Hold'em table

Q7 suited is a standard button open in 3-handed play; a small 2.5x raise to steal the blinds.

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

J6 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open, especially out of position.

T9 suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed; raising gives me initiative and position postflop.

J2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against an early raise with the big blind still behind.

Getting 150 to win 400 (27% equity needed) against a button open, J5o is a marginal but acceptable defend heads-up in the big blind. We have position disadvantage, but the price is good.

Bottom pair on a K-high board facing the button raiser; checking keeps the pot small and lets me bluff-catch or realize equity rather than bet into a range-advantaged opponent.

A small continuation bet on this dry king-high flop can fold out weaker unpaired hands. T9 suited also has backdoor straight and flush possibilities if called.

Bottom pair with a backdoor diamond draw, facing a small bet of 180 into 550, gives great pot odds (about 25% equity needed). Calling keeps the button's wide c-betting range in.

Middle pair with a weak kicker on a K-high board; checking controls the pot and keeps villain's bluffs in, and I can decide on the river.

I have little equity on this turn, and the flop caller may have a pair. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to bluff on a favorable river.

Jacks and fives is a strong two pair, and the button's turn check caps their range. Bet around 60% of the pot for value against Kx, Jx and 7x.

Ten-high has no showdown value, and the river lead after calling the flop is likely to get called by enough stronger hands that a bluff-raise is unattractive.

ATs is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so raising to 3bb for value and initiative is standard.

A9 offsuit is strong enough to defend against a small-blind raise. Calling keeps weaker hands in and lets me play the flop in position.

AT on J97 two-tone gives a gutshot (8 makes the nut straight), an overcard with the ace, and a backdoor spade draw, so it is a good semi-bluff c-bet out of position as the preflop raiser. A 350 bet into 600 applies pressure while keeping the price cheap.

Middle pair with an ace kicker is strong enough to continue against a small flop bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding a large pot on a draw-heavy board.

The third diamond completed a possible flush, and I hold no diamond. With only a gutshot and ace-high, I'll check and take a cheap look rather than barrel into a range that called the flop.

Middle pair without a diamond has limited value on this three-diamond board. Checking controls the pot and avoids a costly raise.

We have a jack-high straight. The opponent checked back the flush-completing turn, so they rarely hold a flush, and a medium river bet can get value from sets, two pair, jacks and weaker straights.

My pair of nines is a weak bluff-catcher on a board with a four-card straight and three diamonds. With few missed draws to account for the river bet, calling 800 is unlikely to be profitable.

Q6o is a standard button open in 3-handed play; raise to 2.5bb to take the blinds or play in position.

Nine-deuce suited is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise, even at this small sizing.

K4 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

ATo is a strong shorthanded holding against a button open. I 3-bet from the small blind for value and initiative.

Pocket sixes facing an open and a 3-bet, with the button still able to 4-bet, is too marginal a set-mine for 8bb more. That's roughly 39% of the final pot, out of position, so I'm folding.

K4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a sizable three-bet, even with position.

Pocket fives are a profitable button open three-handed, and raising builds initiative while thinning the blinds' ranges.

Q9o from the small blind facing a button 3x open, with the big blind still behind, is a clear fold. Calling means playing out of position, and 3-betting this hand has poor equity against a calling range.

K8 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button 3x open, especially with the small blind's chips already in the pot.

With trips on a dry, paired flop, checking lets the preflop raiser bet weaker hands and keeps bluffs in.

A small continuation bet can fold out missed overcards while keeping the pot controlled with my underpair on this paired board.

Trips are strong on this dry board, but calling keeps the button's bluffs and weaker hands in while avoiding a large pot against better kings.

Trip kings are strong against the button's wide range. A half-pot turn bet builds value from weaker pairs and draws while charging heart and straight draws.

The turn lead on a paired king board is difficult to continue against with a small underpair and very limited clean outs. Folding preserves chips.