Hold'em table

Open-raise the button with Q8 offsuit to leverage position and initiative against the blinds.

J7 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a weak, dominated hand that would play out of position. Folding is standard.

Q3 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a minimum button raise for one more big blind.

I have a gutshot straight draw, but this board favors the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how they act.

This board strongly favors the big blind's calling range, while Q-high with only a gutshot has limited profitable bluffing prospects. Checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot.

I have only a gutshot straight draw and little showdown value. Checking avoids building the pot out of position.

I can credibly represent the strong ace- and king-heavy portion of my button raising range after the opponent checks twice. A moderate turn stab pressures missed hands and weaker pairs while retaining fold equity.

I have only a gutshot to the nut straight and no made hand. Calling 300 out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably even from the button in 3-handed play at 100bb, so I fold.

With the button folded, 65 offsuit is worth completing the small blind for 50 chips, but not strong enough to require a raise.

K7 offsuit has a meaningful range advantage against a small-blind limp and benefits from taking initiative heads-up. I raise to apply pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

65 offsuit is too weak to call a 4x raise out of position against the big blind.

AJo is a strong button hand three-handed, so I raise for value and position.

K7 suited is a reasonable polarized small-blind 3-bet versus a button open, leveraging fold equity while retaining playable equity when called.

T4o facing a raise and a 3-bet from the big blind is a clear fold; there's no equity or position to justify continuing.

AJo is strong enough to defend against a small-blind 3-bet. Calling keeps weaker hands in and lets me play the pot in position.

I have a strong king-high flush in a 3-bet pot and should extract value while charging single-diamond hands and queens. A moderate flop bet keeps weaker made hands and draws involved.

Ace-jack has no diamond and few ways to improve on this queen-high paired flop. Against a preflop three-bettor, calling the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.

4-6 offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button in this short-handed spot.

KQs is a strong blind-vs-blind hand, so I'm raising to 3x for value and to take the initiative.

KJs is strong against a small-blind opening range. A three-bet builds the pot with a playable hand while putting pressure on weaker opens.

KQs out of position facing a BB 3-bet in a blind-vs-blind spot is too strong to fold, and a 4-bet would turn it into a bluff. Calling 700 into a 1300 pot gives good odds with strong playability.

KQs out of position in a 3-bet pot on 8-4-9 with overcards and a backdoor flush draw; checking to the preflop aggressor is standard and lets me realize equity. I'll reassess against their c-bet size.

This flop connects well with the caller’s range, and KJ has no pair or backdoor flush draw. Checking in position preserves its overcard equity.

KQ high has no draw on this board and is dominated by much of a BB 3-bet range, so it has little to gain by betting out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and may let me realize equity on the river.

K-high has limited showdown value, but betting this turn is unlikely to fold many pairs. Checking preserves the chance to improve or reassess on the river.

King-high has a little showdown value against missed broadways. It also blocks AK and AQ, the hands most likely to fold to a bluff, so checking is better than betting.

King-high is unlikely to win at showdown after the small blind called the three-bet. A 1,200-chip river bet can pressure unpaired ace-high hands and some small pairs.

King-high only beats a narrow set of bluffs. Many of villain's likely missed hands, such as AK and AQ, still beat us, while TT-QQ that checked for pot control often value-bet here. Calling needs about 27% equity, which is unlikely against this line.

T9s on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds.

8-4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

A4 offsuit has sufficient equity to defend the big blind against a button min-raise, while avoiding inflating the pot out of position with a marginal offsuit ace.

Ace-high has modest showdown value but little incentive to build a pot on this coordinated flop out of position. Checking preserves equity and allows a response to the button's action.

T9 on J83 with two diamonds gives us an open-ended straight draw (any 7 or Q completes it), plus overcard potential against the big blind's check. A small c-bet of about 64% pot applies fold equity with strong equity when called.

Ace-high with no diamond and virtually no meaningful draw is too weak to continue versus the flop bet.

J9 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed, and a 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

T4 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

A3 suited in the BB facing a 2.5x button open is getting great odds (150 to win 400), so it's a clear defend. Calling keeps the button's weaker hands in, while 3-betting would mostly fold them out and get called by the hands that dominate me.

A3 with a weak kicker on the AKQ two-tone board, played from the BB against the button's range. Top pair is good for showdown but doesn't want to bloat the pot against the many Ax hands with better kickers, so I check and let them bet into me.

This board favors my preflop raising range. A small bet can fold out weaker hands while keeping the pot manageable with a gutshot.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a broadway board. Against a small c-bet that's a profitable call for pot control, since raising only gets action from hands that beat us.

Top pair plus the nut flush draw is strong enough to lead for value and protection, getting called by Kx, Qx and weaker draws. If raised, the draw still gives me solid equity.

I have only a gutshot straight draw and little showdown value. Calling 500 against the turn bet is unlikely to be profitable.