Hold'em table

96o is below a standard 3-handed button opening range at 100bb against two players still to act in the blinds, so folding is fine.

With the button folded, A4 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind and take the initiative.

J♥T♥ is a strong suited hand with good playability, and the price is favorable for a big-blind defense. I’ll call rather than inflate the pot with a 3-bet.

Top and bottom pair is strong on this two-spade flop. A 400-chip bet builds the pot against weaker aces and draws while charging them to continue.

JhTh has no meaningful draw on this ace-high two-spade flop, and calling the sizable bet needs too much equity. Fold rather than continue with only backdoor possibilities.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players with no reads.

JTo is a solid heads-up hand, and completing gets a favorable price while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

AJs is well ahead of a small-blind limping range, so raising to 4x for value and initiative is better than checking.

JTo is strong enough to continue against a likely wide isolation raise, and the pot odds justify calling. I’ll avoid inflating the pot out of position.

I have trip tens on a paired board and can let the preflop raiser continuation-bet; checking also keeps weaker hands and draws in the pot.

We have the nut flush draw plus two overcards on a paired board, and the SB checked to us, so a small c-bet works well as a semi-bluff. It gets folds from weak hands while keeping strong equity when called.

I have strong trips with a good kicker, and raising charges heart draws and weaker made hands while building value. A moderate raise leaves room to continue if called.

The nut flush draw plus an overcard has strong equity, and calling 600 into a 2000 pot is a clear price. Since the paired board makes their check-raise range value-heavy, calling in position beats a raise.

The third heart completes a likely flush draw, and the opponent called my flop check-raise. I’ll avoid inflating the pot with trips and reassess if they bet.

We hold the nut flush, beaten only by full houses or quads, so we bet about 70% of the pot for value after the check. Villain's flop check-raise range includes plenty of trips and draws that can call.

I have trips with a strong kicker and am getting a reasonable price. Calling keeps bluffs and heart draws in while avoiding an unnecessary raise against a full house or stronger ten.

I have trips and can get value from weaker tens or stubborn pairs, but the completed flush and possible straight make a large river bet risky. A modest value bet keeps worse hands in while limiting losses to stronger hands.

The nut flush is strong, but on a paired board this line from the SB includes many full houses. Shoving would mostly fold out worse hands like trips and get called by boats, so calling at better than 3.8:1 is best.

On the button in a three-handed game, Q2 offsuit is reasonable to open; a modest raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the risk controlled.

Three-handed, the button opens very wide, and JTo plays poorly as a call out of position with the big blind still to act. A 3-bet to 10bb applies fold equity and keeps the initiative.

K8 suited is too weak to continue against a large small-blind reraise, especially with the button still in the hand.

Q2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a large small-blind 3-bet; calling would put in 7.5bb with poor equity and position doesn't offset it.

75o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play at 100bb, so folding is the low-variance play. A marginal steal isn't clearly profitable here.

Heads-up against the big blind, J6 offsuit is playable as a small-blind open. Raising gives us a chance to win the blinds immediately and denies some equity.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against the raise, even with the favorable pot odds. Folding avoids playing a marginal hand out of position.

On the button, suited 7-4 is a marginal but playable open with position and no rake. A small raise keeps the risk modest.

A2 offsuit has enough equity against a button min-raise to defend at this price, though I prefer calling over a speculative out-of-position 3-bet with the big blind still to act.

The price is 125 into a 550 pot, so I need about 18.5% equity. Offsuit 64 in the big blind in a multiway pot is a fine call at that price.

Check with ace-high and useful backdoor straight and flush potential. In a multiway pot, leading into the preflop raiser is unlikely to be profitable here.

An open-ended straight draw on a low paired board that favors the big blind's range makes a good small semi-bluff. It gives me fold equity, and I have 8 clean outs when called.

I have only a gutshot and weak pair outs against a bet into two opponents. The price isn't enough to justify continuing with another player still to act.

Call the small bet: the pot odds are favorable, and A-high with a wheel draw has useful equity against a wide betting range.

I have a weak but reasonable showdown hand: the board plays two pair with my ace as kicker. Checking avoids bluffing into a range that called the flop raise and preserves the chance to see the river for free.

The double-paired board favors my range as the flop bettor. My open-ender to a 2 or 7 gives a solid semi-bluff that can fold out overcards and weak pairs, and my 6-high has almost no showdown value.

The paired board leaves my ace as a strong kicker against missed overcards and other bluffs, and the bet is small enough relative to the pot to continue. Raising would mostly isolate me against stronger made hands.

I have only ace-high on a paired board, but checking preserves showdown value against missed draws and avoids bluffing into a player who called both earlier streets.

The board plays for me (5s and 3s with a K kicker), so checking wins a split against any unpaired hand. Seat_3 called on two streets, so they likely hold a K, a 5, a 3 or a pocket pair and won't fold to a bluff.

8♦3♥ is too weak to continue profitably from the button, even at a discounted call price.

42o is among the weakest hands in SB vs BB; completing out of position with poor equity and playability loses chips, so folding is best.