Hold'em table

JTo is a solid button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative and fold out weaker hands.

Q8 suited is a reasonable small-blind defense versus a button min-open-ish raise in three-handed play, with favorable implied odds despite being out of position.

With 3h 6c out of position against a raise and a call, folding is the only profitable option to avoid losing more chips in a multi-way pot.

The preflop raiser checked back on a paired, coordinated flop, so a small continuation probe can profitably pressure unpaired overcards and realize initiative. Q-high has limited showdown value and benefits from denying equity.

JTo has two overcards and position; calling 250 into 850 needs only about 23% equity, which is close enough to continue and reassess on the turn.

I improved to two pair on the turn and should value-bet against pocket pairs, 5x, 6x, and straight draws while charging draws.

JTo has no pair and no draw on a paired 5-6-6-8 board, so calling 700 into 1800 is unprofitable against a turn raise.

7-4 offsuit is a weak button opening hand in a three-handed game and not worth entering at this stack depth.

A8o is a playable hand heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 300 puts pressure on the big blind and allows me to take the pot down preflop or play a raised pot with initiative.

Pocket threes have enough equity and implied odds to call a 3bb small-blind raise heads-up, and I will be in position postflop.

With a missed flop but initiative, a continuation bet of half pot puts pressure on the caller and can fold out many hands that missed this coordinated board.

I flopped a set of threes and want to build the pot while charging diamond and straight draws. A raise to 900 is a strong value size without overcommitting.

Holding only Ace-high with a weak gutshot and backdoor flush draw, the 600 call into 1800 doesn't offer enough immediate odds, and opponent's raise on this connected board suggests a strong made hand that won't fold to a re-raise.

T4o is too weak to play even from the button in a 3-handed game; calling is -EV given pot odds and raising risks losing more against unknown opposition.

23 offsuit is too weak to call or raise from the small blind even heads-up against the big blind.

96 suited is playable as a button open in three-handed poker, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative rather than flat a weak offsuit-ish suited connector.

Q2 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

With pocket sixes in the big blind, calling the button's raise is the standard play to set-mine or evaluate the flop, avoiding a risky 3-bet out of position.

With a set of sixes on a K-high flop, betting gets value from Kx, flush and straight draws. A bet of 300 into 550 builds the pot.

I have second pair in position and only need about 26% equity to continue against a single flop bet, so calling keeps the pot manageable while I reassess the turn.

We have a set of sixes, but the turn completed the flush. Checking controls the pot and allows us to evaluate opponent's action. We have 10 outs to a full house or quads if behind.

I have two pair on the turn and seat_3 checked after c-betting the flop, so a small value bet extracts chips from weaker pairs and draws without bloating the pot against a king or flush.

I have a set of sixes on a draw-heavy board and want to charge draws while getting value from top pairs or two pair hands. A raise to 1500 gives poor odds to flush draws.

I have two pair and only need to call 1050 into 3100. That price is good enough to continue against a check-raise that can include bluffs and one-card draws, while raising would bloat the pot on a three-flush board.

I have a full house (sixes full of kings) and am only beaten by a few combos (KK, 99, K9). A moderate bet around 3500 can get called by trip kings or other worse hands, building the pot while leaving room to call a shove if I'm behind.

I only have kings and nines on a paired, three-spade board, and the opponent's turn check-raise plus large river bet represents many stronger hands. The price is too high to continue.

Open-raise the button with T8 offsuit to leverage position and retain initiative in a three-handed game.

K7s has blocker effects and suited playability, making it a good 3-bet bluff candidate against a button open in 3-handed; a raise to 500 applies pressure while risking minimal extra chips compared to calling OOP.

K2s is too weak to continue out of position against a button open and a small-blind three-bet; folding saves the extra 400.

The small 3-bet is priced very small and we have position heads-up, so T8o can defend at this favorable price.

We have K7 suited with a flush draw on a paired board but no made hand. Out of position, checking controls the pot and allows us to see the turn cheaply or react to opponent's action.

A small continuation bet can fold out unpaired overcards and realizes initiative after the preflop call. The paired board makes a modest sizing sufficient while limiting risk against the small blind's strong checking range.

The small bet offers good odds to see a turn with two overcards and a backdoor flush draw; I can re-evaluate if I improve.

My K-high has no showdown value and only a gutshot draw that may not be good on a paired board; checking keeps the pot small and gives me a chance to see a free river.

A turn bet pressures the opponent's unpaired overcards and weaker bluff-catchers on this paired board. Our hand has limited showdown value, so betting is preferable to checking behind.

We have trip sixes with K-kicker, but any A, pair, 6, or 5 in villain's range beats us. After calling a 3-bet and barreling flop and turn, our hand is a bluff catcher at best, and we lack the equity to call.

Q5o is borderline but with button and dead money in pot, a raise to 2.5 BB pressures the blinds and builds a pot with initiative; folding is too nitty and calling invites multi-way with a weak hand.

72o is the worst starting hand and has no equity justification for calling a raise out of position.

7-2 suited is far too weak to defend against a button raise from the big blind, especially out of position.