Hold'em table

96o is too weak to open from the button in three-handed play, so folding is the highest-EV option.

In a blind-versus-blind spot after the button folded, raising with suited ten-high applies pressure and seizes the betting lead.

K7 offsuit is a reasonable big-blind defend heads-up against a small-blind raise, and the price is favorable enough to continue.

I hold complete air on an ace-high monotone flop out of position, making a check the standard play.

I have a modest pair with a good kicker, but the three-heart board makes betting vulnerable to a check-raise and offers little clear value. I’ll take the free card and keep the pot manageable.

I hold ten-high with no draw on a paired monotone board; checking is free and allows me to see the river or evaluate opponent's action.

My pair of sevens has some showdown value, but the three-heart board makes a bet vulnerable to flushes and unlikely to get much value from worse hands. I’ll take the free river.

With ten-high having essentially zero showdown value on this paired, monotone board, a river bet of 350 into 600 targets the missed overcards in the big blind's checking range.

My two pair is weak on this board, and the river bet can represent Ax, Jx, or a completed flush. I don't expect enough bluffs to justify calling the price.

Q3o is too weak to open on the button, even three-handed. Folding is standard.

AJo is a strong hand heads-up against the big blind, so raise for value and initiative. A 3x big-blind raise is a solid size from the small blind.

24 offsuit is too weak to continue against a small-blind raise, even heads-up. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a hand that rarely flops well.

8-4 offsuit is too weak to open profitably, even from the button in a three-handed game.

T5o is too weak to complete from the small blind; the posted blind is a sunk cost and continuing has poor equity and reverse implied odds.

94s is a playable suited hand on the button in three-handed play, so I open to 2.5bb rather than fold a hand with decent postflop playability.

A5o plays poorly out of position against a button raise with the big blind left to act, making fold the standard play.

The dead small blind improves the pot odds, so calling 150 is reasonable despite the weak offsuit hand. I’ll see whether the flop gives me a worthwhile continuation.

I have no pair or strong draw on a paired, coordinated flop, so checking keeps the pot small without investing in a bluff.

Nine-high with no pair or draw has almost no equity if called, and the paired flop reduces fold equity, so checking back is better than bluffing.

My hand has no meaningful draw or showdown strength, and the checked flop gives little reason to build the pot with a bluff. I’ll take the free card.

I have no pair and no draw on a paired board, so bluffing has little equity when called. Checking is free and keeps the pot small with a weak hand.

The board already gives both players trip tens, and my low hole cards do not improve the board’s kickers. After two checks, a bluff is unlikely to fold enough better-kicker hands, so I’ll take the free showdown.

Board has trip tens, so I only play TTT98 and beat very few hands. Checking realizes my thin showdown value for free instead of betting into a range that mostly has me beat.

96s is a two-gapper that sits just outside the standard button opening range in 3-handed play, making a fold clean and zero EV.

With the button folded, calling 50 more closes the action at favorable pot odds. 6-4 offsuit is weak, but it has enough equity to complete rather than fold.

Pocket deuces are ahead of a wide small-blind complete and I have position heads-up, so a small isolation raise builds the pot and denies a free flop.

6♣4♠ is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and calling a substantial raise out of position is not worthwhile.

A8 suited is a strong button open three-handed; raising applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the sizing modest.

56 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, low-equity hand.

Defending the big blind with J9o against a button open getting favorable pot odds of 2.67 to 1.

We flop an open-ended straight draw out of position and check to the preflop aggressor.

I have a reasonable second pair with showdown value, but betting risks building the pot against tens and stronger hands. I’ll take the free card in position.

Turned top pair with an open-ended straight draw after the flop checked through; betting for value and protection against the button's checking range.

The turn bet is a substantial share of the pot, and the jack improves many hands in the big blind’s calling range. With only a pair of eights and limited improvement chances, calling is unlikely to have enough equity.