Hold'em table

K-high is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. A modest raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping weaker hands in my range.

J2 suited is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act.

AQo in the big blind is well ahead of a wide button opening range in 3-handed play, so a 3-bet for value is best. Sizing to 10bb out of position keeps the pressure on.

K♠-? Actually Kh3c is a very weak offsuit hand against a substantial big-blind 3-bet. Calling 7.5 big blinds would be unprofitable, so I fold.

6-3 offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button, even three-handed.

AJs is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and initiative.

A♠4♦ has enough equity and a useful ace blocker to defend from the big blind heads-up; calling avoids bloating the pot with a marginal offsuit hand.

This dry T-8-2 board favors the preflop raiser's range. A small c-bet with two overcards and backdoor draws can take the pot down now or set up later barrels.

The small flop bet offers favorable pot odds, and ace-high can still be ahead of missed overcards with some improvement potential. Raising would risk too much with no made hand.

Ace-high with only weak overcard outs, out of position against a flop caller whose range is full of Tx, 8x and draws that won't fold to a barrel; the 3s doesn't help my range. Checking keeps some showdown value against missed draws and controls the pot.

The turn check gives me a good chance to take the pot with a modest stab. I also have an ace overcard and a gutshot to the wheel if called.

Calling 300 into a pot of 1600 needs only about 19% equity. Ace-high sometimes wins at showdown against a small, weak-looking lead, and I have about 6 overcard outs.

Ace-high with no spade blocker has some showdown value against missed straight draws and is a poor bluff on a board where the flush just came in. I'll check and see a cheap showdown.

A-high can beat missed draws, while a river bluff is unlikely to fold a pair and risks running into a completed flush. Check back and take the showdown.

On the button three-handed, J8o is comfortably inside a standard opening range, so I open to 2.5bb and keep position against both blinds.

A6 suited is a strong 3-bet candidate with an ace blocker, and raising from the small blind avoids inviting the big blind into a multiway pot. A 900-chip total is a substantial but controlled re-raise.

JTs has enough playability and implied odds to call the squeeze, especially with the button potentially coming along. A four-bet would risk too much against the small blind's strong range.

J8o facing a 3-bet and a cold call is weak and dominated; calling 650 into a multiway pot out of position relative to strong ranges isn't profitable.

This low, connected flop can favor the caller’s range, and A-high has little immediate equity. I’ll control the pot and see how the opponent acts.

J-T has two overcards and some backdoor straight potential, but no strong draw. Checking takes a free card against the preflop reraiser's range.

I have a strong combo draw with the nut-flush draw and a straight draw, so a sizable turn bet can win the pot now while retaining substantial equity when called.

J-high has no straight or flush draw, and two overcards alone do not justify calling 1150 into this pot.

Ace-jack offsuit is a strong button opening hand; raise to 3 big blinds for value and initiative.

J5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button 3x raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

83o is too weak to defend profitably against a 3x button open, even getting 200 to win 650. It is offsuit, has no connectivity worth mentioning, and would be out of position after the flop.

5-2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button three-handed.

A8o is a strong hand heads-up in a small blind vs big blind spot, so I'm raising for value and initiative. Going to 3bb is a standard size.

A4 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small blind open, but calling avoids inflating the pot out of position with a marginal ace.

The dry K-4-3 board favors my SB raising range, and my ace-high has backdoor potential plus a wheel gutshot to a 5. A small one-third-pot c-bet should work well as a bluff or thin value bet.

I have a pair of fours with an ace kicker and am getting reasonable pot odds against a small flop bet. Calling keeps weaker bluffs and worse pairs in while avoiding an unnecessary raise with a marginal hand.

The turn gives me a wheel gutshot (any 5) plus an ace overcard, and I hold the As blocker. That makes this a reasonable semi-bluff barrel to pressure the weaker pairs and draws that called the flop.

A single pair of fours is unlikely to be ahead of the turn betting range, and the call requires roughly 26% equity. The potential river improvements are not reliable enough to continue.

In a 3-handed game the button opens a wide range, and K2o is a standard steal. I'm raising to 2.5bb to pressure the blinds.

94 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

QJo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button raise, but calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

On an ace-high paired flop, QJ has little value and no strong draw. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me respond to the button's action.

Ace-high paired board strongly favors the preflop raiser's range, so a small c-bet works well. King-high with a backdoor heart has some showdown value and blockers, and this bet should fold out many of the big blind's weaker hands.

Queen-high has little immediate equity on this paired ace-high flop, and calling out of position would make it difficult to realize what equity remains.