, but the king improves many hands that led the flop. Checking controls the pot and lets me reassess on the river.

Ace-high on a K-Q-T-9-5 board is almost certainly not the best hand, but it blocks the nut flush draw and the hand would rarely win at showdown. Checking behind on the turn suggests the button's range is capped, so a small bluff of about a third of the pot is reasonable. I will bluff at low cost.

My pair of tens is weak on this board, but the small river bet gives me good pot odds. Missed flush draws and other bluffs make a call worthwhile.

J7 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling from the button would put me out of position against two opponents postflop, so I fold.

Getting 3-to-1 pot odds with no rake in a blind-versus-blind spot, completing with 87o is profitable.

With a weak offsuit hand and a free option to see the flop, checking is preferable to building the pot.

I flopped top pair on a coordinated board; betting half pot extracts value from flush draws, straight draws, and weaker pairs while protecting my equity.

An ace or six completes my straight, giving me eight immediate straight outs. Calling the small bet keeps the pot manageable while I draw.

The Queen is an overcard to my pair of eights, so checking to pot control and see what opponent does is standard.

I have an eight-out straight draw, and the turn queen gives me a chance to win the pot now after my opponent checks.

I have second pair and opponent could be stabbing at the pot after my turn check with draws or worse made hands; calling getting over 2:1 pot odds.

We hold two pair (eights and deuces) with mediocre kicker; checking to realize our showdown value is standard.

Five-high has almost no showdown value. After my turn bet was called, a substantial river bet gives weak pairs and missed draws a chance to fold.

In a blind-vs-blind limped pot, missed flush draws and gutshots make up a significant portion of villain's river betting range, giving our two pair sufficient bluff-catching equity at 30.7% pot odds.

Nine-seven offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

7-2 offsuit plays poorly out of position against the big blind, so I won't invest more chips.

K-Q suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed, so I raise for value and position.

Pocket threes in the small blind facing a button min-ish raise of 250 with a big blind still to act. Calling 200 to set-mine at good price is reasonable; a 3-bet with a weak pair is not ideal in a 3-handed pot.

Q6o has poor playability and severe reverse implied odds multiway out of position, making it a clear fold despite decent pot odds.

Pocket threes on a 6-9-T two-tone board is a weak showdown-value hand out of position against the button's preflop raise. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does.

On this monotone flop, K-Q high has a gutshot and overcards but no diamond. Checking in position preserves the chance to improve without building the pot against a calling range that connects well with this board.

Pocket threes on a four-diamond board with no diamond in my hand is a weak showdown holding. The button checked the flop, but a bet from me would likely only get called by better hands or a flush, so I check and see a cheap river.

King-high has some showdown value, but without a diamond I have little reason to build the pot on this four-diamond board. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the river.

Pocket threes are a weak showdown hand on a 4-diamond board. Both players checked twice, so a bet risks only worse hands folding and better hands calling.

King-high is unlikely to win at showdown. After three checks from the small blind, a 450-chip bluff can pressure hands without a diamond.

The board is 6d 9d Td 2d 8c, and I hold a pair of 3s with no diamond. I'm getting 1500 to 450, about 3.3-to-1, so I need roughly 23% equity. The button checked the flop and turn, so a 450 river bet could be a bluff or a missed draw. A pair of 3s can beat some bluffs but loses to any made hand, so it's a marginal call at these odds.

K8s on the button in a 3-handed game is a solid steal hand. A small raise puts pressure on both blinds while I have position.

J6 offsuit is playable against a button raise at this price. Calling keeps the pot manageable from the big blind.

J-6 has no made hand and only a weak backdoor straight draw on this flop. Checking avoids investing more against the preflop raiser.

Heads-up on the button with a king-high flush draw's cousin: Ks8s has a backdoor flush draw plus overcard king on Q-T-5 rainbow-ish board; BB checked, so a small bet of about half pot takes it down often and keeps equity when called.

J-high has no meaningful draw on this flop, and calling the bet out of position is unlikely to be profitable.