Hold'em table

K5o is a reasonable steal hand from the button in 3-handed play. I raise to put pressure on the blinds and take the pot preflop, while keeping position if called.

Q4 offsuit from the small blind facing a 3x button open, with the big blind still to act, is too weak to call or 3-bet profitably out of position.

A2 offsuit has sufficient equity to defend the big blind against a button min-open/3x opening range, and calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Check top pair to the preflop raiser and keep their bluffs and weaker hands in range.

Top pair with a decent kicker is strong enough to bet for value and to charge draws, so I make a roughly half-pot bet on the flop.

Call with top pair heads-up, keeping weaker aces and bluffs in while avoiding inflating the pot with a marginal kicker.

I have trip aces and should value-bet against the opponent's ace-x, king-x, and draws. A substantial turn lead also charges heart draws before the river.

A6o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds and keep initiative.

KJo is a strong enough three-handed defending hand to 3-bet from the small blind. Raising applies pressure to the button and avoids playing a weakly realized equity hand out of position.

5-8 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise to 900, especially out of position. Folding preserves chips for a better spot.

A6o is too weak to continue against a small-blind 3-bet to 9bb. We would be out of position in terms of range strength, and the hand is dominated too often to call 6.5bb profitably.

T6 offsuit is a weak button holding and not worth entering with at this stack depth.

Q9o is strong enough to raise from the small blind heads-up, applying pressure and taking initiative while giving the big blind a poor price to call.

Getting 150 to win 400 in position against a 2.5x small blind open, 96o is a standard defend from the big blind. The small blind's opening range is wide in a blind-vs-blind spot.

I have no made hand on an ace-high flop, so I check to see the turn and avoid building a pot with Q-high.

The preflop raiser checked to us in position, and our 9-high has almost no showdown value. A small one-third-pot stab can take down the pot often and is a cheap bluff.

I have no pair and only weak backdoor draws on an ace-high board, so calling the flop bet is not profitable. Folding preserves my stack for a better spot.

Stealing from the blinds with a marginal but playable hand in position; the min-raise gives fold equity and initiative preflop.

Three-handed, the button's min-raise range is wide, and A2o holds an ace blocker with decent equity, so a 3-bet for value and fold equity beats flatting out of position with the big blind still to act.

Q9 offsuit is too weak to continue against the small blind's large 3-bet, especially with the opener still in the pot.

76o is too weak to continue against a 3bet, especially out of position with poor playability. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

Q8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; the only players left to act are the two blinds. A 2.5bb open applies pressure while risking little.

Calling from the small blind with 98 suited gets a playable, connected hand into a multiway pot at a reasonable price.

62 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise and a call, especially out of position in a multiway pot. Folding saves chips for a better spot.

Checking is best with very little immediate equity on this dry queen-high flop while preserving the option to respond to the button's sizing.

Top pair on a dry Q-high board facing a check from the SB caller. A small value bet of about 40% pot gets value from weaker queens, pocket pairs and draws while keeping the pot controlled against better queens."}

With only 9-high and no meaningful immediate draw on this Q-high flop, calling the continuation bet is too loose. Folding preserves chips.

Button open with K5 suited is profitable three-handed, leveraging position and initiative. I use a modest 2.5bb sizing.

Suited ten-six has enough equity and playability to call the button's open, getting 2:1 pot odds. Folding is too weak and raising risks needless chips.

Getting 150 to win 750 (5:1) in the big blind, a suited 73 closing the action multiway has enough equity and implied odds to call.

A weak pair of sevens on an ace-high, two-club flop in a three-way pot plays best as a check to the preflop raiser. It has some showdown value but is too thin to bet for value or protection.

Multiway on an ace-high coordinated flop, K-high has limited immediate equity and little incentive to bluff into two callers. Checking preserves equity and avoids overbluffing.

The turn pairs the ace, which is dangerous for our weak pair of aces with a ten kicker. Checking keeps the pot small and lets us see the river for free.

Middle pair on an ace-paired board that was checked around is likely best. A small bet gets value from weaker pairs and draws and denies free cards to the button.,

The turn bet is small relative to the pot, and my king kicker gives me some showdown value against delayed stabs and weaker holdings. Calling preserves that value without inflating the pot against an ace.

My hand is just Ten-high with no draw on a paired ace board, and there is already a bet and a call in front of me. Calling is unlikely to be profitable, so I fold.

The Jc completes the flush draws the button could have called with. My sevens-up is a bluff-catcher, so I check to control the pot and will decide against any bet.

I have meaningful showdown value with the king kicker on the paired board and can beat many missed draws or weaker unpaired holdings. Checking avoids bluffing into an opponent who may have trapped or made clubs.