Hold'em table

42o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play at 100bb, so folding is standard.

Completing the small blind costs only 50 more into a 150-chip pot, and Q5 offsuit has enough equity heads-up to see a flop. I avoid raising this weak hand with the big blind still to act.

A-T offsuit is strong against a small-blind limp. I’m raising for value and will have position after the flop.

Q5 offsuit is weak against a raise, and calling 350 more would be an unattractive price out of position.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to continue from the button facing the big blind, even at the offered price.

With only 50 more to call heads-up, 8-5 offsuit is worth seeing a flop, though it is too weak to raise.

A2o holds decent equity against a small blind that limped with a wide range, and I have position after the flop. Raising to 4bb isolates and pressures a capped limping range.

8-5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a raise to 400, especially out of position.

Pocket queens are a premium hand on the button, so I’m raising for value and to build the pot in position.

AKo from the small blind against a button open in 3-handed play is a clear 3-bet for value. Sizing to 1200 keeps it out of position-appropriate and still leaves the big blind room to act.

6-2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a button raise and a small-blind 3-bet. Folding avoids investing more chips in a poor spot.

Pocket queens are strong enough to four-bet for value against a small-blind three-bet. Position lets me use a moderate size.

AKo is a strong 5-bet shove against a button 4-bet in 3-handed play. It blocks AA and KK, has good equity against calling ranges, and folds out bluffs, whereas calling out of position would be awkward.

Pocket queens have sufficient equity against a plausible three-handed five-bet shoving range, especially with 12,900 chips already in the pot.

On the button three-handed, 74s is a reasonable open-raise. A small 2.5bb size steals the blinds often and plays well postflop.

5♠2♣ is a very weak hand from the small blind, and calling 200 chips out of position against a button raise is not worthwhile.

Q6 offsuit is marginal, but the small blind’s dead money makes calling 150 chips reasonable against a button open.

With queen-high and no draw on a paired flop, I prefer to check out of position and avoid building the pot.

On a paired low board that favors the preflop raiser, a small c-bet with a gutshot plus backdoor flush draw folds out overcards and keeps equity if called.

Q-high has little immediate value on this paired flop and no strong draw. Calling out of position would make it difficult to realize enough equity against the button's bet.

As the button in a three-handed game, K2 offsuit is a reasonable wide open-raise. A small raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act.

QTs in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open, getting 150 into 400, is a clear defend; calling keeps the button's wide range in and plays well postflop.

QTh has a gutshot to broadway (a K makes the nut straight) plus a backdoor flush draw on an A-J board that favors the button's raising range, so checking to the preflop raiser is standard. I can check-call a reasonable c-bet with my equity.

I have only king-high with no meaningful draw, so checking back avoids building a pot with a weak hand.

We hold Broadway, which only loses to a made flush on this three-spade board. Betting about two-thirds pot gets value from Ax, Kx, two pair, sets and single-spade draws, and makes those draws pay.

The turn completes the spade draw, and my pair of kings has a weak kicker on an ace-high board. This delayed bet is likely ahead of me, so calling is not worthwhile.

Q3 offsuit is playable as a button open in a three-handed game. Raising gives me a chance to win the blinds and keeps the initiative if called.

82o in the small blind facing a button open is a clear fold; too weak to call out of position or 3-bet profitably.

T3 suited is a marginal but reasonable big-blind defend heads-up against a button raise at these pot odds. Calling keeps the pot manageable and preserves its postflop playability.

I have only ten-high with limited backdoor potential, so betting into the preflop raiser offers little value. I’ll check and see how the button responds.

On this dry paired flop, a small continuation bet can fold out some better high-card hands without risking much.

T-high has no pair or meaningful draw on this paired board, and calling needs nearly 20% equity. The small chance to improve is not enough against the button’s flop bet.