Hold'em table

9-3 offsuit on the button is too weak to call a big blind in a 3-handed game; folding preserves stack for better spots.

KJo is a premium holding blind vs blind; raising to 3bb to isolate and take the initiative.

Five-deuce offsuit is a weak hand, and calling 200 more into a 400 pot against a raise from the small blind needs more equity than this hand usually has, so folding is the disciplined play.

Opening standard 2.5bb on the button with QJo in 3-handed play.

AQs is a strong hand that plays well against a wide button open, so a 3-bet to 800 builds the pot and takes initiative over a 2.5bb raise.

42 offsuit is far too weak to call a button raise and small blind 3-bet for 700 more out of position.

QJo is dominated often against an out-of-position 3-bet to 8bb and lacks the playability to call profitably.

On the button with 100 to call into a 150 pot, this suited queen is a cheap speculative call with good playability postflop, so I'll see a flop.

J9o is a reasonable hand 3-handed and completing the small blind for 50 into a 250 pot offers excellent pot odds without bloating the pot out of position.

I hold 93o in the big blind facing two limpers; checking to see a free flop is the standard and optimal play.

J-high with only backdoor draws on a Q-high board in a 3-way limped pot; checking avoids bluffing into likely queen or draw hands out of position.

I have nine-high with no draw on a wet board multiway, so taking a free card is standard.

Top pair with queens on a 6-5 board, and both opponents checked, so a value bet of about two-thirds pot should earn chips from worse pairs and draws.

With the 9-high spade flush draw plus two overcards to lower pairs against a wide button betting range, I have enough equity and implied odds to call 200 into 500.

I have nine-high with virtually no equity or draw facing a flop bet and call in a multiway pot, making folding the only sensible play.

With J-high and only a 9-high flush draw on a three-spade turn, I have no made hand worth betting; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me price a river draw if opponent bets.

I have top pair of queens with a open-ended straight draw (3-4-5-6 needs a 2 or 7), and the opponent's turn check suggests weakness, so a value/protection bet is reasonable.

With only a 9-high spade draw on a three-spade board, I have about 20% equity against a likely queen, which is below the 27% needed to call 400 into 1100.

On the button in a 3-handed game my range should be very wide, and 4-2 suited has flush and straight potential plus postflop position if called. A small open pressures both blinds to fold often.

Q5o is a weak unsuited hand out of position facing a 2.5bb button raise; an easy fold.

With 98 suited in the big blind facing a button raise, I have good playability and close pot odds to call the 150 chips needed, so calling beats folding or a speculative reraise.

I hold a made flush (T-9-8-6-3 all diamonds) on a three-diamond flop, so I want to build the pot while seat 1 may continue with a wide preflop range.

With 4c2c on a monotone Td3d6d board I have no diamond, no pair, and only a gutshot against a 400 bet into 950, so equity is far too low to continue.

Q3s on the button in 3-handed play is an open to put pressure on the blinds and play in position.

Seven-queen offsuit is a weak hand to call 150 chips out of the small blind against a button raise, so folding keeps my losses small.

Pocket nines are well ahead of a button min-raise range heads-up. As the out-of-position big blind, I 3-bet larger for value and to avoid playing a bloated multi-way style pot cheaply.

Q3s is too weak to continue against a sizeable 3-bet from the big blind.

Jc7s is a marginal hand, but from the button against a small blind and big blind it has steal equity and playability, so a raise to 250 applies pressure while keeping the cost low.

QJo is strong enough to defend the small blind against a 2.5bb button raise, getting good pot odds, but not strong enough to 3-bet out of position.

K3o is too weak to defend multiway out of position even getting good pot odds.

With Q-J overcards and no draw on a low rainbow flop, checking to the preflop raiser preserves pot control and lets me realize equity cheaply in position-relative terms.

I have a pair of sevens on a 3-2-7 board, which is decent but vulnerable, and the small blind checked to me. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free next card.

Opponent checked back a dry low flop as raiser, showing weakness. Betting half pot on the paired turn can fold better overcards while I still have overcard outs if called.

I have top pair (sevens) with a jack kicker on a board with paired threes, which is strong enough to call a turn bet of 300 into a 900 pot without bloating the pot further.

With only queen-high I cannot win at showdown against most turn-calling hands, including ace-high missed draws. A river bet can fold those draws and small pairs, representing a strong paired-board hand.

I hold two pair (sevens and threes) on a board with no flush and few straight threats, and the 700 call is about 27% of the final pot, so calling is reasonable against a possibly bluffing aggressor.