Hold'em table

K2o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard opening hand; a small steal raise pressures both blinds.

5-high offsuit is far too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

I have a suited ten in the big blind and am getting good pot odds to defend against a button open. Calling keeps the pot small and lets me realize my hand's equity postflop.

I have no made hand on this flop and the preflop raiser is still in the pot, so I'll take the free card and see the turn.

As the preflop raiser on a dry Q84 rainbow board, a small c-bet with king-high overcard backdoors fits my range advantage and can fold out many of the big blind's weak hands.ПЁЌ

I have no made hand and only a weak backdoor draw, while facing a bet from the preflop raiser on a queen-high board. Calling offers poor equity, so folding is the disciplined choice.

On the button in a three-handed game, T6 suited is a reasonable open with positional advantage. Raising applies pressure to the blinds and can win the pot preflop.

J8s is a reasonable suited hand to defend from the small blind against a button open, and calling keeps the pot manageable in position relative to the big blind.

Getting 4:1 with 77 in the big blind, a multiway pot with deep stacks is ideal for set mining, so I'll call rather than bloat the pot out of position.

The flop missed my hand completely and this is a multiway pot, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing more chips with J-high.

Top set on a connected 7-5-2 board in a three-way pot, so I bet for value now to build the pot and charge straight draws rather than risk a check-through.

T-high with only weak runner-runner straight possibilities has insufficient equity facing a substantial multiway flop bet.

I have only jack-high with no draw on a dry board, and facing a pot-sized bet from the big blind after the preflop raiser folded. Calling 400 with J8s is not profitable.

J4s is a weak hand out of position against two blinds, and calling offers poor equity for the price. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Blind vs blind with 84o, completing for 50 into 150 gets 3:1 odds; a limp is reasonable and keeps the pot small out of position.

A2 offsuit is well ahead of a typical limp range heads-up, and raising builds value while denying equity.

84 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a big blind raise, even with the 300-chip call into a 500-chip pot.

T9o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play, and raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds.

With A-K suited from the small blind against a button open, I 3-bet for value and to pressure the big blind and opener.

8-5 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a raise and a re-raise, and calling 750 chips with poor equity is not profitable. I fold and preserve my stack.

T9o in position facing a small-blind 3-bet to 8.5bb; we need 600 to win 1800, and with deep stacks and position a call is reasonable, though folding is close. Calling realizes equity in position against a blind that is likely 3-betting wide.

A small continuation bet leverages our preflop range advantage on this paired low board while risking little with two overcards.

Getting 4.6:1 in position against a small c-bet on a dry paired board; two overcards plus backdoor potential give enough equity and float value to continue.

With only ace-high on a paired board, checking preserves showdown value and avoids getting called mainly by hands that have us beat.

Ten-high has almost no showdown value against a 3-bet range. The turn check suggests unpaired broadways giving up, so a half-pot bet can fold out hands that already beat us, and it only needs to work about a third of the time.

With A-K on a triple-three board, I hold the best possible kickers to the board trips and beat a substantial portion of potential bluffs or overplayed high cards. Raising mostly isolates against full houses or quads, so calling is preferable.

Our ace-king only plays the board trips and is vulnerable to any pocket pair making a full house. Checking preserves showdown value and avoids value-owning ourselves.

On this triple-three board, T9 only plays a ten kicker and loses to nearly all of the 3-bettor's range: pocket pairs make full houses and AK/AQ out-kick me. Their pairs won't fold to a bluff, so I'll take the free showdown.

On the button in a three-handed game, Q7 offsuit is a reasonable opening hand with positional advantage. Raising applies pressure to the blinds and can win the pot preflop.

AQs is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, so I'm 3-betting for value out of position. Going to 1050 builds the pot and denies the button a cheap flop.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, especially at this sizing.

Blind vs blind, J5 suited is a reasonable raise from the small blind against a single big blind, so I'm raising to 3bb for fold equity and initiative. Completing is also fine, but raising pressures the big blind's wide range.

Q3 suited is too weak to defend profitably against a small-blind raise in this heads-up configuration.