Hold'em table

K8o is a standard button open in 3-handed play; a 2.5bb raise applies pressure to both blinds.

Q5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind, facing a button raise to 250 with the big blind still to act behind. Folding is the disciplined choice.

Q9o has enough equity against a button open to call getting 2.67:1, but it's too weak to 3-bet out of position.

I have middle pair with a queen kicker on a J-9-7 board. Out of position against the preflop raiser, checking is standard to control the pot and see how the opponent acts.

K8 on J97 gives us an open-ended straight draw (a 10 makes the nut straight) plus an overcard, and we have position on a big blind who checked. A ~65% pot c-bet earns fold equity and builds the pot for when we hit.

I have middle pair with a decent kicker on a semi-wet board. Pot odds are favorable for a call to see the turn and evaluate.

The turn Ace improves many hands in the preflop raiser's range. With middle pair and no strong draw, I prefer to check and control the pot rather than build it with a bet.

The ace favors my preflop-raiser range, and K8 has a gutshot to a straight plus some fold equity against the many Jx, 9x and draw hands that called the flop. A two-barrel of about 64% pot is a good semi-bluff.

The turn ace is a bad card for my middle pair, and opponent's double barrel shows strength. I have only 5 outs to improve and insufficient pot odds to call, so folding is correct.

9-2 offsuit is one of the weakest starting hands. Out of position after the flop against two opponents, it isn't worth calling 100 chips, so I fold.

With only the big blind left, a min-raise from the small blind can steal the blinds often enough to be profitable, even with a weak hand like T3s.

Getting 4:1 on a min-raise from the SB, with position, J3o has enough equity to defend by calling.

I raised preflop and missed this dry ace-high flop, but a half-pot continuation bet can fold out many hands that missed, and I can easily give up if called or raised.

J-high with only a weak gutshot-free backdoor and no pair on an A-high board facing a 2/3-pot bet; folding is clearly best.

In position on the button with a playable but marginal hand, raising to 250 puts pressure on the blinds and can take down the pot or build it with position advantage.

54o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. We'd be out of position, and a 3-bet bluff with this hand performs poorly.

8-2 offsuit is the worst hand, and calling 150 more out of position against a button raise isn't worth it, so I fold.

In 3-handed play, J7o is a standard button open with only the two blinds left to act, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal.

KQo is a decent hand in 3-handed play, but out of position against a button open with the big blind still to act, calling 200 is safer than a 3-bet. It keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it with a dominated hand.

Getting over 4:1 pot odds with Ah3s, can see a cheap flop and proceed only with good equity or fold.

Ks Qc on a 7-J-8 rainbow board gives me a gutshot (Q-K needs a 9 and 10 for straight draws: 9-10 makes a straight with J? actually 10 and 9 needed) plus two overcards, so I have real equity. I'm first to act in a three-way pot; a bet of about 2/3 pot builds the pot, charges draws and can take it down now.

Holding only Ace-high with no made hand and only a backdoor draw, folding is correct given the bet from the small blind and the button still to act behind.

Top two pair on a draw-heavy board (straight draws everywhere), so I raise for value and protection against the SB's lead.

I have KQ on a 7-J-8 board, which gives me a gutshot straight draw (a 9 makes the straight) and an overcard. The price is 1100 to win a pot of 2850, about 28% equity needed. The 3-bet is strong but could be a bluff or semi-bluff, so calling is better than folding or a big re-raise.}

I have king-high with a gutshot (K-Q needs a ten for the straight) on a board of 7s Jd 8h As. The button three-bet the flop and I only called, so checking to control the pot and see the river is better than bluffing into that range.

Two pair (jacks and sevens) is likely still ahead of villain's one-pair hands and straight draws after their turn check. I'm betting about 60% pot for value and to deny equity to 9T, T9 and other draws, while keeping the bet small enough not to overcommit against better aces.

I hold a king-high gutshot to a Broadway straight on A-J-8-7 plus overcards, facing 2400 into 6350. The odds are close, and calling keeps my position without risking the stack.

I hold king-high with a missed straight draw, so there is no showdown value. Seat_1 bet the flop and turn, and a river bluff is unlikely to fold out the better hands that bet that much, so checking is the best option.

Two pair (jacks and sevens) has solid showdown value, but the river completed the spade flush and villain's check-call line includes flushes, sets and AJ. A bet would mostly get called by better hands and fold out worse ones, so I check back.

A8o is a decent hand in 3-handed play on the button. A small raise to 250 takes the initiative and uses position against the two blinds.

97o is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act and being out of position postflop.

Getting 150 to win 400 (27% equity needed) with suited connector-ish 85s against a button open in a 3-handed game, so a call is clearly profitable; we'll play post-flop in position-disadvantaged but with good implied odds.

Complete air with no club on a monotone K-Q board that hits the button's raising range hard, so I check and plan to give up to a bet.

I have the nut flush draw (Ah with one club, 8c) on a K-Q-4 monotone board... actually I hold the Ac? No: Ah8c gives only a backdoor-ish single club, so this is a weak bluff-ish bet. Heads-up in position after a check, a small stake bet of about half pot takes it down often against a BB range that missed.}

8-5 offsuit with no club has no pair and no draw on a monotone K-Q-4 board, so it has essentially no equity against a c-bet. Calling 275 into 825 isn't justified by the odds.

Q9o on the button is a good stealing opportunity in a 3-handed game; a small raise to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds without risking too much.

43o out of position in the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold.

2-3 offsuit is the weakest hand and the button has raised to 250. Calling 150 more out of position is not worth it, so I fold.