Hold'em table

3-handed on the button, 87o is a standard opening hand; a small 2.5x open pressures the blinds.

Weak offsuit hand out of position facing a raise, with a player still to act behind me. Folding avoids playing a marginal hand and preserves chips.

Call in the big blind with a small pocket pair against the button raise; it has solid set value and reasonable heads-up equity.

With a weak underpair on an ace-high board, checking preserves pot control and lets us assess the button's action.

This ace-high board favors my button opening range, so a small c-bet with 87o (gutshot to the 9 plus backdoor draws) should take it down often against the big blind's check. If called, I still have some equity to continue.

The small continuation bet offers favorable pot odds, and pocket threes retain showdown value against a broad button c-betting range. Calling keeps weaker unpaired hands and bluffs in.

Our pocket threes have little showdown value on this coordinated high-card board, but checking preserves the chance to improve cheaply and avoids bloating the pot.

I have 8-high with no draw on a board where the flush just arrived, and villain's flop call is sticky. Checking back keeps the pot small and leaves a river bluff open if they check again.

Our pocket threes have modest showdown value after the turn checked through, while a river bluff is unlikely to fold stronger one-pair holdings.

My 8-high has zero showdown value, and the opponent's check-call then check-check line looks capped with weak pairs and missed draws, so a roughly 70% pot bluff can fold out much of that range.

Third pair has no meaningful blockers and cannot profitably call a large river bet after this line.

TJo is a decent hand and I have position after the flop, so calling one big blind is a profitable way to see a flop. I avoid bloating the pot out of position preflop with a marginal hand.

Complete the small blind cheaply with 9-high suited? Actually offsuit, but the pot odds justify seeing a multiway flop.

K5o in the big blind facing two limpers plays fine as a free flop; raising would be a thin iso-raise against two players, so checking is the better option.

This board favors the preflop callers and our hand has only weak backdoor potential. Checking preserves our equity without inflating a multiway pot.

K-high with a backdoor diamond draw and a gutshot to the nut straight on a paired board in a 3-way limped pot. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my equity; betting would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by better ones.

I have trips on a draw-heavy board, so I want to charge flush and straight draws while getting value from queens and other jacks. A bet around 250 chips is a solid size relative to the pot.

Fold: 9-high has no made hand and insufficient equity against a multiway flop bet on this paired, high-card board.

The button's bet after two checks looks like a wide stab. At 2.2:1 pot odds, king-high with a backdoor flush draw has enough equity and showdown value against a weak limping range to call once.

King-high with only a gutshot to the broadway straight, out of position against the flop bettor; check and see a cheap river if possible.

I have trips on a paired board and the opponent checked, so I bet for value and to charge draws. This size should get called by worse made hands and draws while keeping control.

K-high with only a gutshot (about 9% to hit) against a turn bet that needs roughly 30% equity, so a call isn't justified. Bluff-raising a range that bet the flop and turn is unappealing.

Button open with suitedness absent but connected 65 has enough playability three-handed; a small raise applies pressure and can win the blinds.

Three-handed button opens are wide, and A7o blocks strong aces while playing well as a 3-bet from the small blind rather than a flat with the big blind behind. Sizing to 1050 avoids playing the hand out of position in a multiway pot.

K2o is far too weak to continue against a raise and re-raise; I'm not getting the right price to chase and likely dominated.

Suitedness is absent and 56 offsuit performs poorly against a large 3-bet, especially out of position. Folding preserves chips.

Q8s on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds with a playable suited hand.

J9s is playable in position disadvantage but I'm getting good pot odds to call the small raise, and I don't want to inflate the pot with a marginal hand.

T2 offsuit is too weak and frequently dominated against a raise and a caller, even with the favorable price.

I have only J-high with no made hand or strong draw on this A-K-3 flop, so checking is the best way to see the turn cheaply.

As the button preflop raiser I have the range advantage on an A-K-3 board, and my Q8s has a gutshot to a Broadway straight plus backdoor spade draws. A small c-bet of a third of the pot should fold out weak hands while keeping my equity when called.

I have no made hand and only a weak backdoor draw on this A-K high board, while the opponent's preflop raise and continuation bet indicate strong strength. Calling would be speculative with poor equity, so I fold.

On the button with a weak but playable hand, I raise to steal the blinds and take initiative preflop.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button 3x open with the big blind still behind.

Getting about 3.25:1 from the big blind against a wide three-handed button open, so 95o is a marginal but acceptable defend in position-closing spot.

Gutshot to a Q with a backdoor-less weak hand out of position against the preflop raiser; checking keeps the pot small and lets us realize equity or check-fold to a large bet.

I have only Q-high with weak backdoor draws, and this board connects well with the BB's calling range. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn.

The open-ended straight draw (a Q or 7 makes the straight) is a good semi-bluff after the button checked back the flop, which caps their range. Betting gives fold equity and builds the pot in case I hit.

K5 suited has sufficient button equity and playability to open-raise three-handed. I use a standard 2.5bb sizing.

Q8s from the small blind against a button open is out of position with the big blind still to act; folding or 3-betting are the standard options, and folding is fine at this sizing.

A3s is suited and has enough equity against a button open to continue, and I'm getting good pot odds to call. I'll keep the pot manageable while out of position.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a king-high board, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the preflop raiser does.

Betting top pair for value against weaker kings, nines, and pocket pairs while keeping the pot manageable on this dry board.

I have a pair of threes with an ace kicker, and the bet is small relative to the pot. I have enough equity to call and see the turn, and I might be ahead if my opponent is bluffing.

I have two pair (9s and 3s) with an Ace kicker, which is strong on this board. Betting for value to extract chips from worse hands like a king or a pocket pair, while staying cautious about the paired 9s.

Top pair is strong enough to continue versus this small turn lead, while raising would mostly isolate against trips or stronger kings. Calling keeps weaker kings and bluffs in.

With a marginal top pair on a paired board, checking back secures showdown value and avoids paying off a likely stronger king or nine.