Hold'em table

Pocket aces on the button with first action. A standard 2.5bb open builds the pot and keeps the blinds' weaker hands in.

QJo is a reasonable three-bet against a wide button opening range. Raising to 10 big blinds pressures both opponents and avoids a passive, out-of-position multiway pot.

KTo is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet with the button still involved, especially out of position. Fold and preserve the stack.

Pocket aces facing a 3-bet: a 4-bet to 2300 builds the pot with the best hand. The size still leaves room for the small blind to shove or call with worse hands.

QJo is too weak to continue against a four-bet out of position, with substantial domination risk and poor equity realization. The chips already invested do not justify calling or making a costly five-bet bluff.

62 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing chips with poor equity and playability.

T9 offsuit has enough equity to complete at favorable 3-to-1 pot odds, and calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

34o is weak; I'll take the free flop in the big blind against the small-blind limp. I'll keep position and play the flop cheaply.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this ace-high flop, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind.

Pair of threes plus a wheel draw in a limped pot after the SB checked; a small bet gets value and protection and denies equity.

I have no pair or meaningful direct draw on this ace-high flop, and calling the sizable bet would require too much equity.

6♣3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, even short-handed; folding avoids investing another 100 chips out of position against the blinds.

In a blind-vs-blind spot, 54o has enough playability and fold equity to open-raise from the small blind. A raise to 3bb pressures the big blind's wide range while keeping my risk small.

A6 suited is a comfortable defend against a small-blind open, especially with position postflop. Calling preserves its flush potential and avoids inflating the pot against stronger aces.

The KQ8 board favors my preflop-raising range, so a small one-third-pot c-bet only needs to fold out the big blind about 25% of the time. My 5-4 has no showdown value, so betting is the only way it can win the pot.

The one-third-pot bet offers favorable odds against a wide small-blind opening range. In position, ace-high with a backdoor nut-flush draw is strong enough to continue and reassess on the turn.

I have five-high with no draw on a very connected board, and a flop caller's range hits this turn hard. Barreling has poor fold equity, so I'll check and plan to give up.

Checking takes a free river with ace-high and a gutshot to Broadway. A turn bluff risks running into the opener’s many pairs and strong draws, while checking preserves some showdown value.

Our pair of fours has little showdown value. The opponent's turn check suggests a capped range, so a 60% pot bet can fold out the weaker pairs (8x, Tx, some Qx) that beat us.,

Ace-high beats only bluffs, and this river bet can represent many pairs and stronger hands. Without evidence of excessive bluffing, calling for 600 chips or attempting a bluff raise is not justified.

94o is below a standard 3-handed button opening range at 100bb, so folding is the low-variance choice.

K8 suited is strong enough to open from the small blind after the button folds. Raising to 3bb puts pressure on the big blind and builds a pot with a hand that has good heads-up playability.

QJs is a strong hand against the small blind’s likely wide opening range, and calling keeps weaker hands in while getting a reasonable price. I’ll avoid inflating the pot out of position.

K-high with backdoor club potential is too weak to bet routinely on this connected board, which favors much of the big blind's calling range. Checking preserves chips and lets me reassess against their action.

Bet 300 into the 600-chip pot for value and protection with top pair and a strong kicker, while keeping the wager modest on a connected board.

King-high with no immediate straight or flush draw is too weak to continue against a half-pot bet out of position. The backdoor draws and potentially compromised king outs do not justify calling.

K8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while preserving our positional advantage if called.

KQo is strong enough to 3-bet for value and deny equity, especially against the button’s wider opening range. I use a sizable out-of-position raise while avoiding an unnecessarily large commitment.

J6s facing an open and a 3-bet, with the button still able to act behind, is too weak to continue profitably out of position. Folding the big blind.

K8 offsuit is too weak to continue against a small-blind three-bet, even with position. Its domination risk and poor equity realization make folding preferable to calling or four-betting.

As the button in a three-handed game, 7-8 offsuit is playable as an open raise. A modest raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Q2 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. The hand plays poorly out of position.

Ace-king is a strong value three-bet against a button opening range. Raising to 11 big blinds builds the pot and applies pressure while compensating for playing out of position.

An offsuit 8-7 is too weak to continue against a large big-blind 3-bet, even with position; calling would require substantial equity and realize it poorly.