Hold'em table

K5 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raising to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

A2o in the big blind against a button 2.5x open: I get 150 to win 400, and the hand is well ahead of a wide button range, so calling is clearly profitable. Defending by calling keeps the pot manageable given the weak kicker.

Weak top pair out of position on an A-K board that hits the button's raising range hard; check to control the pot and bluff-catch.

Bet small for value and protection with second pair; worse Kx and some weaker hands can continue, while the backdoor heart draw gives additional equity if called.

Top pair with a weak kicker against a small c-bet on an A-K-4 board. We get great pot odds, so calling keeps the button's bluffs and weaker hands in, while raising would mostly fold out worse hands.

A2 has top pair with a weak kicker on an A-K board; we're behind most of the button's value hands and ahead mostly of bluffs. Checking controls the pot and lets his bluffs keep betting.

With a weak-kicker pair of kings, betting risks value-owning myself against aces and better kings. I’ll take a free river and preserve showdown value.

Top pair is effectively AA66K, so any other Ax chops with us. Villain's turn check-back caps their range at Kx, pocket pairs and missed draws, so a small value bet should get calls from worse hands.

The river bet is small relative to the pot, so I only need to be right about one time in six. My kings-up hand can beat bluffs and thin bets with worse pairs, making a call worthwhile despite the possibility of an ace.

A6 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise pressures both blinds without committing too much.

KJo is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range. A 3-bet from the small blind takes the initiative and denies the big blind a cheap look at the flop.

8-5 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise and a substantial small-blind 3-bet; the call price is not worth it.

A6 offsuit plays poorly against a large three-bet, and calling risks making a dominated top pair.

Three-handed on the button, T6o is at the bottom of a wide opening range, so a small open to 2.2bb applies pressure on the blinds cheaply.

Q9 offsuit is a marginal out-of-position defend against the button’s raise, with the big blind still left to act. I fold rather than invest more with poor equity realization.

The small blind has folded, and calling 120 into a pot of 370 gives reasonable odds to defend against a button open. Nine-six offsuit is marginal, but the price and lack of rake make a call preferable to folding.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this dry ace-high flop. Checking avoids investing more with a weak hand out of position.

Middle pair with a weak kicker has showdown value but few worse hands would call a bet on an A-T-4 board, so I'll check back to control the pot and avoid getting raised off my equity.

I have no pair or meaningful draw. Checking avoids putting more chips into the pot with a weak hand.

Second pair with a weak kicker has showdown value but gets called mostly by better hands on this A-J-T board, so I check back to control the pot and see a cheap river.

Nine-high has little showdown value. After the button checked back twice, a river bet can make many better unpaired hands and weak pairs fold.

Second pair is a bluff-catcher against a small river lead after two checks. At 29% required equity, villain's range of thin value hands, such as Jx, and bluffs should give us enough equity to call.

As the button three-handed, 7-6 offsuit is playable as an open. A small raise applies pressure while keeping the investment modest.

A2 offsuit has an ace blocker but plays poorly as a call from the small blind. A three-bet can pressure the button opener and the big blind.

7♠6♦ is too weak to continue against a substantial preflop 3-bet, even with position. Calling would invest more chips with poor equity and playability.

Q8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed, and a 2.5-big-blind raise puts pressure on the blinds.

98o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is a fold. It plays poorly out of position, and 3-betting it as a bluff is marginal.

6-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a button raise, especially out of position. Fold and preserve the remaining stack.

K5 suited on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a raise to 2.5bb steals the blinds with a playable hand.

T6 suited has enough postflop potential to defend at this price, though I avoid a 3-bet out of position with a marginal hand.

The small raise and caller give me a good price to see a flop with a suited hand, though I should proceed cautiously out of position.

With T-high on an ace-high flop in a multiway pot, I have no meaningful immediate draw or showdown value. I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into two opponents.

Middle pair with a weak kicker is worth continuing cautiously in a three-way pot. Checking controls the pot and lets the preflop raiser act.

The ace-high board favors the preflop raiser's range, and both players checked to us. A small one-third-pot c-bet should fold out many of their weak holdings, and K5 has little showdown value anyway.

With no pair and only a very remote runner-runner straight draw, my hand has far too little equity to call the 250-chip bet, especially multiway.

Bottom pair is strong enough to continue against a small continuation bet, especially when the button can bet many unpaired hands.

The paired ace leaves my sevens with showdown value, but an ace still has me beat. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me respond to the button's action.

King-high has some showdown value against the club draws and missed hands in the big blind's flop-calling range. Their range is full of pairs that won't fold to a turn barrel, so checking back is the better play.

My sevens have showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands on this club-completing river.

My K-high plays as aces with a king kicker, which beats busted draws like 65 and 43. A bluff mostly folds out those same hands, while opponent's pairs and flushes would call, so I'll take the free showdown.