Hold'em table

Holding 7h 3d on the button is far too weak to open raise or call, making fold the clearly optimal play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with KQo. A raise to 300 builds the pot and applies pressure rather than just completing.

JTs is strong enough heads-up against the SB's wide 3x range, and flatting keeps the pot small while I act last postflop. I save 3-betting for spots with better fold equity later in the match.

I have KQ suited with a club flush draw and two overcards as the preflop raiser, so a half-pot c-bet builds the pot and applies pressure on a paired board.

Two pair (jacks and fives) on a paired board crushes a wide 33% pot c-bet range, and the price (300 into 900) is cheap. Calling keeps worse jacks and bluffs in while avoiding bloating a vulnerable deep-stacked hand against a narrow continuing range.

KQ has one overcard and little fold equity against a flop caller on this paired board, so checking the blank turn controls the pot and keeps showdown value.

I hold two pair (jacks and fives) after my opponent checked the turn following their flop bet, which often signals weakness or pot control. Betting around two-thirds pot extracts value from worse jacks, mid pairs, and charges open-ended straight draws on this draw-light board.

KQ high has no pair or draw on a paired jack board, and calling 800 into 2000 needs more equity than two overcards have against a turn bet after I checked. Folding avoids paying off jacks, fives, and overpairs.

Jack-seven suited is a standard button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative and fold out weaker hands.

Ace-five offsuit is too weak to call a 2.5x raise out of position, and 3-bet bluffing into two potential opponents with a dominated hand risks a big pot for little equity. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Holding 54 offsuit out of position against a button raise is too weak to defend profitably, so folding is the standard play.

Pocket eights on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong value-raising spot; a standard 3x open builds the pot with position while keeping the range wide.

Folding T6o in the small blind against a 3bb button open as it is weak and out of position.

32 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open; folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated hand.

43s on the button in 3-max is at the bottom of the playable range and a fold is standard and disciplined.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. A2o is too weak to raise out of position, but calling 50 into 150 is cheap enough to continue with an ace.

Q7o is too weak to raise for value against the small blind's limped range, but it has enough equity to check and see a free flop in position.

Top pair on a dry flop heads-up; a half-pot bet gets value from worse aces and kings while keeping the pot manageable with a weak kicker.

Only 1bb to call into a 3bb pot with position; my A-high with Q kicker beats every bluff and most A-x hands, losing only to pairs, so I likely have the ~25% equity needed.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a dry turn, so a bet mostly folds out worse and gets called by better aces and two pair. Checking controls the pot and keeps bluffs and second-best hands in.

I hold only Q-high with no showdown value; seat_2 showed flop aggression, so I check back and give up cheaply rather than bluff into it.

I have aces and fours, a strong made hand on a paired river. A half-pot bet gets value from kings and stubborn pocket pairs while keeping the price reasonable against the few hands that beat me.

76o is too weak to open from the button in a three-handed pot; folding avoids a dominated spot.

T2 offsuit is far too weak to open even from the button in a 3-handed game, and limping into two blind defenders just donates chips. Folding preserves my stack for a better spot.

Q4o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position.