Hold'em table

3-handed on the button, 96o is a reasonable steal candidate at a small sizing given wide opening ranges in short-handed play.

A4 offsuit is a marginal call from the small blind with the big blind still to act, but the ace blocker makes it a reasonable occasional 3-bet bluff. Raising to 900 applies pressure without committing too much of the stack.

J♥T♥ has enough playability to call the 3-bet at this depth. I’d rather see a flop than build a larger pot with a speculative hand.

96o facing a 3-bet and a cold call is too weak to continue profitably, even at a 650 price into a 2050 pot.

I have two pair on a board with a possible flush draw, so I’m betting for value and protection while keeping weaker aces and draws in the pot.

J-high with no spade has little equity on this ace-high, two-spade flop. Facing a substantial bet from the preflop reraiser, folding is best.

Q2 offsuit is weak, but on the button a small raise can often win the blinds and retains positional advantage when called. I choose a modest 2.5 BB sizing rather than limp or fold.

JTo is strong enough against a wide button opening range, and a three-bet gives me a chance to win the pot before the flop rather than play out of position in a multiway pot.

AJs has good playability and blocks strong hands, and calling 800 to win 2050 is a good price against a fairly wide 3-handed SB 3-bet range. A 4-bet would get this suited ace owned by stronger hands.

Q2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a three-bet and a call, even with the pot odds. Fold rather than invest more in a likely dominated hand.

Trips with a jack kicker are strong on this paired, two-heart flop. A small bet can get value from overpairs and heart draws while keeping weaker hands in.

AJ of hearts has the nut flush draw plus overcards on a paired board. Calling keeps the 3-bettor's range wide and keeps us in position to realize equity, and we get good odds (700 to win 3450).

Trips are strong enough to value-bet against overpairs and draws. A smaller bet also limits the pot on a turn that completes the heart flush.

I have the nut flush, but the paired board means full houses are possible. Calling keeps villain's overpairs and bluffs in the pot and lets them keep betting the river, while avoiding bloating the pot against boats.

Trips with a jack kicker have showdown value, but the completed flush and possible full houses make a river value bet unlikely to get called by enough worse hands.

We hold the nut flush, and the villain's river check suggests they have a medium-strength hand such as an overpair, a weaker flush or AT. A roughly two-thirds pot bet gets value from those hands, while only the few full-house combos beat us.

Trips with a jack kicker are strong enough to call this river bet. Raising would likely fold out worse hands while getting called by better ones.

Q2 offsuit is marginal, but on the button in a three-handed game it can profitably open for a small raise with position.

Against a wide 3-handed button open, JTo from the small blind plays poorly as a flat call out of position with the big blind still to act. A 3-bet to 9bb takes the initiative and has decent fold equity.

K♦8♦ is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act behind me.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large three-bet, even in position.

75o on the button 3-handed sits at the bottom of an opening range against two blinds, so folding is fine. A small steal is borderline, but folding is the solid baseline.

J6 offsuit is a weak hand, but with the button folded I can defend the small blind at a favorable price against the big blind.

Q5 offsuit can see a free flop in position against the small blind. Checking avoids building a large pot with a marginal hand.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on a coordinated flop, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the big blind.

Middle pair is likely ahead of much of the small blind's limping range. A modest bet gets value from weaker hands and charges draws.

I have no pair, no diamond, and only weak backdoor straight possibilities. Calling 120 into this pot would be too costly with little chance to improve.

On the button in a three-handed game, 7♦4♦ is a playable suited hand to open. A minimum raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable with a marginal holding.

A2 offsuit blocks strong ace holdings but plays poorly as a call out of position. A three-bet pressures a potentially wide button open.

64o facing an open and a 3-bet with the opener still to act is a clear fold.

A 7♦4♦ is too weak to continue against a large preflop three-bet, even with position. Folding avoids investing more chips in a dominated hand.

Eight-three offsuit is too weak to open profitably against both blinds at this stack depth.

42 offsuit is among the weakest hands, and playing it out of position from the small blind against the big blind loses money even at 3:1 pot odds. Folding is standard.