Hold'em table

42o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play at 100bb, so folding is standard.

With the button folded, Q5 offsuit is worth completing for 50 chips heads-up, but it is too weak to build a large pot out of position.

A♠T♦ is strong heads-up against the small blind’s limp. Raise for value and to take the initiative.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 4bb raise.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two players.

I’m getting favorable pot odds to complete from the small blind, and 8-5 can still make a useful pair or draw heads-up.

A2o is well ahead of a small blind limping range, and raising to 4bb from the big blind isolates and takes the initiative while we hold position postflop.

5♥8♣ is a weak offsuit hand, and calling a large raise from the small blind would put more chips in out of position with poor prospects.

Queens are a premium hand on the button, so raise for value and to build the pot while charging the blinds to continue.

AKo in the small blind facing a button open is a clear 3-bet for value. Sizing to 12bb works out of position with the big blind still to act.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 12-big-blind three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

Queens are strong enough to 4-bet for value in this three-handed spot. A raise to 2700 applies pressure while keeping the sizing controlled and leaves room to respond if reraised.

AKo facing a button 4-bet three-handed is a standard 5-bet shove: it blocks AA/KK, has good equity against calling ranges, and collects fold equity from bluff 4-bets.

Calling 7,300 requires roughly 36% equity against the shove, and QQ is strong enough against a plausible three-handed 5-bet range to continue.

On the button in 3-handed play, 74s is a reasonable steal hand; a small open to 2.5bb pressures the blinds.

5-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Q6 offsuit is a marginal but reasonable big-blind defend against a button raise, and the 150-chip call gets a favorable price heads-up.

I have no pair and only limited backdoor potential, so there is little value in betting into the preflop raiser. I’ll check and keep the pot small.

On a paired low board that favors the preflop raiser, a small c-bet works well. 7h4h has a gutshot to a 6 plus overcard equity, so a third-pot bet puts pressure on the big blind's many misses.

The small flop bet offers favorable pot odds, and the paired low board gives the preflop raiser many unpaired hands that Q-high can currently beat. Call once rather than raise with this marginal hand.

The turn gives me an open-ended straight draw, and a modest lead can win immediately against overcards while building a pot when called. I keep the sizing controlled on this paired board.

Getting about 4.6:1 with fives and fours plus straight and full-house outs (any 6 or 4), so this is an easy call. Raising would mostly fold out worse hands and get action from better ones.

I have only the board pair with a modest kicker, and the river king may have improved the button's calling range. Checking avoids putting more chips into a weak spot while preserving some chance to win at showdown.

Our fours-and-fives two pair has some showdown value against busted draws and 3x, but it loses to any Kx, overpairs and straights. A bet would mostly get called by better hands, so we check back.

K2 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open three-handed. A small raise uses position while limiting risk.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

QTs is well ahead of a button min-raise range, so 3-betting for value and initiative is good; calling is also fine, but a raise to 8.5bb pressures their wide range.

K2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large 3-bet, even with position.

Q3 offsuit is weak, but as the button in a three-handed pot it is playable as an open raise. A 2.5x raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

82o in the small blind facing a button open with the big blind behind is a clear fold; it's out of position with poor equity.

The small blind's dead money improves the price, making T3 suited worth defending against a button raise.

With ten-high and only a backdoor flush draw, checking out of position keeps the pot small and lets me reassess after the button acts.

With queen-high and no meaningful draw, checking behind preserves the chance to realize my overcard equity without inflating the pot.

I have little equity and no meaningful draw. Checking avoids investing more against a range that can contain many better hands.

The opponent has checked twice, so a small delayed bluff can credibly represent a pair or stronger and may fold out better high-card hands. Keeping the size modest limits the cost when called.

Ten-high has no meaningful draw on this paired board. Calling the turn bet is unlikely to be profitable.