Hold'em table

K2 offsuit is a marginal hand, but on the button in a 3-handed game it has enough equity to raise and take the initiative against two blinds. A small raise to 250 keeps the risk low.

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

J3 offsuit is far too weak to call 150 more against a preflop raiser heads-up; folding is clearly best.

J6 suited is a reasonable button open three-handed, and a 2.5-big-blind raise uses position without committing too much.

ATo plays well enough against a 2.5x open from the button; calling keeps the pot small and avoids bloating with a marginal hand out of position.

Q-T offsuit is a decent hand in a 3-handed pot. Getting 4:1 odds in the big blind (150 to call into a pot of 600) makes calling clearly profitable, and a raise would be marginal against two opponents.

I only have ace-high on a coordinated board with no investment to protect; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building it out of position.

I have an open-ended straight draw (T-J-Q needing a 9 or K) plus a Q overcard. Seat_3 checked and the button is still to act, so a semi-bluff bet of about 60% of the pot builds the pot and can win right now.

Top and bottom pair is strong on this draw-heavy flop. Raising gets value from jacks and draws while charging them to continue.

Ace-high only, facing a large flop raise on a two-suit board with two opponents still in; calling 1250 more with no pair or draw is a losing proposition.

Queen-high with a gutshot on a Js-6-4 board is too weak against a button raise that more than tripled my bet, and calling 1250 to win a 2900 pot is not worth it. Seat_1 raised and Seat_2 re-raised, which usually means a strong holding.

Q8s is a decent button hand 3-handed; raising to 300 builds the pot with position and applies pressure on the blinds.

Pocket threes are a set-mining hand with good odds: calling 250 into a 450 pot against a button open, with a big blind still to act behind. A 3-bet is not worthwhile with such a weak pair, and folding gives up too much equity.

Calling 200 into a 700-chip pot with suited connected cards offers good pot odds and playable postflop potential. Re-raising out of position against two opponents is less attractive.

Pocket threes on an A-K-9 board with two diamonds is a weak showdown-value hand against two opponents, including the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it against a range that hits this board well.

I have little equity on this ace-high flop and am out of position against the preflop raiser, so I’ll check.

Q-high on AK9 with two checks to me; no fold equity worth betting and little equity. Check back and reassess.

Pocket threes are a weak showdown-value hand on a K-9-A-5 board with two other players, and the flop checked through. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river cheaply, since betting would mostly get called by better hands or folded out by worse ones.

I have a flush draw and a gutshot, but little showdown value. Checking keeps the pot manageable in this multiway hand and lets me see how the button acts.

Q-high with no draw on a coordinated board; everyone checked through, so I take the free showdown rather than bluff into two callers who raised preflop.

Board is K-9-A-5-5 with a pair of fives; my 3s3s plays as two pair (threes and fives) with ace kicker on board. Everyone checked twice, so ranges are weak; a small value/thin bet of 300 targets worse hands like small pairs or 9x/K-high that may call, while limiting loss to a check-raise.

I have only eight-high against a river bet, with another player still to act. Calling is unlikely to win, and a bluff raise is too risky.

Only 300 to call into a 1500 pot (5:1); my queen-high beats only a bluff, and seat_1's check-check-bet line is often a delayed stab, so the cheap call is profitable.

A5 suited-ish (A5 offsuit) on the button in a 3-handed game is a solid raising hand; raising to 3bb applies pressure on the blinds and builds a pot with position.

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3x raise with the big blind still to act.

T8s suited has decent playability heads-up; calling 200 to see a flop with position is cheap and keeps the pot small with a speculative hand.

Open-ended straight draw on a dry board heads-up; semi-bluffing for fold equity and free equity when called.

Ace-high with a backdoor wheel draw (A-5 on a 2-7-9 board) is a marginal hand. Calling 350 into a pot of 1000 is cheap and keeps ace-high showdown value. Villain's small flop bet could be a probe or a bluff, so a raise isn't warranted.

I picked up an open-ended straight draw (any J or 6) and showed flop aggression; a turn barrel folds out most one-pair hands and I still have equity if called.

Getting about 3.9-to-1 on the call, so I need roughly 25% equity. Ace-high is a decent bluff-catcher against a small-sized donk line that could include missed draws and bluffs, so I'll call rather than fold or raise.

I only hold a pair of twos from the board with an ace kicker; seat_1 called two streets of bets, so I take the free showdown rather than bluff into strength.

I hold trip-ish strength: Ace pair plus board pair of 2s (two pair, aces and twos) with top pair and an ace kicker side. Seat 3 bet flop and turn then checked the river, which suggests a capped or weak range. A value bet of about half the pot should get called by worse aces and pocket pairs.

My hand is ace-high only (8sTs on a paired board), and seat_1 fired every street then check-raised the river. Calling 1400 with no showdown value is a clear fold.

A6 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed, and a 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

T5s is too weak to call 2.5x out of position with two players behind; folding preserves chips for better spots.

J5 offsuit is a weak hand. Calling 150 more out of position to win a 400 pot is not profitable against a button open, and it would play poorly postflop.

A2s is playable on the button 3-handed; raising to 300 builds the pot with position and folds out weak hands.

8-5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise to 300 with the big blind still to act, so folding is the disciplined choice.

K7 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise, especially with the small blind folded.

I have no pair or immediate draw on this ace-high flop. Checking avoids investing more against the preflop raiser.

I hold top two pair (A2 with the Ad on board) and got a free flop check from seat_2, so I bet for value against any ace or draw.

King-high has no immediate draw on this ace-high flop, and calling out of position against a bet is unlikely to be profitable.