Hold'em table

K2 suited is a standard button open in 3-handed play, so I'm opening to 2.5bb to steal the blinds with a playable hand.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, with the big blind still to act.

JTo is a suitable big-blind defense against a button min-open style raise, especially heads-up with favorable pot odds.

Villain checked back a paired flop, leaving many unpaired overcards in their range. A small probe can deny equity and fold out misses while risking little with our two overcards.

The small donk bet gives good pot odds, since we only need about 20% equity. King-high with a backdoor flush draw has enough equity, and enough chances to take the pot later, to call against a wide range on this paired board.

Betting the turn applies pressure to unpaired overcards and weaker draws while leveraging our open-ended straight draw as equity if called.

King-high with no draw on 7-4-7-6 facing a growing lead from the big blind. The call needs about 28% equity, which I don't have, and a bluff-raise is unlikely to succeed against this line.

Pocket eights are strong on the button in a three-handed game, so I raise for value and initiative.

KQ suited is a strong three-handed holding; I raise for value and initiative against the button open.

KTs facing an open and a 3-bet from the small blind, with the opener still left to act behind, is too weak to continue profitably out of position. Folding the big blind is standard here.

Pocket eights are strong enough to continue against the small blind’s three-bet. Calling keeps weaker hands in and lets me play in position without inflating the pot.

I have top pair with a strong kicker in a 3-bet pot. A small continuation bet extracts value from worse queens and pocket pairs while controlling the pot.

The small flop bet gives 88 a reasonable price to continue in position. I can reassess if the opponent bets again on the turn.

Betting top pair for value against worse queens, nines, and draws while charging hands that may check back. The paired board makes a controlled sizing preferable.

The turn bet gives me a reasonable price to bluff-catch with 88 against a range that can include unpaired overcards and draws. I can reassess if faced with another bet on the river.

Our queen makes only the same two-pair hand as most other Qx holdings, while AQ and any five beat us. Checking realizes our showdown value without risking a thin value bet into stronger hands.

Pocket eights have some showdown value, while a river bet is unlikely to get many better hands to fold. Checking avoids risking more chips against a strong preflop three-betting range.

K5 offsuit is a suitable button opening hand in a three-handed game, with positional advantage and enough high-card value to raise.

K9o from the small blind facing a button open to 2.5bb is dominated often and plays poorly out of position with the big blind still to act, so folding is the standard play.

Pocket tens are strong against a button opening range. A 3-bet to 1000 builds value and reduces the opener's positional advantage.

K5 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, especially out of position postflop.

K9o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; a 2.5bb open takes advantage of position and fold equity against both blinds.

A2 offsuit blocks strong ace hands, making it a reasonable occasional three-bet against a button open. Raising also avoids playing a weak ace out of position in a multiway pot.

78 offsuit is too weak to continue facing a large open and 3-bet from the big blind.

K9o is frequently dominated by a small-blind 3-bet range. Calling 700 more to win a 2000 pot is marginal even in position, so I'm folding.

Ace-king offsuit is a strong button opening hand. Raising to 250 builds the pot while retaining position postflop.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against an early 2.5bb open with the big blind still behind.

A7s in the big blind against a button open in 3-handed play is strong enough to 3-bet for value and as a semi-bluff with a blocker. Calling is also fine, but the raise gives us fold equity and the initiative.

Ace-king is strong enough to four-bet against a big blind three-bet, and position helps if called.

A7s was a 3-bet bluff, and it is dominated by the button's likely 4-bet range of big pairs and strong aces. Calling out of position with a low stack-to-pot ratio realizes too little equity, so folding is best.

8-high suited is too weak to open profitably from the button at this stack depth.

Blind vs blind with suited T6h, raising to 3bb is a solid default that uses fold equity and keeps the initiative; limping is also acceptable.

A2 suited plays well heads-up and has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise.

As the preflop raiser, a small c-bet on this Q-high board uses my range advantage, and T6 has some backdoor straight potential. The bet can fold out better overcards and small pairs.

The small flop bet gives ace-high reasonable odds against a wide heads-up betting range. Calling preserves the chance to improve without committing to a large bluff.

With only a gutshot to an 8 and weak showdown value, and a BB calling range full of Qx, 7x and flush draws that will rarely fold, I'll check out of position and take a cheap card rather than barrel.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but no meaningful draw. I’ll check behind rather than bluff into a range that can contain many pairs.

T-high has no showdown value, and the river completes the flush. After our turn check, a flush draw is a credible part of our range, so a two-thirds pot bet can fold out villain's capped one-pair holdings.

Ace-high has little showdown value, and the river completes both flush and straight draws. With no relevant blockers, a bluff-raise is unattractive.