Hold'em table

ATo is a strong hand three-handed on the button. A raise to 2.5bb should take the initiative and put pressure on the blinds.

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

K6o is too weak to defend out of position facing a 2.5bb button open.

Eight-seven suited plays well in position, so I open for 2.5 big blinds.

Holding 2d 3h out of position against a button open is an easy fold.

AQo is a strong hand heads-up against a button min-raise-ish open of 250. A 3-bet to 850 builds the pot with the initiative, and calling would leave me out of position.

The 3-bet is small enough to call with suited connectors in position. This hand can make strong draws and disguised made hands postflop.

Top pair with top kicker on A-K-6 after 3-betting preflop; betting about 60% of the pot for value against a button range that includes worse aces and Kx, while charging flush draws.

Eight-seven suited has no pair or immediate draw on this ace-king flop. Against a preflop three-bettor's sizable continuation bet, calling is unlikely to be profitable.

K2o is too weak to open profitably even from the button in 3-handed play.

Heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, pocket fours are a strong hand, so I raise for value and to build the pot out of position.

The small blind can raise a wide range after the button folds. Q2 offsuit is marginal, but getting a price and having position postflop make a call reasonable.

Pocket fours on a Ts Js 6h board is a weak showdown hand with two overcards and a flush draw possible against me. Checking controls the pot size and keeps my showdown value, since I act first heads-up.

Q-high has little immediate equity on this connected flop. I'll take the free card rather than bluff into a range that can often continue.

Board is Ts Js 6h Tc and I hold a pocket pair of 4s, which is a weak showdown hand. The BB checked the flop and I checked back, so a small bet of about 57% of the pot could take it down against a capped range. Betting also protects against overcards and flush draws, and I can fold to a big raise.

Queen-high has little chance to improve against a turn bet, and calling 400 is unlikely to be profitable.

On the button in a 3-handed game, 3d5d is a suited connector with decent playability, and calling 100 into a 150 pot gets a good price. A raise is marginal, so I'll just see a flop.

A-K offsuit is a strong hand, and raising over the button's limp builds the pot while discouraging a multiway flop out of position.

Holding A5s in the big blind, calling a 5.5bb raise offers good implied odds and equity to see a flop, with strong playability against SB's isolation sizing.

3d5d is a weak suited hand, and calling 450 more out of position against a raise and a call, with both opponents still to act after the flop, has poor value. Folding is the disciplined choice.

Top pair with top kicker is strong against a big-blind caller. A one-third-pot bet gets value from weaker pairs while keeping the pot manageable.

With only Ace-high and weak backdoor draws on a King-high board against the preflop raiser's continuation bet, folding is the disciplined play.

K4 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A modest raise puts pressure on the blinds while preserving position.

A8s is a prime 3-bet candidate from the small blind against a button open, exerting pressure and taking initiative OOP.

KQo facing a button open and a small-blind 3-bet leaves me out of position against two ranges, with the button possibly cold-calling or 4-betting. Calling 750 more to win a 1200 pot is a marginal price for a dominated hand, so folding is the cleanest choice.

K4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large three-bet, even with position.

93o is far too weak to open on the button even in 3-handed play.

KJs is a strong hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 3bb from the small blind builds the pot with a hand that plays well.

K6 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and I’ll have position after the flop.

Flop 3d 6c 4d with Kc Jc: I have two overcards, a backdoor flush draw, and I was the preflop raiser. Heads-up and first to act, a bet of about two-thirds pot can win the pot now or pick up equity if called.

Middle pair with a king kicker is strong enough to continue against this flop bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while preserving position.

I have a king-high flush draw with two overcards on a paired board, and the opponent only called the flop, so their range is capped. A half-pot bet of 700 gets value from weaker hands, folds out hands like ace-high or small pairs, and keeps equity if called.

Middle pair with a king kicker is strong enough to continue against this turn bet, given the opponent can also have draws and weaker pairs. Raising would risk too much against their stronger hands.

I have a pair of kings with a jack kicker on a 3-6-4-3-K board, and the opponent only called three streets, so they likely hold a marginal or drawing hand. A bet of about a third of the pot gets value from worse kings and pocket pairs while risking little if they call with a better hand.

Kings and sixes beat most Kx hands that may call a modest river raise. The sizing seeks value while limiting the cost when the bettor has a straight or full house.

I have top pair with a jack kicker, and the pot offers about 4.1 to 1 (1500 to call into 6100), so I need about 20% equity. Seat 2 called down passively and then raised the river, which is usually a strong hand like a 3, a 6 or 4, or a better king. But seat 1 also bet every street, so the range could include bluffs or draws that missed. A call is reasonable and a re-raise is not.