Hold'em table

K3 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable steal. A small raise puts pressure on both blinds and gives me position.

J5 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.

J6 suited is strong enough to defend the big blind against a 2.5bb button open, especially with 150 more to call.

I have a modest pair out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me respond to their bet.

Heads up on the button after the big blind checked the flop. I have king-high with a backdoor flush draw and some fold equity, so a small continuation bet of about half the pot is reasonable.

Bottom pair has enough showdown value to call this modest flop bet, especially against a button raiser who may continuation-bet missed overcards. Raising would unnecessarily inflate the pot out of position.

Trips are strong here, but the turn also completes the spade flush. Checking lets the preflop raiser continue betting weaker hands and bluffs without inflating the pot against a flush.

I have king-high on a paired, two-spade board and no real showdown value against a range that called the flop. Seat 3 checked the turn, so I take the free card instead of bluffing into a pot that a checking player may still contest.

Trips with a jack kicker can get value from a ten or an overpair. A moderate river bet targets those hands without committing too much against a flush or full house.

I hold king-high on a 5s Ts 6h 6s 2d board, which only beats a pure bluff. Seat 3 check-called the flop, checked the turn, then bet 650 into 1150 on the river, which looks like a value bet, and I need about 26% equity to call. I don't have that, so I fold.

J2o is far below any reasonable opening range on the button in 3-handed play, making folding the standard and most profitable choice.

With the button folded, 4♦3♦ is playable heads-up against the big blind. A minimum raise gives me a chance to win the blind while keeping the pot manageable.

5h2h is a weak offsuit-ish hand, and calling out of position against a small-blind raise is unprofitable. Getting 3-to-1 isn't enough for such a low-equity hand, so I'm folding.

On the button in a three-handed pot, 7-6 offsuit is playable as an open. A 2.5 big blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Pocket nines are strong in 3-handed play. Raising from the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still to act, builds the pot and denies equity to the other hands.

Q7o is a very weak hand facing a button open and a small blind 3-bet, making it an easy fold.

76 offsuit is too weak to continue against this large 3-bet, even in position.

KJo on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong hand, so raising to 3bb for value and position is standard.

In 3-handed play, ATo is well ahead of a typical button opening range. Raising to 1000 builds the pot with a strong holding and denies the big blind cheap entry.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to call a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

KJo facing a 3-bet to 1000 from the small blind after my 300 open is dominated too often, and calling 700 out of position-less but without a strong hand is marginal; folding is the disciplined choice.

T2o is too weak to open raise or play profitably from the button.

T4 offsuit is too weak to raise for value, but completing the small blind costs only 50 chips and gives me a chance to see the flop heads-up.

A-T offsuit is a strong hand heads-up against a limping small blind, so I raise for value and to take the initiative, sizing to 4x the big blind.

T4 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a big-blind raise to 400, so calling another 300 chips is not worthwhile.

K2 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open three-handed. A small raise uses position while limiting the cost if challenged.

A6 suited-less offsuit (A6o) is a decent hand versus a button open in 3-handed play, but out of position with the big blind still to act, so a call is a low-variance choice over a 3-bet bluff.

K6o plays poorly out of position in a multiway pot despite getting decent pot odds. Folding is the cleanest disciplined play.

Top pair with ace kicker on a draw-heavy flop, first to act heads-up against the button's preflop raise. A bet of about two-thirds pot gets value from weaker aces and charges flush draws and other draws.

The gutshot and backdoor diamond draw do not offer enough equity to call this sizable flop bet, especially when a king may not be good.