Hold'em table

T5 offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button against two players at 100 big blinds.

Blind vs blind, completing for 50 into a 150 pot gives good odds, so a wide limping range including 83o is reasonable. I plan to play cautiously postflop out of position.

Check the big blind with a weak offsuit hand and realize equity cheaply heads-up.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a coordinated board in a limped pot; a small bet gets value and protection from overcards and draws while keeping the pot controlled.

I have top pair in a limped heads-up pot and can profitably continue versus this small flop stab. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while preserving pot control on a coordinated board.

Top pair of eights on a paired board is decent but vulnerable to many draws, so a half-pot bet takes value from sixes, weaker eights and draws while denying free cards.

I have an eight-high pair on a paired, coordinated board and am getting a favorable price to continue. Calling keeps weaker hands and draws in without inflating the pot.

We only have two pair (eights and sevens) on a straight-heavy, paired board. BB called two streets and could hold trips, a straight or a better pair, so checking for showdown value is best.

I have two pair and villain's river check caps much of their range. A modest value bet can be called by weaker eights, sevens, and some bluff-catchers while limiting exposure to completed straights.

Our two pair (eights and sevens) is marginal on a straight-heavy board, but the small bet only needs about 21% equity against a wide big-blind range. That includes weaker pairs and bluffs, so calling is better than folding or raising.

KJo is a strong opening hand on the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and pressure the blinds.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind versus a button open, especially with the big blind still behind.

Six-deuce suited is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5-big-blind raise.

Ten-four suited is too weak to profitably enter from the button at this stack depth against two blinds.

With the button folded, 8♦7♦ is strong enough to raise against the big blind. Raising gives me a chance to win the pot now while building a pot with a playable suited connector.

Getting 2:1 and in position against a wide small-blind steal range, J2o has enough equity and playability to be a marginal but acceptable defend.

I have a made straight on a wet flop. Betting for value also charges flush draws and hands that can improve to a higher straight.

Top pair plus a spade flush draw easily beats the 30% equity needed against a 75%-pot c-bet. With a weak kicker on a wet board, calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in and controls the pot.

I have a straight, but a king makes a higher straight and the three spades allow flushes. Checking controls the pot against a range that can contain both.

A single pair of jacks on a very coordinated board, with straights and made flushes possible, has little value to bet and is vulnerable to a check-raise. Checking back keeps the pot small and gives a free look at the river.

The board already makes a king-high straight, which my hole cards do not improve. Betting risks losing more to an ace or a flush, so I’ll check.

The board is a K-high straight, which I play, so I can't beat anything the opponent holds. Betting only gets called by chops, aces or flushes, so checking to take the likely split is best.

53 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two players.

In a blind-vs-blind spot, J5o is a reasonable opening hand from the small blind, so I'll raise to 3bb to take the initiative rather than limping or folding.

Defend the big blind heads-up against a small blind min-raise with a suited-equivalent broadway king; Kh8d has sufficient equity and pot odds to call.

The ace-high board favors my preflop raising range, so a small one-third-pot c-bet can fold out many of the big blind's weak hands. J5 has little showdown value but keeps backdoor broadway equity.

K8 has no made hand or meaningful direct draw on this ace-high, two-spade board. Folding avoids continuing with poor equity against the preflop raiser's continuation bet.

T9 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and to have position postflop.

K9 offsuit is a marginal small-blind hand facing a button open, and folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

Seven-three offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, and the small blind has folded. I’ll save the additional chips.

On the button, T6 suited is a playable steal candidate versus the blinds. A small open applies pressure while preserving maneuverability.

Seven-three suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Getting 150 to win 400 (27% needed) against a wide button open in 3-handed play, Q8o has enough equity to defend from the big blind.

Queen-high with a weak backdoor diamond draw on an A55 board that favors the button's raising range; check and likely give up to a c-bet.

This ace-paired board is favorable for the preflop raiser's range, and a small continuation bet can deny equity and fold out missed broadways or small pairs.

Q-high with only a backdoor flush draw on an ace-high paired board plays poorly out of position against a button c-bet. It is near the bottom of my defending range, so folding is fine.