Hold'em table

JTo is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative.

A7o has an ace blocker and good equity against a wide button 2.5x open in 3-handed play, with favorable pot odds to call from the small blind.

Suited connector getting good pot odds in a multiway pot, worth seeing a flop cheaply.

With Ace-kicker on a paired King board three-way, I have showdown value but am vulnerable to trips or pairs; checking controls the pot and avoids building it against a King.

No pair or draw on a king-high paired board; checking behind is best with weak holding.

On a dry paired K-K-3 board that was checked to me, a small c-bet with JT works as a bluff, and the hand keeps backdoor straight and flush equity. As the preflop raiser on the button, I have the range advantage here.

Ace-high with backdoor club draw facing a small one-third pot c-bet; pot odds require only about 20% equity and Ace-high is often ahead of button bluffs.

8-6 high with no pair or draw on a K-K-3 board facing a bet and a call; not worth continuing.

Ace-high with the best kicker on a paired King board may be ahead of bluffs, but betting risks worse calls from trips or pairs; check to control pot and evaluate opponent's turn action.

Second barrel with a gutshot to the Q plus overcards; a half-pot bet can fold out weak pairs and floats that check-called the paired flop.

Ace-high on a paired King board has no draw and is dead against trips, while the multiway flop bet followed by a larger turn bet signals strength beyond my pot-odds threshold.

KTo is a strong button open in 3-handed play, well ahead of blind ranges. Raising to 2.5bb applies pressure and builds pot in position.

T3 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise; folding is correct from the small blind.

Getting 150 to win 400 (27% equity needed) against a button open, Q6 suited has enough equity and playability to defend from the big blind.

Top pair with a weak kicker out of position on a wet board against the preflop raiser; checking controls the pot size and lets me bluff-catch.

In position after the big blind checked, I have a gutshot to the nut straight plus an overcard, so a half-pot continuation bet has fold equity and builds the pot for my draw.

Top pair with a weak kicker is getting 3.8:1 against a small c-bet from the button. Calling keeps their bluffs in and controls the pot size, since raising would mostly fold out worse hands.

Trip queens with a weak kicker on a wet board. A moderate lead gets value from pairs and draws, and denies free cards to single-spade and straight draws while keeping the pot controlled.

KT has only a gutshot to the straight on a paired, three-spade board, giving roughly 8% equity against a turn lead that signals a queen or flush, far below the 25% needed to call 600.

Ts Jc is a decent button hand; raising to 250 to isolate and take initiative in position.

82o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. Calling out of position with a weak hand loses money.

QJo has good equity against a wide button 2.5x open, and calling 150 into 400 from the big blind is profitable versus folding or 3-betting into a stronger continuing range.

With an open-ended straight draw, two overcards and a backdoor flush draw I have strong equity but no made hand. Checking preserves that equity against the preflop raiser and avoids being raised off the draw.

I have top pair (tens) with a jack kicker on a dry board; betting for value against a single opponent who checked.

Open-ended straight draw with two overcards gives enough equity and implied odds to call 300 into 850 despite being out of position.

With QJ I have two straight draws (8 or K) plus overcards, but no made hand OOP. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me realize equity cheaply rather than bluffing into a likely pair.

I have top pair with a strong kicker on a dry board; betting for value against a villain who has shown weakness with checks.

Open-ended straight draw plus two overcards gives about 14 outs against a barreling range, roughly meeting the 27% pot odds with implied odds if the straight hits on the river.

Q-high has no pair and the Qd blocks opponent's missed diamond bluffs that would fold, so a river lead needs too much fold equity against a double-barreling range; checking preserves a free showdown against give-up bluffs.

Top pair with strong kicker on a dry river; opponent's passive line suggests a capped range, so a moderate value bet should get calls from worse pairs while limiting risk against unlikely monsters.

Queen-high with no pair on a 9-5-T-6-4 board cannot beat opponent's three-street value range, and calling 1200 needs far more equity than a pure bluff-catch provides.

T8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds with position.

2-4 offsuit is very weak facing a button raise to 250; calling 200 from the small blind out of position has poor equity and playability.

5d8d suited is weak offsuit-connector equity facing a raise with only one opponent left; not worth calling out of position for 150 more.

J8o is playable on the button in 3-handed play; raising gives fold equity against the blinds and lets me play in position postflop.

AQo is well ahead of a 3-handed button opening range, so I 3-bet for value from the big blind and to take the initiative out of position.

J8 offsuit is too weak and dominated against a big blind 3-bet to 900; calling 650 out of a 250 open has poor playability and negative expected value.

Button steal attempt with a suited hand against two blinds; a standard raise applies pressure in a short-handed pot.

72s is too weak to call a button open from the small blind out of position with the big blind still to act, so I fold.

8-4 offsuit is very weak in the big blind facing a button raise; calling 150 more is not profitable.