Hold'em table

7-4 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two blinds.

A7 suited is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind hand with nut-flush potential. I raise for value and initiative after the button folds.

Getting 2:1 in position against a wide small-blind open, so J4o has enough equity and playability to defend by calling.

I have top pair and should value-bet while charging diamond draws and weaker made hands. A modest sizing keeps worse aces and jacks involved.

J4 offhand with only second pair and a weak kicker, on an ace-high two-tone board, facing a c-bet from the SB preflop raiser. It is dominated by most of his continuing range and has poor playability, so folding is best despite the 29% price.

Open-raise the button with suited connected cards to leverage position and retain playability postflop.

J2 offsuit from the small blind against a button open is a clear fold. It plays out of position, the big blind is still to act behind me, and it's too weak to 3-bet.

Q7 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise to 250, given the price and the small blind’s fold.

I have top pair with a weak kicker, so I’ll check to control the pot and evaluate the button’s action.

A small continuation bet leverages our preflop initiative and can fold out unpaired hands while risking little in this heads-up pot.

Top pair is strong enough to continue against a small flop bet, but the weak kicker makes raising unattractive.

Two pair is strong enough to bet for value against queens, tens, and hands with one spade. A moderate bet also charges draws without committing the stack on a three-spade board.

Our pair of sevens without a spade has poor equity against a turn lead on this three-spade board, and the price is unfavorable.

T4o is too weak to open profitably from the button in 3-handed play with 100bb deep stacks, so folding is standard.

Nine-deuce offsuit plays poorly out of position against the big blind, so I’ll avoid investing more chips.

A5 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

9-6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

Getting 150 to win 400 (about 27% equity needed) against a wide button open in 3-handed play, T5o is a marginal defend from the big blind. Calling is reasonable.

T5 offsuit has missed the J22 board and we're out of position against the button's raising range, so we check and are ready to fold to a c-bet.

A small continuation bet pressures the big blind's missed hands on this paired flop while keeping the risk modest.

The small c-bet only asks us to put in 180 to win 910, about 20% equity needed. Ten-high with a backdoor club draw on a paired board has enough equity against a wide button range to continue.

Ten-high on a double-paired board has little showdown value and poor bluffing credibility against a button that c-bet small, so I'll check and give up if they bet big.

The paired board gives my ace-high hand some showdown value, but worse hands may not call a turn bet. Checking controls the pot and lets me evaluate the river.

We are playing the board with only a ten kicker. That hand has some showdown value against busted diamond draws and weaker high cards. A river bluff is unlikely to fold the ace-high and small-pair hands that make up most of the button's turn check-back range.

Ace-high is a reasonable showdown hand on this double-paired board. A bet is unlikely to get called by worse or fold out better.

T9 offsuit is a playable button opening hand in three-handed play, with position and initiative. I use a standard 2.5bb open size.

J5 suited from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is a weak, out-of-position spot. Folding is standard.

Pocket fours can profitably call this small raise with deep stacks, aiming to make a set.

With a weak underpair and no club, I prefer to check out of position and evaluate the button's action.

Betting middle pair for value and protection against draws and overcards, while keeping the sizing manageable in position.

Pocket fours have little chance to improve on this ace-high flop, and calling out of position against this bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Q8s on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; a standard 2.5bb open steals the blinds often and plays well postflop in position.

With deep stacks and no rake, calling 200 gives this small pair a chance to flop a set and win a larger pot.

6-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a button raise with the small blind calling.

With a small pocket pair on this paired flop, I’ll check out of position and keep the pot manageable.

Top pair with a queen kicker on a dry paired board is ahead of much of SB's calling range. A small c-bet of a third of the pot gets value and protects against overcards.

The small flop bet gives me a good price to continue with a pocket pair against a wide button range. I'll reassess on the turn.

My full house beats unpaired hands but loses to an eight or a higher pocket pair. Checking controls the pot out of position and lets the opponent continue with weaker hands.

Our Q8 makes a full house with 8s over the paired-then-tripled 5s, and we lose only to a 5 or to 88. Betting half pot on the turn gets value from 8x, pocket pairs and draws, and protects against overcards.

My full house beats unpaired hands and smaller pocket pairs, but loses to an eight, a five, or most pocket pairs. Calling keeps bluffs in without building a large pot against stronger hands.

My pocket threes make a full house. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding a costly raise from a better full house or quads.

We hold 8s full of 5s, which beats all unpaired hands plus 22-77 and ties any 8x. Only 99+ or a 5 beats us, and villain's passive line makes those less likely, so a half-pot bet goes for value from worse hands that can still call.

My pocket threes make a full house on this board. The river bet offers 3-to-1 pot odds, and I can beat bluffs and weaker full houses.