Hold'em table

87o is playable enough on the button in three-handed poker to open-raise and take the initiative rather than flat-call or fold.

K6o is too weak to defend out of position against a button open with the big blind still to act.

Facing a 150-chip call with 400 in the pot, J-4 offsuit has enough heads-up equity against a button raise to continue cheaply, and raising with this hand would be too aggressive.

I have J-4 with no pair against a paired Q-Q-3 board, so I have little showdown value. Checking is free and keeps the pot small, and a bluff raise isn't worth it against a preflop raiser.

87o has no pair, draw, or showdown value on Qh Qc 3d. Checking back avoids betting into a dry paired board where the caller can easily have a queen or a pair.

I have only Jack-high on a paired Q-Q-3-6 board, and the opponent's flop check is not strong enough to justify a bluff, so checking keeps the pot small and realizes my equity for free.

I have no pair, draw, or showdown value on a paired queen board, and the opponent has shown no aggression. Checking keeps the pot small rather than bluffing with almost no equity.

I have two pair, Queens and Jacks, which is strong on this river. Seat_1 has checked the flop and turn, so a value bet of about half the pot should get called by worse hands.

I have 87 with no pair and no showdown value on a paired queen board, so calling a river bet is unprofitable.

J6s is well within the standard 3-handed button opening range; raising to 2x BB to apply pressure and play in position.

K-6 offsuit is weak and out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act, so folding to the 150 call is the disciplined play.

A8o is playable from the big blind against a min-raise, and calling 100 into 350 is a good price with an ace.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on J-T-6; checking to the preflop raiser is standard and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Flopped two pair on a coordinated board; betting two-thirds pot for value and protection against various straight draws and pair combinations.

Ace-high with no pair and no real draw does not have the equity to continue against a flop bet.

Queen-nine suited on the button is a reasonable speculative hand in a three-handed pot, and calling 100 into 150 with position is better than folding.

42 suited is too weak to complete from the small blind out of position into a limped pot, especially with the big blind still to act.

T3s has decent playability multiway or heads-up seeing a free flop, so checking our BB option is standard.

I have middle pair with a weak kicker out of position in a limped pot, so checking to keep the pot small is the standard play.

We hold Qc 9s on a 8s Qh Td flop, a pair of queens with a backdoor-ish draw; no bet to call, so checking to see the next card for free is best.

Turned trips with three tens after a checked flop. Leading for a small value bet targeting weak queens, eights, and gutshots.

I have a pair of queens with a gutshot to a straight, and calling 150 into a 400 pot needs only about 27% equity, which this hand should exceed against a turn bet.

I have three tens, but the river completes four to a straight (8-T-J-Q) where any nine makes a straight. Checking controls the pot and realizes showdown value safely against potential straights or full houses.

I have a straight, Queen-high (8-9-T-J-Q), which is very likely the best hand. Seat 2 checked the river after betting the turn, so a value bet of about half the pot should get called by worse hands.

Hero holds three of a kind Tens. Although any nine completes a straight on this board, getting better than 3.8:1 pot odds justifies calling against missed draws, worse two pairs like Qx or Jx, and occasional bluffs.

K9o is a reasonable button open in three-handed play; a small raise takes the initiative and can fold out worse hands.

Holding 7h 5c in the small blind facing a button open raise is a clear fold.

Calling 150 into a 400 pot gives good pot odds against a button open, and J9o is playable heads-up-style in the big blind. A 3-bet with this hand is not clearly profitable.

I have J-high with no pair on a 4-4-2 board, so I have little showdown value and no reason to build the pot out of position. Checking keeps the hand cheap and gives me a free look at the next card.

King-high has little showdown value on a paired low flop, so a small c-bet as the preflop raiser pressures the checked big blind and can win the pot immediately.

I have Jack-high with no pair against a flop with a pocket pair of fours. Calling 200 into a 750 pot needs roughly 17% equity, which a J-9 with no draw doesn't have against a button's betting range.

Q4o is too weak of an offsuit hand to open even from the button in 3-handed play.

K3 offsuit is a weak hand, but completing the small blind for 50 more is a cheap way to see a flop heads-up against the big blind after the button folded.

53o is too weak to raise versus a completed small blind, and checking is free, so I take the free flop.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a dry board and no bet to call, so checking keeps the pot small and gets to showdown cheaply.

Five-three has no pair, draw, or relevant blockers on K-6-2, so checking back for free is better than bluffing air.

With a pair of kings on a dry board and no bet to call, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn card.

I have only bottom pair on a king-high board and seat_3 has checked, so there is no value in bloating a small pot. Checking keeps the price cheap and preserves the option to evaluate the river.

Holding a pair of kings on a checked-down board, checking keeps the pot small and lets me reach showdown cheaply without bloating a pot where a bet could be raised over.

I have a weak pair of fives and the river was checked to me, so I take the free showdown rather than bet into a stronger range.

Nine-five offsuit is a weak holding and facing a 100-chip call with no positional edge makes continuing unprofitable on average, so folding is the disciplined play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. K3 suited has enough equity and fold equity to raise rather than only complete.

Getting 2 to 1 in position against a blind-vs-blind raise, JTo is a standard defense with solid playability postflop.

I have top pair on a dry flop and can bet small for value and protection against one caller; the weak kicker argues against a large size.

I hold second pair with a good kicker against a small continuation bet, getting favorable pot odds of about 23% to continue.

I have second pair on an ace-high board, so checking controls the pot and preserves showdown value rather than betting into a card that favors the caller.

I have third pair and a gutshot straight draw to the nuts; checking behind controls the pot and realizes equity for free.

I have aces and kings, but any ace, boat, or king with a better kicker beats me, so a river bet is unlikely to be called by worse. Checking realizes showdown value.

I have two pair (Aces and Tens with a King kicker) which has decent showdown value, but betting would only get called by better hands.