Hold'em table

A5 suited on the button in 3-handed play is a clear opening hand; a standard 2.5bb raise.

92s is far too weak to defend out of position against an open raise.

73s is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise; the price does not justify the poor realization.

Open-raising on the button with an Ace blocker to steal the blinds or play in position.

T5o is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.

ATo is well ahead of a wide button min-raise range in a 3-handed game, so 3-betting for value and initiative is better than flatting out of position.

Facing a large 3-bet to 8.5bb from the big blind, A3o lacks the equity and postflop playability to continue profitably.

A4o is a standard button open in three-handed play; a small raise takes the initiative with position rather than flatting or folding an ace.

T6o from the small blind facing a 2.5x button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is a clear fold: the hand plays poorly out of position and calling or 3-betting it is unprofitable.

KTo has plenty of equity getting 2.7 to 1 to defend the big blind against a button open.

Checking out of position with two overcards and backdoor equity to see how the button responds.

Ace-high has little showdown value on this paired flop, so a small c-bet uses position and fold equity against a checked range.

Seat 3 made a small 1/3 pot continuation bet on a paired board; with two overcards and backdoor straight possibilities getting over 4:1 pot odds, calling is standard.

Check to the in-position aggressor on a blank turn with king-high and gutshot equity.

Ace-high has little showdown value and no draw, and the flop caller checked the turn, so a free check is better than barreling into a likely made hand.

Holding King-high, we have some showdown value against missed floats/broadway gutshots like QJ, while betting is unlikely to fold out better hands after the Ace hits.

I have aces and sevens with a weak kicker, ahead of many one-pair and nine-high hands that called the flop and checked the river. A small bet extracts thin value while limiting the damage if they have a seven or a better ace.

Holding King-high on an Ace-high paired board, I have virtually no showdown value to call, and bluff-raising would be too speculative against a sizing that often indicates thin value.

K6o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5x raise attacks the blinds.

With zero rake and deep 100bb effective stacks, calling 200 chips to set-mine against a wide button opening range is profitable.

A3o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise and a small-blind call; the ace is often dominated and the kicker plays poorly.

I flopped a full house on a monotone trips board; checking to the preflop aggressor is standard out of position.

On a trips board, K-high is often the best hand and opponent rarely has a 4, so a small c-bet takes the pot cheaply and gets value from weaker high cards.

I flopped a full house with treys on trip fours. Calling villain's small continuation bet is standard to keep their bluffing and broadway range in.

I hold a full house (fours full of threes), but any higher pocket pair or AA beats me, while checking allows villain to continue bluffing with unpaired holdings.

King-high has some showdown value against floats like QJ or KQ, and a bet will rarely fold out the pocket pairs and Ax that called the flop. Checking back controls the pot and gets a free river.

We have a full house (fours full of threes), which beats board-playing unpaired hands, but any Ace, King, or higher pair beats us. Betting would only get called by better, so checking is optimal.

We have kings full (444KK), which beats underpairs and chops with any king, but a bet mainly gets called by aces. Checking keeps our showdown value and avoids a check-raise.

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

Button folded, so I only need 50 more into a 150 pot with an ace. A4o is too weak to inflate the pot out of position, so I call and reassess on the flop.

T2o is weak; checking my option takes a free flop in position against the small blind's limp.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on a connected flop; checking keeps the pot small out of position.

Open-ended straight draw with a backdoor flush draw; semi-bluffing into a limped pot after a check gives fold equity and builds the pot for when we hit.

Ace-high with no pair and no draw on QJ9 is too weak to continue against a flop bet. Folding saves chips for better spots.

Nine-three offsuit is too weak to call or raise from the button against a live big blind. Folding preserves the full stack for better hands.

Blind vs blind with K3o, a raise to 3bb works well since the K-high is a decent steal hand with fold equity against the big blind. Raising is preferred over limping out of position.

34o is far too weak to defend against an open raise from the small blind.