Hold'em table

On the button in a three-handed game, 8-7 offsuit is playable as a small opening raise. Raising gives me a chance to win the blinds or play the flop in position.

T5o is well below any reasonable continuing range from the small blind against a button open.

Pocket threes in the big blind get a good price (150 to call into a 400 pot) against a button open, and heads-up postflop with set-mining potential; calling is better than bloating the pot out of position.

Pocket threes are a weak showdown-value hand on an Ace-high board against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does; a small bet would mostly get called or raised by better hands.

The ace-high flop favors my preflop raising range. A small continuation bet can win the pot without committing many chips with my weak hand.

Pocket threes hold a small pair on an ace-high flop. Calling 200 into a 750 pot gives good odds against a button continuation bet that could be a bluff, and it keeps the pot small and my range uncapped.

Pocket threes are a weak showdown hand on a board of Td 4h Ah Kh with three hearts. Seat 1 bet the flop, so I'll check and try to reach showdown cheaply instead of bloating the pot.

I have eight-high with no meaningful draw or heart blocker. After the big blind called the flop, this turn is a poor spot to commit chips to a bluff.

Pocket threes are a weak showdown hand on an A-K-T-9-4 board. The button checked back the turn, so it likely has a marginal hand. Betting would mostly get called by better hands and fold out worse ones, so I check to try to reach showdown cheaply.

Eight-high has little showdown value. After the opponent checks the river, a 700-chip bluff can win against missed draws and weaker pairs.

33 is just a weak pair on a board of T 4 A K 9 with three hearts. Seat 1 bet 700 into 950 after checking the turn, and I need about 30% equity to call (700 to win 1650 plus my call), which a bluff-catcher this weak probably lacks.

JTo is well within standard opening range from the button 3-handed. Opening to 2.5bb applies pressure and captures positional advantage.

6-9 offsuit is weak and out of position in the small blind, facing a button raise with a big blind still to act behind me. Folding gives up only 50 chips.

K5 offsuit has enough equity against a typical button opening range to defend the big blind for 150 chips.

I have king-high on a paired board with little immediate equity. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how the preflop raiser acts.

Flopped trips on a draw-heavy board; betting small for value and protection against draws and Queen pairs.

King-high has little chance to improve on this paired board, and calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

On the button in a 3-handed game, 5-6 offsuit has decent playability. Calling 100 to win a pot of 250 is a good price, and I can see a flop cheaply without building a big pot out of position against ranges that may be strong.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to raise against a button limp in a three-handed game. Raising to 400 pressures the limper and may win the pot preflop.

K2o is far too weak to defend against a raise from the small blind with the button still left to act.

I'm on the button with 6-5 offsuit, getting 2:1 (300 to win 600) against a small blind raise, and I'll have position postflop. That makes calling reasonable; a 3-bet with this hand is unnecessary, and folding gives up too much equity.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but little immediate equity on this board. Checking avoids building the pot out of position.

I have bottom pair (5s) with a gutshot/open-ended draw component (6-5 with 4 on board), and the SB checked, showing weakness. A bet of about a third of the pot gets value from worse pairs and folds out overcards.

The small flop bet gives a reasonable price to continue with ace-high against a wide button range. I can reassess on the turn.

Ace-high has little value to bet on this paired turn, and I have no meaningful draw. Checking avoids building a larger pot out of position.

I have trip fives with a weak kicker on a 5-J-4-5 board. Seat_1 checked twice and looks weak, so I bet about half the pot for value and to deny cheap draws such as spades or straight draws.

Ace-high has no meaningful draw on this paired, two-flush-draw board. Calling 700 against a second bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Q8 suited is strong enough to open on the button three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise keeps the pot manageable in position.

J9s has great playability and blocker value to 3-bet bluff from the small blind against a button open.

2d-Ts is a weak offsuit hand facing a button open and a large small-blind 3-bet, so calling 850 more out of position is not worth it. Folding costs only the 100-chip big blind.

Q8 suited is worth defending in position against this 3-bet. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving its postflop potential.

C-betting small on an Ace-King dry texture where our 3-betting range maintains a significant equity and nut advantage.

Q8 suited has only backdoor draws on this A-K-3 flop, and the small blind’s 3-bet range connects strongly with it. Calling the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Q7o is near the bottom of playable hands on the button in 3-handed play; folding avoids playing an awkward offsuit hand postflop.

Q7o in the small blind getting 3-to-1 (call 50 to win 150) is a reasonable price heads-up against the big blind, so I complete rather than fold or bluff-raise.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to raise the small blind's limp, and I can see a free flop in position.

Queen-high with a gutshot (Q-T-K-8 needs J for a straight... actually Q with K,T needs J) has some equity but weak showdown value; checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity against the big blind who also checked preflop.

I have nine-high with little immediate equity, and this flop can connect with the small blind's limping range. I'll take the free card.

I have Qs 7h on a K-8-T-J board, which gives me a gutshot straight draw (any 9 makes the nuts) plus a Q for extra outs. Both players checked the flop, so a small bet of 100 into a 200 pot is a cheap semi-bluff that can win the pot now and still has equity if called.

The small turn bet gives me a reasonable price to draw to a straight, with potential to win more if I hit on the river.

Board Kd 8c Tc Js 5d gives me Q-high with a Q-T-J-K straight draw missed, but the Q completes K-Q-J-T plus 9 needed, not made. Actually Q-J-T-K needs 9 or A, so I have only queen high. Opponent called a small turn bet and checked the flop, so a small bluff might get folds from weak hands, but my hand has some showdown value against missed draws; a small bet is a thin choice.

Bottom pair is unlikely to beat a hand that bet both the turn and river, and the small river bet can easily be for value with a better pair.

K5 suited-ish is not suited (Kd 5d is suited diamonds). K5s on the button in a 3-handed game is a decent hand; a small raise attacks the blinds with position.

Q8 suited is a reasonable three-bet against a likely wide button open. Raising also avoids inviting the big blind into a multiway pot while we're out of position.

Folding A3s facing an open and a sizable 3-bet from the small blind with the original raiser still left to act.

K5 suited is a weak hand facing a 3-bet to 900 from the small blind, and calling 650 out of position-less but with a marginal hand is unprofitable. Folding is the disciplined choice.