Hold'em table

Open-raise the button with this connected hand to leverage position and pressure the blinds.

T5o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is too weak to call or 3-bet profitably.

Pocket threes are a decent speculative hand and I am getting good implied odds to call the small raise and try to flop a set. Folding would waste my big blind, and raising with this hand out of position is unnecessary.

I have a small pair with no strong draw on an ace-high flop, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn cheaply.

A small continuation bet leverages the button raiser’s range advantage on this ace-high board and can fold out many missed hands. Our hand has limited showdown value, so betting is preferable to checking behind.

My pair of threes is far behind on this ace-high board against a preflop raiser who continues betting, and calling offers poor equity.

JTo on the button, first to act in a 3-handed game, is a clear open-raise. I'm making it 2.5bb to take the initiative and pressure the blinds.

96o is a weak offsuit hand out of position facing an open raise; calling would commit chips with poor playability. Folding loses only the small blind and avoids a worse spot.

Defend the big blind against the button's small 2.5bb open with K5 suited; the price and heads-up position dynamics make calling preferable to folding.

Check with weak king-high on this paired, coordinated board; preserve flexibility and avoid inflating the pot out of position.

Trip jacks on a wet, draw-heavy board, so I bet about two-thirds pot for value and protection against flush and straight draws.

I have a king-high flush draw plus a gutshot to a king-high straight, giving sufficient equity and implied odds to continue versus this flop bet.

I have a king-high straight draw plus a diamond flush draw, while the ace is a strong scare card for many flop continuations. Betting gives me fold equity against missed broadways and weaker pairs while retaining substantial river equity.

Trip jacks with a weak kicker, plus straight (K) and flush draws, is too strong to fold but vulnerable to KT, AJ, KJ and QJ when raised. Calling keeps the pot controlled while I still have good equity.

With only king-high, checking has virtually no showdown value. A substantial polarized river bet credibly represents a jack or strong ace while our king blocks some straight holdings.

Trip jacks with a ten kicker is a strong bluff-catcher. Many of villain's value hands (KT, AJ, QJ, QQ, AA) beat us, but a call of 2000 to win 6650 only needs about 30% equity. Raising would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by better ones.

We have a weak hand but with position and a small price to see a flop, so we call.

Getting 5:1 immediate pot odds in a three-handed limped pot, Ah7s is strong enough to complete from the small blind. Raising would bloat the pot out of position with a dominated-prone ace.

K2 offsuit is a weak hand to raise into two limpers, and checking gives me a free flop from the big blind.

With only ace-high on a coordinated multiway flop, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot.

We have bottom pair on a dry board and both opponents checked, so I'll bet to take the pot down and charge any draws.

With only ace-high and no meaningful draw facing a multiway flop bet, folding preserves chips.

King-high with no real draw, out of position against a two-thirds-pot bet on J-5-4 with two diamonds. The price is about 29%, and realizable equity is below that.

Q8 suited is a profitable button opening hand in three-handed play. Raising applies pressure to the blinds and leverages position.

Three-handed, the button's opening range is wide, and J9s plays well as a 3-bet from the small blind. A raise to 10bb avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot and gives us fold equity.

T2o is far too weak to continue against a raise and reraise preflop, and calling 900 more offers poor equity. Folding preserves chips for a better spot.

Qs8s is not strong enough to continue profitably against a 10bb 3-bet from the small blind after opening.

In 3-handed play, Q7o on the button is a standard opening hand. A small open to 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds.

Q7o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding preserves chips for a better spot.

9-high offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open at this sizing from the big blind.

Button position with a suited king; raising to take the dead blinds and play in position.

Q8 suited has adequate equity and playability to defend the small blind against a button min-raise at this price, especially with the big blind still behind.

A3 suited in the big blind, facing a button raise to 2.5bb and a small-blind call: I'm getting 150 to win 750, which is great odds. Calling is clearly profitable, and a squeeze is less attractive into two players.

With Q-high and only a weak backdoor diamond draw in a multiway raised pot, checking is preferable to bluffing into two opponents.

Bottom pair with an ace kicker in a three-way pot, and the preflop raiser is still to act behind. Checking controls the pot size and keeps showdown value, and I can call a reasonable c-bet.

Flopped top pair in position; both blinds checked, so I'll bet about 60% pot for value and to fold overcards and draws.

Q-high with only weak backdoor possibilities has insufficient equity against a sizable multiway flop continuation bet.

With bottom pair and an ace kicker on a dry K93 board, calling 450 into 1200 (about 27% equity needed) is profitable against a button c-bet range that includes many bluffs. Raising would only fold out worse hands and get called by better ones.

I hold third pair plus the nut-flush draw on a paired board against a button that c-bet. Checking controls the pot and keeps its bluffs in its range, and I can call a reasonable bet with my equity.

I have two pair (kings and nines) on a board with no flush or strong straight draws, and I'm in position against one opponent who checked. Betting for value here should get called by worse made hands or draws.

Getting about 3:1 against a small turn barrel from a wide button range. A3 bluff-catches unpaired broadways and has around 5 outs against Kx.

Our hand is only third pair with a paired board, which gives it showdown value but makes it too weak to bet for value against a button that has barreled twice. Checking keeps the pot controlled; if they bet, we can decide whether to bluff-catch based on sizing.

I have two pair (Kings and Nines) and the opponent checked the river, so I can bet for value against worse hands like a king with a lower kicker. If I get raised, I can fold to a stronger hand.

Third pair facing a triple barrel on a K-9-9 board. Villain's value range (Kx, 9x, overpairs, mid pocket pairs) dominates my hand, and there are too few missed draws on this board to make up the needed 24% equity.