Hold'em table

Button in a three-handed game can open wide; 87o has enough playability in position to steal the blinds with a small raise rather than limp or fold.

Facing a button open to 250, I need 200 more to call with a pot of 400, about 33% pot odds. K-6 offsuit is marginal, but the button's wide opening range and the 3-way pot make a call reasonable.

Holding J4 offsuit out of position against a raise and a call is an easy fold despite pot odds.

I have K-6 with no pair on a Q-Q-3 board, so checking keeps the pot small and costs nothing.

87o has no pair, no draw, and no relevant blockers on QQ3, so checking back avoids bloating a pot I rarely win if called.

I have only a pair of sixes on a paired queens board, so I take a free showdown rather than bloat the pot.

I have no pair and almost no showdown value on this paired board, so a small turn probe can fold out ace-high and king-high that checked twice.

A pair of sixes with a king kicker is likely beaten by queens or better on this paired Q-Q-3-6 board, and the turn bet is a strong line, so calling 300 into a 900 pot has poor equity.

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

Getting 5:1 pot odds to complete the small blind against a button limp with a King.

A8o is playable but not strong enough to raise multiway after two limps; checking realizes the big blind and sees a flop cheaply.

Check bottom pair out of position in a three-way limped pot to control the pot size and realize equity.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on J-T-6; checking is best with two players still to act and no made hand.

I have two pair, jacks and sixes, on a J-T-6 board, so I bet about two-thirds pot for value while the checks suggest weakness.

Holding bottom pair on a coordinated broadway board with a player yet to act behind makes facing a 2/3 pot bet an easy fold.

Ace-high with no pair and no draw is too weak to continue out of position against a flop bet; folding preserves chips.

Q9o is playable on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 200 applies pressure and leverages positional advantage.

42s is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding saves chips.

Facing only a 100-chip call into a 350-chip pot from the big blind, the price is about 3.5 to 1, which justifies calling with a weak but playable hand against a button raise.

I have a pair of tens with a queen-high board, a medium-strength hand, and checking is free with no bet to call, so I keep the pot small.

We have top pair with a gutshot straight draw on a wet board; betting 200 chips charges draws and gets value from weaker pairs.

I have a middle pair of tens with a three kicker, and calling 200 into an 850 pot is a reasonable price against a button continuation bet. I'm not raising because my kicker is weak and I'd prefer to see the turn.

With Tc on this paired board I have trips (three tens), a strong value hand, so I bet about 60% of the pot to build it while the opponent may continue.

I have top pair with a gutshot straight draw on a paired board getting good pot odds against a donk bet.

I hold three tens (trips) on a paired board, which is likely best against most calling ranges, so betting for value on the river is reasonable.

We hold a queen-high straight on a paired board. While boats and king-high straights beat us, getting better than 3:1 pot odds makes this a profitable call against chops, overvalued trips, and missed draws.

K9o is playable as a button open in three-handed poker, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative rather than limp or fold.

7-5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position facing a 250 raise with 200 to call from the small blind, so folding avoids a marginal, dominated investment.

Getting 2.67-to-1 pot odds against a wide button opening range, J9o has sufficient equity to defend from the big blind.

Check out of position with Jack-high on a paired low board to the preflop aggressor.

As the preflop raiser on a dry paired flop, a small c-bet pressures ace-high and unpaired hands that checked to me. King-high has little showdown value, so taking the pot now is better than checking it down.

Holding jack-high with no draws on a paired board facing a flop bet, folding is the standard and disciplined play.

Queen-four offsuit is a weak hand, but from the button in a 3-handed game the price is only 1 big blind, so calling keeps the hand cheap while preserving position.

K3o is too weak to complete out of position even getting good pot odds against the button limp.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to raise, and checking is free after the button limps and the small blind folds.

I have complete air on K-6-2 with no pair or draw, so checking is the only sensible option heads-up.

Seat 1 checked the flop, and I have only Q-high with a backdoor draw, so a small continuation bet can win the 250 pot outright without needing a strong hand.

I have 5-3 with no pair and no draw on K-6-2, so calling a flop bet is unprofitable. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

Holding nine-five offsuit on the button, this hand is too weak to open even three-handed. Folding is standard.

K3 suited has enough playability heads-up versus the big blind to complete for 50 and see a flop rather than fold or inflate the pot out of position.

Checking my big blind option with T-J offsuit is free and keeps the pot small against a single limper. Raising isn't clearly profitable with this hand.

I have top pair on a dry flop heads-up and can bet half pot for thin value and protection with a weak kicker.

I have a pair of tens with a jack kicker on a King-high board, a medium-strength hand that is worth a call against a single 100-chip bet but not a raise.

I have second pair on an ace-high board after the turn ace, so checking controls the pot and avoids betting into a likely better hand.

I hold a pair of tens with two overcards on the board, which is weak against a flop raiser's likely range. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it with a marginal hand.

I have aces and kings with a ten kicker, but the paired aces make any ace trips and a bet is mostly called by better or the same king. Checking avoids a tough raise and realizes the hand.

I hold two pair (aces and tens) on a paired board, which is strong but not clearly ahead of every value range after seat_1 checked the river. Checking keeps the pot small and takes the showdown without risking chips against a possible better hand.