Hold'em table

Pocket eights on the button is a standard opening raise for value and position.

KQo is a strong hand in 3-handed play; 3-betting for value and to pressure the button's wide opening range.

Seven-three suited is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

Pocket eights have solid equity and position against a small blind 3-bet; calling 550 into an 1150 pot is standard.

We have a strong combo draw (flush draw with Qh, gutshot straight draw with any J, and two overcards) giving us high equity. Betting builds the pot and puts pressure on the opponent out of position.

Holding an underpair with no heart redraw on a monotone board against a large flop c-bet from the preflop 3-bettor is an easy fold.

With pocket eights on the button, I raise to thin the field and build the pot with a decent pair.

J6 suited is too weak to call a 3x button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

K7s is well within the standard BB defending range facing a 3bb button open getting roughly 2.25 to 1 pot odds.

Check to the in-position preflop aggressor with King-high and a gutshot straight draw.

We flopped a set of eights on a connected board (QJ8). Betting for value and to charge straight draws like T9.

I have only King-high with a backdoor flush draw on a coordinated board, making a call unprofitable against a flop bet.

A2 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 250 puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

In a 3-max game with zero rake, KTo has sufficient equity against a wide button opening range to defend the small blind by calling.

Getting 4:1 pot odds with Q5o, I can call the small raise and see a flop cheaply, hoping to hit a strong hand or a good bluff opportunity.

I have a gutshot straight draw out of position in a three-way pot, so checking to the preflop raiser is standard.

I have middle pair (Qc) with a weak kicker on an ace-high flop. With the preflop raiser still to act behind me, I check to control the pot and gather more information.

Top pair can get value from queens and draws. A modest bet also offers some protection without building a large pot with a weak kicker.

We only have an inside straight draw out of position with a player still left to act behind us and insufficient pot odds.

I have second pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board, out of position against the preflop raiser who c-bet. My hand is unlikely to improve and I could be dominated by better queens or aces. Folding conserves chips for better spots.

53o is too weak to open raise or call on the button even in 3-handed play.

QQ is a very strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot after the button folded; raise for value and to build the pot.

KQo is strong against a small-blind opening range. I’ll three-bet for value and play the hand in position postflop.

With QQ in a 3-handed game, I have a strong hand. Seat 3's 3-bet to 1000 represents a strong range but I want to build the pot and get value from hands like AK, JJ, TT. Raising to 2500 commits me against a shove but also puts pressure on weaker holdings.

KQo is often dominated by a four-betting range. Calling another 1,500 chips risks a large pot with a hand that will be difficult to play profitably.

Q9s on the button is strong enough to open 3-handed, and raising puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable in position.

A8 suited is strong enough to three-bet against a button open in a three-handed game. Raising also pressures the big blind and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

J8s is far too weak to cold call an 11bb 3-bet out of position.

Q9s is too weak to call a large 3-bet from the small blind, and 4-betting as a bluff would risk too many chips without sufficient fold equity.

7-4 offsuit is too weak to profitably play from the button against two blinds.

Holding 32 offsuit in the small blind, playing out of position with the absolute bottom of the range is a standard fold despite getting 3:1 on a limp.