Hold'em table

Button raise with a decent suited-ish connector type hand (T-J offsuit) to build pot and take initiative against blinds.

A7o plays well as a 3-bet against a wide 3-handed button open. Calling out of position from the small blind with the big blind still to act is a weak spot.

8-6 suited has poor equity against a small-blind 3-bet to 1100 and will play out of position to the button, so calling 1000 is not justified by pot odds.

TJ offsuit is too weak to continue against a large preflop 3-bet; folding avoids committing more chips with a marginal hand.

KTo is a strong button open in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to pressure the blinds.

T3 offsuit is very weak facing a button raise, and I would be out of position postflop with poor playability.

Q6 suited with good pot odds heads-up against a single raiser; a call is cheap at 150 into a 400 pot.

I have top pair (QQ... actually Q6) with a flush draw possible on board; betting for value and to protect against spades.

A gutshot to the J plus a king overcard, with position and a 300-into-850 price (about 26% equity needed), makes this a profitable call. Raising would only fold out the worse hands I beat.

I have trip queens with a strong kicker situation; betting here builds the pot and charges any flush draws on this three-spade board.

Facing a large turn bet, K-high with only a gutshot on a paired, three-spade board. That draw is roughly 8% and the call needs about 29% equity, so I fold. Bluff-raising without a spade blocker is unattractive.

JTo on the button in 3-handed play is well ahead of opening range; raising takes initiative and fold equity versus the blinds.

2c8h offsuit is weak; facing a raise with poor odds, folding is best.

QJo in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open is getting good pot odds (150 to win 400), so it's a clear defend. Calling keeps the button's wider range in and plays well postflop.

QJ has an open-ended straight draw with overcards and a backdoor flush draw. I'm out of position against the preflop raiser, so I'll check and plan to call or check-raise a continuation bet.

Top pair with Jack kicker in position after opponent checked; bet for value and to charge straight and flush draws.

QJ on 9-5-T gives an open-ended straight draw plus a backdoor diamond draw and two overcards, which is plenty of equity to call a 375 c-bet into 925 (getting about 3.5:1). Calling keeps the button's range wide and lets me realize my equity in position-neutral fashion.

QJ has an open-ended straight draw plus two overcards, but leading out of position into the preflop raiser isn't necessary. Checking lets me realize equity, and I can call a reasonable bet.

Top pair with Jack kicker on a draw-heavy board; betting for value and protection against diamond and straight draws after opponent checks twice.

QJ has an open-ended straight draw (any K or 8) plus two overcards. With deep stacks, the implied odds justify calling the 800 bet into a 2100 pot.

The draw missed and queen-high has almost no showdown value. Villain's triple-barrel range is weighted toward pairs that would call a river lead, so I'll check and give up to a bet.

Top pair with a Jack kicker is a marginal river value hand after opponent called flop and turn; checking back avoids value-owning against better tens, two pair, sets and completed straights while still winning at showdown against missed draws and weaker pairs.

Button steal attempt with a playable offsuit hand against two uncommitted blinds in 3-handed play.

42o out of the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. Calling would put me out of position with very weak equity.

85 suited has enough equity against a wide button open to defend the big blind, needing only about 27% with 150 to call into 400.

With 8-high, no pair and only backdoor diamond and straight draws on an ace-high board versus the preflop raiser, taking the free card is best.

I have a pair of tens with top kicker on an ace-high board; betting for value since opponent checked, representing possible ace while protecting my hand from drawing hands.

With 8-5 diamonds on A-10-9 I have no pair and only weak backdoor draws, far below the equity needed to call 300 against the preflop raiser's flop bet.

J8 offsuit is a standard button open in 3-handed play, where only the two blinds are left to act. A 2.5x raise lets me take the initiative and keeps the sizing small.

QJo has sufficient equity against a wide button 2.5x open to call getting good pot odds, despite being out of position in the small blind.

AQ offsuit is strong enough to isolate and build the pot against a button open and a limp-call, taking the betting lead preflop.

J8o facing a squeeze from the big blind, with the small blind still left to act behind, is too weak to continue profitably. Folding preserves chips.

QJo is dominated by a BB squeeze 3-bet range after my SB flat, and calling 650 out of position offers poor equity and reverse implied odds.

Q7 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is well ahead of the blinds' ranges and benefits from fold equity and position. Raising to 2.5bb applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

2h7h is a weak offsuit hand facing a raise and a call still behind me; not worth defending from the small blind here.

Getting about 3.7-to-1 against a wide button open in a three-handed game, 84o has enough equity to defend from the big blind as a marginal call.

Bottom pair on a K-J high board favors the button's opening range, so I'll check and look to bluff-catch or realize equity cheaply.

As the preflop raiser in position on a K-J-4 rainbow board, a small c-bet credibly represents a king and folds much of the big blind's missed range. Q7s also has backdoor spades and straight potential to improve or continue on favorable turns.

Bottom pair against a small c-bet (200 into 550) gets good pot odds, needing about 21% equity. My hand has enough showdown value against the button's wide c-betting range to call.

Bottom pair with a backdoor flush draw that is now a heart flush draw (8h with 4h and 5h on board, needing one more heart) has some showdown value but is weak against a c-bettor's range; checking keeps the pot small and realizes equity cheaply.

Queen-high with no real draw has little fold equity against a flop caller who likely has a pair or heart draw. Checking in position takes a free river and avoids bloating the pot as a bluff.

Bottom pair has showdown value against a range that checked back the turn and is full of missed draws and air. Betting mostly gets folds from worse hands and calls from better ones, so I'll check and aim to see a cheap showdown.

Checking river with bottom pair takes cheap showdown; opponent's flop call range is weighted to K/J and better pairs that call a bet, while missed draws already lose to my pair.