Hold'em table

A6 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A modest raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

A7o in the small blind facing a 2.5x button open; 3-betting is marginal and folding too tight 3-handed, so a call keeps the pot small with position disadvantage but decent equity against a button range.

JTs in the big blind getting 150 to win 600 is a clear call; it plays well multiway, and squeezing against a raise plus a call is less attractive.

Bottom pair with ace kicker and the nut flush draw (As) on a Q-7-T two-spade board, out of position in a 3-way pot; checking to the preflop raiser lets me see action and I can call or check-raise with my draw equity rather than bloating the pot from the small blind.

Middle pair with a weak kicker in a three-way pot, and the preflop raiser still to act behind me. Checking controls the pot and lets me see how the others act.

Ace-high with weak backdoor prospects is not strong enough to bet into two opponents on this coordinated flop. Checking preserves chips and lets me see the turn for free.

Bottom pair with ace kicker on a coordinated board (Qd 7s Ts 8d) with straight and flush draws; out of position against two players, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what they do.

A pair of tens with an open-ended straight draw and a diamond flush draw is a strong combo hand on a board both opponents checked on the flop. Betting two-thirds pot builds value and gives fold equity.

With ace-high and only a gutshot, I don't have enough equity to call the turn bet in a multiway pot.

Bottom pair with ace kicker on a very wet board (Qd 7s Ts 8d) facing a 2/3-pot turn lead; too many made hands and strong draws beat me, I have only ~5 outs when behind, and I'm out of position for the river. Folding preserves chips.

Button open 3-handed with K4o is a standard steal; both blinds must act behind and fold equity plus position makes a 2.5bb raise profitable.

86 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still behind, is a clear fold: we'd be out of position with a weak hand.

3♣2♣ is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5-big-blind raise.

Pocket aces on the button; a standard 2.5bb open builds the pot while still inviting action from the blinds.

J8 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

T4 offsuit is a weak, poorly connected hand out of position against a button open; folding is the standard play despite decent pot odds.

Q9 suited is a profitable button open in three-handed play, and a 2.5 big-blind raise pressures the blinds while preserving postflop flexibility.

K4 suited from the small blind facing a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act is a marginal spot; out of position with a weak kicker, folding is the lower-variance play.

A8s is well ahead of a wide button opening range in 3-handed play and gets a great price from the big blind (150 to win 400). Calling keeps the opener's weaker hands in, while 3-betting would mostly fold those out and get called by hands that dominate us.

Nut flush draw plus gutshot (needs a 6) and an overcard, out of position in the big blind against the button raiser. Checking keeps the pot controlled and sets up a check-raise if the button c-bets; a lead is also reasonable, but checking to the raiser is the standard line here.

I have a flush draw and two overcards. A small bet can win the pot now while building it when my draw improves.

The nut flush draw plus a gutshot and an overcard is a monster draw on this board, so I'm check-raising for fold equity and to build the pot.

The flush draw has enough equity to call the check-raise, and position lets me assess the turn before committing more chips.

I hold the nut flush, so I'm betting about 80% of the pot for value. That charges sets and two pair, which can still draw to a full house, and it sets up a river shove.

The turn gives me a queen-high flush. I’m raising for value against weaker flushes and strong made hands while charging a lone ace of spades to draw.

We hold the nut flush with no straight flush possible, so we get the maximum in by shoving.

The queen-high flush is very strong, and calling 4250 into a 15800-chip pot requires only about 21% equity. Villain can shove lower flushes, sets, and hands with the ace of spades, so folding would be too tight.

QJ suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; standard 2.5x sizing to take initiative and build a pot in position.

T3o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold: we'd be out of position with a weak, dominated hand.

Calling 150 into a 400-chip pot with 7-6 offsuit is a reasonable defense against a button open, despite being out of position.

Bottom two pair is strong on this board. I’m betting for value against Jx and draws while charging hands that could improve on the turn.

Top pair with a queen kicker on a draw-heavy board facing a donk bet; raising charges straight draws and gets value from worse jacks and weaker pairs while keeping the pot manageable.

Bottom two pair is strong on this flop but vulnerable to straight draws and higher pairs improving. Raising builds the pot against worse hands and charges draws.

Top pair with queen kicker on a dry-ish board facing a flop 3-bet; getting ~3.3:1 so I need only ~30% equity, and the donk-then-reraise line includes enough straight draws and bluffs to justify a call while keeping the shove option for later.

The turn completes several straight draws that could have raised the flop. With bottom two pair, I’ll check rather than commit the remaining stack into that range.

Top pair with Q kicker facing a range that donk-bet and 3-bet the flop is marginal; with SPR under 1, checking back realizes equity and avoids shoving into sets/two pairs while worse hands wouldn't call.

Two pair is strong enough to seek value from Jx and weaker two-pair hands. A moderate river bet also avoids committing the full remaining stack on a board where some draws completed.

Top pair with queen kicker facing a ~1/3 pot river bet; I need ~20% equity and the opponent's line (big flop 3-bet, turn check, small river bet) includes enough worse jacks and bluffs to make calling clearly profitable, while raising only gets value from hands that beat me.

3-handed on the button, suited 54 is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise uses position and fold equity.

A2 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

T3 suited is a weak hand out of position against a button open; it doesn't defend profitably at 2.5x even with good pot odds given reverse implied odds and playing OOP.