Hold'em table

A5s is a premium suited ace on the button, making a standard 2.5bb open raise optimal.

92s from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still behind, is a clear fold. Calling out of position with a weak, dominated hand loses money.

73s is too weak to continue against a button open; the price is not good enough to defend.

A3o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear opening hand; a standard 2.5bb open steals the blinds with an ace blocker.

T5 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, so folding is the highest-EV line.

Defending the big blind with ATo against a button open getting favorable pot odds.

As the preflop caller out of position on a K-high dry flop, standard play is to check to the aggressor with ace-high.

On a dry K-high board I hold the range advantage as the preflop raiser, and A3 adds a gutshot to the wheel plus an ace overcard. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot puts pressure on the big blind's many misses.

I missed the flop completely with Ace-high and no significant draw out of position against a continuation bet.

Button open with ace-high is a standard steal versus the blinds; A4o is playable enough to raise rather than limp or fold.

T6 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

KTo in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open is getting good pot odds (150 to win 400) and is well ahead of a wide button range, so calling is a solid defend; a 3-bet is also viable, but calling keeps dominated hands in.

K-high with a gutshot on a paired board out of position against the preflop raiser; checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity, with the option to check-call a small c-bet.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on a paired flop; checking back keeps the pot small and preserves showdown value in position.

The button checked back the flop, which caps its range and makes it weak. A turn probe of about 55% pot with K-high and two overcards should take the pot often enough to profit.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on a paired board is too weak to call a turn bet. Folding saves chips against a likely made hand.

K6o is on the weaker fringe of 3-handed button opening ranges, making fold a solid disciplined play.

Small blind vs big blind with a pocket pair is a standard raise; 3x keeps it simple and puts initiative on our side.

Heads-up in the big blind with position, A3o has enough equity and pot odds against a small-blind open to continue rather than fold.

Our 4s-full-of-3s is strong but vulnerable: unpaired overcards can pair on later streets and make a bigger full house. A small one-third-pot bet charges those hands and gets value from weaker holdings, while keeping the pot controlled against overpairs or a 4.

The flop bet is only 200 into 800, so ace-high in position is priced in against a wide c-bet range on this dry board. Raising bloated the pot with no pair or draw, and folding gives up too much equity at this price.

Our 33 makes only a weak full house (4s full of 3s). Every ace and every pocket pair above 3 beats it, so we check for pot control and keep it as a bluff-catcher.

I have fours full of aces on a paired board and the opponent checked, so a two-thirds pot value bet extracts chips from worse full houses, trips, and ace hands.

Our 33 plays as 44433, which loses to any ace, any pocket pair of 55 or better, and any 4, so it only beats air. Facing a 70% pot bet with a likely river barrel to follow, the 29% equity needed is hard to reach.

In 3-handed play, a button open with 65o is a standard steal against the two blinds. A small raise to 2.5bb keeps the cost low while putting pressure on both of them.

A4o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; it is often dominated and plays poorly postflop.

Holding T2 offsuit in the big blind facing a raise from the button is an easy fold due to poor playability and equity.

9-3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind; folding preserves the stack.

K3o has poor playability out of position against the big blind, making a fold the cleanest, lowest-variance play.