Hold'em table

QJ offsuit is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds builds the pot while retaining position.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

42o is one of the worst hands and plays poorly out of position against a button open, even at 150 to call into 400. Folding is the standard play.

Pocket kings are a premium opening hand. I raise to build value while using a standard size that keeps weaker hands and dominated pairs in.

K9s from the small blind against a button open is reasonable to 3-bet, which avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot. A size of 11bb works as a linear, semi-bluff raise.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

Kings are a premium value hand and should be 4-bet against the small blind's large 3-bet. This sizing builds a pot while retaining room to continue versus a shove.

K9s is heavily dominated by a button 4-bet range, and we would be out of position with deep stacks behind, so our equity would realize poorly. Our 3-bet bluff failed, so folding is the disciplined play.

Pocket queens on the button is a premium hand. Open-raising to 2.5bb builds the pot for value.

J9 offsuit is playable against a button open at this price. Calling keeps the pot manageable with the big blind still to act.

Defend the big blind at a favorable price with suited connected cards; 7c6c has solid multiway playability.

I have only jack-high on a paired board against two opponents. Checking avoids building the pot with a weak hand.

With an open-ended straight draw on a paired, heart-heavy board in a multiway pot, checking realizes equity cheaply and avoids facing a check-raise.

QQ is an overpair on a paired board with a flush draw, and both opponents checked to me. A small c-bet of about half pot gets value from 4x hands, draws and underpairs while protecting against overcards.

J-high has only weak backdoor draws on this paired board. Facing a bet with another player still to act, calling is unlikely to be profitable.

We have only a gutshot to a five with limited backdoor equity, facing a substantial multiway flop bet. Folding avoids continuing with insufficient direct odds.

Q2 suited is playable on the button in a three-handed game. I’ll open-raise to put pressure on the blinds and retain position postflop.

Reraise pocket sevens from the small blind for value and to pressure the button opener, while reducing the big blind's incentive to enter cheaply.

J5 offsuit facing an open and a 3-bet, with the opener still left to act, is far too weak to continue. Folding the big blind costs nothing extra.

Q2 suited is too weak to continue against a sizable three-bet, even with position.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button in this short-handed setup.

Blind vs blind after the button folds, 87o is a reasonable open from the small blind, so I'll raise to 3bb to apply pressure rather than limp out of position.. Stealing the blinds or playing a raised pot with initiative beats completing.

Queen-ten suited plays well in position against a small-blind raise. Calling keeps weaker hands in while avoiding an unnecessarily large preflop pot.

This dry paired board favors the preflop raiser's range, so a small one-third-pot c-bet works as a cheap bluff with backdoor straight equity. It should fold out many of the big blind's weak hands.

The small flop bet gives me a good price to continue in position. Queen-high can still be ahead of some missed hands, and I can improve on later streets.

We have 8-high with no draw, and the villain's flop-calling range is full of Jx, 5x, and pairs that won't fold to a turn barrel. Checking and giving up saves chips.

Top pair can get value from Jx and draws after the preflop raiser checks. A half-pot bet also keeps the pot manageable against stronger queens.

I have 8-high with no pair and only a weak gutshot needing a 9 on 55JQ. Facing a 500 bet into 1500 after the flop bet was called, calling or bluffing isn't profitable.

T3o is below a standard 3-handed button opening range at 100bb; with two players left to act behind, folding is the disciplined choice.

Completing costs only 50 chips against a single opponent. I can see a flop cheaply, though I’ll be cautious with this weak offsuit hand out of position.

Check the big blind with Q8 offsuit rather than inflate a heads-up pot out of position with a marginal hand.

With seven-high and no immediate draw, I’ll check rather than build the pot out of position.

Betting our open-ended straight draw plus spade backdoor/overcard pressure is preferable to giving a free card. A small sizing targets folds from missed overcards while keeping the pot manageable.

I have no pair or immediate draw, and calling 150 against the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.