Hold'em table

I’m on the button with a suited hand that can make strong draws, so I’ll open-raise and use my positional advantage.

AJs is a strong 3-betting hand from the SB against a 2.5x open; raising to 800 builds the pot with position and folds out weaker hands while keeping the range wide.

Holding J6o facing an open and a 3-bet is an easy fold out of position.

3♦5♦ is too weak to continue against a large preflop 3-bet; calling would need substantial equity, and raising is an unattractive bluff with this hand.

AKo on the button in a 3-handed game is a premium raising hand; a standard 3x open builds the pot and applies pressure on the blinds.

Holding an unsuited weak eight-high hand out of position against a button raise is an easy fold.

9♦6♠ is a weak offsuit hand with poor postflop playability, and the button’s 3× raise makes the call unattractive out of position.

Holding 6d 2s on the button is far too weak to open or call, making folding the standard play.

QTo is strong enough to raise heads-up after the button folds. A raise to 300 builds the pot while applying pressure to the big blind.

78o is a standard BB defend against a small-blind open; the 200 call is cheap and the hand has decent playability and equity against a wide SB raising range.

A small continuation bet can fold out some weaker hands, and my gutshot to a broadway or king-high straight gives me useful equity if called.

I have 7-high with no pair or real draw on a K-K-J board against a preflop raiser who's betting again; calling 200 with no equity is losing play.

On the button in a three-handed game, a small open can win the blinds immediately and keeps the pot manageable with this weak offsuit hand.

Q9s has decent playability and I'm getting good pot odds (200 to call into 400) against a button open. Calling keeps the pot small while retaining flop potential in position disadvantage.

Holding T6o out of position against a button open and small blind call is a straightforward fold despite the pot odds.

I have only Q-high with a backdoor heart draw against a preflop raiser on a J-high board. Checking is free and keeps the pot small while I gather more information.

My bottom pair has modest showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get called by many worse hands and could face a check-raise. I’ll take the free turn card.

Q-high has no showdown value, and seat_1's preflop raise followed by a flop check often signals weakness, so a half-pot turn bet pressures them to fold hands like missed overcards or small pairs.

The small turn bet gives a favorable price, and my pair may still be ahead of unpaired hands or bluffs after the flop checked through. I’ll call and reassess on the river.

My Q-high missed everything and the Ks river favors the preflop raiser's range, so a bluff has poor fold equity after they called my turn bet. I'll check and only continue if I somehow get a free showdown.

I have only a weak pair of twos, and the opponent checked the river. Checking preserves showdown value without risking a bet that is unlikely to be called by worse.

On the button 3-handed, a min-raise with a suited hand is a cheap steal attempt with position for postflop play; folding is too tight at this price.

J2o is extremely weak and plays poorly out of position facing a raise. Folding is standard.

JTo is a reasonable big-blind defend against a small button raise, and calling keeps weaker hands in without inflating the pot.

I have an open-ended straight draw but no made hand, so I’ll check to the preflop raiser and keep the pot manageable.

I missed the flop completely with 2s5s and seat_1 checked, so checking behind costs nothing and preserves my stack for better spots.

I have a gutshot to a straight but no made hand, so I’ll take the free river card rather than build the pot with a weak bluff.

Seat_1's call-then-double-check line is very weak, so a ~2/3-pot semi-bluff should often take the 450 pot, and my 4-to-flush gives ~20% equity even when called. Breakeven fold equity is under 10%, making this clearly profitable.

I have only a gutshot to a queen, giving too little equity to call the turn bet. Raising as a bluff would be unnecessarily costly with no meaningful showdown value.

J9s is a strong suited connector on the button in 3-handed play; raising 2.5bb to build a pot in position.

2♦8♦ is too weak to continue against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

A3o has solid equity against a wide button open, and calling only 150 into a 400 pot is cheap; I keep the pot small rather than playing a weak-kicker ace out of position via 3-bet.

I only have ace-high with no real draw on K-T-6, so checking is best; I can fold cheaply if the preflop raiser bets rather than bloating the pot out of position.

We flopped a monster straight flush draw with 15 clean outs. Betting roughly half pot builds the pot with tremendous equity and exerts pressure in position.

I have ace-high only on K-T-6 with no draw, and the preflop raiser's half-pot c-bet deserves respect. Calling 250 into 800 with no equity is a losing play, so I release the hand.