Hold'em table

A6o on the button 3-handed is a clear open; a 2.5bb raise to steal the blinds.

A7o out of the SB vs a button open in 3-handed plays poorly as a call; a 3-bet with the ace blocker applies pressure and takes the pot down often while keeping initiative.

JTs has enough playability to continue against a small-blind three-bet in this three-handed spot. Calling keeps weaker hands in without committing to a large pot preflop.

A6o facing a 3-bet and a cold call is dominated far too often and plays poorly multiway out of position to two strong ranges; the 650 call isn't justified despite the price.

As the preflop 3-bettor I have range advantage on this Q-high board; a small ~1/3 pot bet with middle pair, ace kicker and nut backdoor spade draw denies equity to overcards and gets value from draws and weaker pairs, while keeping pot manageable if raised.

Middle pair has enough showdown value to continue against this small flop bet. Calling keeps weaker hands in the pot without building a large pot against a strong preflop range.

Bottom pair with ace kicker on a wet board after my flop c-bet got called; another barrel has poor fold equity and bloats the pot out of position, so I check to control the pot and keep showdown value.

My pair of tens has showdown value, and the diamond and straight draws give me strong river prospects. Checking takes the free card without risking a check-raise.

Third-pair with ace kicker has some showdown value against missed straight draws and ace-highs, but betting only folds out worse and gets called by Qx/Tx/flushes on a completed-flush board, so I check and evaluate facing a bet.

I have a J-high flush, and the opponent's river check leaves room to get called by overpairs or a queen. A half-pot bet seeks value without making those hands too likely to fold.

Getting 3:1 on a bluff-catcher; villain's half-pot river bet after checking the turn can include missed spade draws and thin Qx, and pair of sevens with top kicker sits in the middle of my checking range, so I meet MDF with a call.

K4o on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable open-raise given positional advantage; I'll raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative and often win the blinds.

8-6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

Getting 400:150 (about 27% equity needed) against a button open, 32 suited is a marginal but acceptable defend in the big blind with deep stacks. We also close the action and keep heads-up position dynamics simple.

32 offsuit-clubs has no equity on a monotone spade ace-high board that favors the preflop raiser, so I'll check and likely give up to a bet.

Ace-high monotone board favors my preflop raising range; a small c-bet with K-high takes down the pot often while risking little, and I can give up if raised.

32 offsuit with no spade on a monotone AQ7 board has essentially no equity, and a backdoor wheel draw isn't enough to call 200 into 750. A check-raise bluff here is poorly represented against a c-bet, so fold.

Pocket aces are the strongest starting hand. I raise to build the pot while keeping weaker hands in.

J8o from the small blind facing a button 3x open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; it plays poorly out of position and is too weak to 3-bet.

T4 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button open; folding is standard even with the discounted price.

Q9s is a clear opening hand on the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and put pressure on the blinds.

K4 suited in the small blind facing a button raise is a marginal hand that plays poorly out of position; folding avoids negative-EV spots against two opponents.

A8 suited is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button raise. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving weaker hands in the opponent’s range.

The nut flush draw, gutshot, and ace overcard give me strong equity. Betting on this low, connected flop can build the pot and pressure unpaired hands.

With Q9 of spades on 7-5-4 with two spades, I have a flush draw plus a queen overcard, and calling 375 into 925 gives a good price. Raising would bloat the pot against a donk lead on a board that hits the big blind's range, so I'll call in position.

I have the nut flush on the turn. Betting 850 into 1300 builds value while leaving room for weaker hands and draws to call.

We hold a queen-high flush, which only an ace-high flush beats. Raising builds the pot while we are ahead, and it charges sets, two pair and hands holding a single spade.

I have the nut flush on a board where a lower flush or strong made hand can pay. Raising now builds the pot before a paired board or fourth spade makes further value harder to get.

We hold a Q-high flush, which loses only to the As flush. We are pot-committed, and shoving gets the rest of the effective stack in now while sets have fewer outs.

I have the nut flush on the turn. Calling the all-in is clearly profitable.

QJ suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; standard 2.5x sizing to take the pot or play in position.

T3 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Getting 150 to win 400 (27% equity needed) against a wide button open, and 76o plays fine in the big blind with the dead small blind money in the pot. Calling beats folding here.

Two pair on a connected board is strong but vulnerable to draws, so I'm leading for value and protection rather than risking a free card if the button checks back.

Top pair with a queen kicker on a dry-ish board facing a lead-out; calling keeps worse hands (draws, weaker jacks, bluffs) in while controlling the pot against a possible stronger hand.

Two pair on a draw-heavy board; bet about two-thirds pot for value against overpairs, Jx and draws, and to deny equity.

Top pair with a queen kicker on a draw-heavy board facing a second donk bet; too strong to fold at 28% pot odds but too vulnerable to raise into possible straights, sets, and two pairs. Call and reassess river.

Top two pair on a blank river is well ahead of the Jx, overpairs and missed draws that called the flop and turn, so a roughly two-thirds pot value bet should get called by worse. I'm only behind straights and sets.

Top pair with a queen kicker facing a triple-barrel donk line; getting about 28% pot odds, and the opponent's range includes enough missed straight draws and weaker jacks to justify a bluff-catch, while raising has no value.

Five-four suited is playable on the button, and a 2.5 big blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds or play in position.

A2o is ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range and blocks aces, so a 3-bet works as a semi-bluff that denies the big blind a cheap look. Flatting out of position with the big blind still to act would play poorly.

T3 suited is far too weak to continue facing a large 3-bet from the small blind with the original raiser still to act behind me; folding loses only the big blind.

Five-four suited has some playability in position, but calling another 800 chips against this large three-bet is too marginal.