Hold'em table

On the button in a 3-handed game, J9o is a reasonable steal hand and raising puts pressure on the blinds while keeping initiative. A 2.5bb sizing risks a small amount to win the existing pot.

J6 suited is too weak to call out of position against a button raise with the big blind still behind; folding avoids a negative-EV spot.

KTs is a strong big-blind defend against a button open, with good suited and connected playability. Calling costs only 150 into a 400-chip pot and keeps weaker hands in the opponent's range.

King-high with two overcards and a backdoor straight draw is best checked out of position to the preflop raiser. There is little reason to build the pot with a weak hand and no immediate draw.

With middle pair and position, a 300 c-bet into 550 aims to extract value from draws and weaker pairs, while maintaining initiative after a preflop raise.

King-high has only two overcards and a weak backdoor straight draw, with no flush potential. Facing a substantial bet out of position, our uncertain outs and poor equity realization make folding preferable.

On the button in 3-handed play, K6o is strong enough to open for value and position, and a 2.5bb raise pressures the blinds.

Q4 suited is too weak to defend profitably from the small blind against a 2.5bb open, with the big blind still to act. Poor position and domination risk outweigh its flush potential.

Ac4c is a suited ace getting about 2.67:1 pot odds against a button open; it has enough equity to call and play postflop, and raising would risk isolating against stronger hands while losing the value of seeing a cheap flop with a speculative hand.

We have middle pair with a gutshot straight draw on a coordinated board, out of position. Checking to the preflop raiser is standard to avoid bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

In position after the big blind checks, I have a gutshot to the straight plus a king overcard. A half-pot continuation bet has fold equity against overcards and can build the pot if I improve.

We have top pair with an Ace kicker and a gutshot straight draw. Getting over 3:1 pot odds, calling in position (actually out of position? we are BB, so out of position) keeps the pot manageable and allows us to evaluate the turn.

We have a weak pair with a gutshot to a wheel, out of position. Checking controls the pot and gives us a chance to improve on the river.

In position with a spade flush draw, gutshot to the straight, and a king overcard, a turn semi-bluff can fold weak pairs that called the flop while retaining substantial equity when called.

My pair of fours with ace kicker is weak on this board where opponent has shown strength with two barrels. I have only 5 outs that may not be clean, and pot odds are insufficient. Folding preserves my stack.

A4 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed, with an ace blocker and position against both blinds. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds without committing too much with a marginal hand.

7s3c is a very weak hand, especially out of position against a button raise, and folding preserves chips for better spots.

J8 suited in the big blind has good equity and playability against a button 2.5x open, easily justifying a 150 chip defense for the pot odds.

Paired queen board gives me only queen pair with jack kicker and a backdoor club draw; checking in the big blind preserves pot control against the preflop raiser.

A small continuation bet pressures the big blind’s unpaired hands on a board that favors my preflop raising range. Ace-high has some showdown value and a backdoor nut-flush draw, giving me options when called.

J-high with only backdoor club and straight draws has well under the ~19% equity needed to call 175 out of position against the button's preflop raise and flop bet on a paired queen board.

A3o on the button is playable and raising takes initiative while pressuring the blinds; 250 is a standard open size.

K6 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act, and a three-bet bluff is not warranted.

62 suited is a weak, poorly connected hand that struggles to realize equity out of position against a 2.5bb button raise. Folding avoids a marginal defense without any evidence the opener is unusually loose.

On the button 3-handed, Q7o is above average and playable in position. Raising to 250 pressures the blinds and builds a pot where I have positional advantage.

K2 suited is a weak defend from the small blind against a 2.5bb button raise, with the big blind still to act. Poor position and domination risk make folding preferable without evidence that a bluff three-bet would be profitable.

97o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, and folding preserves my stack for better spots.

T4 offsuit is too weak for a standard button open with both blinds still to act. Without evidence that the blinds overfold, folding is preferable to raising or limping.

Qs8s suited has decent equity heads-up, raising applies pressure to the big blind and can win the pot immediately or build a pot with a disguised hand.

In the big blind heads-up against a small 2.5bb small-blind raise, K4o has enough equity and postflop position to defend for 150 more rather than folding.

This flop texture with a paired board and two diamonds favors my range as the preflop raiser, so I continuation bet to represent a ten and fold out weaker hands.

King-high with no diamond or straight draw has poor equity against a half-pot bet on a paired, flush-draw flop, and calling 250 needs more equity than my few overcard outs provide.