Hold'em table

6-2 offsuit is a very weak button opening hand and folding avoids entering a low-equity pot.

With the button folded, calling 50 closes the action against the big blind. Despite a weak hand, the low cost and positional advantage make a limp preferable to folding.

K7s is well ahead of a small-blind limping range, and I'll have position postflop, so raising to 4bb for value and isolation is good.

Eight-deuce offsuit plays poorly heads-up, especially out of position against a raise to 400. Calling another 300 or reraising is unlikely to be profitable.

T7 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open three-handed. A small raise uses position while limiting the investment.

Pocket aces in the small blind facing a button open, so I'm 3-betting to about 4x the open to build the pot and deny the big blind a cheap look. Out of position, this sizing is standard.

KQo is dominated too often against a small-blind 3-bet with the original raiser still behind, making a call out of position unattractive.

T7 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, even in position.

J7 suited on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds.

Qc6h offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

The button's small raise gives me a reasonable price to defend the big blind with a suited hand, despite playing out of position.

I have no pair or immediate draw on this flop, so I’ll check rather than build the pot.

Middle pair plus a backdoor flush draw on a K-high board that favors the preflop raiser; a small c-bet of about a third of the pot gets folds from worse hands and protects my equity.

With no pair or immediate draw on this K-J-8 flop, calling the bet out of position is not worthwhile.

AQ offsuit is a strong button opening hand three-handed, so I raise for value and initiative.

7♦5♦ is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3x button raise with the big blind still to act.

Getting 450:200 odds in the big blind against a button open, 84s is suited with decent playability, so I'll call and play in position-disadvantaged but cheap spot.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a paired board, out of position against the button raiser; checking controls the pot and lets his bluffs continue.

A modest continuation bet leverages my preflop initiative on this paired, low board while retaining flexibility with two overcards.

Top pair on a paired 3-3-8 board with a backdoor flush draw is well ahead of a button c-bet range, so calling keeps his bluffs in. Raising would mostly fold out worse hands.

Second pair with a weak kicker after the ten overcard hit is a bluff-catcher, so we check and plan to call reasonable bets. We keep the pot controlled against a button range that bets small with many hands.

With ace-high on a paired board after the flop call, checking preserves showdown value and avoids bloating the pot against a range containing many pairs or trips.

Third pair has showdown value, but the river king and completed hearts improve many of the button's turn-checking hands. A bet would get few calls from worse hands, so checking to realize equity is best.

The river king is a strong scare card after the opponent checked twice, and a medium bluff can fold many one-pair hands such as eights or tens. My ace also gives some showdown value if checked through, but betting targets their capped range.

Our pair of eights only needs about 26% equity to call a half-pot bet. The button checked back the turn, so its range is capped and includes plenty of missed draws, ace-high hands and weaker pairs, which makes this a reasonable bluff-catch.

J6 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open three-handed. A small raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable in position.

AKo in the small blind facing a button open is a clear 3-bet for value. Sizing to 10bb out of position also pressures the big blind.

7-3 offsuit is far too weak to continue facing a large 10bb three-bet out of position.

J6 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large preflop three-bet, even in position.

Q7s on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; 2.5x puts pressure on the blinds.

7-4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

8-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a 2.5x button raise, especially out of position.