Hold'em table

Opening from the button with K3o to steal the blinds; I have position and a reasonable hand 3-handed. A 2.5bb raise pressures the blinds and lets me take the pot preflop.

J2 suited is too weak to continue from the small blind versus a button open, especially with the big blind still to act.

AQo is well ahead of a 3-handed button opening range, so 3-betting for value and initiative beats flatting out of position. Sizing to 10bb fits being out of position against a 2.5bb open.

K3 offsuit is too weak to continue against a 3-bet to 1000, and calling 750 with poor equity and position is not profitable. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

6-3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in a three-player game.

AJs is a strong hand for a small blind open against the big blind. A 3x raise builds the pot while we hold a hand that plays well postflop.

Calling 200 with A4o in the big blind offers good pot odds against a small blind raise, and I can evaluate the flop with position relative to the raiser.

AJ gives us a gutshot plus two overcards on a 2-T-8 board, and we are the preflop raiser out of position against the big blind. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot uses our range advantage and keeps some fold equity.

J8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a raise to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds.

A6s suited is strong enough to continue given the pot odds, and calling avoids overcommitting out of position.

JTs suited has strong multiway playability and excellent pot odds in the big blind. Calling keeps weaker dominated holdings and realizes equity.

I have only ace-high with a backdoor flush draw, and the pot is multiway. Checking keeps me in cheaply and lets me see the turn before committing more chips.

With two overcards but no made hand in a multiway pot, checking preserves equity and avoids facing a check-raise from the preflop raiser behind.

Top pair with a jack kicker on a dry low board, checked to me in position in a 3-way pot. A small bet around half pot gets value from worse eights, pairs and draws while denying equity to overcards.

Calling 350 with ace-high and backdoor flush/straight potential; the pot odds justify continuing and I can fold to a big turn bet if I don't improve.

With only two overcards and a backdoor club draw on this disconnected board, calling a multiway bet is unlikely to realize enough equity. Folding preserves chips against the bettor and caller.

Semi-bluffing with the nut flush draw and a gutshot; betting can take the pot now or set up a strong river if we improve.

Top pair with a decent kicker is getting about 28% pot odds against a turn donk-lead. The lead could represent straights or two pair, but it also includes draws and weaker 8x, so calling beats folding or raising.

Middle pair with a jack kicker has some showdown value but can't be bet for value on a board where the flush and straights got there. Villain's river check was a timeout fallback and tells us little, so checking back to realize equity is best.

AJo is a strong hand from the button in a 3-handed game, so I raise to build the pot and apply pressure on the blinds.

J5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind versus a button 3x open with the big blind still behind.

83o is out of position and faces a 3x open, which is a larger-than-standard raise. Its equity against a button opening range is too marginal to justify a defend here.

A8o is a strong hand blind-vs-blind after the button folded, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and initiative.

A4o has enough equity against a small blind raise and I'm getting reasonable pot odds, so I call to see the flop.

I raised preflop from the small blind and the BB called; on a dry K-4-3 board that favors my range, a small c-bet is good. My ace-high with a backdoor wheel draw has some equity and folds out better hands like small pairs.

I have bottom pair with an ace kicker and am getting good pot odds to call this small continuation bet. Folding would be too weak, while raising risks too much against a stronger king or overpair.

Ace-high with a wheel gutshot on a board that now connects with the caller's range, including straights; take the free card rather than bloat the pot with weak showdown value.

I have a marginal pair with a decent kicker, and the turn check from my opponent suggests weakness or a trap. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river cheaply with showdown value.

The ace gives me a wheel, and only a 6 beats it. A value bet around two-thirds pot gets called by kings and weaker made hands, and I'm fine losing to the occasional 6.

On the button 3-handed, K2o is a standard open against two blinds; a small raise to 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds and wins the pot often preflop.

9-4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise out of position, so folding preserves chips for a better spot.

QJs is a strong big-blind defense versus a button min-raise and benefits from applying pressure preflop. A value-oriented 3-bet builds the pot against weaker button opens while retaining solid postflop playability.

K2o is too weak to continue against a big-blind 3-bet to 8.5bb, even with 600 to call into 1150; it is dominated and plays poorly out of position ranges postflop.