Hold'em table

T9 suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise builds the pot while keeping the risk modest.

6-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind versus an early 2.5bb open with the big blind still behind.

53o out of position against a button open to 2.5bb. Calling 150 into 400 means needing about 27% equity, but this hand's realizability is poor, so folding is fine.

QJs is a strong, highly playable button opening hand in three-handed play. I raise to build initiative and pressure the blinds.

76o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold: we'd be out of position with a weak offsuit hand.

Calling 150 closes the action preflop with dead small-blind chips in the pot. T5o is marginal out of position, but the price makes a call reasonable.

Bottom pair is worth continuing with, but not strong enough to lead into the preflop raiser on this board.

Betting our pair of jacks for value and protection against heart draws and weaker pairs. A small continuation bet keeps worse hands in while denying free equity.

Bottom pair and a backdoor heart draw have enough equity to continue against a small flop bet. Raising would risk too much with this hand.

I have a weak pair and a flush draw. Checking keeps the pot manageable while preserving the chance to improve on the river.

Checking back controls the pot with second pair on a dangerous three-heart board. We retain showdown value and avoid facing a check-raise from stronger kings, flushes, or sets.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, and betting would rarely get called by a worse hand. Checking avoids inflating the pot against stronger holdings.

A small river value bet can be called by weaker pairs such as fives or medium pocket pairs after the passive turn, while missed heart draws fold. Our jack has enough showdown value to use a modest sizing.

The river bet is small relative to the pot, and my pair of fives can beat missed heart draws and other bluffs often enough to call.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play at 100bb, so folding is the low-variance, standard choice.

With no rake, completing the small blind for 50 chips is preferable to folding this weak hand against an unraised big blind.

Check the big blind with T6 offsuit rather than inflating a marginal heads-up hand against a limper.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker is not strong enough to build a pot out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess after my opponent acts.

A small flop stab can fold out many unpaired limps while risking little in this heads-up pot. We retain some backdoor spade and straight potential if called.

Bottom pair can be ahead of a small bet from the big blind's wide range, and the price is good enough to continue.

Bottom pair and a gutshot have some showdown value, but not enough to build the pot out of position.

A turn bet can fold out unpaired overcards and some weak flop floats while retaining a gutshot to the five. The small sizing risks little while pressuring a capped checking range.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, and a five would complete my straight. The small bet gives me enough reason to continue against a range that can include draws and bluffs.

My weak pair has some showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get called by worse hands. I’ll check and evaluate a river bet if one comes.

A medium river bluff credibly represents a queen or strong made hand after betting both prior streets, while our ten-high has little showdown value. The sizing pressures weaker pairs and missed overcards without risking too much.

My queens-and-threes lose to any queen or four, and the river bet follows bets on both earlier streets. This is too weak a bluff-catcher to call 500.

J8 offsuit is strong enough to open from the button three-handed. A small raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

T4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act.

In the big blind facing a 2.5x button open, I'm getting 150 to win 400, which is good enough odds to defend a suited-ish connector like 54o. It plays well enough post-flop to call rather than fold or 3-bet.

Complete air with just a backdoor diamond draw on a KKQ two-tone board that favors the preflop raiser, so check and give up to a c-bet.

A small continuation bet on this paired board can fold out weak hands while risking relatively little with jack-high.

54o with no draw on a KKQ board (only a backdoor diamond draw with the 4d) has almost no equity against a button c-bet. Folding is better than calling 180 into 730.

Suited JT is a strong button opening hand three-handed and benefits from taking initiative. A 2.5bb open pressures the blinds while retaining maneuverability.

82o in the small blind facing a button open is a clear fold, especially with the big blind still to act behind.

K6 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a 2.5bb button raise, and calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

I have middle pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high flop. Checking out of position keeps the pot manageable and lets me assess the button's action.

A small continuation bet leverages the preflop range advantage on this ace-high board while retaining a low-cost path to realize our gutshot equity.

Second pair is worth continuing against a small button bet, though the ace and club draw make raising unattractive.

With two aces on the board, my king has showdown value but is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

I will continue representing a strong ace-heavy range after the paired board, targeting folds from kings, fives, and missed club draws while retaining a gutshot to Broadway.

My king is a reasonable bluff-catcher against a button opener who may barrel missed draws. The 550-chip call gives me sufficient pot odds to continue, but raising would mostly get action from better hands.

I have aces full of kings, which loses only to the remaining ace and ties another king. A modest bet can get value from pocket pairs and other weaker hands.

Our jack-ten only plays the board on this paired river and cannot beat any ace, king, five, or pocket pair. The opponent's line and river lead strongly indicate at least a pair.

On the button in a 3-handed game, 87o is a standard open-raise; 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds.

8-6 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind while out of position, especially with the big blind still to act.

KTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button min-raise, especially heads-up. Calling preserves its equity without inflating a marginal out-of-position pot.

Lead for value and protection with top pair on a coordinated board, targeting queens and club draws while denying free equity.

87o has no pair and no real draw on K-Q-6 two-tone, so it can't continue profitably against a donk bet of 350 into 550.