Hold'em table

9♥4♠ is a very weak offsuit hand with poor playability, so I’ll avoid investing from the button rather than limp or open-raise it.

Blind vs blind with 97o, a raise to 3bb is a standard SB opening range play and applies pressure; limping is also viable but raising keeps it simple.

JTs plays well in position against a small-blind open. Calling keeps weaker hands in and avoids inflating the pot unnecessarily.

A small one-third-pot continuation bet on a high-card board that favors the preflop raiser. My hand has backdoor straight and flush equity to fall back on when called.

Middle pair is strong enough to continue against a small flop bet, but raising would risk building a large pot against better hands.

The third diamond gives me a nine-high flush draw, and a turn barrel represents the flush well enough to push out weaker pairs. If I miss, I still have outs; if I get raised, I can fold.

Middle pair is strong enough to continue against a small flop bet and a turn bet from a wide heads-up opener. Position lets me reassess on the river without building a larger pot on this diamond-heavy board.

A pair of sevens has a little showdown value but is rarely ahead of a range that called both the flop and the turn. That range is full of Jx, Qx and diamonds, which are unlikely to fold to a river bluff. Check and give up if facing a big bet.

Second pair has showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called often enough by worse hands on this three-diamond board.

87o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise to steal the blinds.

J6 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

T♠7♠ is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button open, and calling 150 offers favorable pot odds with position already accounted for.

I have a modest pair on a monotone flop and am out of position, so checking keeps the pot controlled and lets the preflop raiser act.

Middle pair with no heart on a monotone board has showdown value but is vulnerable, and betting folds out worse hands while getting called by better ones. Checking back controls the pot and keeps it small.

With only a pair of sevens and no heart on a four-heart board, betting offers little value and risks building a pot against a flush. I’ll take the free card and preserve showdown value.

With four hearts on board, my heartless top pair has showdown value but is weak against a bet. Checking back controls the pot and avoids getting raised off my equity.

The board already makes a king-high flush, and I have no heart to improve it. Checking preserves the chance to split against a hand without a heart without risking chips into a likely superior flush.

The board is a heart flush and I hold no heart, so I can only chop. A bluff mostly gets called by hands that chop and loses to any heart, so I'm checking to take the showdown.

J9 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise keeps the pot manageable in position.

4♦2♥ is a very weak offsuit hand from the small blind. Facing a raise with the big blind still to act, folding avoids putting more chips in with poor equity and position.

A3o in the big blind against a button 2.5x open is getting good odds (150 to win 400), and the hand is too strong to fold. Calling is standard, with 3-betting as an occasional mix.

A3o with only a gutshot to the nut straight (needs J) and no diamond on a monotone broadway board that hits the button's range hard; check and likely give up to a bet.

I have a king-high straight. Betting for value also charges hands drawing to a diamond flush.

On this monotone diamond board, A3 with no diamond has only a gutshot and weak equity. That is well short of the roughly 30% needed to call 400 into 950.

K♣7♣ is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. A small raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the pot manageable if called.

65o out of the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold: calling out of position is unprofitable, and 3-betting this hand is too loose here.

J4 offsuit is too weak and easily dominated to defend out of position against a 2.5-big-blind button raise.

92o is too weak to open even from the button in 3-handed play, so folding is the standard choice.

With the button folded, Q7 offsuit is strong enough to raise against the big blind. A modest raise limits the cost of playing out of position.

T3 suited is weak against a raise, but the price is favorable: calling 150 creates a 500-chip pot, and I have reasonable postflop playability heads-up.

A small continuation bet on this dry flop can fold out some unpaired hands while limiting the cost when called.

Top two pair is strong on this relatively dry flop, so raise for value and protection against hands like Tx and straight draws. This sizing applies pressure while leaving room for worse hands to continue.

Q-high has little equity on this dry flop, and calling the raise without a pair or meaningful draw is unprofitable.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to open from the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

9♠2♠ is a very weak hand from the small blind, and calling a raise out of position risks entering a pot that may go multiway.

Getting 150 to win 400 (27% equity needed) in the BB against a button steal with 65o, a suited-less connector that plays fine heads-up. Defending by calling is standard here.

Gutshot (needs an 8) on a K-high board that favors the button's opening range; checking to the raiser is standard, and I can consider a check-raise or call later depending on sizing.

A small continuation bet gets value from weaker pairs and draws while denying equity to overcards. My middle pair can also withstand some resistance.

65 on K74 is an open-ended straight draw (any 3 or 8 makes a straight), and I only need to call 180 into a pot of 730. With about 17% equity on the turn plus implied odds and a backdoor diamond draw, calling this small c-bet is profitable.

I have an open-ended straight draw (a 3 or 8 completes it) but no made hand. Checking to see a possibly free river is reasonable against a button player who made a small c-bet.

With bottom pair on a dry board, I prefer to control the pot after the big blind called the flop bet.

Six-high has no showdown value, and the button checked back the turn, which caps its range at weak pairs and air. The paired ten gives a credible story for a two-thirds-pot bluff, which needs only about 40% folds to profit.

The river bet offers a reasonable price, and my ace-kicker two pair can beat bluffs and some thinner value bets. I’ll call rather than raise into stronger kings or trips.