Hold'em table

JTo on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open; a standard 2.5bb raise puts pressure on the blinds.

86 suited is a playable big blind defense against a 2.5bb button open, getting good pot odds for 150 more with suited connected potential.

With only a runner-runner flush draw and board-paired Kings giving me a weak 8 kicker, checking is free and avoids bluffing into the preflop raiser.

Paired-king board strongly favors the preflop raiser's range, so a small c-bet with JT high takes the pot often against a big blind who checked to me. If called, I still have overcards and backdoor straight equity.

With 8-high and only runner-runner flush/straight draws on a paired King board, my equity is well below the ~20% needed to call 180 into 730.

KTo is a reasonable button opening hand heads-up-ish 3-handed; raising to 300 applies pressure to the blinds.

T3 offsuit is too weak to call a button 3x raise from the small blind out of position; folding preserves stack.

Getting 650:200 pot odds in the big blind against a wide 3-handed button open, Q6 suited has enough equity and playability to defend by calling.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a wet board, out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets the button bluff, and I can check-call a reasonable bet.

I have a gutshot to the nut straight plus an overcard, and as preflop aggressor I should continue applying pressure on this checked flop.

Top pair with a weak kicker against a small c-bet from the button. Calling 350 into 1000 is clearly profitable, and a check-raise would mostly fold out worse hands while getting called by better ones.

Trips with a weak kicker on a board where the flush just completed. A modest bet of about half the pot gets value from 9x, 7x and pocket pairs, charges single-spade draws, and keeps the pot controlled against better Qx and made flushes.

I only have king-high with no pair or draw, and facing a turn raise after flop aggression suggests opponent likely has a strong hand like trips or a flush.

JTo on the button in 3-handed play is a strong opening hand with good equity and position, so raising to apply pressure on the blinds is better than calling or folding.

82o out of position against a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold.

QJ offsuit is a decent hand to see a flop with for a small additional price heads-up against a single raiser.

I have an open-ended straight draw (9-T-J-Q) plus two overcards, giving strong equity; betting builds the pot and applies pressure as a semi-bluff.

Top pair with Jack kicker plus an open-ended straight draw in position; calling 350 into 900 keeps worse pairs and draws in while controlling the pot against a leading bet.

I have an open-ended straight draw (8 or K) plus overcards; a semi-bluff bet builds the pot and gives fold equity against a single caller.

Top pair with Jack kicker on a draw-heavy board; calling 800 into 2050 gives good pot odds against opponent's flush and straight draws and weaker pairs, while raising risks isolating against better made hands.

My hand is just queen-high with no pair or draw; betting the river offers no value since worse hands fold and better hands call or raise.

Top pair with a Jack kicker has good showdown value after the river check, but a bet would mostly fold missed draws and get called by better tens, two pair, or straights. Checking realizes the pot safely.

T8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5x raise to steal the blinds with a playable hand.

2-4 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise with two players to act; folding preserves chips.

In the big blind versus a button 2.5x raise, 8-5 suited has good pot odds for 150 more and playable suited equity heads-up, so calling to defend is better than folding.

With 8-high, only backdoor flush and straight draws, and an ace on board favoring the preflop raiser, taking the free card is best.

Middle pair with a gutshot on an ace-high board that hits the BB's calling range; checking back keeps the pot small, realizes equity, and gives showdown value.

With only a diamond flush draw and no pair on an ace-high board, checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity for free against the preflop raiser.

Middle pair with straight-draw help after two checks from the big blind; a small bet gets value from 9x and weaker draws and charges the many draws on this wet board.

With 8-high, no pair and no one-card straight or flush draw, I have only weak pair outs that likely still lose to the preflop raiser's turn bet. Calling 250 lacks the required equity.

As first-to-act on the button in a 3-handed pot, raising with J8o to apply pressure and steal blinds is standard given the wide opening range in short-handed play.

QJ offsuit is too strong to fold to a 2.5x button open in 3-handed play; calling keeps range wide and price is reasonable despite being out of position.

AQo is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button open and a capped small-blind flat, so squeezing builds the pot with initiative and can take it down preflop. Sizing to 1100 makes the call unattractive and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

J8 offsuit facing a 3bet to 1100 with a call behind is a clear fold; not strong enough to continue profitably.

QJo is dominated and out of position facing a large BB squeeze to 1100 after an open and call; calling 850 needs too much equity with poor playability.

Q7 suited on the button in 3-handed play is well ahead of random blinds and plays well in position, so opening to 2.5bb applies pressure and builds value.

72 suited from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is too weak to call or 3-bet profitably out of position.

84 offsuit facing a raise with poor pot odds heads-up out of position; easy fold.