Hold'em table

Ten-deuce offsuit is well below the threshold for opening on the button, even in 3-handed play. Easy fold.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. J8o is marginal but the price to complete is only 50 into 150, so calling is better than folding.

7h4d is a weak hand, and checking takes the free option without building the pot.

Middle pair with a jack kicker is too thin to bet out of position into a dryish flop; checking keeps the pot small and preserves showdown value.

I have a weak pair on a coordinated, two-diamond board. I’ll take the free card rather than build the pot.

I have middle pair with a jack kicker in a limped heads-up pot after both players checked the flop. A half-pot bet gets thin value from worse pairs and overcards while keeping the pot small enough to fold if raised.

The small turn bet gives me favorable pot odds, and my pair of sevens can still be ahead of bluffs or weaker hands. I’ll call rather than raise with a weak kicker.

I have trip eights with a jack kicker on the river. A modest value bet targets worse pairs and one-pair hands that can call, while avoiding an oversized bet that only better full houses continue against.

My two pair is weak on this paired board, and the turn-to-river betting line is likely to include better value hands. I’ll fold rather than pay the river bet with a marginal bluff-catcher.

A2o is a standard button open in 3-handed play with position; a 2.5bb raise builds the pot and can take it down preflop.

Pocket tens are strong against a button open, and a sizable out-of-position 3-bet builds value while denying equity to the big blind. I choose 900 chips, about 3.6 times the open.

K7o is a clear fold facing an open raise and a 3-bet out of the big blind.

A2o is too weak to continue against a 9bb small-blind 3-bet; calling invites domination and a 4-bet bluff has poor blockers and little fold equity value.

Pocket nines are strong on the button three-handed, so I’m opening for value while applying pressure to the blinds.

T3s is far too weak to defend out of position facing a 3x button raise.

56s is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button 3x open once the small blind folds; calling 200 into 450 is better than folding or bloating the pot out of position.

I have no pair and only a backdoor diamond draw on a disconnected flop, so checking is the disciplined play out of position.

I have top set on a two-heart flop, so I want to build the pot and charge Jx hands and draws while they can still call.

5-6 missed this flop completely with no pair or draw, and calling 450 into 1100 needs far more equity than air has against a c-bet.

75o is too weak to open profitably even on the button in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. A3o is too strong to fold for half a blind more, and calling keeps the pot small out of position.

K♦T♦ is strong enough to raise over the small blind’s limp and take initiative heads-up. A raise to 350 builds the pot while applying pressure to weaker hands.

A3o is too weak to continue out of position against a 3.5x raise; pot odds do not compensate for the hand's poor playability.

Pocket jacks are a premium hand on the button, so I open to 3x the big blind to build the pot and take control before the flop.

J2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a button raise, especially from out of position. Fold rather than invest another 250 chips.

A6s has sufficient equity and playability to defend against a button open getting better than 2:1 direct pot odds.

Check to the preflop raiser out of position with Ace-high on a King-high board.

Pocket jacks are ahead of much of the big blind's check-call range, so a small continuation bet builds the pot and charges draws on this king-high two-spade board.

I completely missed the flop with ace-high and no spade draw against the preflop aggressor's c-bet, making this an easy fold.

A♣8♣ is a strong button-opening hand in a three-handed game. I raise to 2.5 big blinds to build the pot while keeping weaker hands in the range.

K2o is a very weak hand out of position facing a button open, making this a clear fold.

T3s is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding avoids a dominated, speculative spot.