Hold'em table

With pocket aces on the button, raise for value and to build the pot while charging the blinds to continue.

QJo is marginal against a 3bb button raise when playing out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids dominated top-pair situations and an unfavorable multiway pot.

KTo in the big blind against a 3x button open is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button range, and we're getting good odds: 200 to win 650. Calling is standard, and 3-betting would fold out the weaker hands we dominate.

K-high with a backdoor heart draw on a dry paired board is best played as a check to the preflop raiser, who has the range advantage. I plan to check-call a small c-bet and fold to a large one.

Bet small for value and protection: pocket aces are likely ahead, while hearts and overcards have equity. A modest sizing can get calls without unnecessarily inflating the pot.

I'm getting about 4:1 on a small c-bet on a dry paired board, and KT high has two overcards plus a backdoor heart draw, so calling is clearly better than folding. Raising would mostly just fold out worse hands.

Top pair on a paired board. Leading for value and protection lets worse 9x, pocket pairs, and heart draws continue, and keeps the pot manageable against better kings.

Pocket aces remain strong, but the king turn improves many hands in the caller’s range and their sizable lead merits caution. Call to keep worse hands and draws in while avoiding a raise that isolates against stronger holdings.

Kings full of twos is near the nuts and only loses to K9 or pocket deuces, so I bet about 70% of the pot for value. That size should get calls from flushes, trip twos and nine-pairs.

The turn lead and river bet strongly represent a king or a full house on this paired board. Despite holding pocket aces, the pot odds do not justify calling against this value-heavy line.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to profitably open or limp on the button against two opponents. Folding avoids investing chips with poor equity and playability.

T9o is a standard open from the small blind against the big blind alone once the button folds. A 3x raise takes initiative and puts pressure on the big blind.

3-4 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 3x raise, especially out of position. Save the remaining chips for a better spot.

63o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play with 100bb stacks, so folding is the standard play.

Complete the small blind cheaply with a connected hand; folding gives up too much equity, while raising risks building a pot out of position with a weak offsuit hand.

A6 suited is strong enough to raise against a small-blind limp, with position throughout the hand. Raising to 4 big blinds pressures weaker hands and builds a pot with good equity when called.

5♠4♣ is a weak offsuit hand, and calling 300 more out of position against a sizeable raise is not worthwhile.

9♠4♦ is a weak offsuit hand, and calling 100 chips from the button is not worthwhile despite having position.

K8 suited is strong enough to open from the small blind when the button folds. Raising to 3 big blinds pressures the big blind and builds a pot with a playable hand.

QJs in the big blind against a small-blind open of 3x is well ahead of a wide SB range, and I have position. Calling 200 into a 400 pot is clearly profitable; a 3-bet is possible, but flatting keeps their weaker hands in.

A small continuation bet pressures the big blind's missed hands while risking little. My king blocks some strong continues, and I retain an overcard and a backdoor club draw when called.

Top pair with a decent kicker plus a gutshot to the nuts and a backdoor flush draw is too strong to fold against a 1/3-pot c-bet, and calling keeps the SB's bluffs in. Raising would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by better ones.

The ace favors my preflop raising range, making a substantial second barrel a credible way to pressure one-pair hands. My nut-flush draw and gutshot provide strong backup equity when called.

Middle pair plus a gutshot to Broadway, with extra outs from queens and jackets, gives enough equity at 30% pot odds. There are also implied odds and some bluffs in the opponent's range.

King-high has little showdown value, and the king blocks some nut-straight combinations. A three-quarter-pot bluff continues the strong turn story and pressures the opponent's jack- and ten-pair holdings.

Second pair with a queen kicker needs about 30% equity against a 3/4-pot river bet. Missed straight and club draws (98, Q9, K9, clubs) give the triple barrel enough bluffs to justify a bluff-catch.

K8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while preserving positional advantage if called.

KQo is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, and 3-betting from the small blind avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot while putting pressure on both opponents. A size of 10bb is standard out of position.

J♦6♦ is too weak to continue against the large preflop re-raise, especially with the button still to act.

K8 offsuit is too weak to continue against a four-times three-bet, even with position. Its domination risk and poor playability make folding preferable to calling or bluffing.

In 3-handed play, 87o on the button is a standard open-raise against two blinds. I'll take a small 2.5bb open.

Qh2c is a very weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act. Calling would invite a difficult postflop spot, so I fold.

Ace-king is a strong value three-bet against a button opening range. Raising to 1100 builds the pot and charges the opener for playing in position.

87o facing a large 3-bet from the big blind is too weak to continue profitably even with position, so I fold.