Hold'em table

K3 suited is a standard button open in 3-handed play; a 2.5bb raise steals the blinds often and plays fine postflop.

J5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

J6 suited is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button open, and the price is favorable. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving its postflop potential.

I have a modest middle pair with a weak kicker on a coordinated, two-spade board. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids betting into the preflop raiser’s stronger range.

K3o has little equity on this wet 5s-Ts-6h board, which connects well with the big blind's calling range. Checking back takes a free card, keeps the pot small, and preserves any overcard/backdoor showdown value.

I have trips and can get value from one-pair hands while charging spade draws. A moderate turn bet builds the pot without overcommitting with a weak kicker.

King-high with no pair and no real draw on a paired, flush-heavy board. Calling 350 into a 900 pot needs about 28% equity, which this hand doesn't have, and a bluff-raise is unlikely to fold out the big blind's range here.

J2 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two unknown blinds.

Complete the small blind with a suited, connected-ish hand at a favorable price; folding is too tight heads-up against the big blind.

52s is a weak hand, and the small blind just limped. Checking my option to see a free flop in position is the simplest play; raising adds little.

With 4♦3♦ on a T-6-7 flop, I have only a weak draw and no reason to build the pot. I’ll take the free card.

The small blind checked to me in a limped pot, so a small half-pot stab should take it down often. My hand has backdoor straight and flush draws to fall back on if called.

The small bet gives a reasonable price to continue with a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush potential. Calling keeps the pot manageable while allowing me to improve on the turn or river.

I have no meaningful draw or made hand, so I’ll take the free turn and avoid bluffing into the preflop raiser who called my flop bet.

I have a heart flush draw and my opponent checked to me, so a semi-bluff of about two-thirds pot wins fold equity. It also builds the pot for when I hit.

I have no pair and only a gutshot straight draw with four outs, so calling 260 is not justified by the pot odds against a turn raise.

With the button and only two opponents, 7-6 offsuit is playable as an open-raise. A modest raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable if called.

99 is well ahead of a wide button open range in 3-handed play, so a 3-bet from the small blind is the standard play. It takes the initiative and avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot with the big blind still to act.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large small-blind three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

The small blind’s large 3-bet leaves 7♦6♠ with poor equity and limited realization against a likely strong range. Fold rather than invest more out of position to the raise.

KJo is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play; a 2.5bb raise-first-in puts pressure on both blinds.

A-T offsuit is strong against a button opening range. Raising from the small blind pressures the opener and avoids inviting the big blind in cheaply.

Q♦5♥ is a weak offsuit hand, and the button open plus the small blind’s large 3-bet makes calling or reraising unprofitable.

Three-handed, the small blind's 3-bet range is wide, and KJo plays well enough in position to call getting about 36% pot odds. A 4-bet would turn the hand into a bluff that gets called mostly by better hands.

Middle pair on this connected flop has showdown value, but betting risks building a large pot against stronger hands and draws. I’ll check and evaluate the button’s action.

I have the current nut straight (K-Q-J-T-9) on a wet two-club board. I'm betting two-thirds pot for value and to charge the 3-bettor's draws and overpairs.

Middle pair with an ace kicker has enough equity to call this flop bet, especially against draws and bluffs. I can reassess on the turn.

With second pair on a connected board, I prefer to check rather than build a large pot out of position.

We hold the nut straight (K-high) and the board has a club draw, so we bet about 3/4 pot to charge draws and worse made hands. This also sets up a comfortable river shove.

My pair of tens is likely behind a large second barrel on this coordinated board. Calling risks much of my remaining stack with few reliable outs against value hands.

T2 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button at this stack depth.

T4 offsuit is weak, but completing from the small blind is inexpensive with the button folded and gives a reasonable price to see a flop heads-up.

ATo is well ahead of a small-blind limping range, so I raise for value and to take the initiative, with position postflop.

T4 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a substantial big-blind raise, especially with another player already folded.

K2 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed pot, and raising takes initiative while leveraging position. Use a modest 2.5bb sizing.

Three-handed, the button opens a wide range. A6o has an ace blocker and decent equity, so it works well as a 3-bet from the small blind, where flatting out of position is weak.

K6 offsuit is too weak to call a large three-bet out of position, especially with the button still in the hand.

K♦2♣ offsuit is too weak to continue against the small blind’s large preflop 3-bet, even with position. Fold and preserve the remaining stack.