Hold'em table

Pocket eights are strong on the button three-handed, so I open for value while keeping the raise modest.

KQo is well ahead of a standard button opening range 3-handed; 3-betting to 900 extracts value and gains initiative out of position.

73 suited is too weak to call a 3-bet out of position, especially with a stack-to-pot ratio that makes speculative hands unprofitable.

Pocket eights are strong enough to call the small blind's three-bet in position, with a manageable price and deep stacks.

As the preflop 3-bettor holding the second-nut flush blocker (Qh) plus overcards and a gutshot, a small continuation bet exerts pressure and maintains initiative.

The small flop bet gives my pocket eights a reasonable price to continue in position. I can reassess on the turn, especially if an overcard or another heart arrives.

I hold the second nut flush draw and a gutshot straight draw on a paired turn card; checking allows me to realize equity out of position without bloating the pot against an opponent who called the flop.

Pocket eights have some showdown value, but betting this paired, three-heart board risks getting called by stronger hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

I missed my draws and have King-high; betting into this coordinated runout is unlikely to fold out better made hands often enough.

I have a full house, and the river check leaves room to get value from flushes, straights, and overpairs. A moderate bet also limits the cost when the opponent has a stronger full house.

King-high has virtually no showdown value here against a river bet after missed draws, as even busted draws often hold ace-high or rivered pairs/straights.

Pocket eights on the button is a strong holding in 3-handed play; standard open raise to 2.5bb for value and positional advantage.

J6s is too weak to call out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

K7 suited is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button min-ish raise, especially with the small blind's dead money in the pot.

King-high has little immediate value on this flop, so I’ll check and avoid building the pot.

Flopped bottom set on a coordinated board; betting for value and protection against various draws and one-pair hands.

King-high with only weak backdoor draws is not strong enough to call this flop bet out of position.

With A2o on the button 3-handed, raising is a standard play to steal the blinds and utilize position. A 3x raise pressures opponents and can take down the pot preflop or on the flop.

KTo is strong enough against a wide button opening range to occasionally 3-bet from the small blind. Raising also pressures the big blind and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

Facing an open and a 3-bet, Q5o is an easy fold from the big blind.

Ah2c is too weak and easily dominated facing a substantial 3-bet from the small blind, so I fold rather than invest 800 more out of position on later equity.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably without a reason to expect both blinds to fold often.

Holding pocket queens in the small blind after the button folds, raising to 300 for value is standard.

KQo is strong in a 3-handed blind vs blind situation, but calling keeps the pot manageable and lets me play in position postflop. I can extract value if I hit or bluff if the board is favorable.

I have an overpair on a dry board, so I am placing a standard continuation bet for value.

We have only two overcards on a dry J-high board with no draws, and the small blind's flop bet on this texture often represents a made hand. We lack the implied odds or position to continue profitably.

Q9s is a standard opening hand on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb to build the pot and take the initiative in position.

As8s has decent equity against a BTN open but plays poorly out of position; calling controls the pot and leverages implied odds when we hit a flush draw or an ace.

J8 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind for 150 chips against a raise and call, but it is not strong enough to squeeze out of position.

Weak ace-high with backdoor flush draw; checking to see a free turn and avoid building a pot out of position against the pre-flop raiser.

I have a flush draw, but the paired board makes it less secure, and the preflop raiser still has to act. Checking keeps the pot manageable while preserving my chance to improve.

Multiway pot on a paired board where both blinds checked; checking back with Queen-high and backdoor equity realizes position and sees a free turn.

With only Ace-high and no draw on a paired board, and both opponents checking the flop, I'll take a free card to see the river. Betting now risks a call and I have little equity.

With a diamond flush draw on a paired board, checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see whether the button bets before committing more chips.

Both opponents have checked twice on a paired low board, indicating weak ranges. Betting the turn in position exerts pressure to fold out overcards and weak unpaired floats.

I have only Ace-high with no draw on a paired board. The preflop raiser's turn bet after two checks suggests strength, and I have little equity to continue.

The small turn bet gives me a reasonable price to continue with a flush draw, and a jack or eight may also improve my hand.

The diamond draw missed, and jack-high has little showdown value. A river lead is unlikely to fold out enough better hands, so I’ll check.

We improved to two pair with nines and sixes on the river, holding strong showdown value that easily wins against missed draws and underpairs without risking a check-raise from trip sixes.

Holding 74o on the button, calling 100 is -EV with a weak hand; raising to 200 requires over 57% combined fold equity against two opponents, which is unlikely without reads. Folding preserves stack.

With the button folded, calling 50 more closes the action against the big blind at favorable pot odds. The hand is weak, so I’ll avoid building a large pot without improving.

We hold A4o in the big blind facing an SB limp. Taking the free flop in position is solid and controls the pot.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker is too thin to bet for value on this ace-king flop. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me evaluate the opponent's action.

I flopped top pair in a limped blind-versus-blind pot; betting half-pot extracts value from Kings and drawing hands while maintaining pot control.

Bottom pair is worth defending against a small flop bet from a big blind with a wide range. I can reassess on the turn.

Bottom pair is too weak to value bet on this high-card board. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess if the big blind bets.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a board that completed several straight draws, so checking back controls the pot and lets me see a cheap showdown.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, and a river bluff is unlikely to fold out many better hands on this board.

The board ran out A-K-Q-J, putting a four-to-a-straight out there. We have showdown value with a pair of aces, but no worse hand will call a value bet, so checking behind is optimal.