Hold'em table

Three-handed on the button, Q3s is a profitable steal: it has suited playability and only the two blinds left to act.

9h5h suited is too weak to defend from the small blind out of position against a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act; folding is the standard play.

Getting 150 to win a 400 pot as the big blind against a button steal is a reasonable price for J5 offsuit, so calling beats folding.

I have a weak hand, Jack-high with no pair, and checking is free as the big blind, so I keep the pot small and see the next card.

This board favors my preflop-raising range, so a small one-third-pot c-bet can take value from worse pairs and draws. It also denies equity to overcards, while keeping it cheap to fold my weak-kicker middle pair to a raise.

Jack-high with no made hand or strong draw facing a flop bet from the preflop raiser; the pot odds of about 20% don't justify continuing against a range that likely holds Ace or Queen.

Q5 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb applies pressure on the blinds and lets me play in position.

A9 offsuit has decent playability and I'm getting 200 to 50 from the small blind facing a button open, so calling keeps pot control without bloating it out of position.

ATo in the big blind facing a button open and a small blind call is getting great odds (150 to win 600). Calling is better than squeezing against two ranges, since the SB's flat makes the hand multiway and ATo gets dominated when it bloats the pot.

I hold ace-high with a three-heart board, so I have a weak draw and no made hand. Checking is free and keeps the pot small.

Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw has some showdown value but is weak in a three-way pot, and the preflop raiser is still to act behind me. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see seat_2's action.

Preflop raiser on the button with a queen-high flush draw on a dry low board, checked to me by both opponents; a semi-bluff continuation bet takes it down often and builds a pot when I hit.

I have an ace-high flush draw with three hearts on board, and calling 500 into a 1750 pot needs about 22% equity, which the roughly 35% draw clears against a bet that could be a weaker range.

Ace-high with only backdoor draws is too weak to continue in a multiway pot after a bet and a call, even though the price is decent. Folding is the disciplined play.

With a pair of nines, ace kicker, and a heart draw, I have a medium-strength hand out of position, so I'll check to keep the pot manageable and see whether the button continues aggressively.

We turned a queen-high flush on 4h2h7c9h; opponent checked to us in a 1750 pot so we bet ~2/3 pot for value, building the pot against worse flushes, sets, two pairs and draws while keeping a river bet available.

I hold a pair of nines with an Ace-high heart flush draw, which gives roughly 30% equity against this aggressive seat's range. That is close to the 29% needed to call 1200 into a 2950 pot, so calling is justified.

I have only a pair of nines with an ace kicker on a board with a possible flush and straight, so checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see whether seat_2 bets again.

I hold the Q-high flush (Qh5h on 4h2h9h); only an A- or K-high heart flush beats me. Opponent check-called flop and turn and checked river, so a ~2/3 pot value bet targets sets, two pairs, straights (68) and weaker flushes.

I have second pair (nines) with an ace kicker, a bluff-catcher against an aggressive opponent who has bet every street, so calling 2800 into a 6950 pot is reasonable.

K9 offsuit on the button is a playable hand against a single limp-sized completion, so calling the 100 to see a flop is reasonable.

Getting 5:1 to complete with Q8o in a limped pot; a raise from out of position is marginal, so completing is fine.

9-6 offsuit in the big blind with a free option after two limps; checking to see a flop is clearly best, raising has little fold equity and the hand plays poorly out of position in a bloated pot.

Queen-high with a gutshot-less backdoor on a dry board, out of position in a 3-way limped pot; checking keeps the pot small and lets me take a free card.

9-high with no draw on a 2-3-T rainbow board in a limped 3-way pot; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into two opponents with nothing.

I have only King-high with no made pair, and both opponents checked, so a free showdown is the lower-variance option against two players.

Queen-high with only a gutshot-less weak draw on an ace turn in a three-way limped pot; checking keeps the pot small and a bluff out of position into two players has low fold equity.

