Hold'em table

K6 offsuit is a suitable button opening hand three-handed, leveraging position and initiative. I use a standard small open size.

Seven-eight offsuit is a weak hand to play out of the small blind against a button raise, so folding saves chips.

A4o in the big blind is facing a 2.5x button open heads-up. The pot odds are good (150 to win 400), and the hand has playable equity with an ace, so calling is better than folding or bloating the pot out of position.

I have ace-high with a backdoor wheel draw on a K-high flop, out of position against the button's preflop raise. The hand has little showdown value, so I'll check and see what the button does rather than bet.

Betting top pair for value and protection against the big blind's wide defending range on this dry flop.

Ace-high with a backdoor wheel draw and an ace blocker. The price is good: 250 to call into a pot of 800, about 24% equity needed. The button's c-bet on a king-high board is wide, so I'll call and keep bluffs in his range rather than fold or raise.

Ace-high on a paired 3-K-7-7 board has little showdown value but some. Checking keeps the pot small and gives me a chance to see a cheap river, and betting would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by better ones.

I have top pair on a paired board and can take thin value from weaker kings, pocket pairs, and draws while keeping the sizing controlled.

Ace-high with a 4 on a 3-K-7-7 board has almost no showdown value and only a weak gutshot-type draw. The button has bet every street, so I fold rather than pay 400 into a 1450 pot.

King-nine suited is a strong hand to isolate or steal from the button in a 3-way pot, and a raise to 300 builds the pot while folding out weak hands.

T5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position, facing a button raise to 300 with the big blind still to act. Calling 250 more is not profitable, so I fold.

2-5 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a button 3x open heads-up out of position.

A9s on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong enough hand to open-raise for value and position. Raising to 3bb also puts pressure on both blinds.

K-high with a deuce kicker is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button 3x open, especially with the big blind still behind.

Ace-trey offsuit is a playable calling hand from the big blind against a button raise to 300, getting a good price to see a flop with an ace-high holding.

I hold the ace of spades, making top pair with aces on a board of Ah 8h 7d, and I'm first to act heads-up against the preflop raiser, so a value bet of about 60% pot builds the pot while I'm ahead of most of their calling range.

I have top pair with a 9 kicker on a wet board, and the opponent's bet is small relative to the pot. Calling keeps their bluffs and weaker aces in and avoids bloating the pot against a range that may be ahead, with a 3-way pot reduced to heads-up.

I hold top pair with an ace, and a value bet of about half the pot charges weaker pairs and draws while the board's paired eights leave some risk.

I have aces and eights with a 9 kicker. The call costs 700 to win 2150, so the price is good. The opponent's messages are unreliable and don't match the board, and a raise would mostly get called only by hands that beat me.

I hold aces and eights for two pair on a board with no flush, so I bet about half the pot for value against weaker pairs and calls.

I hold aces and eights with a jack kicker. Calling 1500 into a pot of 4350 needs only about 26% equity, and seat 2's bets and messages are consistent with a single ace that I usually beat. Raising would mostly get called only by better hands.}

Pocket eights are a strong button opening hand three-handed; raising builds value while retaining fold equity.

Seven-Jack offsuit is a weak hand to play out of the small blind against a button raise, and calling 200 more into a three-way pot is not profitable enough to justify it.

A7s in the big blind is a comfortable call against a button open to 2.5bb. The pot offers good odds (150 to win 550), and the hand has suited playability. A 3-bet with this hand would mostly get called or 4-bet by better aces.

Top pair with ace kicker on A-4-4 is strong heads-up against a button raiser's wide range. A small bet of about 2/3 pot builds the pot and charges worse aces and pocket pairs, which should call. Position is out of position as BB, so betting for value is preferred over checking.

Pocket eights have useful showdown value against diamond draws and weaker pairs, while raising would mostly isolate us against aces or trips. Calling in position keeps those weaker hands and bluffs in.

Top pair with ace on a paired board, heads-up in position-less spot; I bet for value at about half pot since the opponent just called the flop and may hold weaker aces or draws.

I have a full house and should raise for value against aces, trips, and strong two-pair holdings. A substantial but noncommitting raise keeps worse hands and draws in.

Top pair with a decent kicker on a paired board, getting about 3.5-to-1 on a call of 1600 into a pot of 4050. The button's turn raise to 2200 is strong, but it can include bluffs and semi-bluffs, so folding is too tight and a re-raise is too risky.

I hold trip aces with a 7 kicker on a paired board (4-4), and seat_1 showed strength by raising the turn. A thin value bet risks being called only by better hands such as A8+ or a 4, while checking keeps the pot small and lets me call down cheaply.

We hold a full house after the turn check-raise and can extract value from Ax and trips. A substantial but non-jam river bet is more likely to be called by those holdings.

I hold aces and fours with an 8 kicker. Calling 2600 into a pot of 8250 needs only about 24% equity, and this beats bluffs and weaker aces, so calling is clearly profitable even though the turn raise showed strength.

Pocket jacks are a strong hand to open from the button, and a raise to 600 builds the pot and thins the field against the blinds.

T6 offsuit is weak, and calling 550 more out of position against a 6x button raise, with the big blind still left to act, is clearly unprofitable. Folding is best.

K4 offsuit performs poorly versus a 6bb button raise and is not worth defending out of position.

T2 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling out of position against two players with the blinds still to act is a losing play, so I fold.

With the button folded, 8-9 offsuit is a playable heads-up small-blind hand and benefits from taking initiative. I raise to apply pressure while retaining maneuverability.

Facing a small raise from the small blind with a suited ace in the big blind, calling 200 to see a cheap flop is reasonable and keeps the pot controlled.

A small continuation bet leverages the strong ace-king-high board that favors my preflop raising range while risking little with limited showdown value.

I hold a pair of aces with an ace-high kicker on a K-A-4 board, which is strong but not invulnerable to a king or a bigger pair. Calling the 200 keeps the pot controlled while I see whether seat_1 keeps betting.

I have no made hand and little credible equity on this paired broadway turn. Checking preserves chips rather than bluffing into a caller whose flop line is likely strong.

Top pair with ace kicker-level strength on a K-J-4 board is likely best against a checking opponent, so a half-pot bet extracts value and denies cheap equity.

We have only eight-high with no meaningful one-card draw on this board, so folding to the turn bet preserves chips.