Hold'em table

On the button in a 3-handed game, 7-8 offsuit has enough steal equity and playability to open-raise. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure while risking little of the deep stack.

T5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act.

Getting great pot odds (150 to win 400) to defend from the big blind against a button open with a pocket pair.

Check to the preflop aggressor with fourth pair on an Ace-high flop.

With 8-high and no real equity on an Ace-high flop, checking behind in position is best to take a free card and avoid inflating the pot with air.

We have underpair to the entire board with no hearts, so checking is the standard play with zero equity and zero showdown value.

I have no pair or strong draw on a coordinated board, and both opponents have shown passivity; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into a likely caller.

I hold pocket threes, which do not play on an A-K-T-9-4 board, leaving me with board high; checking to realize any potential chop against unmade lower hands.

I have 8-high with no showdown value, and the opponent checked all three postflop streets, indicating weakness. A river bet can fold out missed draws and marginal hands, making it a profitable bluff.

We hold pocket threes on a board with four overcards (A, K, T, 9). This is the very bottom of our range and easily folded to a river bet.

JTo is a profitable button open three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while preserving positional advantage.

Holding 9c 6d out of position in the small blind against a button open is an easy fold due to poor playability and low equity.

K5o has enough equity against a wide button open in 3-handed play, and closing the action for 150 into a 400 pot gives good odds. I'll call and play a cautious fit-or-fold postflop game.

With K-high and a paired, coordinated board out of position, checking preserves chips and avoids building a pot with weak equity.

Trips are strong on this draw-heavy board. Betting builds the pot against queens and draws while denying them a free card.

I have only king-high with no meaningful draw on a paired, flush-heavy board, and facing a strong flop bet from seat_2, folding is the best chip-preserving play.

65o is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

A7o is ahead of the big blind's random range after the button folds; raising applies pressure and avoids playing a marginal hand passively out of position.

K2 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, especially with position after the flop.

A-high with no pair on a draw-heavy flop, out of position; checking controls the pot and lets me evaluate the big blind's action.

King-high has some showdown value, but this board offers little immediate draw equity. I’ll take the free turn card rather than bluff into the preflop raiser.

Betting turn to take initiative and charge draws; opponent checked flop and likely weak.

King-high with no meaningful draw is unlikely to have enough equity to call the turn bet.

Q8s on the button is a marginal but playable hand; calling 100 with position and closing the action gets a cheap flop against only the blinds.

J9 suited is strong enough to raise against a button limp. Raising gives me a chance to take the pot now or play with the initiative.

Holding T2 offsuit in the big blind facing a raise to 4.5bb from the small blind is an easy fold.

Closing the preflop action in position with a suited queen, I am getting better than 2:1 pot odds against a likely small-blind isolation raise. Q8s has enough playability to continue.

The ace-king flop favors my preflop raising range. A small continuation bet can fold out the button's weaker limp-calling hands without risking much.

I have only queen-high with a backdoor spade draw on an A-K-3 flop, and the small blind's preflop raise plus flop bet represents strong value. Calling 300 is not justified without a pair or stronger draw, so folding is best.

Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A modest raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Q7o is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, even with the 150-chip discount; folding preserves chips for better spots.

King-five suited is a standard open from the button in three-handed play to exert positional pressure.

3-bet as a semi-bluff with suited Q8s to take down the pot preflop or gain initiative; calling OOP is less profitable.

A3 suited is too marginal to cold-call this three-bet with the button still to act, and a four-bet bluff risks too much without a read.

Fold K5s to a large 3-bet from the small blind as it lacks sufficient equity and playability against a tight 3-betting range.