Hold'em table

A5s on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open for value and position. Raising to 2.5x to take initiative.

9-2 suited is too weak to continue against a preflop raise from the button; folding saves chips.

Getting 400:150 odds (need about 27% equity) in the big blind against a wide button open, so 73s is a standard defend. It has enough equity and playability to call.

Seven-three with no pair and no draw on a T-Q-8 two-tone board is very weak out of position against the preflop raiser, so I'll check and likely fold to a bet.

Board is heavily connected with the opponent's defending range and I have no draw or showdown value other than Ace high, so checking back is prudent.

7-3 offsuit has no pair and no draw on this broadway-heavy board, and the button's checked-back range connects well here. Checking keeps the pot small, and I'll give up to a bet.

I have gutshot straight draw to the nuts with an Ace blocker; checking back takes a free card to realize my equity without risking a check-raise on a wet board.

Seven-high never wins at showdown. The three-heart river suits my check-check line, and the button's two checks suggest a weak, capped range that should fold often to a two-thirds-pot bet.

I hold only Ace-high with no showdown value after checking through the flop and turn, making a fold to the river lead clearly standard.

Ace-three offsuit is playable as a button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to steal the blinds rather than limp or fold.

T5 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open is a weak hand, and we would play out of position with the big blind still to act, so folding is standard.

ATo is a strong hand defending the big blind against a button open in 3-handed play. Getting good pot odds, calling is standard.

I check out of position with Ace-high on a King-high flop against the preflop aggressor.

Ace-high has little showdown value on this dry king-high flop, and as the preflop raiser I should c-bet when checked to. A small bet of 200 pressures weak hands while keeping the pot manageable.

Ace-ten offsuit completely missed this dry king-high flop out of position, offering insufficient equity to call the continuation bet.

A4 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear opening hand. A standard 2.5bb steal puts pressure on both blinds.

Holding T6o out of position in the small blind facing a button open is an easy standard fold.

KTo has enough equity versus a button open heads-up, and calling 150 into 400 is a good price to see a flop.

King-ten high has no pair or draw on a paired 7-9-7 flop, and the preflop raiser acts behind me, so checking is the only sensible free option.

Dry paired board favors the preflop raiser; a small c-bet with ace-high takes the pot often and keeps the range wide.

King-ten offsuit has only overcards on a paired 7-9-7 board and no draw, so calling a flop bet out of position is unprofitable.

K6o is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so I am heads-up with a pocket pair against the big blind. A small raise builds the pot and denies a free flop to weak big-blind holdings.

We are in the big blind against a small-blind 3x open, getting 3:1 with A3o and position. That makes this a clear defend, and calling keeps the hand in position.

I have 4s full of 3s on a trip board, which is ahead of most of the BB's flat-calling range. A two-thirds pot bet gets value from pairs and the case four while keeping the pot manageable if they have a bigger full house.

On a trips board, ace-high is a strong holding against a small-blind range that will c-bet many unpaired hands, and calling 400 into 1000 is good value. Calling keeps their bluffs in the pot.

I have fours full of threes on a dry board and am ahead of unpaired aces that can call. A half-pot bet gets value without overcommitting against pocket pairs that already beat me.

Aces full of fours is strong, but it only ties any ace and loses to a four or AA. Hands that would call a raise are mostly ties or better, so calling keeps villain's bluffs and weaker pairs betting.

I have fours full of threes, which beats unpaired ace or king high but loses to any higher pocket pair. Checking realizes showdown value without building a pot against better full houses.

We hold fours full of aces, which beats every Kx and pocket pair and chops with any ace, so a medium value bet should get calls from worse hands after the check. Only a 4, AA or KK beats us.

I have fours full of threes on a paired board, which beats most hands. The 1200 call into a 4000 pot is well within my equity, while a raise would mostly get called by better boats and quads.

65 offsuit is too weak to limp or open from the button against two live blinds, so I fold and wait for a better spot.

A4o is a solid blind-vs-blind hand, so I'm raising from the small blind to 3bb for value and fold equity.

Holding T2 offsuit facing a raise from the small blind, this hand is far too weak to defend.

93 offsuit is too weak to open even from the button in 3-handed play, so folding is the low-variance choice.

K3o is too weak to play profitably out of position from the small blind against the big blind.