Hold'em table

A♠? A♦T♠ is a strong button-opening hand three-handed. Raise to 250 for value and to put pressure on the blinds.

5-3 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

K6o is a clear defend from the big blind against a wide 3-handed button open, since calling 150 into a 400 pot needs only about 27% equity. Flatting keeps the opener's weaker hands in the pot and avoids bloating it out of position.

K-high with a backdoor heart draw out of position against the preflop raiser's range on a J72 board; check and plan to defend against small c-bets.

A small continuation bet can take the pot now and apply pressure while retaining some equity from my ace overcard. The checked-to player may have missed this flop, and a modest sizing limits the cost if called.

The bet is small, so I only need about 20% equity to call. King-high with an overcard and a backdoor flush draw has enough equity and realizability against a wide button c-bet range.

King-high with no real draw on an ace turn is too weak to bet into the preflop raiser, who is likely to continue with any ace or jack. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me give up cheaply if they bet.

Bet 350 for value and protection with top pair, while keeping weaker Jx hands and draws in the pot. The modest sizing limits exposure against stronger aces or two pair.

King-high with no real draw: only three hearts, so no flush draw, and no straight draw. Facing a turn bet after calling the flop, I have almost no equity, so I fold.

Eight-seven suited is a profitable button open three-handed. Raising to 250 puts pressure on the blinds while preserving room to maneuver postflop.

23o in the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. It has too little equity and plays badly out of position.

AQ offsuit is a strong hand against a button open in a three-handed game. 3-betting builds value and applies pressure while keeping the sizing reasonable out of position.

Eight-seven suited plays well in position against a three-bet. The call price and remaining stacks make continuing preferable to folding or four-betting.

Bet small for value and protection with top pair, top kicker on a two-club board. This can get calls from weaker aces and kings while charging draws.

I have no pair or flush draw on an ace-king flop, and my straight possibilities require both remaining cards. Calling the bet against a preflop three-bettor is not worthwhile.

Three-handed on the button, K2o is a reasonable steal candidate with only the two blinds left to act, and the king blocker helps. A small open to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds cheaply.

A small pair has useful set-mining and showdown value against a button open, and the call price is reasonable. Calling keeps the pot manageable rather than 3-betting out of position with a hand that plays poorly when called.

Q2 offsuit plays poorly out of position against two opponents, so the low call price does not justify continuing.

I have a small pair with some showdown value, but this flop connects well with the raiser’s range. I’ll take the free card rather than inflate the pot.

Small in-position c-bet with a king overcard and backdoor straight equity, which pressures the small blind's weak hands after they checked; the price is cheap.

The small bet offers favorable pot odds, and pocket fours may still be ahead of a portion of the button’s c-betting range. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving a chance to improve.

With only a small pocket pair on a paired, connected board, betting for value or protection is unlikely to be profitable. I’ll check and evaluate the button’s action.

King-high with no real draw on a paired, wet board facing a flop caller. Villain's range is sticky with Jx, Tx and draws, so a bluff has little fold equity, and checking takes a free card.

My pocket fours make only a weak two-pair hand using the paired board, and there is little value in betting into the button's range. I’ll take the free showdown rather than risk a bluff-raise.

King-high on a paired board has almost no showdown value, since any pair or ace beats us. The Q of spades completes flushes and straights, and we block the K9 and AK straights, so a bluff should get villain's capped check-calling range (Jx, weak pairs) to fold often enough.

The river completes the spade draw and improves many hands to a pair or better. My pocket fours have no useful blocker and are a poor bluff-catcher against this bet.

On the button, 5♦3♦ is a reasonable wide opening hand with position and suited playability. A small raise applies pressure to the blinds without risking much of my stack.

Ace-king offsuit is strong enough to three-bet against a button open. A larger sizing from the small blind discourages the big blind from entering cheaply.

A5s blocks AA/AK and plays reasonably when called, which makes it a good 4-bet bluff candidate against a 3-bet from the small blind. Flatting out of position with the button still to act is unappealing.

3♦5♦ is far too weak to continue against this large preflop re-raise; calling would require substantial equity and leave little room to realize it.

AK is strong enough to shove against the big blind’s four-bet. Moving all-in also gives me fold equity rather than playing a large pot out of position.

A5s has roughly 28-30% equity against a typical 5-bet shove range of QQ+ and AK, below the ~36% needed to call 7300 into a 20250 final pot. My 4-bet was a bluff and I'm folding it.

K4 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. Raising gives me a chance to take the blinds while retaining position if called.

A8s is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range. It also blocks aces and plays well, so a 3-bet to 1000 from the small blind takes initiative and avoids a multiway pot out of position.

KQo is a weak continue facing a substantial 3-bet with the original raiser still in the hand. The 900-chip call price is not attractive, so I fold.

K4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large preflop three-bet, even with position.

93 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play, since both blinds are still to act and it performs poorly when called. Folding is the low-risk play here.

K♣J♣ is a strong blind-versus-blind hand with good playability, so I raise for value and initiative.

K6 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and I’ll have position after the flop.

K♣J♣ has two overcards but no immediate draw, and this low, connected flop favors the big blind’s calling range. I’ll check from out of position and avoid inflating the pot.

Top pair with a strong kicker benefits from value and protection on this draw-heavy flop. A half-pot bet can be called by weaker pairs and draws.

Call the modest 300 bet: my two overcards and backdoor club-flush potential give enough equity against a range that can include bluffs and draws. Raising this dryly connected board risks building a pot with no made hand.

I have only king-high with limited improvement potential, and the paired board makes a turn bluff unattractive after the opponent bet the flop. I’ll take the free river card.

My pair of sixes can get value from draws and weaker pairs. A half-pot bet also charges overcards to continue.

K-high has no meaningful draw on this paired low board, and calling requires about 20% equity. The turn bet after the flop lead and call likely leaves too few clean outs to continue.