Hold'em table

QJs is a strong, highly playable button opening hand in a three-handed game. I raise to apply pressure and build the pot with positional advantage.

Q2o is a weak hand in the small blind, and facing a raise to 250 from the button with the big blind still behind leaves me in an uncomfortable position. The hand doesn't have sufficient equity or playability to justify calling an additional 200 chips.

AT is strong enough to defend against a button open, and calling 150 into 400 gives good odds while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Flopped top two pair on a monotone board; betting for value and to charge flush draws.

I have a gutshot to Broadway and position against a relatively small flop lead. Calling preserves flexibility while retaining equity on a coordinated board.

With no club on a four-club board and only queen-high, checking preserves our showdown equity and avoids bluffing into a likely continuing range.

With four clubs on board and no club in my hand, a value bet is unlikely to be called by worse hands while flushes will continue. Checking takes the showdown with my pair of queens.

Q-4 offsuit is a weak hand in early position (button in 3-player game). With action to me after small blind and big blind have acted, folding minimizes losses against likely stronger holdings.

Getting 3:1 pot odds heads-up with a speculative hand; calling to see a flop is profitable given the price.

Check the big blind with a playable but non-premium suitedness-mismatched connector and realize equity heads-up.

I flopped middle pair on a draw-heavy board and am out of position; betting for value and protection against overcards and draws.

I have an open-ended straight draw with additional pair potential, giving sufficient equity versus this small flop bet. Calling keeps the pot manageable in position.

I have trips with an 8 kicker on a draw-heavy board. Betting for value and to charge flush/straight draws.

Nine-high has only a thin river straight draw and insufficient pot odds against the turn bet. Folding preserves chips.

On the button with an ace, I'll open-raise to apply pressure and take initiative; A2o is weak but playable in position.

A suited ace is strong enough to defend the small blind against a button min-raise in this three-handed spot, with good postflop playability.

3-Jack offsuit is a weak holding in a three-way pot against two opponents who have shown strength through betting and calling. Folding preserves chips when equity is poor.

This board strongly favors the preflop raiser, while ace-high has some showdown value but little equity when called. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets us react to their sizing.

I have only ace-high on a coordinated KQ5 flop, so checking behind controls the pot and avoids getting raised by made hands or strong draws.

Betting applies pressure to missed overcards and weaker pairs while retaining a gutshot to the nut straight if called.

Open-raising the button with an ace leverages position and likely has sufficient equity against the blinds' ranges.

With QK offsuit from small blind facing a raise to 250, I have a premium hand that warrants aggression. A 3x raise to 800 builds the pot favorably, applies pressure to both opponents, and clarifies hand strength while maintaining position advantage postflop.

A8o is a weak, dominated offsuit ace facing a button open and a small-blind three-bet; folding avoids playing a marginal hand out of position in a bloated pot.

A4 offsuit is too weak and dominated often against a small-blind 3-bet range. Folding avoids continuing with poor equity despite position.

With Ace-Queen suited on the button, this is a strong hand. Raising to 600 (6bb) puts pressure on the blinds and builds the pot from a favorable position. This aggressive play is standard with premium holdings from the button.

4s8s is a weak off-suit-gapped hand from the small blind facing a large button raise. Calling 550 out of position with the big blind still to act is unprofitable, so I fold.

QJs plays well heads-up against a button open and has strong postflop potential. Calling preserves position disadvantage without overinflating the pot.

With Q-high and no club on an ace-high coordinated flop, checking is the prudent default. I can reassess versus a bet.

I have a strong hand with A-Q on a board containing an Ace, giving me top pair with a good kicker. My opponent checked the flop, indicating weakness, so I should bet to build the pot and extract value from weaker holdings or draws.

With only queen-high and no club draw, calling the pot-sized continuation bet is too speculative against the preflop raiser.

With 54s on the button in a 3-handed game, raising applies pressure on the blinds and uses position; the hand also has good playability if called.

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button 3x open with the big blind still behind.

T-J offsuit is a marginal hand against a 3x raise from the button. Folding preserves chips when facing a 200-chip call with limited information and mediocre holdings in a 3-handed game.