Hold'em table

Raise pocket aces for value and build the pot in position. A standard 2.5bb opening gives weaker hands room to call or three-bet.

Holding 63 offsuit out of position against a button open is an easy fold.

JTo in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open with small blind folded; getting 400:150 pot odds, JTo is a standard defend by calling rather than 3-betting out of position.

Out of position with JhTs on 6h9c7c, I have an open-ended-ish draw (8 gives a straight) plus overcards; checking to the preflop raiser is standard and lets me continue cheaply or check-raise if a good spot arises.

Bet for value with the overpair against weaker pairs and draws, charging them on this coordinated board. Holding no club leaves more flush draws available to call.

Gutshot plus two overcards against a wide button c-bet range; getting ~2.5:1 so calling is profitable with implied odds, and raising OOP risks too much.

Top pair with a gutshot on a wet board out of position; checking to the preflop aggressor keeps the pot controlled and lets me call a bet or see a free river.

The ten completes a straight for any eight and improves several hands in the big blind's flop-calling range. Checking behind controls the pot with an overpair and avoids a difficult check-raise while preserving showdown value.

Top pair with J kicker on a river that completed the flush and possible straights; betting mostly gets called by better and folds out worse, so check and evaluate as a bluff-catcher.

Aces retain showdown value, but the four-to-a-straight board and completed club flush make a value bet too thin. Checking avoids paying off stronger hands when few worse hands are likely to call.

73 offsuit is well below the threshold for opening on the button in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so it's blind vs blind; 8d4d suited is a reasonable steal-raise candidate from the SB against a single opponent with fold equity preflop and playability postflop.

QJo is a strong defend against a small-blind opening range, especially with position postflop. Calling the 200 preserves weaker hands in their range and avoids unnecessarily inflating the pot.

Middle pair with weak kicker on a very coordinated 9-8-T two-tone board out of position; betting gets called or raised by better and folds out worse, so check to control the pot and see what the BB does.

I flopped the nut straight on a draw-heavy board. Betting three-quarters pot builds value against pairs and draws before a heart or straightening card can reduce future action.

Weak middle pair with no kicker and no draw on a very coordinated 9-8-T two-heart board, out of position facing a 3/4 pot bet; too many straights, two pairs, and strong draws in the caller's range to continue profitably.

T3 offsuit on the button is a weak, unplayable hand against two players; folding avoids losing chips with poor equity.

J8 offsuit is strong enough to complete in a blind-versus-blind pot at 3-to-1 odds. Limping keeps the pot small while out of position and avoids unnecessarily folding a playable hand.

I am in the big blind with Q6o facing a small blind completion, making a free check to see the flop with position standard.

With only jack-high and a weak backdoor straight draw, this hand is a poor candidate for building a pot out of position. Checking preserves chips and lets me reassess against the big blind’s action.

I have top pair with a modest kicker on a dry board; a half-pot bet extracts value from second-best pairs and denies equity to overcards.

Jack-high with no immediate draw is too weak to continue against a half-pot bet out of position. Our pair outs are unreliable, and the runner-runner straight possibility adds little equity.

AQ offsuit is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds builds value against weaker calls while applying pressure to the blinds.

76o is too weak to call out of position facing a button open with the big blind still to act.

Q7 suited in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open with 150 to call into 400 pot: getting ~2.7:1, suited queen plays fine heads-up in position-less defense; calling is standard.

Middle pair with Q kicker on a dry 8-2-7 board out of position vs the preflop raiser; checking to the aggressor keeps the pot controlled and lets me call a c-bet with a decent bluff-catcher.

Ace-queen has showdown value and two overcards, but no backdoor flush draw on a board that connects well with the big blind's range. Checking preserves equity in position and avoids exposing this hand to a check-raise.

Middle pair with a Q kicker on an ace-turn after the flop checked through; betting gets called mostly by better hands and folds worse, so checking to control the pot and evaluate the button's action is best.

Top pair with a strong kicker is worth betting for value after the big blind checks twice. This sizing can get calls from weaker aces, some lower pairs, and straight draws while building the pot for river value.

Middle pair with a queen kicker; button checked back the flop and bets the ace turn, which is a classic scare-card bet with plenty of bluffs/overcards in range. Getting ~28% pot odds, a call is justified; reassess on river.

I have a pair of sevens with a queen kicker on an A-high board after the button bet the turn; my hand has some showdown value against bluffs but can't bet for value, so I check and decide versus a river bet.

Top pair with a strong kicker can get value from weaker aces and some stubborn one-pair hands. A half-pot bet targets those calls while limiting exposure on a river that completes several straight draws.

Half-pot river bet gives 25% pot odds; button opener who checked flop then barreled the ace turn and 9 river has enough missed broadway/air combos that my pair of sevens is a reasonable bluff-catch at this price.

Holding 6h 3s on the button is far too weak to open raise or play even in a 3-handed game.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; T9o is a standard raise from the small blind against a single opponent with 100bb stacks.

Calling costs 200 to contest a 600-chip pot, requiring 33.3% equity. T3 suited is a reasonable defense against a small-blind opening range, especially with position postflop.

As preflop raiser on an A-K-high dry board I have a strong range advantage; a small 1/3-pot c-bet folds out most of BB's calling range cheaply while my T9 has only backdoor equity.

Ten-high with only a backdoor flush draw is too weak to continue on this ace-king-high flop. This board favors the preflop raiser, and our limited equity and poor bluffing properties make folding best.

Button with suited connectors-ish (53s) in a 3-handed game; opening small from the button is standard and this hand plays well postflop with position. Folding is also fine but a 2.5x raise steals blinds often.

94 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids investing more with poor equity realization out of position.

K6o has poor playability out of position against a button raise, making it an easy fold.