Hold'em table

87 offsuit is at the bottom of the button opening range in 3-handed play; folding avoids playing a weak offsuit connector postflop.

Heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, I only need 50 more to call into a 150 pot, which is 3-to-1. T5 offsuit is weak but playable at this price, and folding would give up too much equity.

With pocket threes, I can see a free flop against the small blind’s limp and use my postflop position without inflating the pot.

Second pair (tens) with a backdoor gutshot on an ace-high board, heads-up and first to act. A small bet of 100 into 200 earns value from worse tens and weaker pairs, and denies equity to hands like king-high or a flush draw at a low price.

Pocket threes are an underpair on an ace-high flop with a heart draw. With few ways to improve and little reason to expect a profitable showdown, I’ll fold to the bet.

JTo on the button in a 3-handed pot is a decent hand with position, and calling 100 into a 150 pot gets a good price. Raising is possible, but a simple call keeps the pot manageable out of position against both blinds' ranges.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 250-chip pot, making it worth seeing a flop despite the weak, offsuit hand.

With K5o in the big blind after two limpers, checking allows us to see a free flop without risking chips out of position.

I have no made hand and only weak backdoor possibilities on a paired, coordinated flop. Checking avoids committing chips into two opponents.

I hold king-high with weak showdown value in a three-way limped pot on a paired board, making a free check optimal.

Trip jacks with a ten kicker on a Q-J-J board is very strong. Both opponents checked, so I bet small (200 into 300) to get value from queens and other worse hands while charging draws.

I have no pair or immediate draw on a paired board, and another player remains to act. Calling the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.

With only King-high and minimal backdoor potential on a paired Qd-Jh-Jd board, folding to a two-thirds pot bet is standard.

Six-five offsuit has enough playability to open from the button three-handed, where position helps realize its equity.

A7o plays poorly out of position against a button open, making fold the standard play from the small blind.

K2o in the big blind getting 400 into 150 (about 27% equity needed) against a wide button open. The king high has enough equity and the price is good, so calling beats folding, and a 3-bet with this hand is unattractive.

King-high on a Jd 5d 4c board has little showdown value and is vulnerable to the flop draws. I'm out of position against the preflop raiser, so I check to keep the pot small and see what they do.

A small continuation bet protects my pair of fives against overcards and draws while keeping the pot manageable.

King-high with a backdoor wheel draw is getting about 5:1 pot odds (730 pot plus 180 bet, so 180 to win 910) against a small button continuation bet. Calling keeps me in with two overcards-ish outs and bluff-catching value; raising would only fold out worse hands.

I hold king-high with a gutshot-less board of 5d Jd 4c 5c. The button bet the flop, so I would rather check and keep the pot small with a marginal bluff-catcher than bet into a range that likely contains better hands.

I have trips on a draw-heavy board. A 650-chip bet gets value from jacks and draws while charging them to see the river.

King-high with no draw on a paired 5-J-4-5 board facing a 650 turn bet into 910 (about 29% equity needed). The button has bet flop and turn, so the range is likely strong and my hand rarely improves; folding is best.

Opening from the button with suited queen-eight, which has strong playability and equity in 3-handed play.

J9 suited is a decent hand, and calling 200 more to win a 400 chip pot gives good odds against a button open. There is still a big blind behind me, so I'll keep it simple and see a flop rather than 3-bet with a marginal hand out of position.

T2 offsuit plays poorly out of position in a three-way pot, and the low price to call does not make up for its weak equity realization.

Jd9d has only a backdoor flush draw on an Ad 3c Ks board, and the button raiser has a range advantage. Checking is best, since it keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does.

As the preflop aggressor on an Ace-King high board, I have a massive range advantage and can profitably continuation bet one-third pot.

Jd9d on an A-3-K rainbow-ish board has only a backdoor flush draw and no pair. Calling 200 into 800 needs about 20% equity, but the button's c-bet range is strong on this board and I have little to improve to, so I fold.

Q7 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is marginal and easily dominated. Calling 100 into a 150 pot is playable, but folding avoids tough postflop spots against two players.

Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open heads-up from the small blind. A modest raise pressures the big blind without committing much of the stack.

95o is too weak to defend against a standard small blind open.

K5 suited is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Q8s is too weak to call out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act, making folding the most disciplined choice.

A3s in the big blind is getting good odds (150 to win 400) against a button min-raise-ish open of 2.5bb, so calling with a suited ace is profitable and keeps the hand simple out of position.

Middle pair of threes with the nut flush draw backdoor and an ace kicker... actually I hold a pair of threes and an ace, so I have bottom pair with an ace high kicker; betting small for value and protection against the button's wide range is reasonable heads-up out of position.

Top pair is strong enough to continue against a small flop bet, but the weak kicker and dry board favor calling in position rather than raising.

I have two pair, nines and threes, on a board of 9-K-3-9, so I likely hold the best hand. I'm betting about 40% of the pot for value against the button's wide calling range, and I'm not slowplaying because many river cards could hurt me.

Top pair is strong enough to continue against this small turn bet, but a raise would risk building a large pot against a nine or a better king.

I hold two pair, nines and threes, with an ace kicker on a 9-K-3-9-4 board. I bet the river for thin value since I bet the flop and turn and was called both times, and worse Kx or a pocket pair could call. A modest size keeps my losses small if I'm beaten. .

Top pair is strong enough to call a small river bet. Raising would risk more against trips or a better king.