Hold'em table

Ace-king offsuit is a premium opening hand three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds builds value while leveraging button position.

Queen-deuce offsuit is a weak hand to play out of position against a button open, so folding the small blind saves chips.

Pocket sixes have good implied odds against a button open and can set-mine profitably in position? Actually out of position, but the price is cheap; raising would bloat the pot with a vulnerable pair. I call to keep the pot manageable and try to flop a set or favorable low board.

I have a weak pair on a coordinated board with two overcards and a flush draw; checking to the preflop raiser is standard.

Top pair with top kicker is strong enough to bet for value against weaker kings and draws. A roughly two-thirds-pot bet charges the many straight and flush draws on this coordinated board.

I have bottom pair with only two outs on a very coordinated board, and I am out of position facing a strong flop bet. The pot odds are not favorable enough to continue against a likely stronger range.

Calling the 100-chip limp from the button with J2 offsuit is a marginal but reasonable price in a 3-handed pot, since the pot odds are close to the hand's equity and folding gives up a cheap look at the flop.

Getting 5-to-1 pot odds with a suited one-gapper in a 3-handed game, it's worth completing from the small blind to see a flop cheaply.

Checking takes a free flop with a suited connector that plays well in a multiway pot. Raising would inflate the pot out of position with a modest hand.

We have an open-ended straight draw but no made hand, and the pot is small. Checking allows us to see a free card and avoid building a pot out of position with a weak draw.

With a seven-high flush draw on a connected, high-card board, checking preserves equity without inflating a multiway pot out of position. Betting risks a raise and has limited fold equity against hands that connect with this board.

Checking is free and my 2-J holding on K-Q-9 has only a weak gutshut draw, so I keep the pot small and avoid bloating it out of position.

Two checks in front show weakness, and the board is scary with three diamonds. I bet to steal the pot with my ten-high and a flush blocker.

My made flush can extract value from pairs with a high diamond, two pair, and straights while charging draws. Raising also discourages the player behind from cheaply seeing a fourth diamond, though I would be cautious against a large reraise.

I hold J-high with only a gutshot to a straight, about 9% to improve on the river, and facing a 700 call into a 1200 pot I need roughly 37% equity, so folding is correct.

I have a weak ten-high flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, but the pot odds are slightly worse than my raw equity, and many of my outs could be dominated or dead. Folding avoids reverse implied odds and preserves my stack.

26o is a very weak hand, even on the button in a 3-handed game, and calling or raising would likely lose chips in the long run.

With the button folded, J8 offsuit is strong enough to complete the small blind at 3-to-1 pot odds. Limping keeps the pot small while out of position against the big blind.

With 9-6 offsuit I have no reason to build the pot, and checking my big blind option is free since to_call is 0.

Middle pair has showdown value but is not strong enough to build a large pot out of position. Checking keeps weaker hands in and lets me evaluate the opponent’s action.

We hold 9-6 high with no pair on a 5-8-Q flop, and seat_1 checked to us, so checking to see the next card for free is the cheapest and safest play.

My pair of eights has showdown value, but the king leaves two overcards on board. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids betting into stronger hands while allowing weaker hands to remain in.

I have 9-6 high with no made hand and only a weak backdoor, so checking to the river is the cheapest way to see the last card.

My pair of eights has showdown value, but a river bet would tend to get called by better hands while folding out missed draws. Checking preserves that value without inflating the pot.

I have a pair of sixes, which is marginal on this board, and seat_1 has checked the river, so checking to showdown is the sensible low-risk line.

K4 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, with position and useful flush potential. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

Nine-five offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise, and calling 200 more into a three-way pot doesn't give enough equity to justify it.

J8o is a weak hand out of position against a button raise. Folding avoids difficult postflop decisions.

From the button with K8 offsuit, calling 100 to see a cheap flop in a three-way pot is reasonable and keeps my losses limited versus a steal raise.

Button limped showing weakness, and A4o has blocker value. Raising to take initiative and steal the pot or isolate.

QJo is strong enough to defend against this small-blind raise, with 200 chips to call into a 500-chip pot. Calling preserves value without inflating the pot against stronger hands.

Calling 200 into a 700 pot gives about 3.5 to 1 pot odds, and 8-king offsuit has roughly break-even equity in this three-way pot, with position to act after the blinds.

I have a 5-high straight on a rainbow flop and am first to act, so I bet for value while charging any 6-4 draw or sets to continue.

Q-high has no meaningful draw on this low rainbow flop, and our overcard outs may not be clean. Facing a substantial bet with another player still to act, continuing is unlikely to be profitable.

I hold 8-high King with no pair or real draw on a 2-5-3 board, so facing a 500 chip bet I should fold rather than invest more.

J3o is a very weak hand with no equity, and folding avoids risking chips preflop.

Completing the small blind costs only 50 chips into a 150-chip pot. With only the big blind remaining, 7-5 offsuit has enough equity and straight potential to justify a low-cost limp.

AQo is a strong hand against a single limper, so I'm raising to build the pot for value rather than checking a strong hand.

Seven-five offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against the big blind's raise. Its poor equity realization does not justify calling another 200 chips.