Hold'em table

Complete the small blind cheaply with a suited jack in a heads-up blind pot; folding for 50 chips is too tight.

AQo is well ahead of a small-blind limping range, so I raise for value from the big blind. Four times the big blind builds the pot while keeping worse hands in.

J2 suited is too weak to continue against a large blind raise out of position, especially with the button already folded.

6-3 offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button at this stack depth.

AJs is a strong hand from the small blind against the big blind alone, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and initiative.

J8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative against two blinds.

I have a suited ace, which is a strong hand in a 3-handed game. Raising to 400 puts pressure on the button and may fold out the big blind, while taking control of the hand.

T♣J♣ is a strong, playable suited connector in a three-handed pot and has good equity against the likely raising ranges. Calling keeps weaker hands and the button in while avoiding unnecessary preflop variance.

Getting 150 to win 1050 (about 12.5% equity needed) and I have position on the button, so calling with J8o is clearly profitable despite the small 3-bet and cold call.

Betting small into the checked pot applies pressure to two opponents while leveraging two overcards and backdoor club potential.

Top pair with a jack kicker on a dry board is well ahead of much of a small-lead range, and we only need 20% equity to call 400 into 1600. Calling keeps the pot controlled with seat_1 still to act behind us.

I barrel the turn to represent a strong overpair or made hand and pressure unpaired overcards and weaker draws. My J-high has limited showdown value but retains a gutshot to a nine.

Top pair with a jack kicker is getting about 27% pot odds against a lead that includes draws and weaker pairs. That's a good enough price to call, but raising would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by better ones.

With one pair on a three-spade river after being called on both flop and turn, checking preserves our reasonable showdown value and avoids extracting calls mainly from stronger hands.

Second pair (8s with a J kicker) has some showdown value, but the river completed flush and straight draws. Betting would mostly get called only by better hands, so I check behind.

AJo is strong from the button, so I raise to apply pressure and take initiative preflop.

J5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button 3x open, especially with the big blind still to act.

83o is too weak to defend against a 3x button open. We would be out of position, and the hand has poor equity and playability even with 3.25:1 pot odds.

2-5 offsuit is too weak to enter with from the button in this configuration.

A8o is a strong hand blind vs blind once the button has folded, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and to take the initiative.

I have a weak ace but am getting 2:1 pot odds and have position postflop, so calling to see the flop is reasonable.

The dry K-high board favors my preflop raising range, so a small one-third-pot c-bet with ace-high and backdoor equity works well against a big blind calling range.

I have middle pair with a strong Ace kicker and am getting good pot odds, so calling the small flop bet is reasonable. Folding would be too weak against a standard continuation bet.

Ace-high with a gutshot to the wheel (any 5) and an ace overcard makes a good semi-bluff barrel on this K-high board. The ace blocks strong Ax hands, and the bet pressures the small pairs and weak draws that called the flop.

My hand is only a pair of fours with an ace kicker, and the opponent has shown strong aggression on every street. The turn bet is large, and I don't have enough equity to continue profitably.

On the button in a 3-handed game, K2o is a reasonable steal against the two blinds. A small 2.5bb open keeps the risk low.

9-4 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against the button raise, with poor equity and little playability postflop.

QJs is a strong, highly playable heads-up big blind defense and performs well as a 3-bet against a button min-raise. Raising applies pressure while retaining good equity when called.

K2o is a weak button open that can't profitably continue against a big blind 3-bet to 9bb out of position dynamics; folding saves chips.