Hold'em table

On the button with a marginal hand, I raise to 2.5 big blinds to try to take down the blinds and gain initiative in position.

Q2o from the small blind facing a button open is too weak to continue, with the big blind still left to act.

Ace-king offsuit is a premium holding heads-up against the button opener. A substantial 3-bet builds value and applies pressure while retaining postflop playability.

J8o is far too weak to continue against a 3-bet for 8bb, especially with poor equity and no positional advantage. Folding preserves my stack for stronger spots.

AKo on the button in 3-handed play is a premium hand, so a standard open to 2.5bb builds the pot while keeping weaker hands in.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against an early 2.5bb open, especially with the big blind still to act.

QJs is strong enough to 3-bet for value and fold equity against a wide button open, and raising to 800 puts pressure while keeping the pot manageable if called.

AKo on the button against a big blind 3-bet in 3-handed play is a clear value 4-bet. Sizing to 2000 keeps worse hands in and leaves room to get stacks in against their continuing range.

QJs is too weak to continue against a 4bet out of position, especially with no postflop initiative. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

On the button, 9-high suited has enough playability to open and pressure the blinds. I use a standard small open size.

82s is a weak hand out of position against an opening raise, and calling 2bb with poor equity is likely -EV. I'd rather preserve my stack for better spots.

Getting 400:150 against a wide button open, 83s has enough equity and playability to defend from the big blind.

A flush draw out of position against the preflop raiser plays well as a check, keeping the option to check-raise or call a c-bet. That keeps our range protected and avoids bloating the pot with a weak made hand.

Betting our pair for value and protection on this coordinated board while retaining a manageable sizing against the big blind's wide calling range.

Flush draw with a backdoor straight possibility, getting 950:200 odds against a small c-bet; calling is clearly profitable and keeps the button's bluffs in. A check-raise is an option, but calling keeps the pot controlled with a low flush draw.

I have a weak spade flush draw with no made hand, and I'm out of position. Checking to realize my equity cheaply is reasonable, and I can call a modest bet with 9 outs.

I have improved to a set and should value-bet against queens, tens, straight draws, and pair-plus-draw hands. A substantial turn sizing builds the pot while retaining calls from worse.

A low flush draw has about 20% equity, but calling needs about 29%. Implied odds are limited because a higher flush could beat mine, and check-raising into a double barrel is unlikely to get folds.

I have position and a speculative hand; calling 100 to see a flop is cheap and allows me to play postflop with the button advantage.

Getting 5:1 on a completion in a limped pot, 43o has enough playability to see a cheap flop despite being out of position. Folding gives up too good a price, and raising a low offsuit hand into two players is not worthwhile.

K2 offsuit has little value in a multiway raised pot, and checking realizes equity for free from the big blind.

43o missed a J-T-2 board completely, and I'm out of position against two players. The only draw is a gutshot to A-5, which is weak, so I check and give up if there's a bet.

I have bottom pair with a strong kicker and can bet for protection and thin value against draws and weaker pairs. A modest continuation-sized bet also pressures two opponents who showed no flop initiative.

43o has no pair and no real draw on J-T-2; only a gutshot-less backdoor. Facing a 2/3-pot bet out of position, the best play is to fold.

K7o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb applies pressure to both blinds.

9-high suited gapper is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open at this sizing, especially with the big blind still behind.

A3o has enough equity against a button open and I'm getting good pot odds to call the small raise, so I'll see a flop.

I have top two pair on a draw-heavy board, so I bet to extract value and charge any flush draws.

King-high with no draw facing a donk bet on an ace-high, two-tone board has poor equity and little bluff-raise credibility, so folding is best.

A suited ace is a strong button opening hand with positional advantage. I raise to build the pot and apply pressure to the blinds.

K3s is suited and I'm getting good pot odds against a wide button open, so calling is profitable. Raising is too ambitious out of position with this hand.

Getting 5:1 on the call in the big blind, and K7o has enough raw equity against a button open and an SB flat to defend despite being out of position multiway.

I have only king-high with a backdoor flush draw, so I take the free card and see the turn.

With trips and a king kicker on a dry paired board in a three-way pot, a small bet builds the pot and gets value from tens and draws. It also avoids the risk of the button checking behind.

Ace-high has no meaningful immediate draw on this paired board, and the multiway flop lead is not worth continuing against.