Hold'em table

A-T offsuit is a strong button opening hand three-handed. A raise to 250 can win the blinds or play a pot in position.

5♣3♥ is a very weak, disconnected hand, and calling the raise out of position risks entering a multiway pot with poor equity.

Getting 400:150 odds in the big blind against a button open in 3-handed play, so K6o is a clear defend. Calling works better than 3-betting with this hand.

K-high with a backdoor flush draw, out of position against the button's range on a J-high board; checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity.

A small continuation bet applies pressure to the big blind’s wide preflop calling range while keeping the pot manageable with ace-high.

Facing a small bet at about 5:1 odds, I have a heart flush draw plus a king overcard, which is plenty of equity to continue. Calling keeps the pot controlled with a weak flush draw.

I have king-high with no draw on an ace-high turn, so there is little to gain by betting into the preflop raiser. Checking is the cheapest way to see what they do, and I can fold to a bet.

The turn gives me top pair. A 550-chip bet can get value from weaker aces, jacks, and heart draws while charging draws to continue.

The heart flush draw has about 20% equity. That is a bit below the 27% I need for the 550 call, but the small bet size and the chance to win more on the river when I hit make calling slightly better than folding.

King-high with no flush has almost no showdown value. My check-call line followed by a lead on the third heart credibly represents a flush, so a medium-sized bluff can fold out one-pair hands.

Top pair with a ten kicker is strong enough to call this river bet. Although the flush completed, the price is reasonable against weaker aces and possible bluffs.

Suited 8-7 is a playable button hand three-handed, and a modest open raise can win the blinds while retaining position postflop.

23o out of position from the small blind against a button open is a clear fold, especially with the big blind still to act behind.

A-Q offsuit is strong against a button opening range. Three-betting out of position builds value and puts pressure on weaker opens.

The large 3-bet makes the price unfavorable, and 8♦7♦ is too weak to continue profitably against a typical range here.

K2o is a standard button open in 3-handed play, since only the two blinds are left to act and we have position. A 2.5bb size keeps it cheap if we get 3-bet.

Pocket fours can profitably call a small button raise with deep stacks, while a re-raise would build a large pot out of position.

Q♦2♣ is a weak offsuit hand, and calling into a raised, multiway pot from the big blind is unlikely to be profitable.

My underpair has little value on this connected flop. Checking avoids building the pot out of position and lets me respond to a bet.

On a wet board where the SB called and checked, I have a gutshot to a Q, an overcard in the K, and positional advantage. A small c-bet of 1/3 pot gets folds from many hands and keeps my equity when called.

Pocket fours have little chance to improve on this coordinated flop and will be difficult to play out of position, even against a small bet.

Five-three suited is playable from the button three-handed. Raising gives me a chance to win the blinds and preserves position if called.

AhKs is a premium hand, and a sizable out-of-position 3-bet can build the pot and pressure the button’s opening range.

A5s is a strong 4-bet bluff candidate: the ace blocks AA/AK, and it plays well if called. Flatting out of position with the button still to act is unappealing.

Five-three suited is too weak to continue against a large three-bet, especially with the small blind still in the hand.

AK suited is strong enough to continue against the 4-bet, and calling preserves weaker hands in the opponent’s range without committing my remaining stack preflop.

Top pair/top kicker is strong, but the preflop 4-bet range is narrow and this dry flop favors a check to let the aggressor continuation-bet while keeping the pot manageable.

As the preflop 4-bettor, this K-high board favors my range, so a small c-bet can fold out QQ-TT and weaker hands. My ace blocker and backdoor nut-flush draw make A5s a good candidate to bluff.

Top pair with the best kicker is strong against this small flop bet, and calling keeps bluffs and weaker kings in. Raising risks isolating against stronger hands when the pot is already large.

Top pair with the best kicker is strong, but the 4-bettor’s range and the turn’s added straight draws make a large value bet risky. I’ll keep bluffs in their range and control the pot by checking.

Ace-high with no draw on a board that hits villain's strong 3-bet/call range. A jam into a range full of Kx and sets is unlikely to get enough folds, so I'll check back and take the free river.

The river completes several plausible straight draws after the opponent raised the flop, so betting risks value-owning into a strong range. Check and take the showdown with top pair and a strong kicker.

Ace-high has almost no showdown value against a range that 3-bet and then called a 4-bet. Holding the ace blocks AK, AA and AQ, so an all-in bluff can fold out QQ, AQ and other weak pairs.

Top pair with the ace kicker is strong enough for the pot odds, and the preflop range can contain hands like QQ or AK that I beat or tie. The river shove is concerning on this runout, but folding would require the opponent to be value-heavy at a high threshold.

K4 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. A modest raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable if called.

A8s in the small blind against a button open in 3-handed play is a strong hand, and 3-betting it gives fold equity plus blocker value. I'm sizing to 10bb out of position.

KQo is too easily dominated by the small blind’s large three-bet, and the button can still act. Calling 900 chips is not attractive here.

K-4 offsuit is too weak to continue against the small blind’s large 3-bet; calling would require substantial equity and leave us out of position postflop.

93o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play at 100bb with two players left to act, so folding is the standard play.

KJ suited is strong heads-up and worth raising for value from the small blind.

K6 offsuit is a weak, easily dominated hand, and the sizeable small-blind raise makes a marginal out-of-position call unattractive.