Hold'em table

Q8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

A3o offsuit has an ace blocker and decent equity, and the price is 200 to win 400. Facing a button open with the big blind still to act, a call is reasonable and a 3-bet bluff is not needed.

Holding 6-2 offsuit out of position against a raise and a call is an easy fold despite the pot odds.

Top pair with ace on A-Q-2 flop heads-up out of position against a button raiser; bet about 2/3 pot for value and to charge flush draws and queens.

Middle pair has enough equity to call this flop bet against a range that includes draws and weaker pairs. Position lets me reassess on the turn without building a larger pot.

Top pair with an ace and a wheel-draw-ish backdoor; the turn brings a third club, but I hold no club. Betting about 2/3 pot for value and protection against flush draws and Qx seems best, though I could also check to control the pot.

My queen has a weak kicker and no club. After the turn completes the flush, a second sizable bet leaves too many stronger hands in the opponent’s range to justify calling.

T3 offsuit is a weak hand; on the button facing a big blind with two players yet to act behind, folding is the disciplined choice.

Holding AQo in the small blind after the button folds, raising to 3bb is a standard value open against the big blind.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 3x raise without information that the small blind is raising unusually wide.

Opening from the button with suited ace A3s to 2.5bb for standard preflop aggression.

Q9 offsuit is a marginal hand to defend from the small blind against a 2.5bb raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

9c7d is a marginal offsuit hand, but the button's 2.5x open may be wide and I get 400 to 150 (about 2.7:1 pot odds) in a heads-up pot. Calling is better than folding, and I don't want to bloat the pot with a 3-bet out of position.

Middle pair (nines) on a dry Ace-high flop, heads-up and first to act out of position. A small bet of about half the pot gets value from worse pairs and draws and denies equity to overcards, and I can fold to heavy pressure since the button's range has many aces.

I hold top pair with a weak kicker in position against a donk bet. Calling keeps their bluffs and weaker made hands in while controlling pot size.

I have middle pair (nines) on an A-Q-9-5 board. The button called my flop bet, so they likely hold an ace or a queen. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reach showdown cheaply.

I have top pair with a weak kicker; checking behind controls the pot and lets me see a river safely.

I have two pair, nines and sevens, on a board of 9s Ac 5d Qh 7h. Villain checked back the turn, so their range is capped, and worse hands such as a single ace or a pair of nines can call a bet. I'll bet about half the pot for value.

We hold top pair on a runout where several missed draws exist, and we are getting over 3:1 pot odds against a half-pot river bet.

K2 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open in a three-handed game. A small raise uses position while limiting the cost if a blind fights back.

88 is a good hand against a button open to 2.25bb in 3-handed play. Calling from the small blind keeps the pot manageable and lets me set-mine, while a 3-bet risks bloating the pot out of position against a range that is still wide.

A2o plays poorly multiway and out of position, making it a clear fold despite favorable pot odds.

Pocket eights on a Q-J-3 board is a medium-strength hand, likely ahead of many of the button's hands but vulnerable to overcards. I'm first to act, so a small bet of about half the pot gets value from worse pairs and draws and charges overcards.

King-high with a weak kicker and no immediate draw is too weak to continue against this flop bet.

T9 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a solid hand, and calling 100 into a 150 pot gets a good price and position without inflating the pot out of position.

5h2h is too weak to complete out of position even getting 5 to 1 pot odds against a limp.

K9 offsuit is strong enough to isolate the button's limp heads-up, while keeping the raise modest because I'll be out of position.

T9 suited on the button is getting about 2.8-to-1 (300 to win 550 plus my own 100 already in) against a big blind raise to 400. Being in position with a suited connector makes calling clearly better than folding or a marginal 3-bet.

A small continuation bet uses my preflop raising range advantage to pressure the limper's unpaired hands while keeping the risk modest.

Th9h on 6c7h7c has an open-ended straight draw and a backdoor flush draw, roughly 8 outs plus some equity. The price is 300 to win 1150, about 3.8 to 1, so calling is profitable and I keep position on the button.

The flop call gives the opponent a range that often connects with this paired, three-club board. With only king-high and a weak club draw, I prefer to check rather than build the pot.

I have only ten-high on a paired 6-7-7-A board and no showdown value against an opponent who bet the flop. Betting would mostly fold out worse hands and get called or raised by better ones, so I check behind for a free card. I have a backdoor straight draw and a heart draw, but both are weak.

King-high can beat some missed draws, while a river bluff is unlikely to fold out many aces, sevens, or flushes.

Board 6c 7h 7c Ac 4d gives me only T-high, but the 9-T gives no straight and no showdown value. Seat_1 checked the turn and river after betting the flop, which signals weakness, so a small bet of about a third of the pot could fold out weak hands like a missed draw or a small pair. If seat_1 calls I lose only 500 chips.}

King-high beats only bluffs, and the river bet can come from many pairs and completed club draws. I don't have a strong enough bluff-catcher to call.

Opening 2.5bb on the button with strong suited connector JTs to play in position.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

K2 offsuit in the big blind, getting 400 into 150 (2.67:1, needing about 27% equity) heads-up against a button open of 2.5bb. The king-high hand has reasonable equity against a wide button range and closes the action, so I call rather than 3-bet or fold.

Top pair (kings) with a weak kicker on a dry board, heads-up and out of position. Betting about half the pot gets value from worse kings and pairs and denies equity to overcards.

We completely missed the dry King-high board with Jack-ten high and have only weak backdoor equity facing a half-pot donk bet.