Hold'em table

On the button in a 3-handed game, 4h5h is a suited connector with good playability. Calling 100 to win a 250 pot is a cheap price, and I can see the flop in position.

Completing costs 50 chips into a 250-chip pot. K2 offsuit is too weak to raise out of position, but the price is good enough to see a flop.

Taking a free flop in the big blind with a suited connector in a limped multiway pot.

With king-high and no draw in a three-way pot, I prefer to check rather than build the pot out of position.

I hold J-high on a paired board in a multiway pot with the button still to act behind me; checking to see what the button does is the standard, low-variance line.

Both opponents checked on a paired 9-9-3 board and I'm on the button with 4h5h, which has a gutshot and backdoor flush draws. A small bet of 200 into the 300 pot can win the pot now and gives me equity if called.

King-high with a weak kicker has little room to improve, and the big blind is still behind me. Facing a sizable bet in a three-way pot, I’ll fold.

I have Jack-high with no pair and no real draw on a paired board facing a two-thirds pot bet. Folding is the straightforward play.

A9 suited is strong on the button in a three-handed game. I raise to build the pot while keeping weaker hands in.

T2o is an unplayable hand from the small blind against a button raise.

J9o in the big blind getting 400 into 150 (about 2.7:1) against a button open with a wide range. It has enough equity and is priced in to defend. A 3-bet bluff is unnecessary.

Middle pair (jacks) on a Jc 7d Qh board with a gutshot to the straight (9 and J with Q, needs K and 10). Out of position heads-up against a button raiser, a small bet of about 64% of the pot builds value and denies equity from worse pairs and overcards.

Ace-high has little immediate equity on this board, and the 350-chip bet is too large to call with only backdoor draws and a possible ace overcard.

J9o is a standard wide open from the button in 3-handed play to apply pressure and play in position.

Q5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act behind, so folding is the best choice.

6-4 offsuit is a weak hand to play out of position against a button raise. I’ll save the extra 125 chips.

K8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal but playable hand. Calling 100 to win a 250 pot gives a good price and I keep position, so I'll call rather than fold or raise.

Completing costs 50 chips to contest a 300-chip pot. The suited hand has enough multiway potential to see a flop at that price.

I hold pocket threes in the big blind facing two limpers; checking takes a free flop to set-mine.

Bottom pair is too weak to bet for value into two opponents. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how they act.

We hold an underpair in a multiway limped pot. Checking is standard and keeps the pot small.

Both opponents checked the flop, and I have top-ish second pair (K high with a gutshot? no: K-high with a backdoor draw) on Q-9-4 rainbow. A small bet of 200 into 300 on the button can take the pot when they show weakness, and I still have a few outs if called.

Bottom pair with a deuce kicker has little room to improve, and the big blind still has to act. Calling 200 out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

Holding an underpair of threes on a Queen-high board facing a flop bet with no significant draw, folding is clear.

K7 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, and a 2.5 big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Holding A8s in the small blind against a button open, a 3-bet to 10bb applies pressure, leverages blocker value, and avoids playing multiway out of position.

QJo out of position facing a button open and a small-blind 3-bet to 1000, with the button still to act behind. Calling 900 more to win a 1350 pot is a losing spot against those ranges.

K7 suited is often dominated by a small-blind three-bet range, and calling 750 chips risks a difficult postflop spot despite having position.

Opening from the button with A7o is standard in 3-handed play to leverage position and steal the blinds.

Pocket fours have good set-mining value at 3-handed with a small button raise (2.25bb), getting decent odds to call 175 into 375 with the big blind still to act behind me. A 3-bet with 44 out of position is unnecessary, and folding gives up too much equity.

A6 suited has ample equity to call 125 into a 550-chip pot, but squeezing out of position against two players is less appealing.

A pair of fours on a J-3-K board with two overcards is a marginal made hand in a three-way pot, and I act first. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a pot I would be behind in against a preflop raiser.

With ace-high and no immediate draw in a three-way pot, I’ll check rather than build the pot out of position.

Three-way on a King-Jack high board, checking behind with Ace high and a backdoor draw to realize equity for free.

Pocket fours on a J-3-K-9 board is a weak showdown-value hand in a three-way pot. Everyone checked the flop, so the button could bet behind me. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a cheap river or call a small bet.

Ace-high has little equity on this coordinated turn, and bluffing into two opponents is unlikely to be profitable. I’ll check and preserve chips.

We have Ace-high with no draw on a coordinated board. Checking behind controls the pot and allows us to see a free river card.

The board is J-3-K-9-7 with no pairs, and everyone has checked twice. My pocket fours are weak but may be best against passive ranges. A small bet of 300 into 675 gets value from weaker hands like ace-high and small pairs, and it protects against folding equity being lost. Checking would give up thin value, while a large bet risks getting called only by better hands.</br>

Ace-high is unlikely to win against the river bet, and with another player still to act, this is a poor spot to bluff-raise.

Holding fourth pair on a board of K-J-9-7-3 facing a lead from the small blind after flop and turn checked through. Most of villain's value range and even paired holdings beat sevens, making this an easy fold.