Hold'em table

K5 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable steal hand. A small raise takes advantage of position against two blinds and can win the pot right away.

Q4o is far too weak to defend out of position against a button open.

A2 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, especially with only 150 more chips to call.

I have top pair with a weak kicker against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me respond to their bet.

Top pair with a decent kicker on an A-K-4 flop heads-up in position; the big blind checked, so a bet of about 64% pot gets value from Ax and worse Kx while charging draws. .

Top pair is strong enough to continue against a button opener’s small continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding a large pot with a weak kicker.

Top pair with a weak kicker has showdown value, but betting risks building a large pot against better aces. I’ll check and reassess if the button bets.

Top pair with a decent kicker, and seat_3 has checked twice, which suggests a weak range. A bet of about 56% of the pot gets value from worse Ax and draws and denies equity to hands like 5x or 6x.

Top pair is strong enough to continue against a button raiser who can bet draws and weaker hands. Raising would isolate me against stronger aces, so I’ll call and reassess on the river.

My ace has showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking also gives missed draws a chance to bluff.

I have Kings full of sixes, a very strong hand. Seat 3 has checked every street and called two bets, so they hold a medium-strength hand that can call. I'll bet about a third of the pot for value.

Top pair with the paired board is strong enough to call this relatively small river bet. Missed heart draws can bluff, and many other ace hands would chop.

Open-raising with A6o from the button in 3-handed play to steal blinds or play in position.

KJo is strong enough to three-bet a small button open, and raising avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

5s8h offsuit is weak, and facing a button open plus a small blind 3-bet to 800 with 700 more to call, it is not worth continuing.

A6o is too weak to continue against an 8bb 3-bet from the small blind.

Heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, Q9o is a strong enough hand to raise for value and fold equity from the small blind.

96o is too weak to defend against a standard small blind open raise even with position.

6-7 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is a marginal hand, but it has decent playability and position. Calling 100 to win a 250 pot is a good price.

Getting 5:1 pot odds to complete from the small blind against a button limp with an ace.

Q9 offsuit plays poorly out of position against two limpers, so I’ll take the free flop rather than build the pot.

In a multiway limped pot out of position with Ace-high and a weak backdoor draw, checking is standard.

With Q-high on a paired flop against two opponents, I prefer to check and keep the pot small.

Both opponents checked on a paired 8-8-4 board and I'm in position with 7-high and a gutshot-ish draw (6-7 with 8, 4 gives backdoor). A small bet of 200 into 300 can take the pot when both are weak, and I can give up if raised.

Holding just Ace-high with a weak kicker and only backdoor draws out of position facing a two-thirds pot bet with a player still behind, folding is the standard play.

Q-high has no club or meaningful draw on this paired flop. Facing a two-thirds-pot bet out of position, calling is unlikely to be profitable.

Q8o is at the bottom of the button opening range 3-handed; folding avoids playing a weak offsuit queen postflop.

With 9-8 offsuit in the small blind, completing for 50 chips keeps the pot manageable against the big blind.

2-6 offsuit is a very weak hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind instead of building the pot.

I have no pair or immediate draw on this flop, so I’ll check rather than bluff into the big blind.

Flop 3-Q-4 with 2-6 gives an open-ended straight draw (needs a 5 for 2-3-4-5-6 wrap: 5 makes the straight). Heads-up against a checking small blind, a small bet of one big blind with a draw plus fold equity is a reasonable semi-bluff.

Nine-high has no meaningful draw on this flop, and calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

K5 suited is strong enough to open from the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

T6 suited is a weak hand out of position in the small blind facing a button raise, with the big blind still to act behind. Calling 200 more would put me in a poor spot postflop, so folding is the disciplined choice.

73s is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.