Hold'em table

As the button in a three-handed game, I can open a wide range; a minimum raise gives this low connector a chance to win immediately while limiting the risk.

K7o is too weak to defend out of position against a button open with the big blind still to act.

Facing a min-raise to 200 with 9sQh on the button, I'll call to keep the pot manageable and see a flop. The big blind has shown weakness by only putting in the blind, so I can play post-flop with position.

I have a backdoor flush draw with 9s Qh on a dry flop, and checking allows me to control the pot size and realize equity cheaply. Seat 1 raised preflop, so I want to see a free card and avoid building a big pot with a marginal hand.

I have a weak bottom pair with limited improvement potential, so checking back controls the pot and avoids being pushed off my showdown value.

Board is dry with no obvious draws; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot with a mediocre hand. If seat_1 bets, I can decide whether to call or fold based on the river.

I have a weak pair on a coordinated, three-club board, and betting risks being called or raised by stronger hands and draws. I’ll take the free river and preserve showdown value.

The board is low and disconnected with no obvious made hands, and my 9s-Qh is a weak high-card holding. With no bet to call on the river, checking is the safest play to avoid building a pot I'm unlikely to win.

I have a 6-high straight and can value-bet after the river check. A modest bet may get called by weaker made hands while limiting losses against a flush or a higher straight.

Seat 1's river raise to 200 is small relative to the 9800 stack and could be a bluff given the dry, uncoordinated board. My Qh-high is decent but unlikely to be best, so calling keeps the pot manageable while avoiding a costly bluff catch.

Holding 64 offsuit on the button is too weak to open even 3-handed, making fold the clearly preferred play.

I have suited connectors in the small blind and only need to call 50 chips to see a flop with a 150 chip pot, giving me good pot odds. Seat 1's 100 chip bet is standard, so I'll keep my chips and play the hand postflop.

K5 offsuit is a weak hand, and the limped pot gives me a free option to see the flop without inflating it out of position.

I have a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot straight draw with JhQs on a 5c7hQc flop, but the pot is small and I'm out of position, so checking keeps the hand cheap and preserves optionality.

Bottom pair with a decent kicker has some showdown value, but this board offers draws and betting risks building a pot against stronger hands. I’ll check and keep the pot small.

The pot is 200 with no bet to call, and my hand is a backdoor straight draw with no pair. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot with a weak holding.

My pair of fives has some showdown value, but it is weak and the board offers straight and flush draws. I’ll take the free river rather than risk being raised or called by a better hand.}

The board is paired with two Queens and an 8, giving me a pair of Queens with a Jack kicker. Seat 1 checked twice on the turn and river, indicating weakness, so there is little value in betting with a medium-strength hand. Checking allows me to see a cheap showdown and potentially split or win the pot.

I have a modest showdown hand, but most hands with a 7 or 8 make two pair higher than mine and are likely to call a bet. Checking preserves showdown value against missed overcards and weaker pocket pairs.

I am on the button with 8c Jh, a speculative hand that benefits from seeing a flop. Calling 100 chips is the minimum cost to keep my stack involved and allows me to realize equity cheaply.

QJo is strong enough to raise over the button’s limp, and a sizable raise can take initiative while charging the big blind and limper to continue.

T4o is very weak and not worth calling a 4bb raise out of position.

Calling 300 more with 8c Jh on the button is reasonable given the pot odds and the opponent's 400 total investment; I'll see a flop and reassess. Folding is also viable, but I prefer keeping the hand live with a decent stack.

I have no pair, no diamond, and no meaningful draw on this coordinated flop. With no bet to call, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn for free.

I have an open-ended straight draw with 8c Jh on Kd 7d 8d, giving me good implied odds if I can see a turn cheaply. Checking back keeps the pot controlled and avoids building a bigger pot with a speculative hand when I'm out of position.

The turn king favors my preflop raising range, and a small delayed bet can pressure the opponent’s weaker pairs after the flop checked through. I have little showdown value, so I’m using the favorable card to bluff.

The board is Kd-7d-8d-Ks with Jh giving me a weak gutshot to a non-nut straight and backdoor flush potential. Calling 300 into a 1200 pot keeps me in the hand cheaply while avoiding a big bluff raise that seat_1 could easily call with a strong king or set.

With no diamond in hand on a four-diamond board, I have no flush and little value in betting; checking takes the free showdown.

The board is paired with two kings and an ace, and my 8c Jh is a weak high-card hand unlikely to improve. Checking is the safest play to avoid putting chips into a pot where I'm likely behind.

K8 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed. A 2.5bb raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

In 3-handed play, A9s is too strong to simply fold or just flat from the small blind against a button open, so we 3-bet to isolate and take initiative.

I have 5h6c, a weak hand with no pair and backdoor straight potential only. Facing a 950 raise from the small blind, calling 850 is too expensive for such a speculative hand, so folding preserves my stack.

K♦8♠ is a weak offsuit hand facing a substantial small-blind 3-bet, and it is often dominated by the opponent’s continuing range. The call price is not attractive enough to justify continuing.

J8o is on the fringe of the button opening range in 3-handed play; folding cleanly avoids marginal postflop situations.

5-4 offsuit is a weak hand, and the big blind already has a 100 chip lead. Folding avoids a difficult pot with poor equity.

Calling the big blind with QJs on the button is a reasonable play to see a flop and realize equity. The pot is already 150, giving good implied odds.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to isolate the button’s limp for value, and a sizable raise also discourages the big blind from coming along. I’ll raise to 400 while out of position.

Holding pocket tens in the big blind against a button limp and a small blind raise, 3-betting to 1200 extracts value and isolates against wide ranges.

With QJ on the button facing a 1200 raise, I have a weak speculative hand with poor implied odds against deep stacks. Folding preserves my 9900 chips for better opportunities.

A7 offsuit is too weak to continue against this sizable preflop 3-bet, especially out of position. The call price does not make up for the likelihood of domination.