Hold'em table

Ace-seven offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; I'll raise for position and fold equity.

JTs has great playability and implied odds against a wide button opening range, making a call from the small blind profitable.

T9 suited has good multiway playability, and the price is favorable with the big blind discount. I’ll see the flop rather than inflate the pot with a squeeze.

Flopped a straight flush with JdTd on Qd9s8d; checking to the preflop raiser to induce a continuation bet.

Bet 400 into the 900-chip pot for value and protection with a pair of nines and an open-ended straight draw. This also charges overcards and diamond draws while keeping the bet moderate.

I missed the Q-9-8 flop entirely with A7o—no pair, no straight draw, only ace-high. Facing a bet from the preflop caller with another player still behind, folding is clearly best.

Flopped the nut straight with an open-ended straight flush redraw on a wet, dynamic board; raising extracts immediate value from sets, two pairs, and strong draws.

Calling 900 into a pot that will be 3500 gives a reasonable price with a pair plus a gutshot, and keeps the pot manageable against a strong check-raise range.

I hold the nut straight with redraws to a straight flush. Betting 2200 into a 3500 pot extracts value from sets, two pairs, and strong draws while setting up a river shove.

I have only a pair of nines and a gutshot with four likely outs, far short of the equity needed to call this large turn bet.

T3o is far too weak to open on the button even 3-handed, making fold the clearly optimal play.

J7 offsuit is a reasonable hand to complete from the small blind after the button folds, and the price is favorable. I’ll avoid inflating the pot out of position.

QJs is a strong suited connector heads-up against a limper; raising builds the pot with position and fold equity while keeping the pot manageable.

J7 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against the raise, even heads-up; calling would needlessly invest more with poor playability.

T5 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two players, and calling would invite a multiway pot with poor playability.

84 offsuit is a weak hand and I'm out of position against the big blind; folding the small blind is the cheapest and most profitable line.

Queen-six suited on the button is a standard open-raise spot in a 3-handed game; I'll take the initiative and play for blinds or a favorable flop.

94o is far too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.

K♦3♦ is a reasonable suited big-blind defend against a button open, and the price is favorable. I’ll call and play cautiously out of position.

I have a weak bottom pair with a modest kicker and no strong draw, so checking keeps the pot controlled and lets the preflop raiser act.

I have a flush draw plus a gutshot with position after the preflop raise, so a semi-bluff continuation bet builds the pot when I improve and can win it outright against the big blind's capped range.

Bottom pair with a strong kicker has enough showdown value to continue against a flop bet, and the price is reasonable. I’ll avoid inflating the pot with a raise.

With only a weak pair of threes on a connected, draw-heavy board, betting is unlikely to get value and risks building the pot against stronger hands. Check and reassess if the button bets.

My 6h completes a 3-7 straight on the 5s-7h-3h-4s board, and the opponent's turn check suggests weakness, so I bet for value while charging draws like 8x or flush draws.

The turn improves many hands in the button’s range, and my bottom pair is a weak bluff-catcher facing a sizable second barrel. Calling also leaves me vulnerable to another river bet.

On the button in 3-handed play, Q9o is strong enough to open for a standard min-raise to steal the blinds or play in position.

J-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

A8o in the big blind against a button min-raise is a marginal spot; calling 100 to see a flop with position on the aggressor is cheap and keeps the pot small with a hand that flops decent top pairs.

I have second pair on an ace-high board, so checking back controls the pot size and realizes showdown value in position.

I hold top two pair (aces and eights) on a safe turn, heads up against one opponent who has shown weakness by checking twice. Betting for value is clearly best; a modest sizing keeps worse aces, queens, and draws in the pot.

I have second pair with position. Getting decent odds against a turn probe bet after checking back the flop, calling is preferable to folding.

I hold two pair (aces and eights) on a safe river; a half-pot bet extracts value from one-pair hands like Ax, KQ, or Qx that called the turn, while I can fold to a raise from sets or AQ.

Holding second pair with a weak kicker on an Ace-high board, calling down two barrels is unprofitable as opponent's range is heavily weighted toward Ax and better queens.

9♦4♥ is a weak offsuit hand on the button, and calling 100 or raising risks too much with poor playability.

Heads-up in the small blind, 53s has decent equity against the BB's wide range, and a small raise builds pressure while risking little.

95 offsuit is too weak to defend against a small blind raise, even getting reasonable pot odds.