Hold'em table

A3 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to take the initiative while keeping the sizing modest.

A9o is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, and flatting from the small blind with the big blind still to act is weak. A 3-bet to 1050 takes the initiative and has fold equity.

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

A3 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, even in position; calling would leave a difficult postflop spot with poor equity.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button with two players left to act, so folding is standard.

A7 suited is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds. Raising to 3 big blinds builds value and puts pressure on weaker hands.

8-4 suited is weak, but the blind-versus-blind raise is wide and the pot odds make a call reasonable. I’ll avoid a low-equity 3-bet and see a flop.

A small continuation bet can fold out some overcards while keeping the pot manageable. I have a gutshot, an overcard, and backdoor spades if called.

The small bet offers favorable immediate odds, and my open-ended straight draw has useful implied-odds potential if a 7 arrives. Calling keeps the pot manageable while I can act last on later streets.

The turn adds a diamond draw and does not improve my ace-high gutshot. Checking controls the pot while preserving the chance to hit an eight or ace on the river.

I have an open-ended straight draw with eight potential river outs, and the turn check gives me a chance to win the pot with a modest semi-bluff. If called, I still have meaningful equity to improve.

The bet is modest relative to the pot. I have a gutshot straight draw, and an ace may also be good on the river.

Ace-high has showdown value against missed draws. A river bluff risks more chips against the pairs that called the flop and bet the turn.

With only eight-high, checking is unlikely to win. The river jack is a credible scare card after my turn bet, so I’ll make a sizable bluff to pressure marginal pairs and missed draws.

Ace-high missed the straight draw and loses to any pair. The 1,400-chip river bet requires too much equity to justify a call.

Pocket queens are a premium hand on the button, so I raise for value and to build the pot in position.

42 suited is too weak to continue against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

84o out of position against a 3x button open offers poor equity realization, so folding is the marginal but sound choice despite the pot odds.

As the button in a three-handed game, 9♠5♣ is playable as a light open. A modest raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the risk controlled.

T6o from the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is a clear fold. Calling out of position with a dominated hand would lose money.

Calling 150 more with a pocket pair gives me a chance to flop a set against a deep-stacked opponent without building a large pot out of position.

Pocket threes have little value on this ace-queen-high flop, and betting out of position is unlikely to achieve much. I’ll check and reassess if the opponent bets.

I have only nine-high with limited backdoor potential. Checking behind keeps the pot small and lets me realize that equity in position.

My pocket threes are weak on this high-card board, and a bet is unlikely to get enough better hands to fold. Checking avoids investing more without a strong draw or showdown hand.

A half-pot turn bet can pressure hands that checked twice, and I have a few outs to a straight if a ten comes. I’ll keep the sizing modest with no made hand.

Pocket threes have very little showdown value on this board and only two clear outs. Calling the turn bet out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

In 3-handed play, 96o sits at the edge of a reasonable button opening range, and stealing the blinds with a small raise is profitable. Opening beats limping.

6-3 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

The raise is small, and the pot odds justify defending the big blind with this hand. Calling keeps the pot manageable while avoiding an unnecessary bluff-raise with weak offsuit cards.

I have no pair or immediate straight draw, only a backdoor club flush possibility. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the chance to improve.

An open-ended straight draw with a backdoor club, in position, makes a good small semi-bluff c-bet that picks up fold equity on a board that fits my raising range. Keeping it small limits losses if check-raised.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this coordinated board, so calling the flop bet is not justified.

Pocket sixes are a strong button opening hand three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise builds the pot while keeping the investment controlled.

9♥2♦ offsuit is far too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Getting about 3.7:1 in the big blind against a wide button open, J5o has enough equity to defend by calling.

Bottom pair with a backdoor flush draw, out of position against the button's range. Checking controls the pot and lets the preflop raiser c-bet, and I can call a reasonable bet.

A small continuation bet with 66 can deny equity to overcards and charge draws while keeping the pot manageable.

Bottom pair plus a backdoor flush draw, getting 180 into 730 (about 20% equity needed) against a small c-bet from the button's wide range. Calling is clearly profitable, and raising would turn a hand with showdown value into a bluff.

Weak bottom pair out of position on a turn that doesn't help us; check to control the pot and evaluate villain's action.

Pocket sixes have an open-ended straight draw, but betting is unlikely to fold out a queen. Checking realizes our draw and keeps the pot controlled.

Bottom pair with a jack kicker has showdown value against a range that checked back the turn. Betting would mostly get called by better hands and fold out the missed draws we already beat, so I'll check.

I have an eight-high straight. A moderate river bet can get called by a queen or two pair while limiting the risk against a higher straight.

The turn check-back caps villain's range, and the river bet of about two-thirds pot includes many missed heart draws and air. I only need about 28% equity, so bottom pair is a reasonable bluff-catcher.