Hold'em table

9-4 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a weak, unsuited, unconnected hand with no action yet; folding is the standard play to avoid dominated spots.

With K6o in the small blind, the button has folded and I only need 50 more to see a cheap flop against the big blind. Raising would risk chips with a marginal hand out of position, so I prefer to call and evaluate the flop.

Checking takes a free flop with a suited connector and preserves its drawing potential. With no read on the small blind, there is no need to inflate the pot with five-high.

With K-high and no pair on a dry flop, checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a pot out of position with a weak hand.

With no showdown value and backdoor flush and straight possibilities, this is a reasonable small bluff after the small blind checks. A half-pot bet can profitably fold out unpaired hands while keeping the risk low.

I have only king-high on a T-8-2 flop and face a half-pot bet with no pair or real draw. Folding avoids chasing with poor equity and preserves chips for stronger spots.

With 6h5s on the button, I'm getting good pot odds (100 to call into 250) and closing the action, so I'll see a cheap flop with a speculative suited connector.

Pocket eights is strong enough to raise for value against a button limp. A 5bb raise pressures the big blind to fold and charges the limper while compensating for our positional disadvantage.

4h3s offsuit is a trash hand facing a 5x raise from the small blind with the button limper still to act; folding is clearly correct.

With 65s on the button and closing the preflop action, I have position and good implied odds to call the small blind's raise and see a flop.

My overpair is ahead of much of the limp-calling range. A small continuation bet gets value from weaker pairs and denies equity to overcards without building an unnecessarily large pot.

I have an open-ended straight draw and good pot odds with position; calling keeps my range wide and avoids inflating the pot against a paired board where the raiser may have trips or an overpair.

My overpair can get value from smaller pairs and draws while denying equity to overcards. A roughly half-pot bet provides protection without committing too much against trips or stronger hands.

I have a 7-high straight and should raise for value against trips, overpairs, and draws. A medium raise keeps worse hands in while not overcommitting if the board pairs again.

The large turn raise on this dry, paired board strongly represents trips, a full house, or 65 for a straight. With 88 functioning mainly as a bluff-catcher and little chance to improve, calling 2000 is not justified without evidence of frequent bluffs.

75 suited is a reasonable button open three-handed, with positional advantage and potential to make strong draws. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds without committing too much with a speculative hand.

T2 suited is a weak hand out of position in the small blind facing a button raise; folding avoids a poor-equity, out-of-position spot.

J6o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, and calling 150 more would require significant postflop equity realization that this hand lacks.

4h5d offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal hand; it's below a standard button opening range and plays poorly out of position postflop, so folding is the lowest-variance, highest-EV choice.

Button folded, so I will apply pressure on the big blind with a suited connector and try to take the pot down preflop or play a raised pot with position on later streets.

Against a typically wide small-blind opening range, K4 offsuit has enough equity to defend for 200 into a 400 pot. Calling preserves that range and lets us play in position postflop.

Continuation bet on a dry paired board to take down the pot; my hand has backdoor straight and flush equity if called.

K-high with a weak kicker and no meaningful draw is a poor candidate to continue against a half-pot bet. Our improvement outs are unreliable, and we have stronger hands available to defend.

Ace-jack offsuit is a strong 3-handed button hand, so I raise for value and to take initiative rather than just call from the button.

KQo is strong enough to three-bet against a button opening range. A 4x raise compensates for playing out of position and discourages the big blind from entering cheaply.

9c4c offsuit-weak suited junk facing a 3-bet to 1200 with the original raiser still to act behind; easy fold from the big blind.

AJo has enough equity against a small-blind 3-bet in a 3-handed game, and I have position postflop. Calling keeps the pot manageable and avoids over-committing with a marginal hand.

Top pair with a strong kicker merits a small value bet on this favorable board for the preflop three-bettor. This sizing can get calls from weaker kings, pocket pairs, and draws while denying free equity.

Ace-high with no pair or strong draw on a king-high flop, facing a flop bet after a preflop 3-bet, is not worth continuing. Folding avoids committing more chips with a marginal hand.

Nine-six offsuit is below a standard button opening range with two players still to act. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding avoids investing in a weak, poorly connected hand.

Button folded, so I'm SB vs BB heads-up with a suited connector that plays well postflop; raising to 3bb takes initiative and is standard in blind-vs-blind spots with 6h4h.

With 2h3c in the big blind facing a small-blind raise, this hand has very poor equity and playability. Folding avoids investing more chips out of position with a weak offsuit holding.