Hold'em table

Queen-seven offsuit is marginal, but on the button three-handed I have position and only two players to get through, so a standard 3x open is profitable.

A6o is too weak to call out of position against a 3x button open with the big blind still to act.

The button’s raise is wide in a three-handed game, and 5-4 offsuit has enough connectivity and pot odds to defend rather than make a speculative 3-bet out of position.

I have a weak middle pair and a backdoor flush draw, so checking keeps the pot manageable and lets the preflop raiser act.

I missed the K52 flop with Q7o and the preflop caller checked to me; checking keeps the pot small and preserves my Q-high showdown equity at no cost.

I have a weak pair with modest showdown value and no meaningful draw. Checking avoids inflating the pot while preserving the chance to reach showdown cheaply.

I hold top pair (queens) on a K-Q-5-2 board; a half-pot bet gets value from pocket pairs below queens and charges draws, while keeping the pot modest since Kx or a better-kicked Q beats me.

A small turn bet gives reasonable pot odds, and my pair of fives can still be ahead of bluffs or drawing hands. Raising would isolate me against stronger hands too often.

The river king is unfavorable: any opponent holding a king has trips, and a queen now makes two pair that beats my kings and fives. I’ll take the showdown rather than value-bet into that range.

My two pair (Ks up with Qs) only loses to a slowplayed K-x; betting risks a raise from trips while worse hands would just check behind anyway. Checking realizes maximum value safely and chops against Q-x.

Ah9h is a very strong hand on the button in 3-handed play, warranting a standard 2.5bb opening raise for value and initiative.

K♦2♠ is a weak offsuit hand and would be difficult to play out of position against the button’s raise, with the big blind still to act. I’ll fold rather than pay to continue with a dominated king.

Queen-five offsuit is dominated too often against a button 2.5x open; calling 150 into a small pot with a weak kicker hand has poor implied odds. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

From the button, K6 offsuit is playable as an open-raise in a three-handed game. A modest raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Suited connector 75s has good playability in 3-max against a button open, and I only need to call 200 into a 400 pot with position on the raiser. I'll keep the pot small and evaluate the flop.

Holding premium AKo in the big blind facing a button open and small blind flat, squeezing for value and initiative is the standard play.

K6 offsuit is too weak to continue against the big blind’s sizable three-bet, especially with the small blind still in the hand.

75s is far too weak to continue against an 11bb three-bet, especially out of position; folding preserves chips for better spots.

A2s is a standard open-raise from the button 3-handed; taking the initiative with position and an ace is profitable.

K9s has strong playability and solid equity against a wide button opening range, especially in a zero-rake environment.

KJo is strong enough to defend for 200 more given the pot odds, but calling keeps the pot manageable with two opponents and avoids inflating it out of position.

Out of position in a three-way pot on an ace-high paired board with only king-high and backdoor potential, checking is standard.

I have only a gutshot to a ten and no made hand, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the button with a player yet to act.

I flopped top two pair (aces and queens) as the preflop raiser, and both opponents checked, indicating weakness. Betting ~2/3 pot extracts value from weaker aces, queens, or draws.

I hold King-high with minimal equity on an Ace-Queen-Queen board facing a 2/3 pot bet with another player yet to act.

I have only a gutshot to Broadway and backdoor possibilities, which are not enough equity to call 600 into this pot. A raise would be an unjustified bluff against the button’s continuation bet.

Opening from the button with K9o, which is comfortably within a 3-handed opening range.

Q-2 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

8-3 offsuit is one of the worst hands in hold'em, and I'd need to call 125 more into a small pot against a 2.25x raise. Folding is clearly correct.

A6 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game; raise to 2.5 big blinds for value and initiative.

5-8 offsuit is far too weak to call a 2.5x raise from the button while out of position; folding is clearly best.

Q6o is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5x open from the button.