Hold'em table

Q9 suited has solid playability on the button three-handed and benefits from applying pressure to the blinds. A 2.5bb open is an efficient standard raise.

KTo is a marginal offsuit hand facing a button raise from the small blind, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a potentially dominated hand out of position without reads supporting a light three-bet.

Calling 150 gives favorable pot odds with a connected hand against a button open. 8-7 offsuit is playable from the big blind, but not strong enough to 3-bet here.

Check with an open-ended straight draw and backdoor flush potential, keeping the pot manageable and allowing the preflop raiser to act.

Betting middle pair for value and protection against overcards and the many straight or flush draws on this coordinated board.

I have an open-ended straight draw with eight outs and sufficient pot odds to continue. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving the chance to improve on the turn.

I have a weak pair plus an open-ended straight draw on a highly connected board. Checking lets the preflop aggressor act and avoids building a pot before seeing their turn action.

I have middle pair with an open-ended straight draw, and the turn check offers a good value/protection betting spot. A moderate bet can be called by weaker pairs and draws while denying free equity.

I have a pair plus a gutshot, with additional improvement cards against one-pair hands. Calling is preferable to raising, though I’ll reassess if the river brings no improvement.

I have only a weak pair on a board that completes both the heart flush and several straight draws. Checking avoids turning a marginal showdown hand into a costly bluff or value bet.

Our pair of nines has limited value on this coordinated board, and a river bet is more likely to be called by stronger tens or made straights than by worse hands. Check back for showdown.

Pocket deuces are a profitable button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds can win the blinds immediately while preserving positional advantage and set potential if called.

9♦7 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Defend the big blind heads-up with 8-6 offsuit at a favorable price against the button raise; it has sufficient equity and playability to call.

Check the open-ended straight draw to the preflop raiser and retain flexibility to respond to their flop sizing.

Pocket deuces have some showdown value but little ability to improve, and a bet rarely folds out better pairs. Checking back keeps the pot small and lets us reassess the turn in position.

A small turn stab can fold out unpaired overcards after the flop checks through, while my gutshot provides useful backup equity when called.

Pocket deuces are below every board card and have only two outs against a higher pair. With little improvement potential and possible river pressure, this is too weak to continue against the turn bet.

A5 offsuit is a strong button-opening hand three-handed. Raising puts pressure on the blinds and takes initiative.

K2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

Seven-five offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a 2.5bb button raise out of position. Its limited equity realization and lack of useful blockers favor folding over calling or bluff-raising.

8-high offsuit is too weak to open from the button at this stack depth; folding avoids playing a dominated hand.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot, and 7♠5♠ has useful straight and flush potential. Keeping the pot small is attractive with a speculative hand out of position.

Raise AK offsuit for value and to take the initiative against the small blind’s limp; 400 is a solid isolation size.

Calling requires 37.5% equity before accounting for playing out of position. With seven-high and limited equity realization against an unknown raising range, folding is preferable to investing another 300 chips.

Nine-six offsuit is too weak for a standard three-handed button open, with limited connectivity and poor high-card strength. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding is preferable to entering the pot.

Q♣3♣ is playable heads-up from the small blind, and completing keeps the pot small with a suited hand that can make strong draws.

Check the big blind with Q8 offsuit after the small blind completes; it realizes equity cheaply in position postflop.

I have no pair or immediate draw on a king-high flop, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind’s range.

A small flop stab can fold out unpaired hands in this limped heads-up pot while risking little. Our Q-high has limited showdown value, so taking initiative is preferable.

Q-high has no made hand and only weak runner-runner improvement potential on this board. The 100-chip call needs substantial equity, so folding is preferable.

J7 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open in a three-handed game. Raise small to apply pressure while retaining positional advantage.}

Pocket eights are a strong enough multiway hand to 3-bet for value and deny equity. The larger sizing pressures the button opener while accounting for the big blind still to act.

T3 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise and a three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act. Folding avoids an unprofitable 800-chip call.

J7 offsuit is too weak to continue against a substantial small-blind 3-bet; calling would require too much equity, and a bluff 4-bet is unattractive with this hand.