Hold'em table

Open-raise the button with king-high to leverage position and initiative in a three-handed pot.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, and calling would likely be negative expected value.

Getting 3.5:1 against a 2x button open, T5 suited is an easy defend from the big blind.

I'm out of position with ten-high and a weak backdoor club draw on a board that favors the preflop raiser, so checking to the button is standard. I can re-evaluate after the button's action.

A small continuation bet can fold out unpaired overcards and weaker hands while risking little. The checked range contains many misses on this dry board.

The bet is only a third of the pot, so calling 150 to win 600 needs about 20% equity. Ten-high with backdoor flush and straight potential, plus position-based realization concerns aside, is enough to continue.

I have ten-high with no real draw on a paired board, so I'm checking to see a free river rather than bluffing into a flop c-bettor.

The paired turn is favorable for representing a strong queen, an eight, or a full house after betting the flop. A moderate continuation bet applies pressure to many missed or marginal holdings.

Ten-high with no pair and no realistic draw, facing a 60% pot bet on the turn. I don't have the equity to call, and bluff-raising against a range that has barreled twice is unprofitable.

J8s is a solid blind-vs-blind hand from the small blind, so I'm opening to 3bb to take the initiative instead of limping.

Pocket sevens is well ahead of a typical small-blind opening range heads-up. A 3-bet builds value while charging overcards and preserving maneuverability.

J8s out of position against a 3.3x 3-bet from the big blind is a marginal hand that realizes its equity poorly. Folding is the disciplined play.

Three-handed on the button, J4s is a reasonable steal hand given its suitedness and positional advantage. A small open to 2.5bb pressures both blinds.

8-4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still behind.

T9 offsuit is a playable button opening hand in a three-handed game. Raising applies pressure to the blinds and retains initiative.

AK is a premium hand and I'm out of position, so I raise to build the pot and put pressure on the button's wide open.

85o facing an open and a 3-bet from the small blind is too weak to continue, and the button can still act behind.

T9 offsuit performs poorly against a large 3-bet, especially out of position in a shallow heads-up pot. Folding preserves the stack.

In a blind-vs-blind spot, J5 suited is strong enough to open from the small blind. A 3x raise puts pressure on the big blind and keeps the initiative.

AQs is a strong heads-up blind-defense hand against the small blind's small open. Three-betting to 9bb builds value and applies pressure while retaining positional disadvantage compensation.

J5s is too weak to call a 3-bet out of position, where we would realize poorly the 25% equity we need, and it is too weak to 4-bet profitably.

Three-handed on the button, Q6o sits within a standard wide opening range, so a small raise to steal the blinds is profitable.

J5 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open, especially with the big blind still behind.

Q3s is suited and getting a reasonable price to call 150 into a pot of 400, so I can see a flop in position relative to the raiser. Folding is too weak here, and raising with this hand is unnecessary out of position.

I missed this flop completely with Q-high and have no strong draw, so I check to see the turn cheaply.

The A-T-2 rainbow board favors my button opening range, so a small c-bet works well as a bluff with Q6 and its gutshot/backdoor equity. It should fold out many of the big blind's weak hands cheaply.

I have queen-high with no draw on an ace-high board and face a bet from the preflop raiser. Calling with such weak equity is likely -EV, so I fold.