Hold'em table

K4 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed; raising puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the sizing modest.

J7s offsuit is far too weak to defend a 2.5x raise even from the small blind; folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

54 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5bb button open.

King-three offsuit is too weak to play even from the button in a 3-handed game; folding preserves chips for better spots.

J6o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position.

J6 offsuit is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

QQ is a premium hand heads-up blind versus blind; raise for value and to build the pot while charging the big blind to continue.

95s is too weak to defend out of position against a 3.5x raise from the small blind; folding preserves chips for better spots.

K7 offsuit is a reasonable button open heads-up against the blinds; a small raise applies pressure while keeping weaker hands in the pot.

K4s is dominated too often against a 2.5x button raise, and playing out of position with a weak kicker is unprofitable. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

ATo is well ahead of a typical button opening range and gets good pot odds to defend from the big blind.

Checking to the preflop raiser out of position with top pair, top kicker and a gutshot on a wet, connected flop.

I have a useful open-ended straight draw but no made hand on a coordinated flop. I’ll take the free card and avoid building the pot with king-high.

The board now shows a four-straight (7-8-9-T) with a flush draw; checking top pair allows us to control the pot size out of position.

I have only a pair of sevens on a highly connected turn board, where many holdings can already make a straight or have strong draws. I’ll take the free showdown rather than build the pot with a marginal hand.

I hold two pair, tens and nines with top kicker, on a board with four cards to a straight. Checking to realize showdown value as betting might only get called by straights or trips.

I have a modest two pair, but the passive line gives little reason to risk a thin value bet against hands with a ten, eight, nine, or straight. I’ll take the showdown value and check.

Ten-deuce offsuit is one of the worst hands in hold'em, and even from the button in a 3-max game it has no profitable line against two random blinds. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Holding premium AKo in the small blind after the button folded, raising to 300 for value against the big blind.

K♦6♦ is a reasonable blind-versus-blind defend, and calling keeps weaker hands in while avoiding a bloated pot with a modest kicker.

The flop connects heavily with the big blind's calling range, so checking our unimproved overcards out of position is the standard line.

Bet 300 into the 600-chip pot after the check. K-high flush and straight draws give me strong equity, while the bet may also win immediately.

With ace-king high on a highly connected board offering no flush or straight draw, facing a half-pot bet is an easy fold.

Holding 92 offsuit on the button is a clear fold even in three-handed play.

Calling the additional 50 gets a favorable price in a heads-up blind pot. J4 offsuit is weak, so I’ll avoid inflating the pot preflop.

Pocket fours heads-up against a weak small-blind limp is likely ahead; a modest raise takes down the pot often or builds it when I'm a favorite.

J4 offsuit is weak from the small blind, and calling a raise out of position would be unprofitable.