Hold'em table

T7o is too weak to open profitably even on the button in 3-handed play.

82o is too weak to complete out of position heads-up after the button folds, so I give up the small blind.

A4o is a reasonable button open in three-handed play; a small raise steals the blinds more often than limping and keeps the pot manageable if called.

With pocket aces, re-raise for value from the small blind and build the pot while charging the button and discouraging the big blind from entering cheaply.

Holding J5 offsuit in the big blind facing an open raise and a 3-bet, this is an easy fold.

A4o is too weak to continue against a 9bb three-bet; the ace is often dominated and there is little playability.

A7 suited is a strong button opening hand in a three-player game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds for value and to take initiative while keeping the size modest.

K3o is far too weak to defend out of position against a button open.

A9o has enough equity and pot odds in the big blind against a 2.5bb button open to continue, while a three-bet would turn a showdown hand into a bluff.

Top pair with an ace on a board that is mostly dry aside from a spade draw. A half-pot bet gets value from the button's wide opening range while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Top pair has enough showdown value to continue, and the price is favorable. Calling keeps weaker aces and bluffs in while avoiding an unnecessary pot build with a weak kicker on a draw-heavy board.

I have top pair plus a spade flush draw on a coordinated board, so I bet for value and protection rather than give a free card.

Top pair gives me enough showdown value to call this moderate turn bet, though the three-spade board and straight possibilities make raising unattractive.

I have a 9-high flush on a four-spade board, so I only lose to a higher spade. Checking realizes showdown value without building a pot against the many better flushes in a sticky calling range.

I have a straight, but the four-spade board lets any opponent holding a spade make a flush. Checking avoids value-owning into a flush while preserving my strong showdown hand.

Open-raising to 2.5bb on the button with AJo, a strong starting hand in 3-handed play.

8-3 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open; folding saves chips.

As the big blind, I’m getting favorable pot odds to defend with a suited hand against a small raise.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this ace-high flop, so checking avoids investing chips with a weak hand.

Betting roughly one-third pot for value and protection with top pair good kicker on a dry board.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this dry flop, so calling the 200-chip bet is not justified.

42o is the worst starting hand and I am first to act; calling or raising has no equity justification, so folding is the only +EV option.

With a suited hand and only 50 more to call, completing the small blind is reasonable against the big blind. I’ll keep the pot small with this weak holding.

Check behind with an offsuit connector to see a free flop in position.

I have a strong flush draw and can apply pressure while building the pot; a half-pot bet is a reasonable size on this flop.

I have middle pair on Kc 3c 8d against a half-pot stab in a limped blind-versus-blind pot, getting 3-to-1 pot odds, making a call standard.

I have a flush draw but no made hand, and checking takes a free river card without inflating the pot against a range that may have connected with the queen.

We hold third pair on a coordinated turn board. Checking behind controls the pot size and realizes our showdown value.

I missed my flush draw and have little showdown value, so a modest river bluff can fold out weak pairs after the turn checked through. I keep the sizing restrained against the opponent’s flop-call range.

We hold fourth pair on a board of K-Q-J-8-3, which easily connects with opponent's range and leaves almost no hands we beat when facing a river bet.

J5 offsuit is marginal, but as the button in a three-handed game it can profitably open with a small raise and use position postflop.

King-four offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise with the big blind still left to act.

75s has enough equity and implied odds against a wide button open to defend the big blind for 1.5bb more, despite being out of position.

I have no pair, no draw, and no relevant blockers on A-K-9. With the preflop raiser still to act, checking is the only sensible option.

A small continuation bet can pressure the big blind’s unpaired hands on a flop that favors my preflop raising range. With only jack-high, checking has little showdown value.

5h7h completely missed Ah-Kc-9d with no pair or draw, so calling a flop bet is unprofitable.