Hold'em table

K4 offsuit is a playable button open three-handed, especially with no rake. A small raise risks little while giving me position after the flop.

42s out of position in the small blind against a button min-raise, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. Calling means playing a weak hand out of position with the risk of a squeeze behind.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against the button raise.

Q9o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb applies pressure on both blinds.

Kc8c is a playable suited king at a favorable small open size from the small blind, with good implied odds and multiway potential.

Calling 150 with pocket threes offers good pot odds in a multiway pot and a chance to win a larger pot when I hit a set.

With a medium pair in a three-way raised pot, checking keeps the pot controlled and allows us to react to opponents' betting.

Pocket threes are a weak underpair on this coordinated flop, and betting into two opponents is unlikely to be profitable. Check and reassess if someone bets.

Checked to me on the button in a 3-way pot, and Q9 has a gutshot to a 10 plus an overcard, so a small c-bet should take the pot often enough. When it's called, I still have equity to improve.

I have middle pair with a strong kicker and favorable pot odds against a single small flop continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and draws in while avoiding bloating the pot.

Pocket threes have little chance to improve on this coordinated flop, and a bet followed by a call makes continuing unprofitable.

We have a marginal middle pair on a coordinated board against the preflop raiser. Checking controls the pot and lets us react to a turn bet.

Semi-bluff with a gutshot to the ten and a queen overcard after SB checked the turn; a bet can fold out weak pairs and draws while keeping equity if called.

Bottom pair is unlikely to be ahead of this continued multi-street betting range, and the turn creates additional draw equity for hands that may be semi-bluffing. Calling lacks sufficient showdown value at this price.

KTo is a strong button opening hand three-handed, with positional advantage and good fold equity. I raise to a standard 2.5bb sizing.

A2 offsuit blocks strong ace hands and is worth a three-bet against a likely wide button open. Raising avoids a difficult call out of position with the big blind still to act.

73s facing a button open and a small blind 3-bet, with the opener still to act, is a clear fold. Calling 850 out of position with a weak hand is unprofitable.

KTs is a strong enough suited broadway hand to defend against the small blind's 3-bet in position, while avoiding unnecessary preflop variance.

With a weak kicker on an ace-high flop, I prefer to control the pot and keep weaker hands in.

A small continuation bet can fold out unpaired broadways and some middling pocket pairs after the preflop aggressor checks. Our hand has little showdown value, so I use the positional opportunity to apply pressure.

Top pair is strong enough to continue against this small flop bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in without building a large pot with a weak kicker.

My ace has showdown value, but the paired turn leaves me vulnerable to stronger aces and sixes. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in the pot.

A substantial turn barrel credibly represents an ace or a six and can fold out many unpaired high-card hands and some pocket pairs. Checking has very little showdown value with king-high.

Top pair is strong enough to call this turn bet against a range that can include bluffs and weaker hands. Raising would mostly get action from better hands.

My ace has showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands after the opponent bet both earlier streets. Checking avoids building a larger pot against stronger aces or a six.

My king-high has no showdown value, but the opponent has called two substantial barrels and is likely to hold an ace, a six, or another hand unlikely to fold often enough to justify a river bluff.

Pocket fours are strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise can win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable when called.

94o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is a clear fold. Calling out of position with a weak offsuit hand loses money.

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open from the big blind, especially out of position.

Three-handed on the button, Q4o is near the bottom of a wide opening range but profitable as a steal with position against two blinds.

T9 suited plays well multiway and has sufficient equity to defend the small blind against this small button open.

J9 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind for 150 more chips against a button raise and small-blind call. I’ll call rather than build a larger pot out of position.

I have top pair on a coordinated board and should bet for value while charging club draws and weaker pairs.

Middle pair with a jack kicker is strong enough to continue against this flop bet, but raising into two opponents would overplay it.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker facing a bet and a call in a multiway pot on a coordinated board is too weak to continue.

Top pair with a diamond flush draw and open-ended straight draw has strong value and equity. I bet to extract from worse pairs and draws while applying pressure.

Top pair with a jack kicker is strong enough to continue against this turn bet, which can include draws and weaker pairs. Calling keeps the pot manageable on a draw-heavy board.

The third club and connected river make this a poor value bet with only one pair, while checking retains showdown value against missed draws and weaker pairs.

My pair of nines has showdown value, but the river completes several straights and a club flush. Checking avoids turning it into a thin value bet on a dangerous board.

T9 offsuit is a playable button hand three-handed; raising applies pressure and benefits from position.

J3 suited is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act.

The button opened to 2.5bb in a 3-handed game, so its range is wide. I need 150 more to win a 400 pot, which requires only about 27% equity, and K3o defends reasonably from the big blind against a wide steal.

King-high with no draw on a board that favors the preflop raiser, so I check to the button and plan to fold to most bets.

I will make a modest continuation bet on this flop, leveraging preflop initiative while retaining equity through my gutshot to a queen.

K3 offhand on a J-8-2 two-tone board has no pair and no draw, only a weak backdoor king. Facing a c-bet with 250 to call into 800, folding is best.