Hold'em table

AQo is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I'm raising for value and to take the initiative. A 3x raise to 300 keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Seat_2 raised to 300 from the small blind, so I'm facing a 200 call; 7h-Th is a suited connector with decent playability, so I'll raise to isolate and take initiative rather than just calling in position-disadvantaged spot.

AQo is well ahead of a wide blind-vs-blind 3-bet range and plays well as a call at good pot odds. Calling keeps the opponent's bluffs in and avoids bloating the pot against a 4-bet response.

We are out of position against the preflop 3-bettor, whose range hits this board well. AQ has two overcards, a gutshot and a backdoor flush draw, so checking keeps the pot controlled and leaves room to continue against a c-bet.

With a pair of tens and no draw worth building a pot for, checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see whether seat_2 bets behind a medium-strength holding.

With a straight draw, flush draw, and an overcard, I have strong equity. Villain checked back the flop, so this semi-bluff gains fold equity while building the pot for when I hit.

I have a pair of tens with a gutshot to a straight, and calling 1300 into a 3300 pot gives good pot odds against a turn bet that could be a bluff. Folding a pair this strong seems too tight.

Top pair with a queen kicker on a board where straights, flushes, sets and AK all beat us, so a thin value bet would mostly get called by better hands. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets us decide against a bet.

I have a pair of tens on a board with an ace and jack, and seat_2 checked the river, so checking to showdown is the cheapest way to realize my hand.

Three-handed on the button, 74s is a reasonable steal: it has playable suited equity and position against both blinds. Raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds.

Holding 3-4 offsuit, a weak unconnected hand facing a button raise of 250 with 200 to call out of position, so folding is the disciplined choice.

T9o is far too weak to defend against a 2.5x raise even heads-up; folding is the profitable play.

Q7 suited is a weak hand out of position in a 3-handed pot, but calling the 100-chip price to see a cheap flop with the button is a reasonable speculative play over folding.

A4o in the small blind is weak but only 50 more to call with a 250 pot; cheap flop peek is better than folding, and raising would be overcommitted.

T7 suited plays fine in a limped three-way pot, but it is out of position and too weak to raise for value. Checking takes a free flop.

I hold the nut flush draw (Ad) on a monotone board, so I should bet for value/protection and to build the pot while drawing to the nuts.

We hold a made ten-high flush, which is strong on a monotone board. Raising builds the pot and charges single-diamond hands like Ad or Jd that can draw to a better flush.

I have only second pair (queens) on a K-Q-2 two-diamond board, facing a 750 raise after another player bet, so my equity is too low to justify calling 750 into a 1250 pot.

I hold the ace of diamonds giving me the nut flush draw plus an ace overcard on a monotone board; calling 550 into a 1250 pot has strong implied odds, and I can fold later if the draw misses.

I hold the nut flush draw (Ad) on Kd Qd 2d Kh with no made hand; checking keeps the pot small and lets me call a reasonable river-priced bet or realize equity cheaply.

Our made flush is likely ahead of trips, sets and single-diamond draws that would check-call the flop. A medium value bet charges those hands while controlling size against boats and higher flushes on this paired board.

I hold the nut flush draw (Ad) on a monotone board plus an overcard to the board's low cards; calling 1100 into a 2900 pot has clear implied odds if the flush hits.

I hold the nut flush (Ad with three diamonds on board), so I have the best possible hand and should value bet the river against seat_2's strong-looking line.

Our ten-high flush is getting 2:1 on the call. The opponent's value range includes plenty of lower flushes and some bluffs, though full houses and higher flushes are also possible, so this is a marginal call but folding is too tight.

Suited connector 9s7s on the button is a cheap call to see a flop in position; raising is too thin three-handed.

Q9o is ahead of a typical button limping range, so an iso-raise from the small blind can take the pot down now or build it with initiative. Completing out of position is also reasonable, but raising avoids playing a multiway pot from the worst position.

Calling 350 into a 650 pot gives about 35% pot odds, and suited 8-5 has roughly enough equity against this multiway raising range to justify a cheap continue from the big blind.

9s7s is a suited connector with good multiway implied odds; calling 350 into a 1000 pot against two players is cheap and profitable if we flop well.

Top pair with a weak kicker in a 3-way pot on a draw-heavy board. A small bet gets value from worse Qx, Jx and draws while charging the straight draws, and keeps the pot manageable out of position."

I have a three-heart flush draw with 8h 5h plus the Jh, and calling 500 into a pot of 1850 gives about 21% pot odds, which a draw with two cards to come can justify.

9s7s is a weak unpaired hand on a J-Q-3 board facing a flop bet and a caller; no draw or pair justifies calling 500 into a growing multiway pot.

Top pair with a weak kicker out of position against a flop caller whose range includes better queens, so I'll check for pot control and plan to call reasonable bets.

Checking is free and keeps the pot small with a four-heart flush draw, and seat_2's turn check suggests limited strength.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a blank river, and villain checked back the turn, showing weakness. A small value bet gets called by Jx and weaker pairs while keeping the pot controlled.

I have only Q-high with no pair and no straight draw left on the river, and seat_2 has shown aggression on every street, so calling 800 into a 3150 pot needs more equity than this hand has.

AJo on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong opening hand, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative and have position postflop.

King-jack offsuit is playable against a button raise in a three-way pot, and calling 200 more is cheap, so I'll see a flop rather than raise or fold.

Q4o offsuit is weak but I only need 150 more with a 600 pot; calling in position preflop is cheap, folding too tight, raising too loose.

My King-high hand has no pair and only weak backdoor potential on a 3-7-8 board, so I'll check for free rather than bet into two opponents who both called preflop.

I have Q-high on a dry board with no investment to protect; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position with a marginal hand.

Both opponents checked to the preflop raiser in position, so a small 1/3-pot c-bet can take the pot down. If called, AJ still has two overcards and a backdoor spade draw.

Ace-high is not available here; I have only King-high with no pair or real draw on a 3-7-8 board, and I face a 250 bet from the button with another player still to act, so folding avoids a weak multiway call.

Q-high with a gutshot-free hand on 3-7-8; the preflop raiser barreled the flop and I have no equity worth calling 250 more with.

Ace-high on the button in a 3-handed game is a profitable steal raise, and folding to the blinds often wins the pot outright.

A7 offsuit is too weak to call a 3x open out of position, even at good odds.

Getting about 31% pot odds against a wide three-handed button open, T6o is a reasonable big blind defend. Calling plays better than folding or 3-betting here.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a wet board, out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me bluff-catch, rather than bloating the pot with a hand that plays poorly against raises.

I have only ace-high on a Td-3c-9c board with a single club, so I'd rather check and see the turn for free than bluff into a player who checked back.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a board where the flush has completed and many straights are possible. That makes it a bluff-catcher, so I'll check and keep the pot controlled rather than bet into hands that beat me.

I have ace-high with no pair on a four-card board, and the opponent checked to me, so checking to see the river for free is the sensible line.

Top pair is likely ahead of a button range that checked back twice and is capped. A small thin value bet can get called by 9x, 8x, and underpairs.

I have only ace-high on a paired-looking, connected board, and seat_2 checked the flop and turn before betting the river, which usually means a made hand. Folding avoids putting 220 more chips in against a range that likely beats mine.