Hold'em table

K5o on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable steal hand. A small raise to 250 applies pressure on the blinds while keeping the risk low.

Folding Q4o in the small blind against a button open as it is far too weak to defend out of position.

A2 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise to 2.5 big blinds, especially with the small blind folded.

I have top pair with a weak kicker out of position. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me assess the button's action.

Top pair (kings) with a backdoor wheel draw on a dry-ish A-K-4 flop, heads-up in position after the big blind checked. A small value bet of about 2/3 pot gets called by worse Ax, Kx and draws while denying equity.

Top pair is strong enough to continue against a button continuation bet, but the weak kicker makes raising unattractive.

I have top pair with a weak kicker. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me assess the button's turn action.

Top pair (kings) on a board of 4h Ah Kd 6c. Villain checked twice, showing weakness, so I bet about half the pot for value and to deny equity to draws like hearts and straights, with the 5 giving me a gutshot as well.

Top pair with a weak kicker is strong enough to call this turn bet, but raising would risk building a large pot against better aces.

My ace is often chopping with other aces on this paired board. Checking lets missed draws bluff and avoids building a pot against stronger hands.

I have kings and sixes with an ace kicker on the board (K K 6 6 A), which is two pair and beats many of the hands that called down. Seat 3 checked every street and only called, so I expect them to hold worse pairs or ace-x. A bet of about 900 into a 2450 pot should get called by weaker hands for value.

The river bet is small relative to the pot. My ace beats Kx and bluffs, and chops with many other Ax hands, making a call worthwhile.

A6o is comfortably within standard opening range on the button in 3-handed play. Raising to 2 bb to put pressure on the blinds while in position.

KJo is strong enough to three-bet against a button min-raise in a three-handed game. Raising to 800 applies pressure and helps avoid a multiway pot out of position.

5s8h is a weak offsuit hand facing a 3-bet to 800 with a raiser still to act behind, so calling 700 more is unprofitable. Folding is best.

A6o is dominated and does not have enough equity or playability to justify calling an 800 chip 3-bet.

T6 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players at 100 big blinds.

Button folded, so I'm heads-up in the small blind against the big blind. Q9o is a solid hand in this spot, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and to take the initiative.

Fold 96o facing a 3bb open from the small blind as it is too weak to defend profitably.

7-6 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is a marginal hand, but the price is only 100 into a 150 pot and I have position, so calling is reasonable without inflating the pot.

Getting 5:1 pot odds from the small blind against a button limp, calling 50 more chips with an ace is profitable despite weak playability.

Q9 offsuit is marginal against two limpers, and checking lets me see a free flop without building a pot out of position.

In a 3-way limped pot out of position with weak Ace-high, checking is standard.

With only queen-high and no club draw in a three-way pot, betting has little value. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess after the button acts.

Both opponents checked the 8-8-4 flop, so a small bet on the button with a straight draw (6-7 with an open-ended-ish gutshot) can win the pot now or pick up equity if called. A 200 bet is about two-thirds of the 300 pot, which is a reasonable price to test them.

Holding weak Ace-high with negligible draw potential multiway and a player left to act behind, folding to the flop bet is standard.

Q9 offsuit has no club and only weak backdoor prospects. Calling a two-thirds-pot bet out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

From the button in 3-handed play, Q8o is a standard wide steal hand to put pressure on the blinds.

Nine-eight offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

2-6 offsuit is one of the weakest hands. Calling 100 to win a pot of 350 offers decent odds, but I'd be out of position with a poor hand against a button raise, so folding is best.

K5 suited is a profitable button open three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

T6 suited is weak out of position in the small blind against a button raise, with the big blind still to act behind me. Calling 200 more would put me out of position in a three-way pot, so I fold.

73s is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, even with decent pot odds.