Hold'em table

K4s is a suited king that plays well as a button open in three-handed poker. A 2.5x raise takes the initiative with a hand that has decent equity and fold equity.

Folding J4 offsuit in the small blind against a button open as it is well outside standard defending ranges.

The button’s opening range is wide, and the pot odds make defending Q3 offsuit from the big blind reasonable. I’ll call and evaluate the flop.

Queen-high has little showdown value on a king-high flop, and checking preserves the chance to improve without investing into the preflop raiser.

Top pair on a dry board against a checked flop; a small c-bet gets value from worse kings and floats without bloating the pot with a weak kicker.

Q-high has no meaningful draw on this dry flop, and calling 200 into the 750 pot would require too much equity.

74s is too weak to open profitably from the button even in a 3-handed game.

With 9♣8♣, completing the small blind is a low-cost way to see a flop with a connected suited hand. I’ll avoid inflating the pot out of position.

KQo is ahead of a completed small blind, and the button has folded, so I raise for value and to take the initiative heads-up.

9♣8♣ has useful equity against a likely wide isolation raise, and calling keeps the pot manageable with a playable suited connector. I’ll avoid reraising out of position.

I have a modest pair on a board with possible flush draws, so I’ll check and see how the preflop raiser responds.

Heads-up with initiative and two overcards on a dry-ish flop after a check. A small c-bet pressures weaker hands and builds the pot when called by worse.

I have a pair of eights on a low board and only need about 21% equity to call. Folding is too tight, while raising would risk building a pot with a marginal hand.

I have a modest pair and the turn adds both an overcard and a flush draw. Checking keeps the pot controlled and avoids betting into stronger hands.

I have the queen-high flush draw plus two overcards, and the opponent checked the turn after calling a small flop bet. A two-thirds-pot semi-bluff charges weak pairs and draws while still leaving fold equity.

The turn bet is substantial, and my pair of eights is likely behind. Although I have a straight draw, the effective clean outs do not justify the call price, especially with a possible heart flush draw on board.

As the button in a three-handed pot, A6 offsuit is a reasonable open-raise; 250 applies pressure while keeping the sizing modest.

T3o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding saves chips.

Holding an unplayable 83o out of position against a button open, folding is the standard and most profitable play.

Three-handed on the button, T7s is a standard open. A 2.5bb raise builds the pot with position and fold equity rather than limping or folding a playable suited hand.

A5o plays poorly out of position against a button open with the big blind still to act behind us. Folding is standard here.

With pocket kings against a button open, make a strong value 3-bet while keeping weaker hands in the range and leaving room to play postflop.

T7s is too weak to continue against a BB three-bet to 8bb; it is dominated too often and does not have enough equity or playability to call 550 more.

AJo is a strong hand on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb to build a pot with position and initiative.

2♣5♦ is a very weak offsuit hand, and calling the raise from the small blind would leave me out of position against both opponents.

K3s is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; dominated too often and no positional advantage.

KJo is a strong button hand heads-up against the blinds; raise to 2.5 big blinds for value and initiative.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, so folding is the highest-EV line.

Holding 32o in the big blind against a button open is an easy fold with virtually zero equity and poor playability.