Hold'em table

Ace-ten offsuit is a strong hand from the button in a three-handed game, so I raise for value and initiative. A 300-chip open is a reasonable size.

53 offsuit from the small blind facing a 3x button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. It is too weak to call out of position and a poor 3-bet bluff candidate.

K6 offsuit is a marginal but defensible big-blind call against a button open, especially with no rake and the small blind folded.

With king-high on a jack-high flop, I prefer to check out of position rather than build the pot.

A small continuation bet uses our preflop range advantage and can deny equity to unpaired hands, while keeping the cost low with ace-high and no heart.

The small flop bet gives favorable pot odds. King-high has some showdown value and a backdoor heart draw, making a call preferable to folding or raising.

King-high has little showdown value and no meaningful draw. The ace favors the preflop raiser's range, so I won't lead into them.

Top pair with a strong kicker is likely ahead of the caller’s Jx and draws, and worse aces may also pay. A 600-chip turn bet builds value while charging heart draws.

King-high has no meaningful draw on this turn, and calling 600 against continued betting is unlikely to be profitable.

87 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear opening hand. A 2.5bb raise-first-in steals the blinds often and plays well in position postflop.

3-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

A♠Q♦ is strong enough to 3-bet for value against a button open. Raising to 900 builds the pot while applying pressure and avoids playing a sizable pot passively out of position.

87s on the button facing a 3-bet from the big blind: calling 650 into a pot of 1200 gives roughly 35% pot odds, and I'll have position with deep stacks. That makes a call profitable given the hand's playability. Folding is too tight, and 4-betting as a bluff is unnecessary here.

A-Q is strong on this ace-high flop, and a small bet can get value from weaker aces and kings while charging club draws. A roughly one-third-pot size keeps worse hands in the pot.

87 of diamonds has no pair and only backdoor straight potential on an A-K-6 two-club board, which heavily favors the 3-bettor's range. Calling the c-bet or bluff-raising isn't profitable.

On the button in a three-handed game, K2 offsuit is a marginal but playable steal. A small raise uses position without committing too much.

Pocket fours have enough equity to defend against a likely wide button open at this price, with set-mining value despite being out of position.

Calling 125 into a 675 pot needs only about 18.5% equity. Q2o is marginal multiway, but at this price it is a profitable defend from the big blind.

With a small underpair on a connected, two-spade flop against two opponents, I have little value or fold equity for a bet. I’ll check and reassess if someone bets.

Q-high with a gutshot (needs a K) in a three-way pot with the preflop raiser still to act, so checking keeps the pot small. The gutshot can take a free card or call a small bet later.

K-high has little equity on this coordinated flop, and bluffing into two opponents is unlikely to be profitable. I’ll take the free card in position.

With only pocket fours on a paired-ten board in a multiway pot, my hand has little value and no strong draw. I’ll check and take a free card rather than bluff into two opponents.

I have queen-high with no real draw, and there are two players still to act on a paired board. I'll check and keep the pot small, since a bluff here has a poor chance of getting both of them to fold.

Both opponents have checked twice, giving a turn bet a reasonable chance to take the pot. King-high has little showdown value against two players.

A small pocket pair is far behind most turn-betting hands on this paired board, with only two likely clean improvement cards. Calling also risks getting trapped between the bettor and the other player.

Queen-high with no pair and no real draw on a paired, coordinated board isn't worth calling, even though the price only requires about 26% equity. A bluff-raise against the button's turn bet after flop checks is unlikely to succeed often enough.

With three players and the button’s positional advantage, 5♦3♦ is playable as an opening raise; 250 pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

AKo in the small blind facing a button open is a strong hand, so I 3-bet for value to about 10bb to take the initiative and isolate the opener.

A5 suited is not strong enough to cold-call a large three-bet with the original raiser still to act. A four-bet bluff risks too much against this sizing.

The small blind’s large 3-bet makes this a poor price for 5-high suited cards, which play badly against a strong continuing range. Fold and preserve the remaining stack.

K4 offsuit is a standard button open in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds.

A8 suited is strong enough to pressure a wide button opening range. Raising also avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

KQo is a reasonable blind defense heads-up, but the large raise from the small blind creates a tough, potentially multiway spot and offers poor realization out of position. I fold rather than continue against a range likely weighted toward strong hands.

K4o is too weak to call a 4x 3-bet from the small blind, even in position. It is dominated by much of their range and has poor playability.

Nine-three offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two opponents at these stack depths.

K♣J♣ is a strong blind-versus-blind hand, so raise for value and initiative rather than completing the small blind. A raise to 300 is a reasonable size with the big blind still to act.

K6o in the big blind facing a 3x small-blind open gets good pot odds (200 to win 600) and will play in position against a wide range, so defending by calling is profitable.

This low, connected flop hits the big blind’s calling range well. With two overcards and backdoor club potential but no made hand, I’ll check and realize equity.

Top pair with a king kicker on a dynamic board; in position after the SB checked, I bet for value and protection against overcards and draws.

Call with two overcards and a backdoor club-flush draw at a favorable price. Raising would risk too much with only king-high, while folding gives up useful equity.

K-high has little showdown value and no meaningful draw on this paired, low board. Checking controls the pot rather than bluffing into an opponent who bet and was called on the flop.

Top pair with a king kicker on a paired board is likely ahead of a wide check-calling SB range. A smallish bet gets value from weaker pairs and draws and denies free cards to overcards.

K-high has no meaningful draw on this paired, low board, and the turn bet is substantial after the flop raise and call. Calling needs too much equity against the likely value range.