Hold'em table

97 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, combining blind-steal potential with good postflop playability. Raising to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure while keeping the investment modest.

Pocket queens are a premium hand; I'll 3-bet for value against the opener rather than flat in position.

AKo is a strong value 4-bet against a small-blind 3-bet in a three-handed game, and it blocks AA and KK. Raising takes the initiative and isolates rather than calling out of position with the original raiser still behind.

97 suited is too weak to continue against a three-bet and cold four-bet, especially with the three-bettor still able to reraise. The large call cost and poor equity realization outweigh the benefit of position.

Queens are strong enough to call a 4-bet preflop; I keep the pot smaller and avoid stacking off blind against an unknown 4-bettor.

I hold QQ on a K-high flop heads-up with a big pot already; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me evaluate villain's action rather than bloating it with a second-best hand.

Top pair top kicker on a dry K86 board in a 4-bet pot; a small c-bet gets value from worse kings, AQ/AJ-type floats and pairs while keeping the pot manageable against possible AA/KK. With roughly 1.7x pot behind, this sets up a natural stack-off on later streets.

QQ is ahead of most of villain's flop betting range (AK, lower overpairs) after the preflop 4-bet war; pot odds are good and stacks behind allow a turn decision.

With QQ on this wet K-high board and pot already 7850, I keep control by checking; jamming only gets called by Kx/Jx/sets that beat me, while I can call a reasonable bet and reassess on the river.

With top pair top kicker and a stack-to-pot ratio under 1, I should commit now. Shoving charges draws like QT and diamonds, and it gets value from KQ, QQ and other worse hands that may call.

9c3h is a very weak hand out of position with two players left to act; folding is clearly best.

Heads-up in the SB vs the BB, A6o is a clear raising hand. A 3x raise takes the initiative and leaves the BB the option to fold.

75 offsuit is a weak defense against a 3bb raise, with limited playability and no useful blockers for a bluff reraise. Position alone does not justify continuing without evidence that the small blind is opening excessively wide.

Pocket threes on the button in a 3-handed game are a clear open-raise; a 2.5bb open takes down the blinds often and keeps the pot manageable for set-mining.

Pocket kings warrant a value three-bet against a button open. Raising to 1,100 builds the pot with a premium hand and charges both opponents to continue while we are out of position.

T9 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise and a 3-bet; folding is clearly best.

Pocket threes against a large out-of-position 3-bet don't have the implied odds to set-mine profitably. Calling 8.5bb with about 89bb behind is marginal, and the hand will struggle to realize its equity.

32 offsuit is among the weakest starting hands, with poor equity and playability even on the button. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding is preferable to limping or attempting a steal.

Heads-up with T5s suited on the button-side, I'll raise for fold equity and position rather than limp.

In a blind-vs-blind spot facing a 3x open, I get 3:1 on the call. K6o is plenty to defend in position against a wide small-blind range.

I have only bottom pair with a weak kicker after my preflop raise got called; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position with a marginal hand.

In position after the SB checks, K6 with the Ks gives a backdoor flush draw, a gutshot to a wheel/straight (a 3 makes 3-4-5-6), and an overcard, so a small stab can take the pot or build equity. A ~40% pot bet applies pressure cheaply.

Second pair with a gutshot-ish backdoor is too strong to fold for 250 into 850; calling keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the turn.

I only hold second pair of 5s on a scary turn; checking keeps the pot small and I can fold to a bet rather than bluff into the preflop caller.

Top pair of kings on the turn after villain check-called the flop and checked again; betting about 55% of the pot gets value from Qx, weaker pairs and draws while protecting my hand.

Only a weak pair of fives with no draws; facing a 600 turn bet into a raising line, calling is unprofitable.

Blind vs blind with 86o is a reasonable open. A raise to 3bb applies pressure on the big blind's wide range.

Against a typically wide small-blind opening range, Q5 offsuit is worth defending in position. Calling costs 200 into a 400 pot, and no rake makes this marginal defense more attractive.

Open-ended straight draw on a paired board that favors the preflop raiser; a small c-bet semi-bluff wins the pot often and still has good equity when called.

Q-high has little showdown value and no meaningful backdoor draw on this paired flop. Even against a small bet, this is a weak candidate to continue or bluff-raise.

A4o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open; the ace blocker and steal equity make a 2.5bb raise standard.

76 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 2.5bb raise with the big blind still to act. Its poor equity realization out of position makes folding preferable to calling or bluff-raising.

KJs is strong enough to defend the big blind against a 2.5x button open; calling keeps the pot manageable out of position while retaining a raise option on later streets.

I flopped top pair with K5 on a paired board and there's no bet to me; I'll check and let seat_3 act, keeping the pot small with a marginal one-pair hand out of position.

A4 on a dry 553 board has ace-high, a gutshot, and a backdoor wheel draw, and this paired board favors the preflop raiser. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot gets folds from many hands and builds the pot for my equity.

King-high with no pair on a paired low board facing a bet from the preflop raiser; almost no equity, so folding is clearly best.