Hold'em table

2-4 offsuit is a very weak button hand and not worth entering multiway at this stack depth.

Holding 2-6 offsuit is a weak hand with poor post-flop playability, and calling 100 chips out of position is not profitable. Folding avoids unnecessary losses.

Blind vs blind with 85o, completing for 50 into a 150 pot gets a good price and keeps a wide limping range. Raising out of position with a weak offsuit hand is marginal.

Check the big blind with A2 offsuit after the small blind completes; it realizes equity cheaply heads-up.

I have air with no draw, out of position in a limped pot. The BB checked back preflop with a wide range that connects with an ace or jack often enough, so I'll check and keep the pot small.

Bet top pair with the best kicker for value against weaker aces, jacks, and loose limp-call holdings. A moderate sizing keeps worse hands in while protecting equity.

I have 8-high with no draw on a J-J-A board, out of position against a small bet. Calling or bluff-raising isn't profitable enough here, so folding is cleanest.

Pocket queens on the button is a premium hand, so I open-raise to 2.5bb for value.

A-K offsuit is a premium hand; 3-betting for value and isolation is preferable to flat-calling out of position.

Holding 6-2 offsuit facing a raise and re-raise, this is a clear fold with a weak hand and poor equity.

QQ is well ahead of a wide three-handed small-blind 3-bet range, so I 4-bet for value while keeping it small enough that worse hands can continue. This also denies the blind a cheap flop out of position.

AK offsuit is strong enough to continue versus a button 4-bet, and a 5-bet to 5000 applies pressure while retaining postflop maneuverability.

The price is close, but QQ is too strong to fold three-handed against a 5-bet range that likely includes AK, bluffs and some worse pairs. Shoving denies equity and avoids playing a bloated pot out of position on bad boards.

Call with A-K offsuit: it has strong equity against a plausible preflop reshove range and needs only about 25% equity given the pot odds.

7-high suited is too weak to profitably enter from the button in this short-handed setup.

Completing the small blind is cheap and gives me a chance to realize equity against the big blind; I can fold to any raise.

Against a small-blind limp, Q6o in the big blind plays well as an iso-raise: it pressures a capped range and gives us position postflop. A 4x raise is the sizing.

5-2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a raise to 400, and the pot odds do not justify calling with such a poor hand.

K2o is too weak to continue against the blinds from the button, and calling or raising would risk chips with a dominated hand. Folding preserves the stack for better spots.

Blind vs blind with 95o, raising or limping are both reasonable; a 3x raise to steal the blinds works well against a big blind that folds often and keeps things simple out of position.

QTs is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small blind 3x raise heads-up, with good playability and position postflop.

Bottom pair on an ace-high, two-tone board out of position has some showdown value but plays poorly as a bet. Checking keeps the pot small and lets us bluff-catch against a wide big-blind range.

Villain’s check concedes many hands on this ace-high board, while we retain a gutshot to the king. A small continuation stab can win immediately at low risk.

The bet is small: 200 into 600, so I only need about 20% equity. Bottom pair with a backdoor beats enough of a wide small-bet range to justify a call.

Our bottom pair on a board this wet and high has little showdown value and makes a poor bluff. Checking keeps the pot small and lets us see if the big blind gives up.

I have the nut straight on this board and should value-bet while charging spade draws and extracting from strong one-pair hands.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker and no spade, on a board of A, K, J and three spades, is almost never good against a flop bet followed by a big turn bet. Improving is unlikely and would often still lose, so calling 700 isn't justified.

Three-handed on the button, Q3o is near the bottom of a wide opening range. A small steal of 2.5bb is still profitable against the two blinds.

8-high offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

I have a suited hand and am getting good pot odds (400:150) to call the button's raise. The button's range is wide in a 3-handed game, so calling to see a flop is profitable.

My hand is weak with only a ten-high and no real draw, so I take the free card and see the turn.

The dry, paired 9-4-4 board favors my button opening range, so a small c-bet should fold out many of the big blind's hands. My Q-high has little showdown value anyway.