Hold'em table

Queen-trey offsuit is a weak hand out of position-free button spot, but calling 100 to see a flop for a cheap price in a 3-way pot is reasonable versus a raise with a marginal hand.

Button limped; completing for 50 into a 250 pot with a suited connector-ish hand gives good odds and multiway implied odds.

J5 offsuit is a weak hand; checking our option in the big blind to see a free flop in a limped pot is clearly best versus raising with a hand that plays poorly out of position.

Flush draw with backdoor potential in a limped 3-way pot; a small lead builds the pot with equity and can take it down against the many hands that missed an Ace-high board.

J5 offsuit missed the Ac Qh 4h flop entirely with no draw; facing a bet with another player still to act behind, folding is clearly correct.

Holding a pair of queens with an ace on board, I have a decent but second-best made hand facing a 200 bet into a 500 pot, so calling is a reasonable price without bloating the pot.

We turned a 9-high flush, which is strong but vulnerable to the Ah, Jh, or Th. Betting about two-thirds pot gets value from aces, two pair, and weaker hearts while charging draws.

I hold only a pair of queens on a three-heart board facing a turn raise to 475, and the price needs about 29% equity against a range that has shown strength, so folding is the disciplined play.

Q5s on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a raise to 2.5bb steals the blinds often and plays fine postflop with position.

A9o in the SB facing a 2.5x button open; 3-betting to ~800 applies pressure versus a wide button range and avoids playing a dominated-ish offsuit hand out of position in a bloated multiway pot.

Calling 700 into a 1150 pot gives about 38% pot odds, and Ace-Ten offsuit has enough playability to continue in this three-way pot from the big blind.

Getting about 3.4:1 on the call, and I'm in position in a multiway pot. Q5s has enough suited playability and implied odds with deep stacks to justify continuing.

As the preflop 3-bettor I hold the nut flush draw plus a gutshot to the wheel on a low, dry-ish board; a small c-bet of a third pot applies pressure three-way while keeping strong equity if called.

I have only ace-high on a 4-2-7 board facing an 800 bet from the preflop aggressor, and that's too little equity to justify calling in a three-way pot.

With the nut-adjacent Q-high flush draw, I'm getting 4:1 on the call, which is plenty of equity. Calling keeps the 3-bettor's strong range in and avoids a bloated shove.

Top pair with the nut flush draw on a coordinated board; betting keeps pressure on after the 3-bet and flop c-bet, builds the pot for when we improve, and sets up a river shove while retaining fold equity against overpairs and weaker holdings.

I have the queen-high flush, which beats most of a 3-bettor's overpairs and sets; only the ace-high and king-high heart flushes are ahead. With the stack-to-pot ratio this low I'm effectively committed, so going all-in now denies sets the free chance to pair the board.

Top pair with ace kicker plus the nut flush draw; need ~27% equity to call 5600 into 20800. Against a range of flushes, sets, overpairs and semi-bluffs we have roughly 26-33% equity (ahead of semi-bluffs, 7-14 outs otherwise), so the call is marginally +EV.

K9o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds and takes initiative with position.

Queen-eight offsuit is weak out of position in the small blind, and calling 200 more into a 400 pot needs about 33% equity, which this hand is unlikely to reach against a button open.

Getting 400:150 odds in the big blind against a wide 3-handed button open, so 96o is a profitable defend. It plays better as a call than as a 3-bet.

With 9-high and only a weak backdoor draw out of position, checking to the preflop raiser is standard. I'll fold to a normal continuation bet unless I pick up equity.

Button raiser vs BB caller on a dry 2-3-T rainbow board; I have the range advantage and K9 has overcards plus backdoor equity, so a small c-bet (~55% pot) folds out many hands that missed while keeping the bluff cheap.

Nine-high with only backdoor draws facing a c-bet that needs about 35% equity; folding is the disciplined choice.

Seven-deuce offsuit is a weak hand, but on the button with only a 100-chip completion to make and two cheap limpers-in position, calling to see a cheap flop is reasonable over folding.

Q9o from the small blind facing a button limp is a decent isolation spot, and raising to 450 takes initiative instead of completing out of position. Completing for 50 would also be fine, but the raise can win the pot right away against a weak limping range.

6h4d offsuit is a weak hand facing a 4.5x raise from the small blind with the button limper still to act behind; poor equity and position, so fold.

Seven-queen offsuit is weak and out of position against a 4.5bb raise from the small blind, so folding avoids putting 350 chips in with poor equity.

K8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear opening hand, so I'm opening to 2.5bb to steal the blinds.

9-5 offsuit in the small blind facing a button open is a clear fold; it plays poorly out of position and lacks the equity to call or 3-bet profitably.

I'm getting 150 to win 400 from the big blind against a wide button raise, which is enough to defend a weak but playable 2-queen hand cheaply. Folding would give up the blind for little gain.

Pair of queens is strong enough to bet for value heads-up against a preflop raiser, and betting denies free cards to weaker ace-high or draw hands.

K-high with no pair or real draw on an A-Q-7 board, facing a donk bet. I'd only have weak backdoor equity, and the 25% pot odds don't justify a call.

Q7 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes the initiative and often wins the blinds outright.

Nine-deuce offsuit is one of the weakest hands, and facing a 250 open from the button with 200 more to call, folding is the disciplined choice.

Getting 150 to win 400 (27% equity needed) in the big blind against a button open, Q4 suited has enough equity and playability to defend by calling.

Q-high with no club on a monotone board that favors the button's range; checking to the preflop raiser is standard and lets us fold cheaply to a bet.

Top pair with Q kicker on a monotone board heads-up in position; a half-pot c-bet gets value from weaker hands and draws while denying equity, and I can fold to heavy aggression.

Qs4s has no club and no real draw on a monotone 7c6c2c board. Even at 25% pot odds, there isn't enough equity to call the c-bet.