Hold'em table

QJo is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and pressure both blinds.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against an early 2.5bb open with the big blind still behind.

4-2 offsuit plays poorly against a button raise, even with the big blind discount. Folding avoids investing more chips with a weak hand.

Pocket kings are a premium button opening hand. Raising to 3bb builds value while keeping weaker hands in.

K9 suited has enough playability to defend against a button raise, and calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Closing the action with a 22% pot-odds price against a wide 3-handed button open, Q8o has enough equity and playability to call rather than fold.

King-high has little equity on this paired flop against two opponents. Checking avoids building the pot without a made hand or immediate draw.

Q-high with a gutshot on a paired board, out of position in a three-way pot with the preflop raiser still to act behind. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the button's action.

Betting for value with an overpair on this paired board, while charging Tx and straight-draw holdings.

K-high has little equity on this paired flop, and the bet is into two opponents with another player still to act.

Queen-high with no pair and no real draw on a paired board. Against the button's continuation bet, 8Q does not play well enough to call out of position.

Pocket queens are a premium hand on the button. Raising to three big blinds builds the pot for value while retaining position.

J9o out of position in the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a marginal hand that plays poorly as a call. Folding is the disciplined choice.

Defend the big blind with a suited connected hand against the button's 3bb open, retaining strong implied odds and postflop playability.

Checking preserves our drawing equity with an open-ended straight draw and keeps the opponent's range wide. We can respond to a bet based on sizing.

QQ is a strong overpair on this paired flop. A small bet gets value from weaker pairs and draws while keeping the pot manageable against an eight.

6c7c has no made hand or meaningful direct draw on this paired flop, and calling the bet out of position is unprofitable.

Three-handed on the button, Q2s is a profitable steal given its suitedness and position. A small open to 2.5bb pressures the blinds cheaply.

Pocket sevens is a strong three-handed hand; I 3-bet for value and to reduce multiway play.

J-5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

Q2s is too weak and plays poorly against a small-blind 3-bet to 8bb. Even with position and roughly 32% pot odds, its equity realization is too low to justify calling.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably on the button in this short-format setting.

Eight-seven offsuit is playable in a heads-up blind battle. I’ll raise to put pressure on the big blind rather than limp.

QTs in the big blind facing a 2.5x small-blind open is getting good odds (150 to win 400) and plays well in position, so calling is clearly profitable; a 3-bet is also an option, but calling keeps the SB's weaker hands in.

A small continuation bet on this dry, paired flop can fold out some unpaired hands while risking relatively few chips with eight-high.

Getting over 4:1 against a small c-bet on a dry paired board, Q-high with overcard, pair outs, and backdoor straight potential has enough equity to continue.

I have little equity and no meaningful draw. After the flop call, this hand is a poor candidate for another bluff.

Top pair on the turn and the preflop raiser checked to us, which suggests weakness. A bet a bit over half pot gets value from Jx and weaker pairs and denies equity to draws.

I have eight-high with no meaningful draw, and calling 450 against the turn bet is unlikely to be profitable.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably without a read that the blinds fold often.

Blind vs blind with 74o, completing for 50 into a 150 pot gives good odds to realize equity; the hand is too weak to raise profitably and too good to fold at this price.

Check the big blind with Q8 offsuit versus the small blind limp to realize equity cheaply and avoid inflating the pot with a marginal hand.

7-high with only backdoor straight equity on a two-tone board, out of position in a limped pot. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me take a free card.

Check back with a gutshot to the ten and a marginal overcard, preserving pot control in the limped heads-up pot.

Seven-high has almost no showdown value, and the BB showed weakness by checking the flop. A small stab on the paired board can take down the pot cheaply.

Call the small turn probe with a gutshot to the queen-high straight and the Q♠ blocker to potential spade draws. The price is favorable in position.

My hand only plays the board, so it loses to any Q, K or A and to any made hand. A bet of about two-thirds pot can fold out missed draws and overcards that beat me at showdown.

Our queen kicker plays against the double-paired board and can beat missed draws or weaker unpaired holdings. The river sizing is small enough to justify a bluff-catch.