Hold'em table

A3 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

A♠9♦ is strong enough to continue against a button-sized open, but calling keeps weaker hands in and avoids inflating the pot out of position while the big blind is still to act.

Getting 150 to win 600 (20% equity needed) with a suited-like connector, 65o, multiway, while closing the action. Calling is profitable given the implied odds with 100bb stacks.

A-high has some showdown value on this dry, paired flop, but betting into two opponents risks being called or raised by stronger hands. I’ll check and preserve the option to continue based on their actions.

Trip fives on a paired, fairly dry board. A small bet gets value from pairs and draws and protects against straight draws like 63, 32 and A2, while keeping the pot manageable given my weak kicker.

The small flop bet gives me good pot odds with an ace and a gutshot to a wheel. Calling keeps weaker hands in without building a large pot.

The bet is small relative to the pot, and ace-high has useful overcard equity with favorable pot odds. Raising is unattractive after a bet and a call on this paired board.

With only ace-high on a paired board, I have little reason to bluff into two opponents after the flop bet was called twice. I’ll take the free card and keep the pot small.

Trip fives are very likely best in a three-way pot, and there are diamond and straight draws on board. Betting about two-thirds of the pot gets value and charges those draws.

Ace-high has only a gutshot and limited chances to improve against a large turn bet, with another player still to act.

I have only ace-high with weak improvement prospects, and the turn bet is substantial after the flop raise. Calling is unlikely to be profitable against the remaining player's range.

T3 offsuit is too weak to continue from the button against the big blind, even with the small blind already posted.

A7s is a strong hand in a small blind vs big blind spot, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and initiative.

8♠4♠ is suited and playable in position against a small-blind raise. Calling 200 offers reasonable pot odds without building a large pot with a marginal hand.

A7s has a gutshot, an ace overcard and a backdoor flush draw, so it has enough equity for a small semi-bluff c-bet. Betting also denies BB's overcards their free equity on this connected board.

The small flop bet gives me a reasonable price to draw to a straight, with a backdoor flush draw as well. Calling keeps the pot manageable while I have position.

A7s has a gutshot and an overcard. Barreling out of position puts pressure on weak pairs and floats, and the draw gives us equity when called.

I have an open-ended straight draw with eight river outs. Calling keeps the pot manageable while leaving room to win more if I hit.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed diamond and straight draws, which a bluff would only fold out. The pairs that called twice are unlikely to fold, so I'll check and try to reach showdown cheaply.

Eight-high has almost no showdown value. After the preflop raiser checked the river, a bet gives missed draws and weak hands a chance to fold.

Ace-high with a missed straight draw beats only villain's bluffs. After calling on the flop and turn, the BB's river bet of 1600 into 2200 looks value-heavy, so calling at about 30% pot odds isn't worth it.

QQ on the button, first to act, is a clear value open. A 2.5bb raise builds the pot while keeping the blinds' weaker hands in.

4♠2♠ is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

8-4 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise, especially out of position. The call price does not compensate for the hand’s poor playability.

On the button in a three-handed pot, I can open a wide range and use position postflop. A modest raise gives this marginal hand a chance to win the blinds.

T6 offsuit is a weak hand from the small blind facing a button raise, and calling would leave me out of position with the big blind still to act.

33 in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open gets great odds (150 to win 400) with deep stacks for set mining, so calling is clearly better than folding or 3-betting.

Small pocket pair on an A-Q-8 board that heavily favors the button's opening range; check and give up to significant pressure.

This dry ace-high flop favors my preflop raising range. A small continuation bet can fold out weak hands without risking much.

Getting about 4:1 against a small c-bet, and 33 still has showdown value against the button's air and a set draw, so calling is a reasonable defend. Raising would fold out worse hands and get called only by better ones.

Small pair on an A-Q-J-8 board with two diamonds is nearly pure bluff-catcher/showdown value, so I check and give up to significant pressure.

My weak hand has only a gutshot, and this turn connects well with the range that called the flop. Checking avoids investing more chips with little fold equity.

Pocket threes play only as the board's pair of eights plus threes, which is weak on this board. The button checked back the turn, so their range still holds many pairs that beat us but would call a bet. Checking keeps what little showdown value we have against their air and avoids turning our hand into a bluff.

Nine-high has little showdown value. A 700-chip bluff can pressure the opponent's weaker one-pair hands on a river that completes a flush.

Our 33 plays as a weak two pair on a board where the diamond flush and several straights got there. We beat almost nothing except pure air, and even small pairs like 44-77 beat us, so calling 700 into 1610 isn't profitable.

On the button in a three-handed pot, 9-6 offsuit is weak but can take a flop cheaply with position. I’ll call rather than build a large pot with it.

Getting 5:1 to complete in the small blind against a button limp, so 63o is a cheap multiway call even though it's out of position.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to raise into two limpers, and checking lets me see the flop for free.

The board is J-T-Q with two clubs, which connects heavily with the other two ranges, and I hold 6-3 with no pair and no draw. I'm out of position against two opponents, so checking and giving up cheaply is best.

I have no made hand or meaningful draw on this connected flop, and the pot is multiway. Checking avoids putting more chips in with little equity.

I have an open-ended straight draw with eight apparent outs, and both opponents checked. A modest bet adds fold equity while building the pot when I improve.

63 offhand has no pair and no draw on the JcTcQs board, and there's a bet plus a player still to act behind. Folding is clear.

Seven-five has no pair or meaningful draw on this coordinated flop, so calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Pocket sixes are a clear open from the button in 3-handed play. A 2.5bb open wins the blinds often and plays well postflop.

Nine-deuce offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

J♥5♠ is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability against the button’s raise. The pot odds are not enough to justify defending it out of position.