Hold'em table

Q5 suited is a playable button-open in a three-handed game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to apply pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

42 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise; folding saves chips for better spots.

Holding 92o out of position against a button open is an easy fold despite getting decent pot odds.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to open or limp from the button, so I fold rather than invest chips with a dominated, disconnected hand.

J2o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position.

J2o is far too weak to open raise or play even from the button 3-handed.

A3 suited is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds, and a 3x raise applies pressure while retaining playability postflop.

Ace-ten offsuit is strong enough to continue heads-up against a small-blind open. Calling 200 into a 400 pot keeps the hand playable without bloating it out of position.

With the nut-flush draw, I have strong equity when called and can also win the pot immediately. A small bet applies pressure without risking much of my stack.

Top pair with the ace kicker is ahead of a small flop c-bet often enough to raise for value and charge draws.

The nut-flush draw gives me enough equity to call 500 into the 1,500-chip pot. Raising would risk too much against a flop raise without a made hand.

I have the nut flush draw but only ace-high, and the opponent showed strength with a flop raise. Checking keeps the pot manageable while preserving my chance to improve on the river.

I have top pair with the ace kicker and seat_1 checked the turn after calling my flop raise. A value bet of about 70% pot extracts chips from worse pairs and draws while keeping the pot manageable.

The nut-flush draw gives a strong chance to improve, with additional value when an ace may be good. Calling is preferable to raising against this turn bet, especially with room to win more if a spade hits.

I have the ace-high flush, so I’m betting for value while sizing modestly on a three-spade river to get calls from weaker flushes and other bluff-catchers.

Second pair with an ace kicker loses to queens, flushes, and many two-pair or set value hands after seat_1 calls two streets and leads the river. The half-pot bet is not cheap enough to bluff-catch on this texture.

As the button in a three-handed game, I can open a wide range; raising suited T4 applies pressure to the blinds while retaining some playability if called.

T9o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding avoids a dominated, difficult spot.

84o is too weak to defend against a button open, even getting decent pot odds from the big blind.

98o is a standard button open in three-handed play; raising builds fold equity and avoids a weak limp.

K9s has solid equity and postflop playability against a button open in 3-handed play; calling gets good pot odds.

T9 suited has good multiway equity and is receiving favorable pot odds from the big blind. Calling keeps the pot manageable rather than reraising against two players.

Out of position in a three-way pot with king-high and no significant draw, checking is the standard play.

I have a strong combo draw with a flush draw and straight potential, so a sizable semi-bluff can build the pot and pressure both opponents.

9h8s has only a gutshot on 7sJh3s and no pair or flush draw, so calling 500 into 1250 with seat_3 still to act is not profitable.

I have King-high with no draw on a board of 7s-Jh-3s facing a two-thirds pot bet, making this an easy fold.

Pocket tens is a strong value hand on the button in 3-handed play, making a standard 2.5x open raise optimal.

Calling with a small pair keeps the pot manageable out of position and gives me a chance to hit a set against the button’s raise.

A9o in the BB gets 4:1 against a small button open and a flat, so calling is better than folding. A 3-bet is unnecessary out of position multiway with a dominated ace.

With a small underpair on a connected flop in a three-way pot, checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see how the others act.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on 5-4-8; checking is free and avoids bloating a multiway pot with little equity.

I am betting for value and protection with an overpair against drawing hands after both opponents checked to me.

My pocket threes are an underpair on a connected flop, with no useful draw. The bet is large enough that calling is not justified, especially with another player still to act.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on 5-4-8 is too weak to continue against a button c-bet; pot odds do not compensate for the lack of equity.