Hold'em table

K4o on the button in 3-handed play is a reasonable open; a minimum raise pressures the blinds without risking much.

ATo in the small blind facing a button min-raise is a strong hand three-handed. A 3-bet for value and initiative avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot.

Pocket nines are strong three-handed facing a button open and small-blind 3-bet. Calling keeps in bluffs and overpairs we can outdraw, while a cold 4-bet would isolate us against stronger ranges.

K4o is a trash hand that plays poorly postflop, and facing a 3-bet and a cold call from the blinds indicates strength, so folding despite 2.86:1 pot odds avoids reverse implied odds.

As the preflop 3-bettor I hold the overpair-heavy range. A small c-bet with ace-high and backdoor equity can fold out better unpaired hands and keeps control of the pot.

Overpair 99 on a low rainbow 6-5-2 flop is ahead of opponent's 3-bet bluffs and overcards; calling keeps those in while avoiding isolating against TT+ and sets.

Ace-high with no draw on a connected 5-6-7 turn that hits the big blind's flatting range hard. Barreling has poor fold equity, so I'll check and give up unless I improve.

With pocket nines as an overpair on a coordinated 2-5-6-7 board, betting half pot after the turn check protects against overcards and straight draws while getting value from worse pairs.

Ace-high with no real draw on a coordinated board, facing a turn bet from a player who called our 3-bet and then the flop c-bet. Our few ace/ten outs fall well short of the 25% equity needed to call.

Q6o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds and lets us take the initiative.

T7 suited is too weak to call a button raise out of position with the big blind still to act; folding preserves stack versus likely postflop disadvantage.

Q8o has enough equity against a button open and we are getting good odds to defend the big blind; folding is too tight and 3-betting this offsuit hand is unnecessary.

With middle pair and a weak kicker on a JQ2 two-tone board, we are out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking controls the pot and gives us a chance to evaluate his action.

Top pair with a weak kicker plus a backdoor club draw, in position against a check; a small value/protection bet of about a third of the pot gets called by worse queens, jacks and draws.

Top pair with weak kicker, getting close to 5:1 on a call, so it's +EV to peel one and reevaluate. Raising would only isolate me against better hands and overcommit the pot.

OOP with top pair medium kicker, board is getting coordinated, check to control pot and see opponent's action.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a board with two flush draws: a modest bet gets value from Jx and draws and protects my hand, while keeping the pot controlled against better queens.

We have top pair with a weak kicker on a draw-heavy board and are getting about 3:1 pot odds. Folding is too tight against a button aggression range, while raising would mostly fold worse hands and get called by better ones.

I have a marginal made hand out of position on a coordinated board; checking lets me control the pot and see if Seat 2 bets the river before committing more.

Second pair with a weak kicker has showdown value but can't get called by worse often enough after the river king, and better hands would check-raise; check back to realize equity.

J9 suited on the button in 3-handed play is well ahead of blind ranges; raising builds pot in position and can take the blinds.

A6o has decent equity against a wide button open in 3-handed, and the ace blocker makes a 3-bet profitable by folding out many weaker hands, avoiding a multi-way pot out of position.

96o facing an open and a 3-bet from the small blind is a clear fold. The button can still act behind, and our hand plays poorly out of position.

J9 suited plays well in position heads-up; calling 400 into 1100 gives good price with suited connected equity and positional advantage versus a 3-bet.

We have top pair with a weak kicker on a board with a flush draw. Betting for value and protection makes sense, as we can get called by worse hands like Qx and flush draws, while maintaining the initiative.

J-high with only backdoor diamond and runner-runner straight draws has almost no equity against a preflop 3-bettor betting strongly on an Ace-Queen flop. Calling 800 into 2300 is unprofitable.

J3s is too weak to open from the button in a 3-handed game, especially with two players behind who have already invested in the blinds. Folding has an expected value of zero, whereas playing would likely lose chips.

In a blind-vs-blind spot, J8 suited is well above an average hand and plays well as a raise. A 3x open applies pressure and lets me take the initiative.

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a 3x small-blind raise, even heads-up and in position postflop.

T8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raise to 2.5bb to pressure the blinds.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind out of position with the big blind still to act.

2d7h is a trash hand out of position against a button raise; calling or raising wastes chips unnecessarily.

KTo is a strong button hand 3-handed, well ahead of blinds' ranges, so raise for value and initiative.

9s4s is too weak to call out of position against a button raise; folding preserves chips for better spots.

83o is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5x button open, even at 150 to win 400; it realizes equity poorly.