Hold'em table

AT offsuit is a strong hand in 3-handed play; raising for value and to take the initiative.

5c 3h is an extremely weak offsuit hand facing a 3x open while out of position.

K6 offsuit is marginal, but against a button open the pot odds and dead small blind make defending the big blind worthwhile.

With king-high and no strong draw, I’ll check to the preflop raiser rather than build the pot out of position.

As preflop raiser on a J-high board with an overcard, a 350 c-bet into 650 applies pressure and can fold out missed hands or draws.

K-high has only weak backdoor potential on this board, and calling out of position against the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Opening 87s from the button with a standard 2.5bb raise.

3h2d is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

AQo is strong enough to 3-bet against a button open; raising to 800 applies pressure and builds pot with a strong hand.

With 87s on the button getting good pot odds against a standard 3-bet from the big blind, calling in position is standard 100bb deep.

I have top pair with a strong kicker on a draw-heavy board. Betting for value and to charge flush draws.

I completely missed this Ace-King high board with 8-high and have no equity to continue against a flop c-bet.

On the button in a three-handed pot, a small open gives K2 offsuit a chance to win the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

Pocket fours has enough implied odds to set-mine against a button open, and calling only 150 closes toward a multiway pot with deep stacks. Raising would bloat the pot out of position with a speculative small pair.

Q2o is too weak and uncoordinated to defend multiway out of position, despite good immediate pot odds.

With a small underpair on a coordinated flop and no fold equity against the preflop raiser, I prefer checking to control the pot and see the turn.

K-high has little equity on this coordinated flop, and a bet is unlikely to make better hands fold often enough. Checking preserves chips and lets me see the turn in position.

With a weak underpair on a paired, coordinated board and no spade, I prefer to check and keep the pot small out of position rather than turn 44 into a bluff.

After the opponent checked twice, a modest turn bet can fold out some better high-card hands and weak pairs. King-high has limited showdown value if I check.

My pair of fours is a weak underpair on a paired, coordinated board, and the button's turn bet after checking the flop represents enough strength that calling with poor equity is not profitable.

3d5d is a weak suited gapper and I am first to act preflop; calling 100 without closing the action is not profitable enough, so I fold.

I hold premium cards (Ah Ks) blind versus blind after the button folded, making an open-raise to 3bb standard for value.

A5 suited plays well against a wide small-blind opening range. A three-bet applies pressure while retaining good postflop potential.

AKo is a premium holding in a blind-versus-blind confrontation, making a 4-bet to 25 big blinds standard for value and pot control out of position.

A5 suited has some potential, but the 4-bet to 2,500 makes continuing expensive. Without a read that this opponent 4-bets light, folding preserves chips.

K4o is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

A8 suited is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds, building the pot and denying a free flop.

KQo is strong enough to defend against a small blind raise in a heads-up pot. Calling keeps the pot manageable and avoids bloating it with a marginal hand out of position.

With middle pair on a board that connects well with the big blind's calling range, I prefer to check and control the pot.

With KQo on a low disconnected flop, I have overcards and a backdoor straight draw but no made hand. Checking back controls the pot and realizes equity, avoiding a bluff into a preflop raiser who could have a pair.

With a pair of eights on the queen turn, I have some showdown value but little reason to build the pot out of position.

Value bet with top pair and good kicker after SB checks the turn; charging draws and getting called by worse pairs.

Second pair with an ace kicker is strong enough to continue against a small turn bet after the flop checked through. Raising would risk isolating against stronger hands.

My pair of eights has showdown value, but worse hands are unlikely to pay a river bet often enough. Checking avoids building a larger pot against queens, nines, and completed straights.

I have top pair with a strong kicker on a board where the opponent has shown little strength, checking the river after calling my turn bet. Betting half pot extracts value from worse queens and pairs while controlling risk.

My pair of eights is weak, but the 700-chip bet gives me 3-to-1 pot odds. The opponent can have missed draws or other bluffs often enough to justify a call.

Nine-three offsuit is too weak to open on the button, even with position, especially with no prior investment.

Button folded, so this is a heads-up battle with a strong suited broadway hand. Raising applies pressure on the big blind and builds the pot with position disadvantage compensated by initiative.

Facing a 3x open from the small blind, K6o lacks sufficient playability and equity to defend profitably, making fold the standard choice.