Hold'em table

ATo on the button in 3-handed play is a strong opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and pressure the blinds.

5♣3♥ is a very weak offsuit hand from the small blind, and calling a button raise would put more chips in out of position.

K6 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, especially with the small blind's chips in the pot.

I have only king-high with a weak backdoor flush draw. Checking avoids building the pot out of position.

On this J72 two-tone board I'm the preflop raiser in position, and ATo has overcard, gutshot and backdoor equity. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot plays well on a dry board that favours my range.

With suited connectors on the button in a three-handed game, I have a profitable open-raise and position postflop. A 2.5× big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

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

AQo in the BB is well ahead of a 3-handed button open range, so I'll 3-bet for value to about 10bb rather than play a big hand out of position.

An offsuit? 8♦7♦ has some playability, but calling a large 3-bet from the big blind risks too much against a strong range. Fold and preserve the stack.

K2 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

Three-handed, the button's opening range is wide. Three-betting 44 from the small blind takes the initiative and uses fold equity, rather than calling out of position and risking a squeeze from the big blind.

Q-2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against the button open and the small blind’s large 3-bet; calling would risk 9 more big blinds with poor equity and playability.

K2 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large preflop three-bet, even with position.

On the button 3-handed, 53 suited is a reasonable steal hand. A small open puts pressure on the blinds and keeps us in position when called.

A♠K? (A♥K♠) is a premium hand that should 3-bet for value and initiative. Raising to 850 applies pressure to the button while keeping the sizing appropriate with the big blind still to act.

A5 suited blocks strong ace holdings and has playability when called. A cold four-bet puts pressure on the small blind's three-bet and the button's opening range.

53s facing a 3-bet and a cold 4-bet is far too weak to continue; the small SB is still left to act behind and calling 1950 out of position in a likely multiway pot is unprofitable.

AKs is strong enough to continue, but a 100bb shove risks too much against a likely strong 4-bet range. Calling gets a favorable price and preserves the option to respond to the flop.

With top pair/top kicker in a 4-bet pot, checking keeps the opponent’s bluffs in and avoids building the pot unnecessarily against a strong range.

A small continuation bet pressures unpaired hands on this king-high flop while keeping the risk modest when called.

Top pair with the best kicker is strong against the small flop bet, but calling keeps bluffs and weaker hands in the pot while avoiding an unnecessary raise into the preflop 3-bettor's stronger holdings.

I have ace-high with no meaningful draw. After the opponent called the flop in a four-bet pot, a turn shove is unlikely to generate enough folds, so I’ll check.

I have top pair with a strong kicker, but the 4-bet range can contain AA, sets, and hands that made a straight on this board. Checking avoids value-owning myself when worse hands may not call a river bet.

Ace-high is unlikely to win at showdown. The river completes several straights, so an all-in bluff puts maximum pressure on one-pair hands.

Top pair is not strong enough to call this river shove: the board completes several straights, and the preflop 4-bet and flop raise point toward a strong value range. I’m folding rather than paying off with one pair.

K4 offsuit is weak, but the button has positional advantage and can profitably open-raise against the blinds. A modest raise applies pressure while limiting risk.

A8 suited is strong enough to three-bet against a button open, and raising avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

KQo facing a button open and a small-blind 3-bet to 10bb, with the opener still to act behind, is dominated too often and plays poorly out of position. Folding is the disciplined choice.

K♠4♦ is a weak offsuit hand and performs poorly against the small blind's large 3-bet. Folding avoids investing another 7.5 big blinds out of position postflop.

Nine-three offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button against two opponents.

KJs is a strong hand blind vs blind, so I raise to 3bb for value and initiative rather than limping out of position.

K6 offsuit is marginal, but with the button folded and a good price against a likely wide small-blind opening range, calling is preferable to folding or reraising.

The low, connected 3-4-6 board favors the big blind's calling range, and KJ high has only overcards and a backdoor club draw. Checking out of position keeps the pot small and keeps our checking range protected.

Bet small for value and protection with middle pair and a strong kicker, while charging overcards and straight or diamond draws. The preflop raiser checked, so this sizing keeps weaker hands in.

The small bet gives good pot odds, since we need only 20% equity. Two overcards plus a backdoor flush draw justify a call rather than a fold or a bluff-raise out of position.

King-high with no draw on a paired low board, out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves some showdown value, and I can re-evaluate if they bet.

A 400-chip bet gets value and protection from weaker pairs and straight draws while keeping the pot manageable with one pair. I’ll fold to substantial resistance on later streets.

King-high with no draw on 3-6-4-3 facing a second barrel. The call needs about 22% equity, and against a pair my K and J outs give well under that, so folding is cleaner than calling or bluff-raising.