Hold'em table

Suitedness is absent and 76 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button at this stack depth.

A7o is a clear raise in blind-vs-blind after the button folds, so I'm raising to 3bb to take the initiative.

With Ah8s and position, calling a 3x raise is profitable against a likely wide small blind range, and we have decent pot odds.

On a dry paired K-high board, as the preflop raiser out of position, a small cbet with ace-high plus a backdoor draw works well; it denies equity and folds out many BB hands cheaply.

I have the nut flush draw and an overcard, and I'm getting 4:1 pot odds, so calling is profitable.

The ace-high with no draw was called on the flop, so the BB's range is full of Kx, 6x and pairs that beat me. Checking to control the pot is best; I can re-evaluate if they bet.

Ace-high has some showdown value against busted draws, and a bluff on a board where the heart flush completed, without a heart in my hand, is unlikely to fold out the pairs that called the flop. Checking takes the free showdown.

I have the nut flush on the river and the opponent has shown weakness by checking both turn and river, so I bet for value.

Ace-high with no heart blocker is too weak against a river bet on a board where the flush just completed. Their flop-call range contains many pairs and flushes, so I'm unlikely to be good 29% of the time.

J4 offsuit on the button in 3-handed play is a marginal open; it is a weak, dominated hand, so folding is the simple low-variance choice.

Getting a strong price in the small blind heads-up, so I will complete with this suited-gap-like marginal hand and evaluate the flop.

J5o is weak; checking in the big blind against a small-blind limp lets me see a free flop with position, which is better than raising a hand with poor playability.

I have middle pair plus an open-ended straight draw and should bet for value and protection on this coordinated board.

Bottom pair with a jack kicker plus a gutshot to a 7, facing a 150-chip bet into 200. We get 150 to win 500 (30%), which is good enough to call against a wide limped range.

With a marginal pair and no club on a third-club board, checking controls the pot and realizes our straight-draw equity.

A pair of fives has some showdown value, but on this three-club, highly connected board it does poorly if raised. Checking back controls the pot.

Our pair of fives has limited showdown value on a coordinated board with many straights and possible flushes. Checking avoids turning it into a thin bluff after the turn checked through.

A pair of fives has some showdown value against a range that checked the turn and river. This scary board, with straights and a completed flush possible, gets worse hands to fold and better hands to call, so betting gains little.

KQs is a strong button opening hand in three-handed play. Raising builds the pot with a hand that performs well against blind calling ranges.

K2 offsuit from the small blind against a button open to 2.5bb, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. It plays poorly out of position and isn't a good 3-bet bluff candidate.

I'm getting decent pot odds to defend the big blind against a button open, and Q5o is playable enough to see a flop in position disadvantage.

We have bottom pair with a queen kicker on a dry board. Checking keeps the pot small out of position and lets the preflop raiser define the hand; we can call a reasonable bet or fold to heavy pressure.

I have two overcards and retain a range advantage on this dry flop after the big blind checks. A small continuation bet can fold out unpaired overcards and weaker holdings while keeping the risk controlled.

Pocket threes on the button in a 3-handed game are a clear open-raise; 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds and lets us win the pot preflop often.

T6o is a weak offsuit hand facing a raise out of position, and the big blind still acts behind me. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

QTo has sufficient equity to defend the big blind against a button min-open-sized raise, while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

I’ll make a small value/protection bet with top pair and a medium kicker on this coordinated flop.

The small donk bet gives good pot odds (200 to win 750, needing about 21% equity). Pocket threes with a backdoor heart likely has enough equity against a wide BB donk-betting range, so I'll call and re-evaluate on the turn.

Betting top pair for value against weaker queens, nines, and draws while charging the heart and spade draws.

A pair of 33 on a Q-9 board sits below nearly every made hand in a range that has now bet the flop and the turn. The turn also added spade draws that can outdraw us. With another river bet likely, calling 600 into 1550 isn't profitable, so I fold.

4-2 offsuit is too weak to invest chips preflop out of position against two opponents. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

7-high offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against the big blind.