Hold'em table

On the button, 8-7 offsuit is playable as an opening raise in a three-handed game, with position helping postflop.

T5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind, facing a button raise to 250 with the big blind still to act. Calling 200 more would put me out of position in a three-way pot, so I fold.

Getting 2.67 to 1 pot odds against a button open, calling with a pocket pair is profitable for set mining and equity realization.

I have an underpair on an ace-high board out of position, making check the standard play.

With no pair or flush draw on an ace-high board, this hand has little to gain from betting. I'll take the free turn card in position.

Holding bottom pair with no redraw or heart blocker on a wet board, checking to see the river for free is the best line.

With no pair, heart, or meaningful draw, a turn bluff is unlikely to get enough folds on this board. I’ll check and avoid investing more chips.

Our hand is playing the board with no showdown value, but without relevant blockers on a wet texture, checking to see if villain checks behind or folds is standard.

Eight-high has little showdown value. After the big blind checked all three streets, a 350-chip river bluff can fold out enough better unpaired hands to be worthwhile.

With three hearts and four broadway cards on the board, a pair of treys is at the very bottom of our range and loses to nearly any value bet or natural holding.

JTo on the button in a 3-handed game is a solid open. Raising to 3bb takes the initiative and puts pressure on both blinds, and the hand plays well postflop.

Folding 96 offsuit in the small blind facing a button raise.

K5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a three-big-blind raise, so I’ll pass on this marginal defense.

65 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, even in 3-handed play.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 300 puts pressure on a wide defending range.

K2o in the big blind facing a 3x SB raise, heads-up with the button folded. Pot odds are 2:1 (call 200 to win 400 plus my 200), and K-high has enough equity and position-independent playability to defend; a 3-bet bluff is unnecessary. Calling is reasonable. ,

With ace-high, no diamond, and little immediate drawing equity on this connected flop, I prefer to check out of position rather than build the pot.

King-high with no pair on a J-5-4 board is a weak hand with little showdown value. Seat_1 raised preflop and then checked, so checking back keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card.

Ace-high has some showdown value, while a turn bet is unlikely to fold out many better hands. Checking keeps the pot small.

Both players checked the flop and the SB checked the turn, so their range looks weak. K-high may be best or close to it, and a small bet takes the pot or gets value from worse hands like small pairs and missed draws. Betting also denies equity to overcards and draws.}

A-high has no draw on this board. Out of position against a turn bet, calling is unlikely to realize enough equity.

Q8 suited is a profitable button open in three-handed play, and a 2.5 big blind raise uses position without inflating the pot too much.

J9s out of position in the small blind, facing a button open to 2.5bb with the big blind still to act behind. Calling risks a multiway pot out of position, and J9s isn't strong enough to 3-bet, so folding is the disciplined choice.

T2o is too weak to defend out of position even getting decent pot odds against a button open.

Q7 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is marginal and easily dominated. Folding avoids playing a weak hand out of position against both blinds' ranges.

Q7o is too weak to profitably complete or open-raise out of position from the small blind.

Open-raising K5s on the button in 3-handed play to steal blinds and realize equity in position.

Q8 suited is strong enough to defend against a small button raise, but not strong enough to build a large pot out of position.

A3 suited is a decent hand getting 5-to-1 pot odds (100 to call into a 500 pot) in the big blind, so calling is clearly profitable. Raising into a button raiser and a caller risks a big pot out of position with a marginal hand.

Queen-high has little equity on this dry flop against two opponents. Checking avoids investing more without a strong draw or made hand.

Middle pair of threes with an ace kicker and a backdoor nut flush draw on a dry K-9-3 board. A small bet of half pot or less gets value from worse pairs and 9x, and it protects against overcards in a three-way pot.

We hold top pair on a dry board in position; folding to a single half-pot donk bet is overly weak, and calling keeps worse hands and bluffs in the pot.

Queen-high has no pair or immediate draw on this flop. Facing a bet and a call in a three-way pot, continuing is unlikely to be profitable.

I have a pair of threes plus an ace kicker on a 9-K-3-9 board. That is likely best against a button caller who could hold many weak hands, so I bet about 40% of the pot for value and protection.

I have Kings and Nines with position and favorable pot odds (500 to win 2200); calling allows me to keep opponent's bluffs in while controlling the pot size.

Board 9s Kh 3c 9d 4s gives me two pair, nines and threes, with an ace kicker on the board pair. The opponent called flop and turn, so a king or a nine is possible. Two pair is likely best against many of their calling hands, so a value bet of about a third of the pot is appropriate rather than checking.

We hold top pair Kings with Nines on board, and seat 2 is betting small (700 into 2200). Getting over 4 to 1 pot odds, folding top pair here would be overly tight against potential bluffs or weaker Kings.