I have 9-high with no draw on a limped pot board of 2-3-T-A; the pot is small and everyone has shown weakness, but bluffing with the button still to act is marginal and a check keeps my risk zero with no showdown value to protect.

I hold K-high with no made pair on a 2c 3d Th Ac board, and the other seats have also checked, so checking to take the free card is the sensible low-risk play.

Queen-high with no showdown value on a paired-ace board that has been checked through three ways; a small bet of two-thirds pot can fold out weak pairs and air, and two opponents who checked twice rarely hold an ace. Checking almost never wins at showdown, so a cheap bluff is better.

I have 9-high with no pair on a paired-ace board facing a 2/3 pot bet; my hand has essentially zero showdown value and bluff-raising into two opponents is unprofitable.

I hold a pair of aces with a king kicker, which is likely best after the river check-raise line, and calling 200 into a 500 pot is a reasonable price to see if seat_1 is bluffing.

Q7o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise pressures both blinds.

Q9 offsuit in the small blind facing a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act is a marginal, dominated hand out of position; folding is the standard play.

Holding 6h4d out of position against a button raise to 250, this is a weak, disconnected hand with poor playability, so folding the big blind's remaining 150 is reasonable.

K8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and pressures the blinds.

Nine-five offsuit is weak and out of position against a button raise, and calling 200 more doesn't justify the equity it would need.

Getting about 2.7:1 with no rake against a wide 3-handed button range, so Q2o is a marginal but acceptable big-blind defend.

Second pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board that favors the button's raising range; check to control the pot and keep some showdown value.

I raised preflop from the button and the ace-high flop favors my range heavily; a small continuation bet with K8 (backdoor equity, overcard to Q) folds out many of BB's calling hands cheaply.

Middle pair is getting about 3.8-to-1, so it needs only about 26% equity against a button that c-bets wide and small on an ace-high board. A call keeps the bluffs in, while raising would only fold out worse hands.

Middle pair with no kicker on an A-Q-T-7 board that hits the button's range hard, so I have showdown value but can't bet for value. Checking keeps the pot small and lets the button bluff.

Second barrel as a semi-bluff with the gutshot to Broadway; the turn T hits my preflop raising range and should fold out Qx, 7x, and middling pocket pairs that called the flop.

Q2o is the weakest second pair on an A-Q-T board that hits the button's range hard. Its reverse implied odds against a likely river barrel make folding better than calling 700.

Q7 suited is a playable button hand in a three-way pot, and calling the 100-chip big blind keeps the price low while I see a flop.

92o out of position in a three-way limped pot plays poorly even at 5:1 odds, with the big blind still to act behind. Folding saves chips.

Q4s in the big blind facing a limp from the button; checking and seeing a free flop is standard, as raising this hand out of position has marginal value.

Qs4s on a monotone club board with no club; checking keeps the pot small out of position with a weak hand, and I can reassess based on the button's action.

We hold a pair of sevens with a queen kicker on a three-club board, which is a medium-strength hand. Checking keeps the pot small and controls the risk of facing a raise from a club draw.

Four clubs on board and villain checked back the flop, so most of their range has no club; a small bet representing a flush should fold out the ~64% of hands without a club while risking little, and our pair of fours has minimal showdown value anyway.

I have a pair of sevens with a Q kicker, and the 150 call is about 27% pot odds against a small turn raise. The four-club board makes me cautious, but calling is reasonable rather than folding a decent made hand.

Four clubs on board and I hold none; my 7s-and-4s two pair is weak and any club or 7x beats me, so betting only gets called by better hands. Check and decide versus their river action.

With three sevens on a four-club board, I have a strong made hand and the opponent's river check suggests a weak or missed holding, so a value bet for about half the pot makes sense.

Small bet of 300 into 850 gives ~26% pot odds; my 7s and 4s with Q kicker beats bluffs and non-club pairs, and the button's passive line plus small sizing could be a bluff or thin value, so a call is marginally profitable.