Hold'em table

Pocket sixes on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open; raising to 2.5bb builds the pot with position and a solid pair.

T8 suited has decent equity and playability against a wide button open, and the price to call is reasonable despite being out of position.

98o is a weak hand facing a 2.5bb raise from the button with a caller; folding avoids playing a dominated, hard-to-play hand out of position.

With ten-eight and only backdoor draws on a 9-high flop, I have weak showdown value and no strong draw to bet; checking keeps the pot small and takes a free card.

Pocket sixes on a dry low board 2-9-4 with a flush draw; we likely have the best hand vs a SB caller's range and a half-pot c-bet gets value from draws and worse pairs while denying equity to overcards.

With ten-high, no pair and only backdoor straight and flush draws out of position, I lack the roughly 25% equity needed to call a half-pot bet and will struggle to realize equity on later streets.

67 suited on the button in 3-handed play is a strong speculative hand with position; raising takes initiative and gives fold equity over the blinds.

A7s is a decent suited hand against a 2.5x open; calling in position-ish keeps the pot small while retaining equity and fold potential.

T5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a raise and a call; even with 4:1 odds it plays poorly postflop, so folding is the disciplined choice.

I have the ace-high club flush draw on a coordinated board; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card or check-raise later.

I have only backdoor draws on this K-J-8 board, but as the preflop raiser I have range advantage and my opponent checked, so a half-pot continuation bluff can take the pot now.

I hold the nut flush draw (Ac7c) on Kc-Jc-8d with good implied odds; calling 300 into 900 is cheap and I can win a big pot if the club hits.

I hold the nut flush draw plus a gutshot on the turn; check-raising builds a big pot with strong equity while keeping fold equity against seat_2's Kx-type hands.

Bottom pair of sixes with no real draw cannot call a 2400 overbet into a 1200 pot; I need about 40% equity and am likely behind a king, jack, or strong draw with overcards.

Pocket jacks are strong 3-handed; a standard raise builds the pot and isolates, keeping play manageable with position on the button.

T4 suited from the small blind facing a 3x button open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; it's too weak to call out of position or 3-bet profitably.

Q9o has sufficient equity against a wide button 3x open to defend the big blind, needing only about 31% to call 200 into 450.

Trip queens on a draw-heavy QQK board is very strong against a button raiser; betting charges Kx, straight and spade draws while getting value from worse pairs.

I 3-bet preflop and got called, then face a flop bet on Q-Q-K — that range (QQ, KK, AK, KQ) crushes my jacks. Folding here is cheapest.

AQs on the button in a 3-handed game is a premium hand; open-raise to 2.5bb to build the pot in position.

8-4 offsuit is very weak facing a button raise to 250; calling 200 from the small blind out of position has poor equity and playability.

KQo is strong enough to defend heads-up against a 2.5x raise; calling keeps the pot small and realizes equity postflop.

King-high with no showdown value on an ace-high board; seat_1 raised preflop and likely holds an ace, so I take the free card rather than bluff into strength.

Top pair with a strong kicker on a dry-ish board with a flush draw present; value bet around 2/3 pot against the big blind's checking range.

King-high with no draw on an ace-high board facing a flop bet; almost no equity against a raiser's range, so folding is cheapest.

4-6 offsuit is too weak to invest even on the button in a 3-handed game; folding preserves stack for better spots.

7c2c is one of the worst hands in hold'em; folding on the button costs nothing and preserves chips.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; J2s is a reasonable steal/raise hand from the small blind against one opponent, taking initiative and often picking up the blinds.

K5 suited heads-up in position against a small-blind raise; calling 200 into 400 gives good odds and king-high plays well postflop.

Dry Q-high board favors my preflop raising range; a small c-bet of one-third pot folds out many of the BB's missed hands cheaply while I hold little showdown value with J2s.

King-high with only a backdoor flush draw on a Q-7-3 board has too little equity to call 200 into 800 against the preflop raiser's flop bet.