Holdem table

K2 suited from the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open-raise, so I'm opening to 2.5bb to steal the blinds.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open from the small blind in this multiway configuration.

JTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, and calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

With two overcards but no made hand or strong draw, I’ll check out of position and avoid building the pot.

On a dry paired board the preflop raiser has a big range advantage, so a small c-bet works well; K-high with a backdoor flush draw is a fine hand to bet.”,

J-high has no pair or flush draw, and its straight potential needs two specific turn and river cards. Out of position, calling the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Open the button with pocket eights for value and initiative, using a standard sizing that can be defended selectively against.

KQ offsuit is strong enough to three-bet a button open from the small blind. Raising to 1,000 puts pressure on the opener and avoids inviting the big blind in cheaply.

KTs facing a button open and a large SB 3-bet to 10bb, with the opener still to act behind, is dominated too often and plays poorly out of position. Folding is best.

Pocket eights are strong enough to continue in position versus the small blind's large three-bet. Calling keeps their range wider and preserves maneuverability postflop.

Top pair with a strong kicker is ahead of many hands that called the preflop raise. A small bet gets value while keeping weaker hands in the pot.

Call the small continuation bet with an underpair in position; the sizing permits us to realize equity and reassess on the turn.

Top pair with a strong kicker can get value from weaker queens and nines. A half-pot bet also charges club draws.

Pocket eights are a marginal bluff-catcher on this paired, queen-high board against sustained 3-bet pot pressure. Folding avoids continuing with poor equity versus the likely value-heavy range.

K5 offsuit is playable on the button three-handed. A small raise uses position while keeping the pot manageable.

K9o from the small blind facing a 2.5x button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is too dominated and out of position to call profitably. Folding is standard here.

Pocket tens are a strong value hand against a button open, especially heads-up after the small blind folds. I 3-bet to build value and deny equity.

K5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, even with position.

K9o is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds with a hand that plays well in position.

A2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still to act.

Calling 150 more with 8-7 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defense against a button raise, especially with no rake.

With an unpaired gutshot and no club draw, I prefer to check to the preflop raiser rather than build the pot out of position.

Top pair with a king kicker plus a backdoor club draw on a dry-ish board versus the big blind's check. A ~1/3 pot c-bet gets value from worse 9s, 5s and draws while protecting against overcards."}

The gutshot and weak pair outs do not justify calling this sizable flop bet out of position, especially with further bets possible.

Button opening with A-K offsuit is strong and benefits from building the pot while applying pressure to the blinds. A 2.5bb open is an efficient standard size.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

A7s in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open is getting great odds (150 to win 400) and plays well postflop, so calling is clearly profitable. A 3-bet is also possible, but calling keeps the button's weaker hands in.

Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw, out of position on a paired board that favors the preflop raiser. Checking lets me realize equity and call a small c-bet.

A small continuation bet leverages our preflop range advantage on this paired board and can fold out many unpaired hands while retaining manageable risk.

Getting 750:200 against a small c-bet on a paired board, A7 with a backdoor flush draw and ace-high has enough equity to continue. Calling keeps the button's bluffs in.

On the turn I have the nut flush draw with an ace overcard, out of position against the button's c-bettor on a paired board. Checking gives me a free or cheap card and keeps the pot manageable, and I can call a reasonable bet with my strong draw.

I have two overcards plus a gutshot to Broadway, and the turn is a good card to apply pressure to missed or marginal flop calls. A medium-sized bet can fold out weaker pairs and draws while retaining equity when called.

We hold the nut flush draw with a possible ace overcard. The price is 450 to win 1850 (about 24% needed), and our roughly 20-25% equity plus implied odds on the river makes calling better than folding or raising.

My flush draw missed, but ace-high still has some showdown value against missed straight draws. Leading here would be a thin bluff into a range that barreled twice, so I'll check and give up if villain bets big.

After two calls, the big blind is likely holding at least a pair on this board. Ace-high has some showdown value against missed overcards, while a river bluff is unlikely to fold enough better hands.

On the button with a suited hand, I can open small to contest the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

Against a wide 3-handed button min-raise, T6s gets a good price at 150 to win 350. It has enough playability to call, even out of position with the big blind still to act.

Call the extra 100 in the big blind with suited ace-low equity and strong pot odds against a min-raise plus caller.

T6 offhand has only a gutshot (needs an 8), and I'm out of position in a three-way pot against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how the others act.

With ace-high and little immediate equity on this coordinated three-way flop, checking preserves showdown value and avoids inflating the pot.

With only a gutshot straight draw against two opponents, I prefer taking the free card to bluffing into a multiway pot.

The flop checked through, so both opponents' ranges look weak. I'm leading small as a semi-bluff with a gutshot to the straight (any 8) and some fold equity.

Ahigh has no made hand or meaningful draw on this coordinated board, and the turn lead into two players is unlikely to fold often enough to justify a bluff.

I have only a gutshot straight draw, and calling 350 requires more equity than four river outs provide. A bluff raise is unlikely to be profitable against this turn bet.