Hold'em table

Ten-six offsuit is a weak hand even from the button in 3-handed play; folding preserves chips for better spots.

In a blind-versus-blind battle after the button folds, QJo is well ahead of an average holding and warrants an open raise for value and initiative.

K♠Q♦ is strong against a small blind’s wide opening range, so I’m 3-betting for value and to take initiative.

QJo plays poorly out of position facing a 3-bet to 10 big blinds, so folding is the standard, discipline play.

Holding AKo on the button, standard open raise to 2.5 big blinds to build a pot with a premium hand.

Pocket threes are too weak to 3-bet for value, but can profitably continue as a set-mining hand against the small button raise. Calling keeps the pot manageable while the big blind remains to act.

Pocket queens are a premium hand facing a raise and a call; 3-betting for value builds the pot and isolates, while still leaving room to fold if an overpair-heavy situation develops.

Holding AKo on the button against a big blind squeeze, 4-betting to 2400 builds value and puts pressure on both the blinds with position.

A small pair is not strong enough to continue against a large 4-bet with another player still involved. Calling would commit too much without reliable set-mining odds.

With QQ I'm ahead of most 4-bet ranges except AA/KK; calling 1400 keeps the pot manageable and lets me evaluate the flop rather than committing 100bb against a polarized range.

My queens are vulnerable on a T-J-7 board against seat_2's four-bet range, which heavily favors TT, JJ, AK, and overpairs. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me gauge their action before committing my remaining 7600 chips.

In a 4-bet pot with an SPR around 1.5, checking back with two overcards and a gutshot straight draw allows us to realize our equity in position without facing a check-shove.

My queens are a bluff-catcher at best against a 4-betting range on this K-high board, and raising only gets action from hands that beat me. Checking realizes equity, including an Ace river giving me Broadway.

After checking back the flop, hitting top pair top kicker with a gutshot on the turn provides strong value against underpairs and draws like QQ or AJ. A delayed continuation bet of roughly one-third pot extracts value while controlling pot size.

A♦7♦ is a playable suited ace on the button, and opening to 250 applies pressure while keeping weaker hands in the range.

5s7h is a weak offsuit hand facing a 2.5x button raise with a player still to act behind; folding avoids bleeding chips with poor equity and position.

J9 offsuit does not realize equity well out of position against a 2.5x button open, making a fold the standard play.

8h3d is a very weak hand even from the button in a 3-handed game; folding preserves chips for better spots.

76 offsuit is too weak to play profitably out of position against the big blind.

Ten-deuce suited is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to complete the small blind heads-up at a favorable price, while avoiding a bloated pot out of position.

J9s plays well against a limper; a small raise builds the pot with a hand that can make strong two-pair/flushes while applying pressure to the SB's weak limping range.

A♠? A♦7♣ has enough equity against a likely wide raise after my limp to continue at these pot odds, though it is not strong enough to reraise out of position.

With ace-high and no pair on a low, connected two-club flop, I have limited showdown value and little reason to build the pot out of position. I’ll check and preserve the option to continue if I improve or face a favorable action.

I have top pair with the Jc flush draw after raising preflop, and the SB checked to me, so I bet for value and protection against draws.

The small flop bet offers favorable pot odds, and ace-high retains some showdown value with overcard and backdoor improvement potential. Raising would overplay this hand against the big blind’s continuing range.

I have showdown value with ace-high, but the flop caller can have a pair and my hand has little equity to improve. I’ll take the free river rather than bluff into a range that has shown interest.

I hold two pair (nines and sixes) on a double-paired board with a club flush draw possible; betting ~half pot charges draws and extracts value from weaker nines or pairs while keeping the pot manageable against a slowplayed six.

I have only ace-high with no meaningful draw, and calling the turn bet would require relying on a bluff. I fold rather than invest more against the double barrel.

87 suited is a playable button hand, and raising builds initiative and applies pressure to the blinds while preserving position postflop.

King-Ten offsuit is a marginal but playable hand against a button open in 3-max, where the opener's range is wide. Calling keeps the pot small and avoids bloating with a dominated hand out of position.

Getting 4.5 to 1 pot odds closing the action preflop with Jack-Ten offsuit makes this an easy call to see a multiway flop.

I missed the paired flop with king-high only, and with three players still in I have no fold equity worth betting; checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold cheaply to aggression.

I hold jack-high on a paired board with no draw out of position, so checking to the preflop aggressor is the only sensible play.

With only 8-high and limited backdoor equity on a paired, dry flop, checking in position avoids building a pot against two opponents while preserving the chance to improve.

King-high with no draw on a paired board; everyone checked the flop, so taking a free turn/showdown is the safest EV line against two opponents.

I have jack-high with gutshot/overcard potential; checking is standard multiway out of position with the preflop raiser still left to act behind me.

Both opponents have checked twice on a dry, paired board, so a modest button bet can win the pot now. If called, I still have a chance to improve with a six on the river.

I hold only king-high on a 5-5-2-9 board, so I beat almost nothing in seat_3's range after a preflop raise and delayed turn bet; calling 500 into 1400 or bluff-raising with no showdown value is -EV, so folding is best.

I have Jack-high with no draw on a paired board facing a bet on the turn, making a fold standard.