Hold'em table

T5o on the button three-handed is a marginal hand that sits at the bottom of a standard opening range. Folding is simple and avoids playing a weak offsuit hand out of position against two blinds.

Q9 offsuit is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds. A 3-big-blind raise puts pressure on the blind without committing too much out of position.

7-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a small-blind raise, especially out of position.

32 suited is at the bottom of a button opening range. With no reads on the blinds, I prefer to avoid a marginal pot.

4-6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind heads-up against the big blind at this stack depth.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to profitably enter from the button against two blinds at this stack depth.

Pocket kings in the SB versus the BB is a clear value raise. I'm going to 3x to build the pot while staying out of position.

Pocket eights are strong against a small-blind opening range. A three-bet builds value and makes overcards pay to see the flop.

KK is far ahead of a BB 3-bet range in a blind-vs-blind spot, so a 4-bet builds the pot and gets value from worse hands. Out of position, I'd rather take the lead than just call.

Pocket eights are unlikely to fare well against a four-bet, and calling 16 big blinds leaves too little behind to profitably chase a set.

ATs on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb for value and position.

KJo is strong enough to contest a button open, but calling from the small blind leaves me out of position with the big blind still to act. A three-bet gives me a chance to win the pot now.

K2 offsuit is too weak to continue facing an open and a large 3-bet out of position.

ATs plays well in position against a small-blind 3-bet, and calling 750 into a 2100 pot gives good odds. A 4-bet would fold out the worse hands we dominate and leave us facing only the stronger part of their range.

A small continuation bet pressures unpaired overcards in the button's range. The J♦ also gives me some equity on diamond runouts.

I have the nut flush on a monotone flop, so I'm raising for value to build the pot while overpairs with a diamond and sets will continue. At a low stack-to-pot ratio, this sets up getting stacks in by the river.

The jack-high diamond draw has enough potential against the flop raise to continue at this price. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving the option to reassess on the turn.

The flop raise and call suggest a strong range, so a large turn bluff is unlikely to fold out enough better hands. Checking preserves my stack while I still have a diamond draw and gutshot straight draw.

I hold the nut flush, and no full house or straight flush is possible yet. A bet of about 57% of the pot lets sets, pair-plus-draw hands and weaker flushes continue, then leaves a clean all-in of roughly a quarter pot on the river.

The flop raise and large turn bet suggest a strong hand. My straight draw is narrow, and a river diamond may not win against a higher flush, so calling 3500 is too costly.

A9 offsuit is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 250 puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

T9 suited has good playability in a multiway blind-defense spot against a small button open, and calling preserves its implied-odds potential.

Getting 150 to win 600 (4:1) with suited K5 in the big blind, calling is profitable multiway; squeezing is less appealing against the SB's call.

We have an open-ended straight draw on a coordinated board, but checking keeps the pot controlled multiway and preserves the option to respond to later action.

Top pair with a weak kicker, out of position in a three-way pot. Checking to the preflop raiser keeps the pot controlled and lets me call a c-bet, rather than donking into ranges that often dominate my kicker.

With ace-high and little potential to improve on this K-Q-4 two-heart flop, a bet into two opponents is unlikely to be profitable. I’ll check and use my position on later streets.

I have a pair plus a strong open-ended straight draw, and the checked flop suggests both opponents are often capped. A medium turn bet extracts value from weaker pairs and draws while applying pressure.

Top pair is a reasonable bluff-catcher after the flop checked through, since that caps the ranges, and I'm getting about 28% pot odds. The weak kicker and the player still to act make raising unattractive, so I'll call and re-evaluate on the river.

Against a turn bet and a call, my gutshot and uncertain ace outs do not offer enough equity for the 500-chip call.

We have a strong two-pair hand and can value-bet against Kx, Tx, and some bluff-catchers. A moderate sizing limits losses versus a queen or straight while still extracting value.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a paired board is a bluff-catcher, but a 700-chip bet into 1750 only requires about 22% equity. Villain's range still contains missed heart draws and weaker pairs, so calling is profitable.

8-7 offsuit is too weak to profitably open on the button at this stack depth.

Blind vs blind with K7o is a clear continue, and it's a standard raising hand from the SB. Raising to 3bb applies pressure and avoids playing out of position in a limped pot.

With position and no rake, 9♣3♣ is a marginal but playable defense against a small-blind raise to 3 big blinds.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a board that favors my range as the preflop raiser; a small c-bet gets value from worse Kx, Qx and draws while keeping the pot controlled out of position.

Bottom pair has enough showdown value to call the small flop bet in position. I can reassess if the opponent bets again on the turn.

K7 has a weak kicker, and the paired queen improves much of the big blind's calling range. Most worse hands would fold to a bet, so I'm checking for pot control and planning to call reasonable bets.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get called by worse hands or fold out better ones. I’ll check and reassess on the river.

K7 is a weak-kicker king on a paired board where the flush just got there. Most worse hands won't call a bet, and Qx, better kings and flushes beat me, so I'll check to control the pot and keep showdown value.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll take the free showdown.