Hold'em table

Calling with a speculative connected hand in position for one small blind is reasonable, and I can play profitably postflop.

A7o is well ahead of a button limper's range in 3-handed play, so an iso-raise from the SB wins the pot often and avoids a multiway, out-of-position pot with a weak kicker.

Ah8s is a strong enough suited ace to defend for the additional 350 chips, especially with the button likely continuing as well. Calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

I have a suited connector in position with decent pot odds and implied odds, so calling to see a flop is profitable.

As the preflop raiser on a dry, paired king-high board, a small c-bet with ace-high blockers can fold out weak hands, and my range holds plenty of Kx. A third of the pot keeps the risk low in this three-way pot.

With only ace-high on a paired, heart-heavy board and the button still behind, continuing versus the small blind's multiway continuation bet is too thin.

I have two pair (kings and sixes) and am getting 4-to-1 pot odds, so calling is cheap enough to see the turn. Raising risks too much against a possible king or overpair.

Ace-high has some showdown value, and the button's flop-calling range is heavy in pairs, kings and draws that won't fold easily. Checking controls the pot rather than bluffing into a sticky range.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed straight draws. The flush just completed, and we hold no heart blocker, so bluffing into a calling range full of small pairs is unprofitable.

Three-handed on the button, J4o is a marginal but reasonable steal against two blinds, so I'm opening to a small size of 2.5bb.

J4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still behind.

8-2 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a raise, so folding preserves chips for better spots.

8-6 offsuit is a weak button holding; folding avoids entering with poor equity.

Getting 3:1 pot odds with a weak but playable hand heads-up, calling is cheap and lets me see a flop.

J5o is a weak hand, and checking gives me a free flop in position against a small-blind limper. Raising risks getting called or re-raised with a hand that plays poorly.

I have bottom pair with a backdoor straight draw, and the pot is small. Checking keeps the pot manageable while I see the turn for free.

Bottom pair on a connected, wet board in a heads-up limped pot; a small bet gets value and protection against overcards and draws while keeping the pot manageable.

I have bottom pair with a backdoor straight draw and am getting good pot odds, so calling to see the turn is reasonable.

Middle pair with a weak kicker on a four-to-a-straight, three-club board. That has little value to bet and is vulnerable to raises, so I'll check and try to reach showdown cheaply.

I have a weak pair of fives with some showdown value, and the opponent's turn check suggests they may be weak too. Checking lets me see a cheap showdown instead of bluffing into a range that could have a straight or flush.

A pair of fives has some showdown value on a coordinated board where any 7 or club beats me. A bet would mostly get called only by better hands, so I'll check and take the free showdown.

KQs is a strong hand and I have position on both blinds, so I raise to build the pot and apply pressure.

K2 offsuit from the small blind facing a 3x button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. It plays poorly out of position and is dominated often.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a 3x button open out of position.

Pocket threes on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to attack the blinds.

T6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially out of position.

QTs is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, and I'm getting good pot odds to call 150 more.

Betting for value and protection with top pair on a draw-heavy board; a half-pot bet charges flush and straight draws while getting called by worse Qx and 9x hands.

A pair of 3s on a Q-9-2 two-tone board is behind almost every hand that leads into us, and it has little equity to improve. The 28% equity the price requires isn't there.

4-2 offsuit is a very weak button hand and not worth entering against two blinds at this stack depth.

73o is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind, so folding preserves chips.