Hold'em table

K9 offsuit is a strong button-opening hand in a three-handed game. Raise to 250 to take the initiative while keeping the sizing modest.

Holding 52 offsuit in the small blind against a button open is an easy standard fold.

A8o is marginal but I'm getting 150 to call into a 400 pot against a button open in a 3-handed game; ace-high with a decent kicker plays fine postflop, and folding the BB too wide leaks chips.

I missed the flop with ace-high against the preflop raiser, so checking keeps the pot small and preserves a free card rather than bluffing into their continuing range.

K-high has some showdown value and two overcards to the lower board cards, but little need to bluff into a dry flop after the big blind checked. I’ll take the free card in position.

I have only king-high on a dry board, and the opponent checked. I’ll take the free card and preserve the chance to improve.

My hand is just the board's pair of sevens with an ace kicker; seat_1 raised preflop then checked flop and turn, so betting only gets called by hands that beat me. Checking realizes my showdown equity for free.

With only king-high on a paired board, I have some showdown value after the checks, but a bet is unlikely to be called by worse often enough to justify turning it into a bluff.

King-Jack offsuit is well within the standard button opening range in 3-handed play, so I make a standard raise to 2.5 big blinds.

J6 offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open-raise, especially out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding is clearly best.

7♣5♦ is a weak offsuit hand, and calling out of position against the button raise is not worth the price.

King-eight suited is a solid opening hand from the button in a 3-handed game; a standard raise to 2.5x builds the pot with position and folds out weaker hands.

TT is strong against a button open in a three-handed game, so I’m 3-betting for value and to reduce the chance of a multiway pot. The larger out-of-position sizing helps compensate for being first to act postflop.

Holding Q5o facing an open and a 3-bet from the small blind is an easy fold.

K8s is dominated by the small blind's 3-betting range (AK, KQ, big pairs), and calling 650 into 1250 needs ~34% equity I don't reliably have. Folding preserves chips for a better spot.

I have position and a suited hand, and the price is favorable enough to see a flop rather than fold.

Holding K4s in the small blind getting 5 to 1 pot odds against a button limp makes calling the remaining 50 chips profitable.

J5 offsuit is weak but I'm in the big blind with no raise to face, so a free check is the best option rather than folding or raising a marginal hand.

Check out of position with King-high and no draw in a multiway limped pot.

Jack-high with no draw on a Q-high board; both limpers suggest weak ranges, but betting with no equity or fold equity justification is unprofitable. Checking keeps the pot small and allows a cheap turn.

I have a strong heart flush draw, and both opponents checked to me. A half-pot bet can win the pot now while building it when I improve.

I have King-high with no draw on a Queen-high board and face a half-pot bet with another player still to act behind me.

I only have jack-high with no draws on Qh-8h-2d, and seat_1's flop bet into two checkers is unlikely to be a bluff I beat often enough. Folding 150 into a 450 pot is the cheap, correct laydown.

Holding pocket jacks on the button in 3-handed play is a premium holding; raising to 2.5bb for value and initiative.

Pocket fours have good set-mining odds against a 2.5x button open with the big blind still in; calling keeps the pot small and preserves fold equity while risking only 200 to potentially win a big pot with a set.

The extra 150 is a modest price against a 600-chip pot, and 9-7 offsuit can realize enough equity in the big blind with the small blind already in. Raising would be too ambitious multiway.

Bottom pair 44 on an Ace-high board with three players; I have little fold equity and a weak made hand, so checking to realize equity cheaply is best.

I have a weak pair of sevens on an ace-high, two-club board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids betting into two opponents.

In a 3-way pot on an Ace-high connected flop, checking back JJ exercises pot control and preserves showdown value in position.

My pair of fours is the weakest possible pair on this board, and with three players checked through the flop I have no fold equity worth spending chips on. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold cheaply to any turn aggression.

I have a weak pair on an ace-high board and can take a free card without building the pot.

With second pair and showdown value on an Ace-high board, checking behind in position controls the pot and realizes equity against two opponents.

My pair of fours is almost certainly behind on this ace-high board, and two opponents who checked every street could still hold an ace or better pair. Checking is free and avoids losing chips to a hopeless bluff with two players left.

I have a pair of nines and the checks on earlier streets suggest the opponents may have weaker pairs that can call a small river bet. A modest value bet keeps the risk limited.

Seat 1 bets small (200 into 750) after the hand was checked through on flop and turn. With JJ we have good showdown value against missed draws and lower pairs, getting better than 5:1 pot odds.

My pair of fours is nearly the bottom of the board, and a river bet plus a call from both opponents signals real strength. Calling 200 to win a pot I almost never hold with this hand is -EV, so folding is cheapest.

With the button folded, completing costs only 50 more into a 150-chip pot. The price is worthwhile despite the weak hand.

A6o has solid showdown value and positional advantage; checking to see a free flop against SB's limp is standard and avoids building an inflated pot with a mediocre offsuit Ace.

I have a weak flush draw on a monotone board, and checking takes a free card without building the pot against made hands or stronger heart draws.

Holding ace-high with no heart on a monotone board, checking behind in position to realize equity is standard.

A small turn bet can fold out better high-card hands while building the pot with a flush draw and a pair of sevens. The size keeps the risk modest.

I hold unsuited Ace-high with no heart and no significant draw on a wet board; folding to the turn bet is standard.