Hold'em table

On the button, completing costs only one big blind and keeps a speculative hand in the pot with position. I avoid raising this weak offsuit hand into the blinds.

Holding AKo in the small blind facing a button limp, raising to 400 builds the pot with a premium hand and isolates out of position.

Pocket fives are a set-mining hand; calling 300 into a 600 pot keeps the pot small and preserves fold equity, while 3-betting a small pair out of position against a 4x raise is high variance with little fold equity.

7-6 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise and a caller, even with position and favorable pot odds.

The flop connects heavily with the big blind's calling range, so checking AK with good showdown value and two overcards out of position is the prudent play.

My 55 only beats unimproved overcard hands and has just two outs, so with position after the preflop raiser checked, a free card is better than stabbing into their capped-looking range.

Turned top pair top kicker after checking flop; betting 600 for value and protection against draws and weaker pairs.

My underpair of fives has almost no equity against a preflop raiser betting the turn on T-6-8-A; I only beat bluffs and I'm likely behind AT, TT, 88, or 66. Calling 600 into 1500 with two outs is not profitable.

Pocket sixes on the button is a standard opening hand 3-handed; raising to 2.5bb to build a pot in position.

QTo has decent equity against a 2.5x button open and I'm getting roughly 3:1 on a call; folding is too tight and 3-betting out of position with this marginal holding risks bloating the pot.

7♥4♣ is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability against a raise and a caller, especially out of position. The call price does not justify continuing multiway.

I flopped a pair of tens with the ace on board; a small probe bet charges draws and worse pairs while keeping the pot manageable in case the preflop raiser holds an ace.

Holding an underpair of sixes on an Ace-Ten high board against a donk bet offers little equity or playability going forward, making an easy fold.

K4o is a bottom-tier hand even on the button 3-handed; it flops poorly and is dominated by any better king, so folding the 100bb limp/open spot is the clean +EV play.

A5 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up from the small blind after the button folds. A raise to 300 applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable if the big blind continues.

Defending the big blind in position against a small blind open with an Ace and getting 2:1 pot odds.

I have the nut-flush draw and two overcard potential, so a small continuation bet builds the pot while applying pressure. I can continue on many turns if called.

Seat 1 makes a small one-third pot continuation bet. With bottom pair and an Ace kicker in position getting 4:1 pot odds, calling is standard.

With ace-high and no meaningful draw, betting is unlikely to fold out the pairs that called the flop. I’ll check and preserve showdown value.

I have two pair with a weak pair of threes and an Ace kicker plus the nut flush draw, but checking behind controls the pot and realizes showdown equity.

Ace-high has some showdown value, while the river is unlikely to improve the hands that called the flop. Checking avoids turning it into a bluff against a range that may have a pair.

I have two pair (sevens and threes) with an ace kicker, which has decent showdown value against missed broadways but cannot get called by worse if I bet.

3-4 offsuit is too weak to play profitably from the button, even with only the big blind to match.

Getting 3 to 1 pot odds blind vs blind, Q8o is sufficiently strong to complete the small blind.

T8c is a playable suited hand in position against a limper; a small isolation raise to 3x builds the pot with fold equity while keeping risk low.

Q8o plays poorly out of position against a raise from the big blind, making an easy fold.

93 offsuit is well outside any standard button opening range, making folding the standard and most profitable play.

King-six offsuit is a weak hand from the button in a 3-handed game; folding avoids playing a dominated marginal spot out of position postflop.

K8 offsuit is strong enough to open-raise from the small blind after the button folds. A raise to 300 applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

In a blind versus blind situation, A4o has sufficient equity and postflop playability in position to defend against the small blind's open raise.

Make a small value bet with two pair and charge overcards or weaker made hands, while keeping the pot manageable on a paired board.

I have weak Ace-high on a heavy broadway board (K-Q-Q) that strongly favors the preflop raiser's range, so folding to the flop c-bet is standard.