Hold'em table

7-4 offsuit is too weak to enter from the button versus both blinds; folding preserves chips.

A7 suited is a strong heads-up opening hand, so I raise from the small blind to build the pot and apply pressure.

Blind vs blind, I'm getting 2:1 with position against a wide SB range, so J4o has enough equity and playability to defend by calling.

Top pair with a weak kicker benefits from a modest value and protection bet on a board with a diamond draw.

Second pair facing a small c-bet (about 40% pot) gives a good price, needing only about 22% equity, and J4 has showdown value against the SB's wide range. Calling keeps their bluffs in, while raising would only fold out worse hands.

Top and bottom pair can get value from weaker aces and diamond draws. A moderate bet also charges hands drawing to a flush without committing the stack.

Second pair with a weak kicker on a board where the ace and the flush-completing diamond hit a double-barreling range. My hand has poor equity and little showdown value against that range, so calling 650 into 1750 isn't profitable.

Seven-five suited is playable on the button in a three-handed game. A standard-sized open uses position while keeping the risk modest.

J2 offsuit is too weak to call a button open from the small blind with the big blind still left to act behind me. Folding is standard.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to defend versus the button raise at this sizing, especially out of position.

T4o is below a standard 3-handed button opening range, so folding avoids a marginal spot out of position against both blinds' defending ranges.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to complete from the small blind heads-up.

Button opening with suitedness absent but an ace blocker and playable A5 offsuit is profitable three-handed. A 3bb raise applies pressure while retaining flexibility.

Nine-six offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

T5 offsuit is a marginal hand to defend out of position against a 3x button open; calling 200 into 450 needs about 31% equity, and poor equity realization makes this a slightly losing call, so I fold.

T9 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. A 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

J5 suited out of the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a weak hand, and calling out of position is unprofitable. Folding is standard here.

Pocket fours are well ahead of a typical button opening range and have solid set-mining value. Calling preserves a manageable pot while defending the big blind.

Checking preserves pot control with a weak underpair on an ace-high coordinated board while allowing the preflop raiser to continuation-bet.

A small continuation bet gets value from weaker pairs and draws while protecting my pair of tens on a club-heavy flop.

The small continuation bet gives us a good price to continue with a pocket pair against a potentially broad button c-betting range.

Pocket fours have little showdown value against the button's flop betting range on this ace-high board. Checking preserves the option to respond to the river while avoiding an unprofitable turn bluff.

Second pair can get value from draws and weaker pairs while charging hands with substantial river equity. I can reassess if raised.

The turn bet is small relative to the pot, and pocket fours can still beat missed club draws and other low-equity continuation bluffs. Calling preserves the chance to bluff-catch on the river.

With a low pair on an overcard-heavy board, checking preserves its bluff-catching value against missed club draws and weaker holdings while avoiding a thin value bet.

My pair of tens has showdown value, but the river completes heart flushes and improves some calling hands. Checking avoids turning it into a thin value bet.

Q8 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds while keeping position.

Small pocket pairs retain solid set value and adequate equity versus a button open at this depth. Calling keeps the pot manageable while allowing us to realize value when we connect.

6-2 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a raise and a call, despite the small price to continue.

With a small pocket pair on a paired board, I retain some showdown value but do not want to build a pot into stronger pairs or trips. Checking keeps the opponent's range wide.

Top pair with a queen kicker on a paired dry board is well ahead of the small blind's calling range. A small c-bet of about 40% pot gets value and protection from overcards.

Call the small continuation bet with a pocket pair on this paired board; the price is favorable against the button's broad c-betting range.

Our threes make a full house, but any pocket pair higher than threes has us beat on this paired board. Checking preserves showdown value and avoids value-owning ourselves against the button's continuing range.

We hold a full house (fives full of eights), which beats most of the SB's calling range, including 8x hands, underpairs and draws. A modest bet gets value while keeping the pot controlled against overpairs, which make a bigger full house, and against a hidden 5.

We have a full house on this paired board and should raise for value against trips, overpairs, and stubborn 8x holdings. The sizing leaves room for worse hands to continue while building the pot.

Fives full of eights is strong, but a check-raise on this paired board is often an overpair, 88, or a 5, all of which beat us. Calling 950 into a 2950 pot is clearly profitable, while re-raising mostly gets called by better hands.

Our full house has showdown value, but the turn raise/call line heavily favors trips or a higher full house. Checking avoids value-owning ourselves while allowing a possible bluff catch.

Our fives full of eights loses to 5x, 88, and overpairs 99+, and chops with other 8x, all of which fit the turn check-raise. Hands that would call a bet and lose are few, so checking back for showdown is best.