Hold'em table

Queen-two offsuit is far too weak to play from the button in a 3-handed game; folding preserves chips for better spots.

6♦5♦ is a playable suited connector, and the pot odds make completing from the small blind preferable to folding. I’ll keep the pot small and see the flop.

We have K3o in the big blind against an SB limp. Taking the free flop in position is the standard, low-variance play.

I have a strong flush draw with additional straight equity, so a small bet can build the pot and apply pressure on this paired board.

I only have king-high with minimal backdoor potential on a paired board facing a half-pot lead, so folding is the best play.

Pocket fours are strong enough to open from the button three-handed. A raise to 250 puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

K6s is too weak to defend out of position from the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still to act.

Nine-two offsuit is one of the worst hands in hold'em and I'm out of position facing a 2.5x button raise; folding is clearly best.

Opening from the button with KTo to exploit position and steal the blinds in 3-handed play.

2-6 suited is near the bottom of the range and I'm out of position against a button raise; calling 200 more to chase a weak suited hand is -EV, so folding is clearly best.

J6 offsuit is weak, but as the big blind I’m getting favorable pot odds against a button open and can see a flop without committing much more.

I have no made hand and only a backdoor heart-flush draw, so I’ll check rather than build the pot.

As the preflop aggressor on an Ace-high board, a small continuation bet of roughly one-third pot leverages our range advantage to fold out missed hands.

I have no pair and only weak runner-runner straight or flush possibilities. The bet requires too much equity to continue with J-high.

King-ten offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed; a standard 3bb raise builds the pot while keeping positional advantage postflop.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise, especially from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

T2o is an unplayable hand out of position facing a 3bb raise from the button.

As the button, a minimum raise gives me a chance to take the blinds while keeping the risk modest with a weak hand.

Folding T7s from the small blind facing a button raise, as playing out of position with a marginal suited hand is unprofitable.

Ace-six offsuit is a marginal but playable hand against a 2x button open in 3-max; calling keeps the pot small and avoids bloating with a weak kicker out of position.

I flopped top pair with the Ac, which blocks AQ/AK combos, and I'm up against a preflop raiser's wide button range. A ~2/3-pot bet charges draws like KT and two-pair hands while extracting value from weaker aces and Qx.

Q2 is a weak second pair on a coordinated A-Q-J flop, and the big blind’s sizeable lead can represent stronger pairs or strong draws. I have few useful backdoors, so calling is not worthwhile.

Raising to 2.5x with AJo on the button is a standard opening play to capture initiative and leverage position.

Queen-four offsuit is far too weak to call a 2.5x raise out of position from the small blind; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Calling the small additional amount with suited cards is reasonable given the pot odds and the button’s likely wide opening range. I’ll avoid inflating the pot with a weak hand.

With 7-high and no meaningful draw, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how the preflop raiser responds.

On this extremely dry paired board where we hold a huge range advantage, a small continuation bet denies equity and exerts pressure.

On this board my 7-high kicker loses at showdown to most of the button’s preflop raising range. Calling the small bet is unlikely to have enough equity, and a bluff-raise with no meaningful draw is too costly.