Hold'em table

Ten-deuce offsuit is too weak to enter with from the button under standard three-handed ranges.

K4o has poor playability out of position against the big blind, making a fold standard here.

Open-raising J9o on the button in 3-handed play to steal blinds and realize position.

AQ offsuit is strong against a button opening range and merits a value three-bet. Raising to 800 pressures the big blind to fold and charges the opener for playing in position.

T9 offsuit is too weak to continue from the big blind against a raise and a large 3-bet, especially out of position.

J9o opened from the button, but facing a sizable 3-bet to 800 from the small blind, it does not have enough equity or playability to continue.

Eight-four offsuit is too weak to open profitably on the button without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing in a hand with poor equity and playability.

Complete from the small blind with 9-high suitedness absent but strong pot odds heads-up; 96o can realize enough equity at this price.

I hold 4s 2d offsuit in the big blind after the small blind limped. Checking to see a free flop is the standard and highest EV play.

With only nine-high and a backdoor spade draw on this dry flop, checking preserves pot control and realizes equity.

I have four-high with limited equity, so taking a free turn card in position is optimal.

A small turn stab can fold out many unpaired overcards after the flop checked through, while risking little in a limped pot.

I have four-high with no made hand or draw, facing a bet on the turn, making this an easy fold.

Q7 offsuit is a reasonable button opening hand three-handed. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure while preserving flexibility.

Nine-six offsuit is far too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.

J8 suited is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open to 2.5bb. Calling costs 150 into a 400-chip pot and preserves the hand’s suited and straight potential without inflating the pot out of position.

Check to the preflop raiser on this paired board. Our jacks and deuces have solid showdown value but a weak kicker, making a check-call approach preferable to leading.

A small continuation bet applies pressure to missed overcards and unpaired hands while risking little on this paired board. Q-high retains some equity when called.

Top pair is comfortably strong enough to call this small continuation bet against a wide button range. Calling keeps bluffs and weaker hands in while avoiding inflating the pot against stronger jacks or overpairs.

Top pair with a weak kicker has showdown value, but the third club favors some of the preflop raiser's continuing hands. Checking keeps the pot controlled and avoids leading into stronger jacks, overpairs, and flushes.

With Q-high and no club on a paired, three-club board, a turn bluff is unlikely to fold enough of the flop calling range. Checking preserves our modest showdown value and avoids building a pot against made hands.

My jack has showdown value, but the river ace and possible flush make a value bet unlikely to earn calls from worse hands. Checking preserves that showdown value without exposing me to a raise.

With no showdown value, I bluff at the river after the checked-through turn. This sizing can pressure one-pair Jx, small pairs, and missed draws while representing an ace or flush.

The river ace gives the button many plausible value bets after checking the turn, while my jack is only a bluff-catcher. Calling requires about 28% equity, and without a club blocker or evidence of frequent bluffing, I prefer folding.

Opening with a premium hand (AK suited) from the button with a standard 2.5bb raise.

Seven-deuce offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids investing more chips with poor equity and positional disadvantage.

8-high offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open at this sizing, especially out of position.

T6 suited is a reasonable button open three-handed, with position and some postflop playability. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds without risking too much with a marginal hand.

9-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

Getting 2.67 to 1 direct pot odds closing the action in the big blind, 8c6c is a standard suited connector defense against a button open.

Check to the preflop aggressor out of position with eight-high and backdoor draws.

This dry, paired flop favors my preflop raising range, making a small continuation bet an efficient bluff against unpaired hands. My backdoor heart draw also provides opportunities to continue on favorable turns.

I have eight-high with no pair and negligible draw equity on a paired king-high board, making this an easy fold against the c-bet.