Hold'em table

Blind-vs-blind, K2o is a standard open from the small blind; raising to 3bb takes the initiative and puts pressure on the big blind.

J8 suited has sufficient equity and playability to defend the big blind against this small-blind opening size.

A dry paired board favors the preflop raiser, so a small c-bet with king-high works well. It can fold out better unpaired hands and take down the pot.

This paired board is a favorable spot to pressure a routine continuation bet, while J-high has little value in calling. A raise applies leverage to unpaired overcards and weak holdings.

K-high with no draw facing a check-raise on a paired board; calling out of position with little equity isn't profitable and bluffing further is too costly.

A9s on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; 2.5x puts pressure on the blinds.

T2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still behind.

J9o is playable from the big blind against a button open, and I'm getting good pot odds to see a flop. Calling keeps the pot small and lets me use position postflop.

I have top pair and want to protect against straight draws while extracting value from worse hands.

Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw, in position, against a modest donk bet, which gives 26% pot odds. That's enough equity plus realization to call.

The board paired with the 7, and my two pair (Jacks and 7s) is vulnerable to trips or a higher queen. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see the river for free while avoiding a costly raise.

Ace-high has some showdown value against the draws in the big blind's range, and it has no real equity when called, so I'll take the free river rather than bluff into their many pairs.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws, and a bluff is unlikely to fold out the made pairs that led the flop, so I'll take the free showdown.

J9 offsuit is a reasonable button opening hand in three-handed play. Raising applies pressure to the blinds and captures initiative.

Q5o is too weak to continue against a button raise out of position, and calling 200 more with poor playability is likely -EV. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Getting about 27% pot odds against a wide button open in a three-handed game, 64o is a marginal but acceptable defend from the big blind.

Bottom pair plus a gutshot with no diamond on a monotone board is weak out of position, so I'll check to the preflop raiser and keep the pot small.

I have a jack-high flush on this monotone flop and should value-bet while charging single-diamond hands and pairs with a diamond.

A pair of fours plus an open-ended straight draw is getting 950:200 odds against a small c-bet. Calling keeps the pot manageable on this monotone board, where a raise could run into flushes.

We hold a pair of fours with a gutshot to a straight on a four-diamond board and no diamond, so our hand has little showdown value and betting won't fold out better hands. Checking keeps the pot small and lets us realize any equity from a 3 on the river.

We have a jack-high flush on the four-diamond board and can value-bet against many lower diamond holdings that called the flop. A moderate sizing also limits losses if villain holds a higher diamond.

The board has four diamonds and we hold no diamond, so even our straight outs lose to any flush. Our pair of fours only beats bluffs against a continued bet, so this is a clear fold.

I have a mediocre King with position and the pot is offering decent odds, so I call to see a flop rather than risk a raise with a weak offsuit hand.

Getting 5:1 to complete with suited connector-ish 42s in a limped pot; cheap to see a multiway flop.

Checking keeps the pot small with a low pocket pair and allows us to realize our set value cheaply in a multiway pot.

A weak pair of fours with a backdoor flush draw, out of position in a three-way limped pot. Checking controls the pot and keeps my showdown value.

With a low pocket pair on a coordinated multiway flop, checking preserves pot control and retains our set-draw equity.

I have king-high with no strong draw on a fairly dry board. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn for free, which is reasonable with marginal showdown value.

A weak pair of fours on a K-Q-9 two-tone board has little showdown value, and betting from out of position into two players rarely folds out better hands. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my small backdoor-diamond equity.

Our pocket threes have little showdown value on this K-Q-9-4 board, and betting into two opponents is unlikely to profitably fold out enough better hands. Checking preserves the chance to reach a cheap showdown.

I turned top pair with a decent kicker and everyone has shown weakness, so I bet for value and to charge possible straight or flush draws.

Bottom pair with no real draw, out of position and with a player still to act behind, is too weak to call a turn bet on a K-Q board. Calling needs about 29% equity, and I rarely have it.

Calling the small turn bet with a pocket pair is justified by the price and potential to improve to a set on the river; raising would mainly isolate against stronger kings or queens.

Our pocket threes have little showdown value against the opponent's turn-betting range, but a river bluff is unlikely to fold out their likely king or queen. Checking preserves the chance they check back weaker holdings.

K7 suited on the button 3-handed is a clear open-raise; a 2.5bb open pressures both blinds.

A8 suited is a strong short-handed hand and performs well as a small-blind 3-bet against a button open. Raising also reduces the likelihood of playing a multiway pot out of position.

QJo is too weak to continue against a 3-bet with a possible 4-bet still behind, and I would be out of position postflop. Folding preserves my stack for a better spot.

Getting 2:1 in position with a suited king against a small-blind 3-bet, which can be fairly wide in 3-handed play, so calling is profitable enough.

A small continuation bet leverages our range advantage as the preflop 3-bettor and can fold out many unpaired holdings. The ace of diamonds provides useful overcard and backdoor equity when called.

K7 with no club, no pair and no real straight draw on a monotone board is too weak to continue against the preflop 3-bettor's c-bet.

Button A7 offsuit is a strong enough opening hand three-handed and benefits from initiative. I open to a standard 2.5bb size.

Pocket fours have good implied odds against a button raise; calling 200 to see a flop is cheap with deep stacks.

A6 suited in the big blind, facing 150 more into a 600 pot, is getting great odds and plays well multiway. Calling closes the action; a squeeze isn't needed against a flat call.

A6 with a backdoor diamond draw and an ace overcard on a K-J-3 two-club board is weak in a three-way pot facing the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and lets the button act.

I have the nut-club flush draw with an overcard and can apply pressure to weaker one-pair and unpaired holdings in this multiway pot.

I have a small pair with no set on a king-high board, and facing a raise from the button after a check, my hand is too weak to continue.

Ace-high with no draws, out of position against a button c-bet on a K-J board, is too weak to continue profitably.