Hold'em table

J3 offsuit is a weak button holding in a three-handed game and does not justify entering at this depth.

A9 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind, giving us a chance to win the pot immediately or play with the stronger preflop range.

Getting 3:1 in position against a small-blind open, suited 73 has enough playability to defend by calling.

On this dry flop, a small continuation bet can fold out some overcards and deny equity while keeping the pot manageable with ace-high.

The small 1/4-pot bet gives good pot odds (200 to win 1000). We are in position and have backdoor straight and flush draws, so calling to realize equity beats folding.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but after the flop call there is little reason to build the pot on this turn. Checking keeps weaker hands in and avoids an expensive bluff.

I have 7-high with almost no equity, and the villain gave up after c-betting the flop. A roughly two-thirds pot bet should fold out many of their weak hands that checked the turn.

Ace-high with no meaningful draw is too weak to call this turn bet out of position.

J2 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players at 100bb.

Blind vs blind with Q3o, a steal is reasonable at a wide SB range; a 3x raise pressures the big blind.

Defend the big blind versus the small blind's small raise with a playable suited-ish broadway/gapper hand, getting favorable pot odds heads-up.

On a dry K92 rainbow board the preflop raiser has the range advantage, so a small one-third-pot c-bet should fold out many of the big blind's weak hands. My queen-high hand has little showdown value but does have a backdoor diamond draw.

We have middle pair with a decent kicker in a heads-up raised pot and should continue versus a modest continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker bluffs and worse pairs in.

Queen-high with no real draw after the flop c-bet was called. Barreling into a range that continued on a K-high board has little fold equity, so I check and give up cheaply.

Betting our middle pair for value against weaker pairs and draws while denying equity to overcards. The opponent's turn check also creates a chance to collect the pot immediately.

We have only queen-high with no real draw, and the opponent called the flop and then bet when we checked the turn. Calling needs 25% equity that we don't have, and a bluff raise is unlikely to get through.

In 3-handed play the button opens a wide range, and T5s has enough suited playability to open for 2.5bb.

Defend the small blind at a favorable price with K8 suited? The hand is offsuit but has a king and reasonable equity in a three-way pot.

A2 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small raise and a caller, especially with 150 chips to call into a 600-chip pot.

K-high has limited showdown value in a multiway pot on this coordinated board. Checking avoids bloating the pot and lets the preflop raiser act.

With ace-high and no flush draw in a three-way pot, checking preserves chips and lets me assess the button's action.

Both opponents checked to the button, so a small one-third-pot bet with bottom pair and a backdoor flush draw takes some protection and thin value. It also denies equity to overcards and heart draws.

K-high with no heart, no pair, and only a weak backdoor draw has insufficient equity multiway versus a flop bet.

A-high has little chance to improve on this flop and no flush draw. Calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable despite the small bet.

On the button with a short-handed table, T6 offsuit is suitable for an opening raise to pressure the blinds and retain initiative.

AJo is strong against a button opening range. Three-betting from the small blind builds value and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

96s facing a 10bb 3-bet from the SB, with the button's original raiser still left to act behind, is too weak to continue profitably. Folding keeps the loss to the big blind.

T6 offsuit is far too weak to continue facing a large 3-bet out of position-equivalent heads-up dynamics.

T8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise gives me initiative and position.

K8o in the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a weak holding out of position and it's dominated often. Folding is standard.

9-4 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise at this sizing.

QTo on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative.

Qs6d offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still behind.

K9 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a 2.5bb button open at this price. Calling keeps the pot manageable.

I have king-high on a dry flop with no immediate draw. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me respond to a bet.

On a dry J-7-3 board I have a gutshot plus a queen overcard, and I keep the range advantage as the preflop raiser. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot should take it down often and keeps equity if called.

The small flop bet gives good pot odds, and king-high has some chance to improve against a wide button range. I’ll call and reassess on the turn.

King-high has little showdown value on this ace-high board, but a turn bluff into the preflop raiser is unlikely to be profitable. Checking avoids investing more without a strong draw.

The ace turn favors my preflop raising range and can pressure the Jx and 7x hands the big blind check-called with. My gutshot to broadway gives this semi-bluff backup equity.

King-high has no draw on this turn, and calling the second barrel is unlikely to be profitable.