Hold'em table

8-4 offsuit is a weak button holding and not worth entering with at this stack depth.

Raising from the button to steal the blinds with a playable hand in position; a 3bb bet puts pressure on the blinds and avoids calling with a marginal hand.

Three-handed, the button opens a wide range. From the small blind, A3o plays poorly as a flat out of position with the big blind still to act. The ace blocker makes a 3-bet to 1200 a good semi-bluff that can take the pot now or keep the initiative.

9-high suited is far too weak to continue facing a 12bb squeeze after a raise.

Facing a large 3-bet with 9-7 offsuit, I don't have enough equity or playability to continue profitably. Folding preserves chips for a better spot.

64 offsuit is below a solid button opening range three-handed at 100bb and plays poorly against two blinds, so I fold.

A5 suited-to-the-ace is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind holding; raising builds value and applies pressure to the big blind.

Calling 200 to see a flop with a suited connector gives good pot odds in position, and folding would give up too much equity against a wide small-blind raise.

A small continuation bet leverages our preflop range advantage on this paired board while keeping the risk controlled with ace-high and a diamond blocker.

I have trips with a jack kicker, which is very strong on this board. I want to build the pot and charge any flush draws or overpairs that might be out there.

Call with the ace-high diamond flush draw and some potential overcard equity against a wide flop-raising range. The price is reasonable in position for continuing.

With only ace-high on a paired board after facing a flop raise, checking controls the pot and retains some showdown value against missed overcards.

I have trips with a strong kicker and want to extract value while charging draws on this wet board.

Ace-high with a small diamond draw is not strong enough to continue against the large turn barrel after the flop raise. Fold and preserve the stack.

AJo is a strong button opening hand in three-handed play. Raising builds value and applies pressure to the blinds.

5-4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise out of position, so I fold and preserve chips.

QTo in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open getting 150 to win 400 is a clear defend, and calling is better than 3-betting here.

Top two pair on a draw-heavy board; leading for value and protection against the many straight draws and overcards in the button's range.

Call in position with two overcards and a gutshot to Broadway against a small flop lead. The price is favorable and preserves flexibility on later streets.

Top-and-bottom two pair is still strong on this turn. I am betting for value against Kx, Qx, and draws, and to charge the spade and straight draws.

I have the nut straight, and raising builds a pot against worse straights, two-pair, and sets while charging potential draws.

Two pair on a coordinated board is behind villain's value range (AJ, sets, KQ, KT), but we get about 28% pot odds. Villain can also have spade or straight semi-bluffs, and we have full-house outs, so calling beats both folding and shoving.

Our two pair is well behind the button's turn check-raise range (AJ straights, sets, better two pair). Checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised off our hand.

I have the nut straight on this river and cannot be beaten, only chopped by another AJ. A moderate value bet targets two-pair and set holdings after the turn action.

Top-and-bottom two pair faces a 2200 bet into 6670, so I need about 25% equity to call. Villain's range still includes missed spade draws and worse value hands, which is enough to call rather than raise into straights, sets and better two pair.

Pocket nines are well ahead of the big blind's range when we're heads-up in the small blind. Raising to 3bb builds the pot and takes the initiative.

Defend the big blind heads-up against a small blind 3x raise with suited ace-eight; the price and positional postflop advantage justify a call.

99 is well ahead of the BB's calling range on this dry paired board, so a small c-bet gets value and denies equity to overcards.

Ace-high with no pair and no meaningful draw is too weak to continue versus a flop bet in a raised pot.

Q9s is a clear open from the button in a 3-handed game, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative.Q9s is a clear open from the button in a 3-handed game, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative.

T7 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

KTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button raise, and calling keeps the pot manageable while seeing a flop.

Top pair with a decent kicker is strong enough to bet for value and to charge the many straight draws on this board.

Getting about 3.6:1 in position against a donk lead, with backdoor flush and straight draws plus some 9/Q pair outs, so a call is a reasonable float.

We have top pair with a decent kicker, but the turn card completes some draws and we are out of position. Checking keeps the pot manageable and allows us to see the river cheaply.

The BB led the flop and then checked the turn, which suggests weakness. We have a gutshot to the nuts (any ten) plus a queen overcard, so a semi-bluff of about two-thirds pot can fold out middle pairs and still has outs when called.