Hold'em table

Six-four offsuit is a marginal button open against two opponents, so I’ll avoid investing with a weak hand.

QJo is strong enough to open from the small blind after the button folds. Raising to 3 big blinds pressures the big blind and builds value against weaker defending hands.

7h9h is a weak suited connector facing a 3x raise out of position; calling risks dominated spots, so folding is the disciplined play.

A9 offsuit is a clear opening raise on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while leveraging position if called.

A4o is a weak hand facing a 2.5x raise out of position; folding is the standard play and preserves chips for better spots.

QTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button raise, especially with the small blind’s chips already in the pot. Calling keeps the pot manageable while out of position.

Top pair with a medium kicker is strong enough to continue, but checking out of position lets the preflop raiser act before I commit more chips.

Ace-high has some showdown value and backdoor straight and flush potential. Checking in position realizes that equity without building a pot on a connected board that gives the big blind many strong continuations.

Top pair is likely ahead after the flop checked through. A moderate turn bet gets value from weaker pairs and charges draws.

Ace-high with no direct straight or flush draw is too weak to continue against this turn bet. Calling requires 28% equity, and our limited improvement potential and vulnerability to river bets favor folding.

With the button folded, K5 offsuit is strong enough to open heads-up against the big blind. A 2.5 BB raise applies pressure without committing too much from out of position.

Calling costs 150 to contest a 500-chip pot, requiring 30% equity. Against a typical small-blind opening range, 65 offsuit is a reasonable defense with position and some straight potential.

This connected, three-heart flop favors the big blind’s calling range. I have a king-high flush draw, so I’ll check and keep the pot manageable.

With only a gutshot and no heart on this monotone flop, our draw has limited value and some outs are compromised. Checking takes a free card without risking a check-raise.

King-high has little showdown value, but the Kh can make a flush if the river is a heart. Checking takes a free card on a turn that may have improved the caller's range.

With almost no showdown value, I can bluff against the small blind’s two checks on a threatening board. A 70%-pot bet pressures unpaired overcards and weak pairs while representing a straight or slow-played flush.

The small turn bet gives me a reasonable price to continue with a king-high flush draw and possible king outs. I can reassess on the river.

King-high has a little showdown value against missed draws. After the opponent bet the turn, a river bluff is unlikely to fold enough stronger hands on this paired board.

I have essentially no showdown value, and holding no hearts leaves missed heart draws available in the opponent's range. A three-quarter-pot bluff continues my turn story and pressures missed draws and marginal one-pair holdings.

King-high has little chance of winning against a river bet, and this hand is a poor candidate for a bluff-raise on a paired board.

QJo is a solid button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

65s is marginal against a button raise from the small blind, with poor position and the big blind still able to squeeze. Its speculative potential does not justify continuing here without favorable opponent reads.

Nine-three offsuit is a trash hand facing a 2.5x raise out of position; calling 150 more has no profitable line.

K6 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising pressures the blinds and gives us position if called.

8-5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, and calling 150 chips is marginal at best.

7-3 offsuit is one of the worst hands; folding out of position against two players is clearly correct.

A4 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 300 pressures weaker hands while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

AQ offsuit is a strong value three-bet against a small-blind opening range. Raising to 1000 builds the pot with a likely equity advantage while retaining position postflop.

A4 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a large three-bet. Calling or four-betting risks too many chips with this hand.