Hold'em table

J8o is playable in position 3-handed; a button raise applies pressure and can take down the blinds or gain initiative. Folding is too passive and limping invites the blinds in cheaply.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3x button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Holding premium AKo in the big blind against a button open, raising to 11bb for value and initiative out of position.

J8o is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet from the big blind; folding preserves chips and avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

Ace-king is a strong button hand, so I raise for value and to take the initiative.

Folding 75 offsuit in the small blind against a button open is standard.

QJo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, and I'm getting good odds to call 150 into a 400 pot while closing the preflop action.

QJ missed the K-high flop and I am out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking controls the pot and avoids building a bluff into a range that connects with this board.

Top pair with top kicker is strong enough to bet for value against weaker pairs and draws. A 375-chip bet also charges spade and straight draws.

I have two overcards and a backdoor spade draw, and the button's small flop bet gives me good pot odds. Calling is reasonable to see a turn card.

With QJ high and no pair, checking the turn keeps the pot controlled and avoids putting more chips in as a likely underdog. I can evaluate a river bluff or fold depending on opponent's action.

Top pair with the best kicker is strong enough to value-bet against weaker kings and draws. The paired six does not substantially change that plan.

QJ has no pair or real draw on this board, and the button has shown strength with bets on every street. Facing a turn raise, folding is the disciplined play.

95s on the button in a 3-handed game is slightly too weak to open profitably. Folding preserves stack.

2c8c is too weak to continue out of position against a big blind who is getting a good price; folding preserves chips.

With a weak but playable suited-ish connector on the button, calling 100 into 150 with position is cheap and keeps the pot small preflop.

Completing for 50 chips offers a good price in a limped pot, and 4-3 can make strong disguised hands on favorable flops.

I am in the big blind facing limps from both the button and small blind; checking with K2o allows me to see a free flop.

I have no pair or immediate straight draw on this multiway flop, so I’ll check rather than build the pot.

Holding bottom pair with a king kicker on a coordinated board in a multiway limped pot, checking to control pot size and see how the button reacts is standard.

With 5-high and no real draw on a J-T-2 flop, there is no value in betting into two opponents; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn.

With 4-high and no meaningful draw in a three-way pot, I’ll check rather than bluff into two opponents.

I have bottom pair and an open-ended straight draw on a very coordinated board; checking to see a free river or call a reasonable bet is standard.

Both opponents checked flop and turn on a coordinated board; my 5-high has no showdown value, so I'll take the lead with a two-thirds-pot bluff to fold out weak pairs and missed draws.

I have no made hand or viable one-card draw, and calling with another player behind is unlikely to be profitable.

We have an open-ended straight draw with eight clean outs plus bottom pair. Getting 2.5:1 direct pot odds with substantial implied odds against the button's turn bet warrants a call.

Four to a straight are on the board; checking my two pair to realize showdown value or evaluate facing a bet.

No showdown value with 5-4 on a four-straight board; a pot-sized bet can represent the ace and fold out pairs.

The board features a four-card straight (T-J-Q-K), meaning any Ace or Nine holds a straight. Our two pair cannot reasonably withstand a pot-sized river bet.

K7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed, and a modest raise applies pressure while preserving position.

96o is far too weak to continue with from the small blind facing a button open raise.

Ace-high with a weak kicker is good enough to defend the big blind against a button open, closing the action with favorable pot odds.

I flopped two pair (aces and threes) on a draw-heavy board; I'm betting for value and to protect against flush and straight draws.

King-high has little equity on this ace-high, two-diamond flop. Facing a substantial bet, folding is preferable to calling or bluff-raising.

A8o is well within the standard button opening range in 3-handed play, so I make a standard 2.5bb raise.

K3s is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a dominated hand with poor implied odds.

K7 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise, especially with the small blind's dead money in the pot.

Trips with a king kicker are strong on this dry flop. Checking lets the preflop raiser continuation-bet or bluff, while keeping weaker hands in the pot.

Check back with Ace-high and a gutshot to control the pot and realize our equity in position.

Trips with a king kicker are strong here. After the flop checked through, a turn bet can get value from aces, tens, and draws.

I turned top pair after checking back the flop, and folding for 375 into a 925 pot would be way too tight against BB's turn probe.

Trip sevens with a king kicker are strong here. An 850-chip value bet can get called by aces and some tens while limiting losses to full houses.

I have top pair with an eight kicker on a paired board after flop checked through. Getting over 2.5:1 pot odds, calling is standard against a range that includes bluffs and worse aces.