Hold'em table

K3 suited is a standard button open in 3-handed play; a 2.5bb raise pressures both blinds.

J5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

J6s is suited and I'm getting good pot odds to call 150 into a 400 pot. Folding would be too tight against a button open, so I'll see a flop.

I have a pair of sixes with a jack kicker on a wet board. Checking is safe to see the turn without committing more chips, and I can reassess if the board gets dangerous.

K3 offsuit has only king-high and a gutshot-less backdoor on a wet 5-T-6 two-tone board that hits the big blind's calling range well, so I'm taking the free card. That keeps the pot small and protects my checking range.

I have trips and want to build the pot while also charging any spade draws. A bet around 400 should get value from weaker made hands.

King-high with no pair and no real draw on a paired, flush-heavy board is too weak to continue against a turn bet, and raising as a bluff has little credibility here.

J-high with a deuce is too weak to profitably enter against both blinds from the button.

Completing the small blind with a suited connector is cheap and gives good pot odds heads-up.

52s is weak; taking the free flop in position against the SB limper is fine, and raising has little value here.

My hand is very weak with only 4-3 and a gutshot draw, and the flop likely connects with the big blind. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn for free.

In a limped pot where the small blind checked, a small half-pot stab has good fold equity. My backdoor straight and flush draws give the bet some equity when called.

My hand is very weak with only a gutshot and no flush draw, so calling this bet is not profitable.

Weak offsuit hand (6-7) with poor equity; folding to avoid unnecessary risk preflop.

Pocket nines are a strong hand in a small blind versus big blind spot. Raising to 3bb builds value and keeps the initiative out of position.

Qs7h has sufficient heads-up blind-versus-blind equity and position to defend against the small blind's modest open at this price.

99 with an open-ended straight draw has solid equity on this connected board; a small c-bet denies equity to overcards and builds a pot for when we hit.

I have a gutshot to the nut straight plus some showdown value with a queen. The small flop sizing gives sufficient price to continue heads-up.

The 99 underpair plus an open-ended straight draw has decent equity against a range with many draws. A small bet denies equity to overcards and flush draws and keeps the pot controlled out of position.

I have a queen-high heart flush draw and am getting close to the direct price, with implied value if the river completes it. Calling preserves flexibility against this modest turn bet.

99 has showdown value but few worse hands will call a third barrel after the BB called the flop and turn with Jx/Tx. Missed draws may bluff into a check, so checking is the better play.

Opponent's river check after small flop and turn bets often caps them at missed draws or marginal one-pair holdings. A sizeable river bluff can credibly represent a jack, ten, or slow-played stronger hand.

Getting about 3.4:1 on a small river bet, and the passive calling line includes many missed straight and heart draws that 99 beats, so a bluff-catch is profitable.

KJo on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds.

As-Ten suited is strong enough to defend the small blind versus a button min-raise, with the big blind still to act.

Q5o is too weak to continue out of position against a raise and a call, even with decent pot odds. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

I have top pair with an ace-high straight draw and a club flush draw on a coordinated board. Checking keeps the opponent's bluffs and weaker hands in range while preserving flexibility.

With an open-ended straight draw, a backdoor flush draw and an overcard, betting two-thirds of the pot on the button is a strong semi-bluff after the check.

Top pair with top kicker is strong enough to continue, but this coordinated board makes a raise vulnerable to stronger made hands and high-equity draws. Calling keeps the opponent's bluffs and weaker value bets in.

With one pair on a coordinated board, checking controls the pot and allows the preflop raiser to reveal more information before committing further.

I hold the nut straight (K-high) on a board with a club flush draw, so I bet about 70% of the pot for value and to charge the draws.

Top pair plus an ace-high straight draw has enough equity to continue against this turn sizing. Calling keeps weaker bluffs and value hands in while preserving flexibility on the river.

My pair of tens is too weak to value-bet into this coordinated three-club, four-straight board after the opponent's flop and turn bets. Checking preserves showdown value.

With a king-high straight we beat most of a check-calling range, including sets, two pair and weaker straights. A medium value bet gets called by worse hands while limiting losses to flushes and AJ.

Our pair of tens has little showdown value on this coordinated river, and the button's large three-street betting line is heavily weighted toward stronger made hands.

Ten-deuce offsuit is too weak to open profitably on the button in this structure.

Calling 50 offers 3:1 immediate pot odds with a playable hand in position against the big blind, and folding would be too tight here.

ATo is well ahead of a small-blind limping range. Raising to 4bb for value and to take the initiative is better than checking.

T4o is too weak to continue against a raise to 400, and calling 300 more with poor equity is not profitable. I fold and preserve my stack.

On the button with a weak hand, I'm raising to try to steal the blinds and gain position advantage.

A6o is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button min-raise range and plays poorly as a flat out of position, so 3-betting for value and fold equity is best.

K6 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large small-blind 3-bet with the button opener still behind.

K2o is too weak to continue against a 3-bet, especially when dominated by most of the opponent's raising range. Folding preserves chips for a better spot.