Hold'em table

Open-raising K3s on the button in 3-handed play to steal blinds and realize position.

J5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind, facing a button raise with the big blind still to act behind. Folding is better than calling 150 more.

J6 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small button raise, especially with the dead small-blind chips in the pot.

Bottom pair with no spade is too weak to build a pot out of position, but it has enough showdown value to continue cautiously.

I have King-high with very little equity or backdoor connectivity on a board that connects reasonably well with the big blind's defending range, so checking behind to control the pot is preferable.

Turn trips are strong after the flop checked through. Betting 300 gets value from tens and spade draws while charging hands with river equity.

I have King-high with no pair and no redraws on a coordinated, paired board facing a turn bet.

2d Jh is a very weak offsuit hand, and on the button against two blinds it doesn't justify paying 100 to see a flop. Folding costs nothing and avoids playing out of position with a poor hand.

With the button folded, 4♦3♦ is worth completing for 50 chips heads-up. Calling keeps the pot small with a speculative hand out of position.

Checking my option in the big blind with 52s to see a free flop in position against the limp.

With only a gutshot straight draw and no bet to call, checking avoids investing more chips with a weak hand.

With five-high and only backdoor draws, checking behind to see a free turn is standard.

I have little showdown value, but the flop checked through and I have a gutshot. A small turn bet can fold out stronger unpaired hands.

I have only a five-high flush draw on a paired board with 19% equity, which does not justify calling 150 chips into a 350 pot needing 30% pot odds.

76 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players at 100-big-blind stacks.

Holding pocket nines in the small blind after the button folded is a strong value hand; raising to 3 bb builds the pot.

Q7o is weak against a small blind raise to 3bb. Calling 2 more chips out of position would often leave me with a dominated hand and a tough postflop spot, so I'll fold.

King-Jack offsuit is well within the standard button opening range in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb to build the pot and take the initiative.

ATo is a strong hand in a 3-handed game, facing a button open to 2.5bb. Out of position in the small blind, a 3-bet to 9bb is better than calling, and it gets value from worse aces and takes the initiative.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large 3-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

KJo faces a substantial 3.6x three-bet from the small blind. While we have position, KJo suffers from significant reverse implied odds and dominates poorly against a standard 3-betting range, making fold the standard play.

T2 offsuit is a weak hand, and from the button against two blinds it isn't worth calling 100 to see a flop out of position in the later streets; folding is the disciplined choice.

Completing for 50 chips gives T4 offsuit an inexpensive chance to see a flop against the big blind. Raising would build a larger pot out of position with a weak hand.

Holding ATo in the big blind against an SB limp, raising to 400 isolates with a strong hand in position.

T4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise to 400, especially out of position.

K2 offsuit is playable as a button open in three-handed hold’em. Raising gives me a chance to win the blinds and keeps the initiative if called.

A6o is too weak to call out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act, and it makes a poor 3-bet candidate compared to wheel aces.

K6o in the big blind getting 400 to 150 (about 2.7:1) against a button open of 2.5x, which is a wide range. The price is good enough to defend, and a 3-bet bluff with this hand is not worthwhile.

I have a weak pair-less hand (K high with a backdoor nothing) on an A-5-3 board, and the button raiser has a range advantage. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does; I can still call or fold to a bet.

The ace-high flop favors my preflop raising range, and a small bet can win the pot immediately while my gutshot retains some equity when called.

Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-ish wheel draw (A-3-5 with 6 needs a 2 or 4 for a straight). Getting about 4:1 on a small c-bet from the button, so calling is profitable; raising would risk too much.

I hold only king-high with a gutshot-ish backdoor at best (6 with 5,3 and A gives a weak draw needing a 4 and 2 for a straight). The button bet the flop and called nothing more, so a bluff has little fold equity. I'll check and see the price of continuing.

The turn adds little equity to my gutshot, and a second bet is unlikely to fold out an ace or a diamond draw. Checking preserves my stack and lets me see the river.

King-high has almost no showdown value against a bettor who checked back the turn, yet it may still beat a missed draw. A bluff would only fold out worse hands, so I check and take the free showdown.

King-high has little showdown value. A river bet can fold out weak pairs and missed draws, while the K♦ blocks some strong flushes.

Holding a pair of kings with K-high on a board of A-Q-9-5-3 is only king-high, so it is a bluff-catcher. Getting 1560+650 into 650 means about 3.4:1, needing about 23% equity. The button's line of a small flop bet, a turn check and a river bet could be a bluff or a missed draw (the flush draw missed), so calling is reasonable.