Hold'em table

J8o is on the margin of a 3-handed button opening range, so folding is a disciplined standard play.

With the button folded, calling 50 more gives Q2 offsuit a cheap chance to see a flop against the big blind. Raising would build a larger pot out of position with a weak hand.

AKo is a premium hand heads-up against a limped small blind, so I raise for value to build the pot with a range advantage. A 4x raise is a standard size out of position.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 4-big-blind raise, especially out of position.

Ace-king offsuit is a strong button hand, so I raise for value and position.

7-5 offsuit is a weak hand. Calling 250 more out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act behind, is unprofitable, so I fold.

Getting over 2:1 pot odds defending the big blind against a button open with a broadway hand like QJo.

I have Queen-high with backdoor draws out of position against the preflop raiser; standard play is to check to the aggressor.

Top pair with the best kicker is strong heads-up. Betting about two-thirds of the pot gets value from weaker kings and draws while protecting against the spade draw.

With only Queen-high, no direct draw, and facing a significant bet out of position, folding is the clear disciplined play.

On the button in a 3-handed game, 9h5h is a suited hand that can be played cheaply. Calling 100 into a 150 pot gets a good price, and a raise would put too much at risk.

82s is far too weak to complete out of position even getting 5 to 1 pot odds.

8♠3♠ is too weak to raise out of position against a limp, but I can see the flop for free.

I have a flush draw and can bet small to pressure unpaired hands while building a pot when I improve.

Middle pair (5s) with a backdoor heart flush draw. Facing a small 150 bet into 400 (about 27% pot odds), calling is clearly profitable and keeps position on the button.

I have an eight-high flush draw but no made hand. Checking keeps the pot manageable and may let me see the river for free.

I have bottom pair (5s) plus a backdoor straight draw, and seat_2 checked the turn, which signals weakness. A half-pot bet takes the pot now or gets value from worse pairs and draws, and it still lets me fold to a large raise.

The flush draw and occasional pair outs give me enough equity to continue against a half-pot turn bet, with potential value if a spade hits.

My flush draw missed, and the river pairs the queen while completing a heart flush. With few useful blockers, a bluff is unlikely to be profitable.

I hold a heart flush (5h 9h with 7h Th Qh on board). Villain checked, so I bet about two-thirds of the pot for value.

Eight-high has no showdown value, and this river bet is too large to call profitably. I have no useful blockers to support a bluff-raise.

54 offsuit is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Calling 50 more gets a good price against an unraised big blind. With a weak hand and a positional disadvantage, I prefer a cheap flop to a raise.

K2 offsuit is a weak hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind instead of raising against the small blind who limped.

I have no made hand or immediate draw on this flop. Checking avoids investing more chips with little equity.

I have bottom pair (2s) with a king kicker on a J-T-2 board, and the small blind checked, which signals weakness. A small bet of 100 into a 200 pot takes a thin value bet and denies equity to overcards and draws.

I have no pair or immediate draw on this flop, and calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

K7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. Raising to 250 puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

6-9 offsuit is weak, and I'm out of position in the small blind facing a button raise with the big blind still to act. Calling 200 more is not worth it.

Defending the big blind getting attractive pot odds (150 to win 550) against a button open in 3-handed play.

Flopped two pair out of position against the preflop raiser; checking to allow them to continuation bet on an Ace-high texture.

A small continuation bet on this ace-high flop can fold out some of the big blind's weaker hands while risking relatively few chips.

I flopped top and bottom two pair on a draw-heavy board. Raising builds the pot against weaker Aces and charges drawing hands.

King-high has little equity against a flop check-raise on an ace-high board, with no diamond or immediate straight draw. Calling 550 is not justified.

A8o is a strong hand three-handed on the button. Raising to 3bb builds the pot with position against two players who have shown no action.

K3s is too weak to defend out of position against a 3bb open from the button with the big blind still to act.

K7 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button open, especially with the small blind folded.

Trips with a king kicker are strong on this flop. Checking lets the preflop raiser bet while keeping weaker hands in the pot.

Ace-high on a paired 7-high board with position; the BB checked, so a small continuation bet takes the pot often and gets value from weaker hands, while my ace-high has some showdown value if called.

Trip sevens with a king kicker is strong heads-up. A moderate raise builds value against tens, overpairs, and draws.

Ace-high on a paired board is a marginal bluff-catcher. The pot odds are 800 to win 2250, which is about 26% equity needed, and the check-raise range includes plenty of bluffs and weaker draws. Calling is better than folding or raising.

Trip sevens with a king kicker are strong enough to value-bet. The ace can give an opponent a pair they will call with, while club draws can also continue.

Aces and sevens with a ten kicker beats Tx, pairs and club draws. Opponent's check-raise and turn bet could mean a better ace or a 7, but calling 2100 into 5150 needs only about 29% equity, so I call rather than raise.

The river is a blank, and trip sevens with a king kicker is strong enough to value-bet against aces and weaker sevens. A roughly half-pot bet offers those hands a reasonable price to call.

Aces and sevens with a decent kicker beats bluffs and weaker aces, and the call needs only about 26% equity for 3800 into 11050, so calling is profitable even against a strong-looking line.