Hold'em table

K3s on the button in a 3-handed game is a playable hand, and the price is only 100 into a pot of 150. Calling is cheap, and the button gives position after the flop.

Folding J5o from the small blind as it plays poorly multiway and out of position.

J6 suited is playable against a button limp, but raising out of position risks building a pot with a weak hand. I’ll see the flop for free.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but a large pot would be unfavorable. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me respond to the button's action.

Heads-up on the button after the big blind checked the flop. I have king-high with a backdoor club draw and some fold equity, so a small bet is a cheap stab at the 250 pot that also gets value from worse hands.

Middle pair with a jack kicker is strong enough to continue against a small flop bet, but not strong enough to raise.

Trips with a jack kicker are strong enough to value-bet against a wide range of tens and draws, while the third spade makes a modest sizing preferable.

Kc3c on a 5s Ts 6h 6s board has only king-high with no flush draw. Facing a 350 bet into 500 after a check-call on the flop, the opponent's range is likely strong enough that calling 350 to win 850 isn't profitable without outs.

J2o is far too weak to open from the button, even in 3-handed play.

With 4♦3♦ in the small blind, completing for 50 chips is a low-cost way to see a flop against the big blind.

5h2h is a weak hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind instead of raising against a limped pot.

With a gutshot and no diamond on the flop, I prefer to check and take a free card.

Heads-up on T-6-7 with 5h2h, I have a gutshot straight draw (needs an 8 for 4-5-6-7-8... actually 5-6-7 plus 8 and 9/4) and backdoor heart flush potential. The opponent checked, so a small 100 bet could take the pot uncontested or build equity with a draw at low cost.

I have only a gutshot straight draw and no diamond backdoor flush draw. Calling 100 into a 300-chip pot is not attractive with so little equity and limited implied odds.

On the button in a three-handed pot, 7-6 offsuit is playable as a small opening raise, with position helping on later streets.

Pocket nines in the small blind facing a 2.25x button open is strong. A 3-bet to 800 builds the pot and denies equity to the big blind and the button's wide range, and I will be out of position postflop.

Folding Q7o facing an open-raise and a 3-bet.

Offsuit 7-6 is too weak to continue against this large three-bet, despite having position.

KJo on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong enough hand to open. A 3bb raise puts pressure on the blinds and gives me position postflop.

ATo is strong against a 3-handed button open; 3-betting to 11bb builds value and takes the initiative out of position.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to call a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

KJo on the button facing a 3-bet to 11bb from the small blind is dominated by the top of the 3-betting range and needs to call 8 more chips into a 15bb pot out of position in the future. Folding is the disciplined choice.

T2o is far too weak to open or play, even from the button in a 3-handed game.

T4 offsuit is too weak to build a pot, but completing for 50 chips is reasonable against the big blind.

A-T offsuit is a strong hand heads-up against a limping small blind, so I raise for value and to take the initiative in position-neutral play.

T4 offsuit is too weak to defend against a raise to 400, even after limping from the small blind.

On the button in a three-handed game, K2 offsuit is strong enough for a small open that uses position and limits the risk with a marginal hand.

A6s is a decent hand against a button min-open-ish raise. Calling 175 more in the small blind gets a fair price, but the hand is not strong enough to 3-bet out of position with a big blind still to act.

K6o has poor playability and realization out of position multiway despite getting decent pot odds.

Top pair with ace on A-5-3 two-diamond board, heads-up out of position against a button raiser. Bet about 2/3 pot for value and to charge flush and straight draws.

The gutshot and backdoor diamond draw are not strong enough to call this flop bet, especially with likely pressure on later streets.