Hold'em table

In 3-handed play the button is first to act, so 97o is a reasonable open-raise against two blinds. A 2.5bb raise to 250 steals often and keeps the pot manageable.

Jack-five offsuit is a weak hand out of the small blind facing a button raise, and calling 200 more for a pot that is only 400 gives poor odds with the big blind still to act.

The button’s raise is small and I’m getting a favorable price from the big blind. J-2 offsuit is weak, but calling is preferable to folding against a likely wide button range.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this flop, so I check rather than invest chips with a weak hand.

Middle pair in position on a wet board after the big blind checked; a small bet gets value from worse pairs and draws and denies equity to overcards.

J-high has little showdown value and no meaningful draw on this flop. The bet offers insufficient odds to continue, so I fold.

K9 offsuit is a reasonable button steal hand in 3-handed play, and raising to 250 applies pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot small enough to fold out weak holdings.

7♣4♠ is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

Getting about 2.7:1 against a wide 3-handed button open, T5o is a marginal but acceptable big blind defend.

T5o has whiffed this paired, dry board, and the button's range hits it better than mine. Checking to the preflop raiser is standard; I can decide whether to defend against a c-bet with my ten-high and backdoor equity.

I hold trip nines with a King kicker on a 3-9-9 board, a very strong made hand, so I bet about two-thirds pot for value while seat_1 may call with weaker pairs or draws.

Ten-high with no draw on a paired board is near the bottom of my defending range, and I would realize little equity out of position, so I fold rather than pay 28% pot odds.

A4 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed; raising puts pressure on the blinds and lets me take initiative.

K8o out of the small blind against a button open is dominated too often and plays poorly out of position, and the big blind is still left to act behind me. Folding is the standard play.

Facing a 150-chip call into a 400-chip pot heads-up, I get about 27% pot odds, and 8-10 offsuit has roughly that much equity against a wide button raise, so calling is reasonable.

I have T-8 high with no pair and no draw worth building the pot with, and checking is free since no one has bet this street.

I have top pair and should get value while charging draws on this two-tone board. A small bet keeps weaker hands in while providing some protection.

With 8-T high and no pair, a flush or straight draw, I have very little equity against a 180 bet, so folding is the correct play.

K9o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear opening hand; a standard 2.5bb raise applies pressure on both blinds.

QK offsuit is a playable hand with good high-card value, so calling the 200 to complete the pot in a three-way pot is reasonable without bloating it out of position.

75 offsuit is a weak holding against a raise and a caller, and I’ll be out of position postflop. The pot odds aren’t enough to offset the poor equity realization.

No bet is required, and with only Q-K high on a T-3-5 board I have little showdown strength, so checking keeps the pot small while I see the next card.

In position as the preflop raiser on a dry-ish board, I can make a small c-bet with king-high, overcards and a gutshot. It should take the pot often against SB's capped calling range, and I keep equity when called.

I hold Q-K high with two overcards to the board and need about 20% equity to call 200 into 800. Calling is a reasonable price against a continuation bet that can be made with many hands.

Top pair with a queen kicker is good but not strong enough to build a big pot out of position against an aggressive opponent, so I'll check and see whether seat_1 bets again.

Top pair on a three-diamond board: a small bet gets value from worse kings, tens and single-diamond draws while charging their draws. Keeping it small limits the damage if they already have a flush.

Top pair with a Queen kicker facing a 400 turn bet into a 1400 pot is a reasonable price to call, and I don't want to fold a hand this strong to one aggressive bet.

I hold only a pair of kings on a paired-looking, draw-heavy board with three diamonds, and seat_1 has shown strength on the turn, so checking is a controlled choice that avoids bloating the pot with a weak hand.

Top pair with a weak kicker and no diamond on a four-diamond board. If I bet, worse hands mostly fold while any diamond or a better king calls, so checking back to take the hand to showdown is best.

Ace-queen offsuit is a strong hand to isolate with from the button, so I'm raising to 300 to build the pot and take initiative against the blinds.

A4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3x button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Fold and preserve the remaining stack.

The button opened to 3bb and the small blind folded, so I'm getting 200 to win 650 (about 23.5% equity needed). 42 suited is near the bottom of the range but suited and connected-ish, so a defend against a wide button range is marginal but acceptable.

42c on K76 is weak, with only a gutshot to a 5 and no flush draw. Checking to the preflop raiser is standard here, and I can fold to a bet or realize equity for free.

Seat_1 checked, so a small continuation bet can win the pot now from a range that often holds no pair, and my ace-high with a backdoor spade draw has some equity if called.

4-high with no pair and only a backdoor flush and backdoor straight draw doesn't have enough equity to call 350 into 1000. A check-raise bluff isn't credible enough here.

KJo is a strong button-open in a three-handed game. Raise to 300 to apply pressure while keeping the sizing standard.

JJ is well ahead of a button opening range in 3-handed play, so I 3-bet to 12bb from the small blind for value and to deny the big blind a cheap overcall.

43 offsuit is a very weak hand, and facing a 1200 raise from seat_1 with 1100 to call, folding is the disciplined choice.

KJo is dominated too often by a strong small-blind 3-bet range, and the unusually large sizing makes continuing unattractive. I fold rather than invest more out of position to a likely strong range.