Hold'em table

Q7s on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open-raise; a 2.5bb open applies pressure to both blinds.

7-6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

J6 offsuit is a marginal but reasonable big-blind defend against a button raise to 250, especially with the small blind's dead chips in the pot.

With second pair and a weak kicker against the preflop raiser, I prefer to check and keep the pot manageable.

Top pair with a flush draw on a wet board is strong enough to bet for value and protection. A bet of about 64% pot (350 into 550) charges draws and gets value from worse Qx and Jx.

Middle pair is strong enough to continue against a button continuation bet of 350 into 550. Raising would risk too much with a weak kicker.

Trips are strong here, and a moderate turn bet can get value from queens and heart draws while keeping the pot manageable against stronger jacks.

Top pair with a heart flush draw is well ahead of BB's bluffs and draws and has outs against better hands. Calling 700 into 1950 needs only about 26% equity, while raising would mostly fold out worse hands.

Trip jacks are strong enough to value-bet against queens and overpairs. A half-pot bet should get calls from those hands without building an unnecessarily large pot against a stronger jack.

Queens and jacks with a 7 kicker is a bluff-catcher, but the price is good: 1300 to win 3950 needs only about 25% equity. Missed heart draws, missed straight draws and weaker queens make up enough of the big blind's betting range to call.

T9 suited is a strong, playable button opening hand three-handed. Raising builds initiative and can take down the blinds.

J-2 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Getting 150 to win a 400-chip pot against a wide button open, J5o has enough equity to defend the big blind by calling.

Bottom pair on a K-high board out of position against the preflop raiser has showdown value but plays poorly as a bet. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me evaluate a c-bet.

A small continuation bet leverages the preflop range advantage and can fold out BB’s unpaired overcards. T9 suited retains useful backdoor and straight-improvement potential when called.

Middle pair facing a small c-bet (180 into 550) is getting great odds; J5 with a pair of fives is ahead of the button's many air hands, so calling is better than folding or raising.

Middle pair with a weak kicker plays best as a bluff-catcher out of position, so I'll check and plan to call a reasonable bet. The small flop c-bet suggests a wide range from the button.

The turn check creates an opportunity to apply pressure after the flop continuation bet. A medium-sized barrel can fold out missed broadways and weaker pairs while retaining reasonable risk with no showdown value.

Second pair is a reasonable bluff-catcher against a wide button range that has plenty of draws and air. Calling 550 to win 2010 needs only about 27% equity.

The river Jack gives me two pair, jacks and fives, which beats the Kx hands the button has been barreling with. A lead of about half pot gets value from Kx, which may check back on this scary card.

We have only ten-high with no made pair, and the river lead after calling two prior barrels is too strong to profitably continue.

Q8 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, with position for the rest of the hand.

ATs in the small blind against a button open is a strong hand, so I'm 3-betting to 10bb out of position for value and fold equity with a good blocker, rather than flatting with the big blind still left to act.

A9 offsuit is too weak to continue profitably facing a substantial small-blind 3-bet while out of position.

Q8 suited is too easily dominated by a small-blind three-bet, and calling the large sizing would commit too much with a marginal hand.

Q6o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open-raise, so a 2.5bb steal attempt at the blinds is profitable.

9-high with a weak kicker is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5 big-blind raise.

K4 offsuit is a weak button opening hand in this configuration and not worth entering with at the current blind structure.

A-T offsuit is strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise for value rather than complete from the small blind.

66 in the BB against a small-blind open is well ahead of the SB's wide range and plays well in position, so calling 200 more is profitable. 3-betting is also viable, but a flat keeps the SB's weaker hands in.

A small continuation bet leverages my preflop range advantage while keeping the pot manageable. I have a gutshot to Broadway and some additional ways to improve.

Getting 4:1 against a small c-bet; 66 retains showdown value against SB's many unpaired overcard hands and has a backdoor heart draw.

The turn is a relative blank, and the flop call can include weak pairs and draws. A bet applies pressure to those hands while I retain a gutshot to Broadway.

Pocket sixes with the heart flush draw and set outs, getting about 3.5:1. That price plus implied odds and some bluff-catching equity makes a call better than folding or raising.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws, while the river is unlikely to make a king or queen fold. Checking is better than bluffing into a range that has called twice.

Pocket sixes have some showdown value against busted draws after villain gave up on the river, but a bet would only get called by Kx or Qx. Checking back takes the free showdown.

Pocket fives are strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise builds the pot while keeping the risk modest.

Q9o from the small blind facing a 2.5x button open is weak out of position, and the big blind is still left to act behind, so folding is the standard play. Three-betting has little fold equity against a wide button range and gets dominated when called.

Defend the big blind versus the button's small 2.5bb open with K8 suited; it has adequate equity and playability heads-up.

I have trip kings and should bet for value against pocket pairs, sixes, draws, and weaker kings. A moderate sizing keeps worse hands continuing while limiting exposure to stronger kings.

The small flop bet gives me a reasonable price to continue with a pocket pair in position. I can reassess if the turn brings more pressure.

I have trip kings and should value-bet against weaker kings, sevens, pocket pairs, and draws while charging heart draws. A moderate sizing keeps those hands in.

My pocket fives are behind many hands that bet twice on this board, and I have few outs to improve. Calling 700 into a pot of 1850 is not worthwhile.