Hold'em table

QTs is a strong button-opening hand heads-up against the blinds. Raise to 2.5 big blinds for value and initiative.

Folding T6 offsuit in the small blind facing a button open raise.

A8o has enough equity and pot odds to defend the big blind against a 2.5bb button open once the small blind folds. Three-betting this offsuit ace risks domination, so a call is the better price.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on K-J-9; checking keeps the pot small and realizes equity without bluffing into the preflop raiser.

I have a strong combo draw with an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw, so I’m betting for value and fold equity after the opponent checked.

Ace-high with no pair and no draw on K-J-9 is too weak to continue against a flop bet. Folding avoids putting more chips in with little equity.

Opening from the button 3-handed with an Ace to apply pressure and steal blinds or play in position.

Pocket nines are ahead of a button open in three-handed play, so I 3-bet to 7.5bb to isolate and build the pot rather than flat from the small blind.

Q-3 offsuit is too weak to continue against an open and a substantial three-bet; calling would put in 650 chips with poor odds and playability.

A6o is too weak to continue against a 3-bet from the small blind, so folding is the standard play.

Button open with suited T8s in a three-handed pot; a 2.5bb raise takes the initiative and folds out weak hands.

Q-2 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Holding 9h 2c in the big blind against a button open; 92o has virtually no playable equity postflop out of position, making this a clear fold.

A3 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game; raising puts pressure on the blinds and gives me initiative.

In a 3-handed game with no rake, QJo is well ahead of the button's wide opening range and gets good pot odds to defend from the small blind.

68o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise and a small-blind call. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, poorly connected hand.

Flopped an open-ended straight draw out of position; checking to the preflop raiser to evaluate their action.

A small continuation bet uses my preflop initiative on a king-high board and can fold out some hands with equity. If called, I still have ace-high and backdoor flush potential.

I hold an open-ended straight draw on a board of Kd-Th-7c, getting favorable 4-to-1 pot odds to call a small continuation bet.

I turned second pair with an open-ended straight draw; checking out of position to pot control and see how the button acts.

I have ace-high with a gutshot to Broadway, but the turn likely connects with the caller’s range. Checking takes a free river and avoids inflating the pot with limited equity.

I have two pair, Queens and Tens with a King kicker, which has solid showdown value but won't get called by much worse if I bet. Checking allows me to see a cheap showdown.

I have only the board pair of tens, but my ace kicker gives me reasonable showdown value. A river bet is unlikely to get called by worse hands, so I’ll check.

Holding 9c 5s on the button, this offsuit hand is too weak to open raise even in a 3-handed game. Folding is the cleanest standard play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. Ten-five suited is worth a small steal raise rather than folding the dead small blind.

As-3x is a reasonable defend against a small-blind open, and the call closes the action at favorable pot odds.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a queen-high flop, so I check and keep the pot small rather than betting into the caller.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but this dry-ish board favors the preflop raiser and a bet risks getting called or check-raised by better hands and draws. I’ll take the free card.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker has some showdown value but is too thin to bet into a preflop caller who checked the flop. Checking controls the pot and keeps worse hands in.

A-high has some showdown value, and I have no meaningful draw to improve. I’ll take the free card rather than risk a bet that gets called mostly by better hands.

I have only bottom pair with a weak kicker on a river Ace, so a bet gets called mostly by better hands. Checking realizes my showdown value for free.

I have top pair and can make a small thin-value bet that may be called by a queen or a weaker pair. Keeping it small limits the cost if the opponent has a better ace.

Bottom pair of fives with a weak kicker loses to most of a delayed river bet after the ace, so the small price is not enough to continue.

On the button in a three-handed pot, K3 suited is a reasonable open. A small raise to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure and can take the blinds or continue with position.

A♠Q offsuit is strong against a button open, and a 3-bet builds value while putting pressure on the big blind. I choose a substantial but noncommitting size out of position.

32o is the weakest possible starting hand facing a raise and a 3-bet, making this a trivial fold.

K3s is too weak to continue against a 3-bet; it is often dominated and does not have enough equity or playability to call 650.