Hold'em table

A3 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the investment modest.

Three-handed, the button opens a wide range, and A9o plays well as a 3-bet from the small blind. Raising and taking the initiative beats flatting out of position with the big blind still to act.

6♣5♠ is far too weak to continue against a large three-bet, especially with another player still involved.

A3 offsuit is too weak to continue against this large 3-bet, even in position.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in a 3-handed game, even though stealing wide is standard, so folding is fine. Stealing with it has marginal value at best.

A7 suited is strong heads-up from the small blind, so I raise for value and initiative rather than simply completing. A 300-chip total raise pressures the big blind without bloating the pot excessively.

Eight-four suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and I'll have position after the flop.

A-high has limited equity on this connected low flop, which can favor the big blind's calling range. Check and avoid investing into likely pairs or draws.

The low, connected flop favors my big-blind calling range, and a small bet can fold out unpaired overcards. I also have a gutshot straight draw if called.

The 250-chip bet offers favorable pot odds, and my ace plus the gutshot to a 5–9 straight gives enough potential to continue. I’ll avoid inflating the pot with a raise.

Ace-high has little showdown value, but the turn gives a gutshot to an 8. Check to realize the draw without inflating the pot after calling the flop bet.

The turn gives me an open-ended straight draw, and the opponent has checked twice. A 700-chip bet can win the pot now while leaving me outs when called.

A-high is unlikely to be ahead of a turn bet, and my only reliable improvement is a four-out straight draw. The 700-chip call is too expensive relative to the pot and my equity.

QQ is a premium hand on the button; raise for value and to narrow the field rather than limp.

4♠2♠ is too weak to call a 3x button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act.

84o out of position against a 3x button open plays poorly and realizes too little equity for the 31% price, so folding is standard.

Nine-five offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two players at these stack depths.

Blind vs blind with T6o: raising to 3bb works well enough as a steal against a single random big blind, and it's better than limping out of position.

Calling with a small pair keeps the pot manageable and gives me a chance to flop a set at a favorable price against the small-blind raise.

This ace-high board favors my preflop-raising range, so a small one-third-pot c-bet can fold out many of the big blind's weak hands. My ten-high has little showdown value, so betting is better than checking.

My pocket threes are well behind the ace-high board, and calling would rely on an unlikely set or the opponent continuing to bluff. I fold to the flop bet.

Three-handed on the button, 96o sits near the bottom of a wide opening range, and a small steal pressures both blinds. It also keeps position on them postflop.

6♥3♠ is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

The button can open a wide range, and calling 150 into a 400-chip pot gives 7-5 offsuit sufficient pot odds to defend the big blind.

I have no made hand or immediate draw on this coordinated flop, so I’ll check rather than build the pot.

I have an open-ended straight draw (an 8 or a King completes it) plus a backdoor flush draw, in position against a check. A small semi-bluff c-bet builds the pot and adds fold equity.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on a coordinated flop, so calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Sixes are a solid button hand three-handed. Raise to 300 for value and to take initiative in position.

Nine-deuce offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, and calling risks action from the big blind.

Getting 2.25:1 in the big blind against a wide three-handed button open, J5o has enough equity to defend by calling, though it isn't strong enough to 3-bet.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker and a backdoor flush draw is out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking to the raiser is standard. I plan to call a small c-bet.

With an underpair on a coordinated, two-heart Q-high flop, I prefer taking the free card and preserving showdown value rather than betting into the caller's range.

Bottom pair is likely ahead of the button's range after it checked back the flop, which caps its holdings and leaves many overcards and air. A half-pot bet takes thin value and denies equity to those overcards.

The 325-chip call offers 3:1 pot odds, and my pair plus open-ended straight draw gives useful equity against made hands while retaining showdown value against a turn stab.

Bottom pair with a jack kicker has some showdown value against missed heart draws, but betting would mostly get called only by better hands. Checking controls the pot.

I made an 8-high straight with my six and the board, so I’m betting for value after the river check. An 800-chip bet gives hands like top pair or two pair a plausible call.

Bottom pair with a jack kicker loses to most of the button's value range (Qx, 7x, 8x, and the straights the 8 just completed). My Jh also blocks some of the missed heart draws he would bluff with, so I don't reach the ~28% equity needed to call.