Hold'em table

K5 offsuit is a weak, dominated button holding in a three-handed game; folding avoids entering with poor playability.

Raising from the button with A6o to apply pressure and pick up the dead blinds; this hand is strong enough in 3-handed play.

KJo is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button min-raise range, so I 3-bet to take the initiative and avoid playing out of position in a multiway pot.

8-high offsuit is far too weak to continue versus an open and a large 3-bet from the big blind.

I have an ace and position, and the pot odds are reasonable, so I'll call to see the flop.

As the preflop 3-bettor, I have the range advantage on an ace-high dry board, so a small c-bet with KJ works well: it gets folds from pairs and has backdoor equity.

Top two pair is very strong on this board and I want to build the pot against hands like AK/AQ while charging overpairs and draws.

KJ high with no pair and no real draw on A-6-4 facing a flop raise from a player who called our 3-bet. Our equity is far below what's needed, so fold.

Three-handed on the button, T6o is at the edge of a wide stealing range, so a small open to 2.5bb makes an acceptable steal attempt against the blinds.

Q9 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

We have a weak offsuit hand out of position against a raise; folding is the safest play to avoid losing more chips.

On the button, 7-6 offsuit has sufficient playability to open-raise against the blinds and leverage position.

Q9o in the big blind against a 2.5x button open gets good pot odds (150 to win 400), and it plays well enough against a wide button range to defend by calling.

Q-high on a paired flop out of position against the preflop raiser has little equity and should mostly check. Checking to the button's range is standard here.

I continuation-bet the paired board as the preflop raiser, applying pressure to unpaired overcards while retaining a gutshot straight draw.

Facing a small c-bet on a dry paired board, I need about 21% equity to call. Q9 has two overcards and decent equity against a wide button range, so calling beats folding.

Top pair with a weak kicker plays well as a check-call against the preflop aggressor, since it keeps his bluffs and worse hands betting while controlling the pot out of position.

The flop call and paired queen turn strongly favor the caller's range, while 6-high has little credible equity. Checking preserves chips rather than barreling into likely Qx, 8x, or club holdings.

Top pair (queens and eights) with a decent kicker. Villain checked back the turn, which caps their range toward underpairs, Ax and weaker hands, so a roughly half-pot bet gets thin value from those.

We have only six-high on a paired board and cannot profitably call the river bet. The diamond blocker is not enough to justify a bluff-raise here.

Raising from the button with a playable hand to apply pressure and take the pot preflop.

98o out of position in the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a weak spot for a call. Folding is standard.

6-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a button raise out of position.

On the button in 3-handed play, K5 suited is a clear opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb.

T6 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button 2.5bb open with the big blind still behind.

I'm getting good pot odds (400:150) and 7s3s has enough equity against a wide button open to defend the big blind. I'll see a flop and play cautiously out of position.

I have bottom pair on an ace-high flop against a preflop raiser, so I check to control the pot and see what develops.

The A72 two-tone board favors my button raising range, so a small c-bet works well here. K5 has backdoor diamonds and a king overcard, and betting can fold out better hands like weak 7x or small pairs.

I have a pair of sevens and am getting good pot odds to call the continuation bet, so I'll see the turn and reevaluate.

K-high has some showdown value against club draws, and a bet is unlikely to fold out the Ax, 7x or pocket pairs that called the flop. Checking back takes a free card and keeps the pot small.

My two pair is vulnerable to the paired ace and river club, and the opponent's turn check suggests a trap or a draw that got there; checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see showdown.

With K-high on a paired-ace board, I have some showdown value against busted straight draws. A bluff is unlikely to fold out the flushes that got there on the third club, or the aces and pairs that called the flop.