Hold'em table

J♦8♥ offsuit is a reasonable three-handed button open. A small raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Q2o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. It plays poorly out of position.

A-K offsuit is strong enough to three-bet against a button open. Raising to 1100 builds value and compensates for playing out of position.

J♦8♥ offsuit is too weak to continue against a large big-blind 3-bet, and it has little value as a 4-bet bluff.

AKo on the button in 3-handed play is a premium hand, so a standard 2.5bb open builds the pot and keeps weaker hands in.

7-5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

QJo is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button min-raise, and the price is favorable. Calling keeps weaker hands in without inflating the pot out of position.

I have no pair and only weak runner-runner draws on a king-high flop. Check and preserve the option to continue if I improve.

Top pair with the top kicker on a two-tone board facing a check; a value bet of about 2/3 pot gets called by weaker kings, draws, and 8x while protecting against spade draws.

QJ has no pair or meaningful direct draw on K-8-6, and calling 350 requires too much equity against the flop bet. Fold and preserve the stack.

On the button in a three-handed pot, 9-5 suited is playable as an open raise. Raising to 250 gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

8♣2♣ is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Getting 150 to win 400 (27% equity needed) against a wide button steal range, 83s has enough equity and playability to defend from the big blind.

A flush draw out of position against the preflop raiser plays well as a check, and I can check-raise or realize equity against the button's c-bet. Checking also keeps my range protected.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting risks building a pot against stronger hands. Checking in position keeps the pot manageable.

Flush draw plus gutshot to 9 (8s3s on 5s7hQsTh; a 6 or any spade improves us), and the button checked back the flop, showing weakness. A ~64% pot semi-bluff lead takes the initiative and can win the pot now while keeping plenty of equity when called.

Bottom pair and a flush draw give me enough equity to call this small turn bet, with position on the river.

With 8-high and no showdown value, checking almost never wins. A bet of about two-thirds pot on the heart-completing river can fold out the medium pairs that called the turn.

My flush is strong enough to call the river bet, but the paired board and possible higher flushes make a raise too risky.

With the button and a favorable price, limping this weak offsuit hand is preferable to raising; position gives me a chance to realize equity postflop.

Getting 5:1 to complete in a limped pot, so 43o has just enough playability to see a cheap flop despite being out of position.

K2 offsuit is too weak to raise for value against two limpers, and checking lets me see the flop for free.

4-3 offsuit has no pair and no real draw on J-T-2 (only a gutshot needing a running A-5 or backdoor help), and I'm out of position against two players. Checking is the simplest line and lets me give up cheaply.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting into two opponents on this coordinated flop is unlikely to get enough value. I’ll check and reassess after the button acts.

I have no pair and only a very unlikely backdoor straight draw. I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into two opponents in a limped pot.

My 4-3 is total air on a connected J-T-Q-2 board, where many of the limped hands that checked the flop now have straights or pairs. Bluffing into two players rarely gets folds here, so I'll check and give up unless it's checked through.

I have bottom pair and an open-ended straight draw. After the flop checked through, a small turn bet can win the pot now while leaving a manageable price if called.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this board, so calling the turn bet would be unprofitable.

4-3 high with no draw on a J-T-Q-2 board is drawing nearly dead against any bet. Folding is clearly correct.

K7o on the button 3-handed is a standard open; a raise to 2.5bb applies pressure to both blinds.

9-6 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

A3 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button raise, and the price is favorable. Calling keeps weaker opens in and avoids bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

I have top two pair on a relatively draw-heavy flop, so I’m betting for value and protection while keeping the sizing moderate heads-up.

K-high with no draw facing a sizable donk bet on an ace-high board. I lack the equity to call and I'm not a good bluff-raise candidate without a diamond.

A8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed, and a 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure without overcommitting.

K3 suited is too weak to continue from the small blind against a 2.5x button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a difficult, out-of-position pot with a dominated king.

K7o in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open getting 150 to win 400 is a clear defend; a call is better than a 3-bet with this hand.

Trips with a king kicker on a dry paired board; checking to the preflop raiser lets them c-bet with air and overcards, and I can check-raise or call to extract value.

A small continuation bet on this dry paired flop can deny equity to unpaired hands while keeping the pot manageable with ace-high.

Trip sevens with a king kicker is very strong on T77. Check-raising gets value from tens, overpairs and draws while building the pot.

A8 offsuit has little equity against a big-blind check-raise on this paired flop, with no meaningful backdoor draw to justify calling 470.