Hold'em table

On the button in a three-handed game, T5 offsuit is suitable for a small opening raise to pressure the blinds and retain initiative.

Q9 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

72o is the worst hand and it's out of position against a button open to 2.5x, so calling 150 into 400 isn't profitable even with good pot odds.

32 suited is too weak to open profitably here without information about the blinds.

In a blind-vs-blind spot with 64o, completing for 50 chips gets good pot odds of 3:1, and the hand is too weak for a profitable raise. Limping is a reasonable low-risk play.

Q-high offsuit is not strong enough to inflate the pot out of position after the small blind completes. Check and realize equity heads-up.

An open-ended straight draw with overcards is a strong semi-bluff in a limped pot. A small lead can take the pot down now and builds it for when we hit.

Q-high with no pair or meaningful draw is too weak to continue against the flop lead.

Q4o is below a standard 3-handed button opening range at 100bb deep and plays poorly against two players left to act, so folding is the disciplined choice.

With pocket kings heads-up from the small blind after the button folds, I raise for value and to build the pot while charging weaker hands.

Pocket eights are strong against a small-blind opening range. I’m three-betting for value and to deny equity.

Pocket kings are a premium value hand against a blind-versus-blind 3-bet. A 4-bet to 25bb builds the pot while retaining worse hands and avoiding an unnecessarily large shove.

Pocket eights fare poorly against a typical four-bet range, and calling 14 more big blinds leaves too little room to profitably set-mine.

Button ATo suited is a strong three-handed opening hand. I raise to apply pressure and build value.

KJo is strong enough to three-bet against a button open in a three-handed game. Raising also avoids inviting the big blind into a multiway pot while I'm out of position.

K2 offsite facing an open and a 3-bet, with the opener still left to act behind, is a clear fold from the big blind.

AdTd plays well in position against a small-blind three-bet and has sufficient equity to continue. Calling preserves their weaker and bluffed range.

I have a flush draw and two overcards in a three-bet pot. A small flop bet applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

We have the nut flush on a monotone board and should build the pot against overpairs, sets, and weaker diamond holdings. This sizing extracts value while retaining room for later-street decisions.

K-high with only a backdoor flush draw has too little equity against a sizable raise on this monotone flop.

A9 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button, and a 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

In 3-handed play the button opens wide, and calling out of position with the big blind still to act is unattractive. T9o works as a 3-bet bluff that can take the pot down now and has decent playability when called.

K5 suited is not strong enough to continue profitably against a raise and a substantial reraise while out of position.

A9 offsuit is often dominated by a large three-bet range, and calling another 850 chips is unlikely to be profitable.

87o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open-raise, since it steals the blinds with a playable hand and position.

K7 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still to act.

The suited hand has enough potential to defend the big blind against a 2.5bb button raise at this price.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker on a high-card board is not strong enough to value bet out of position. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

The K-Q high board favors the button's raising range, and the big blind checked to us. A small c-bet with a gutshot to the jack and backdoor draws folds out many hands and still has equity when called.

The small flop bet gives a good price to continue with bottom pair against a button raiser who can have many unpaired hands. I'll reassess on the turn.

My bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting into the preflop raiser on this paired board is unlikely to get called by worse hands often enough. I’ll check and reassess if they bet.

87o has almost no equity, and BB's flop call means their range is sticky with Kx and Qx. I'll take the free card and look for a better river bluff spot rather than barrel into a capped but calling range.

My bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get called by worse hands. I’ll check and avoid building the pot.

Our 8-high has no showdown value, and the river completed the heart flush after villain checked twice. A two-thirds-pot bluff can fold out weak pairs and missed draws.

Bottom pair is a weak bluff-catcher against a substantial river bet. The opponent can value-bet many kings, queens, pocket pairs, and completed heart flushes.