Hold'em table

K2 suited is too weak to profitably open from the button in this short six-hand match, especially with shallow strategic information.

Blind vs blind with 53o, completing for 50 into a 150 pot gives good odds, and the hand is too weak to raise but playable as a limp.

JTo is strong against a small-blind limp, and raising builds the pot while I have position postflop.

I limped 53o from the SB and the BB raised to 4x. Calling out of position with a weak offsuit hand is unprofitable, so I fold.

Pocket eights on the button are a strong open in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb for value and to take the initiative.

KQo is strong enough to three-bet a button open from the small blind. Raising to 10.5 big blinds puts pressure on the opener and avoids inviting the big blind into a multiway pot.

KTs is too vulnerable to domination facing a large 3-bet with the original raiser still behind to act. Folding avoids defending a marginal hand out of position in a likely multiway pot.

88 in position against a wide 3-handed SB 3-bet has good equity and playability. Flatting keeps their bluffs in and gives us implied odds to hit a set, while avoiding a 4-bet that folds out worse hands.

Top pair with a strong kicker is worth a small value bet on this dry flop. A 700-chip bet can get called by weaker queens and pocket pairs without committing too much.

Against a small c-bet from the SB's 3-bet range, 88 has enough showdown value and equity against AK/AJ-type hands and bluffs. We are getting over 4:1 on the call, while raising would mostly get called only by better hands.

Top pair with a strong kicker is likely ahead of many hands that called the small flop bet. Betting for value also charges straight and club draws.

88 is behind most of the SB's 3-bet double-barrel range on Q-9-5-5 (Qx, overpairs, TT/JJ, 99, A5), and a large river shove is likely. The 27% price isn't enough given that reverse implied odds.

K5 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

K9 offsuit is a marginal dominated hand from the small blind versus a button open, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids defending out of position in a multiway-prone spot.

TT is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, so a 3-bet from the big blind builds the pot for value and denies equity. Sizing to 10bb makes up for playing out of position.

K5 offsuit is too weak to continue against this large preflop reraise.

K9 offsuit is a reasonable button opening hand three-handed, and a modest raise applies pressure while preserving flexibility.

Three-handed, the button's opening range is wide, and A2o's ace blocker makes it a reasonable 3-bet from the small blind. Calling out of position with the big blind still to act would be worse.

Offsuit 8-7 is too weak to call a large three-bet with the original raiser still to act.

K9 offsuit is not strong enough to continue against a large small-blind 3-bet after opening, especially at this sizing.

AKo on the button is a premium hand three-handed, so I open-raise to 2.5bb for value and position.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

Ah7h is a strong heads-up big blind defense versus a button min-raise. A 3-bet applies pressure and leverages the ace blocker while retaining suited playability.

AKo on the button facing a BB 3-bet in a 3-handed game is well ahead of a wide 3-bet range, so a 4-bet to 22bb gains value and folds out hands that have equity against us. It also keeps the stack-to-pot ratio manageable if we get 5-bet.

A7 suited is too weak to continue profitably against a large 4-bet after our 3-bet, especially out of position. Folding preserves the remaining stack.

On the button in a three-handed game, 8♦4♦ is playable as a suited steal. A modest raise uses position without committing much of the stack.

T6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

A2 suited in the big blind against a button open to 2.5bb gets good pot odds (150 to win 400), so calling is clearly profitable. Calling keeps the button's wider range in, rather than 3-betting with a hand that plays well postflop.

A2 with no hearts on a Q-high board has only ace-high and a gutshot-ish backdoor, so I check to the preflop raiser out of position. I'll consider continuing against a small c-bet.

A small continuation bet can fold out unpaired hands. The gutshot and backdoor diamond draw provide some equity when called.

The button's small c-bet gives good pot odds, about 21% equity needed. Ace-high with a backdoor wheel draw does well enough against a wide button range to continue.

I have only ace-high with no draw on a board that has gotten more connected, so I check and plan to give up if the button bets.

My gutshot has some river equity, but the flop call suggests a range that may not fold often to a turn bet. Checking back lets me see the river without investing more in a weak hand.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws and hands that checked back the turn, and a bluff without a club blocker is thin. Checking realizes that equity cheaply.

Eight-high has little showdown value. The king and third club are credible scare cards after the turn checked through, so a river bluff can fold out weaker pairs and missed draws.

Ace-high with no blockers can't call a river bet on a board where the flush just came in; too few bluffs that I beat.