Hold'em table

Pocket jacks on the button in a 3-handed game is a premium hand; open to 2.5bb to build the pot and take initiative against the blinds.

3-2 suited is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind out of position; folding preserves stack.

9-3 offsuit is among the weakest hands. Calling 150 more to defend the big blind against a button raise would leave me out of position with a hand that rarely connects, so I'll fold.

8-4 offsuit on the button is too weak to call a big blind in 3-handed play; folding preserves stack versus dominated ranges.

T8 offsuit in the small blind, heads-up against the big blind. Completing costs only 50 more to win a 200 pot, which is a good price, and the hand has reasonable playability.

K3 offsuit in the big blind after a small blind limp; checking to see a free flop is standard and raising with a weak kicker out of position has little value.

Middle pair (tens) with a decent kicker on K-T-7 rainbow is likely the best hand in a heads-up pot where both players showed weakness preoCheck-call preflop. Betting about half pot for value and protection against overcards and draws.... Min bet is 100, which is half the pot of 200.}

Top pair with a weak kicker on a dry-ish board versus a small-blind limper's half-pot lead; raising for value and protection against draws and weaker tens/sevens, while keeping the pot manageable.

Middle pair with a Ten on a Ks-Tc-7h board is a decent hand heads-up. Calling 200 into a 600 pot gives good odds, and the opponent's 3x raise could be a bluff or semi-bluff. A raise risks too much against stronger hands like a King.

Top pair on the turn with a decent kicker. Seat_1 raised the flop, but heads-up I should bet for value and to deny equity to draws, such as the club draw. I'll size at half pot.

Top pair with a weak kicker facing a half-pot lead after my flop raise was called; getting 3:1 I have enough equity against draws and worse Kx, but raising would isolate against better hands.

Kings and tens with an 8 kicker beats most pairs and worse Kx hands. A bet of about 44% of the pot gets value from weaker holdings without overcommitting if the opponent holds a king or better.

Trips kings with a weak kicker on a paired board; villain's three-street lead line includes better Kx and boats but also plenty of Tx and bluffs, so calling at ~23% pot odds is clearly correct while raising risks getting value-owned by better kings.

T8 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is playable. Calling 100 to win a pot of 250 gives good odds and I have position, so I take a cheap flop rather than fold or bloat the pot.

J9o in the small blind facing a button limp: completing for 50 into 250 gives good odds with a playable hand; raising out of position with a marginal hand isn't attractive.

With 7h4h in the big blind and no raise to call, checking for free lets me realize suited equity without inflating the pot with a weak hand out of position.

Limped 3-way pot, I hold an open-ended straight draw (J9 on T-A-8) with no made hand; checking first to act keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card or react to a bet with good draw equity.

With 7-high, no pair or real draw on an ace-high board and a player behind, bluffing into two opponents is unprofitable; check to see a free card for backdoor hearts.

I have two pair, tens and eights, on a Th Ad 8s flop, and both opponents checked. I'm betting about two-thirds of the pot for value and to charge draws and ace-x hands, since the board is fairly dry. .

Open-ended straight draw (8 outs) with deep stacks; calling 200 into 500 gives good direct odds plus implied odds, and a raise risks bloating the pot out of position against two players.

With 7h4h on Th Ad 8s I have no pair and no real draw, only weak backdoor hearts, which is far below the equity needed to call 200 into 700 against two opponents.

Gutshot (Q for straight) with no made hand on a brick turn; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does, with option to call a reasonable bet for implied odds.

Two pair (tens and eights) on a Th Ad 8s 3c board is likely best against a checking opponent. I bet about 57% of the pot for value and to deny equity to draws and ace-high hands.

Open-ended straight draw (8 outs) getting ~27% direct odds with deep stacks behind; implied odds make the call profitable and a hit on the river is well disguised.

Jack-high has no showdown value after my straight draw missed; check-calling two streets then leading big on the paired river credibly represents trips/full house, and a 1100 bet into 1500 needs folds only ~42% of the time to profit against a button-limp range that includes many weak tens, draws, and thin aces.

I hold eights full of tens, which beats most hands that would bet this line. Only a few combos such as AA, TT or Ax with the fourth 8 beat me, so I raise for value.

I have jack-high with a busted straight draw; my river bluff was raised and I cannot beat anything, so folding is the only option.

K3o on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal but reasonable open; raising to 2.5bb attacks the blinds with position and a king-high hand that plays fine heads-up.

6-4 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

2-3 offsuit is the worst starting hand, and calling 150 more out of position against a button raise would lose chips in the long run, so I fold.

On the button three-handed, 8-6 offsuit is wide enough to open-raise rather than fold, and a 2.5bb raise can steal the blinds while keeping position if called.

J8o out of position in the small blind facing a button raise to 250, with the big blind still to act behind me, is a weak hand that plays poorly postflop; folding is the disciplined choice.

7-2 offsuit is the worst starting hand; facing a button raise out of position, folding is clearly correct even with decent pot odds.

A4s on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong enough hand to raise for value and to take the initiative, so I raise to 3bb.

J3 offsuit in the small blind facing a 3x open from the button is a clear fold; it's dominated, plays poorly out of position, and has no 3-bet bluff value here.

KTo has sufficient equity against a wide button open to defend the big blind, needing only about 31% to call, while a 3-bet out of position risks domination by stronger kings.

Out of position with king-high and only backdoor straight potential on a queen-high flush-draw board; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me realize equity cheaply.

Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw and the nut-ace blocker, in position against a checking big blind on a dry board. A small continuation bet of about half the pot can take the pot now or pick up equity if called.

King-high with no club draw and only weak backdoor straight potential has insufficient equity against the button's preflop raise and flop bet, and calling risks larger turn pressure.