Hold'em table

Nine-deuce offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two opponents.

A7o is a strong hand heads-up from the small blind versus the big blind. Raising to 3bb for value and initiative beats limping.

AQ suited is a premium heads-up hand versus a small-blind open. I 3-bet for value and to deny equity while maintaining a manageable pot.

A7o is at the bottom of my SB opening range, and it plays poorly out of position against a 3x 3-bet from the BB. Folding keeps my losses to 3bb instead of calling 6bb into a bloated pot.

AJo is a strong hand on the button in 3-handed play, so a standard open-raise to 2.5bb is right.

4-3 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind versus a button open, especially with the big blind still behind.

A7 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button open at this price, though it is not strong enough to routinely three-bet.

With ace-high and little immediate draw potential on this flop, I prefer to check out of position and avoid building the pot.

Top pair with the top kicker on a connected board. Betting about two-thirds pot in position gets value from Tx, weaker Jx and draws, and charges straight draws to continue.}

Ace-high with no backdoor flush draw is too weak to continue out of position against this flop bet.

8-2 offsuit is a very weak button holding and not worth entering even for a single big blind.

T3 suited has enough equity against a wide big-blind range to complete for 50 chips, but it is too weak to raise out of position.

42o is too weak to raise profitably against a limped small blind, so I take the free flop in position.

With no pair or immediate draw on a dry flop, I’ll check rather than build the pot out of position.

The limped small blind checked to us on a dry K-8-5 board, so a small half-pot stab should take it down often. Our 4-2 has almost no showdown value but does have backdoor straight potential.

T3 suited has no pair or immediate draw on this flop. Out of position against a bet, calling is unlikely to be profitable.

A3 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

75o from the small blind facing a button open to 2.5bb, with the big blind still to act behind, is a clear fold. It plays poorly out of position.

Pocket nines are a strong heads-up blind-defense hand against a button open. A 3-bet to 8bb builds value while applying pressure to the opener’s wide range.

A3 offsuit is often dominated by a big blind three-bet range and plays poorly postflop, even in position.

J4o sits below a standard 3-handed button opening range and plays poorly out of position against both blinds' defending ranges, so I fold.

T2 offsuit is a weak small-blind holding versus the big blind; folding avoids realizing poor equity out of position.

J5 offsuit is a weak button hand in a three-handed game and is not worth entering against both blinds at this stack depth.

With suited, connected cards, completing the small blind for 50 chips is a low-cost way to see a flop heads-up.

76o in the big blind against a small-blind limp plays fine as a free check, and I'll have position postflop. Raising is an option, but checking keeps the pot small with a marginal hand.

I have nine-high with only a weak backdoor draw. Checking avoids investing more out of position on an ace-high flop.

This is a limped pot and the small blind checked on an ace-high board that hits few of his limping hands. A small half-pot stab with 7-high and a backdoor straight draw should take the pot down often enough to profit.

Nine-six has no pair or immediate draw on this ace-high flop, so calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable.