Hold'em table

84o is below the button opening threshold in 3-handed play and has weak equity against both blinds, so I'm folding.

With a pocket pair heads-up from the small blind, raising builds value and pressures the big blind's wide checking range.

Open-raise the button with this playable suitedness-disconnected hand to pressure the blinds and retain initiative.

The button min-raised and the small blind folded, so I only need 100 to win a 350 pot, about 22% equity. 93 suited in the big blind is an easy defend at that price.

Our 9-high with a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot to a wheel (we need a 4 for 3-4-5-7-A? no, that needs a 6 too). The A-high board hits the button's opening range hard, so we check to the raiser out of position and can defend against a small c-bet.

I have a pair with some backdoor possibilities and can profitably deny equity to the big blind's broad preflop calling range. A small continuation bet also extracts value from worse pairs and draws.

Facing a small bet of about one-third pot, calling needs only about 23.5% equity. Nine-high with a backdoor flush and two backdoor straight draws is enough to defend against a wide button c-bet.

Bottom pair with no real draw on an ace-high board facing a button that c-bet; checking keeps the pot small and allows cheap showdown.

We have a marginal pair on an ace-high board after being called on the flop. Checking controls the pot and can allow us to realize equity.

A weak pair of threes on a board where any 2 or 6 makes a straight and three hearts make a flush has little value to bet. Checking keeps some showdown value against the button's give-up range after they checked back the turn.

Our pair of sevens has little value on this coordinated river, where many opponent holdings can make a straight or flush. Checking preserves showdown value.

64o is a weak hand and I'm first to act preflop against two blinds, so calling or raising risks chips with poor equity. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

A5o is a strong hand blind-vs-blind after the button folds, so I'm raising for value and fold equity. The ace blocker helps, and a 3x size keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Defend the big blind against the small blind’s min-raise with suited J-high; the price is favorable heads-up and this hand has reasonable postflop playability.

As the preflop raiser on a dry paired board that favors my range, a small c-bet with ace-high and a backdoor diamond draw should take the pot often. It also keeps the price cheap if the big blind comes back over the top.)

I have trips with a strong jack kicker on this paired board. Raising builds value against overpairs, diamond draws, and weaker eights while protecting equity.

We are getting 3:1 against a small check-raise on a paired board. Ace-high with backdoor flush and wheel draws has enough equity and bluff-catching value to continue.

Ace high with no real draw on the turn, facing a player who raised the flop. Checking keeps the pot small, and I can give up if they bet.

I have trip eights with a strong kicker and should value-bet against tens, diamond draws, and weaker eights. The turn check gives an opportunity to build the pot while charging draws.

Facing a flop check-raise and a turn barrel, I hold only ace-high with a weak 5-high flush draw. That is roughly 20% equity against the roughly 28% the price needs, so folding is correct.

AJo on the button in 3-handed play is a strong open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb for value and position.

5-4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind versus a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

QTo is a decent hand and I'm getting good pot odds to call the raise, so I'll see the flop in position.

Top two pair is strong on this flop, so I bet for value and to charge straight draws.

AJ on QT5 gives a gutshot to the nuts plus an overcard ace, facing a small donk bet (350 into 550). Calling gets good odds and keeps the pot controlled in position.

Top two pair is strong on this turn, so I bet for value and to charge draws.

We hold the nut Broadway straight on a board with a spade flush draw, so we raise for value and to charge draws. A raise to 3000 builds the pot while still keeping worse hands like two pair and sets in.

T6 offsuit is too weak to profitably open on the button at these stack depths, especially without reads.

Pocket nines are strong heads-up, so I raise to isolate the big blind and take control of the pot.

A8o is well ahead of a wide small-blind min-raise range, and we have position, so a 3-bet for value and fold equity beats just calling.

Calling 500 with 99 is reasonable given the pot odds and strong implied odds when we flop a set. Folding is too weak here, and 4-betting would turn a decent hand into a bluff.

As the in-position 3-bettor, a paired J-J-2 board favors my range, and ace-high has some showdown value. A small c-bet should fold out many of the SB's flat calls.

My pocket nines make two pair on this paired board, and I'm getting good pot odds to continue against a small continuation bet. Calling keeps the pot manageable while I reevaluate on the turn.

Checking to control the pot with a marginal made hand; opponent's 3-bet range contains many hands that beat us, and betting would only get called by better or fold bluffs.

A8 has little showdown value against a calling range full of pairs. A second barrel on the overcard queen can fold out middle pocket pairs, and my ace blocks AQ/AK.

Q9s is a solid enough hand to open from the button, and a raise to 250 puts pressure on the blinds while taking initiative.

T7o in the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is too weak to call or 3-bet profitably. Folding is standard.

Defend the big blind heads-up versus a button min-raise with KTs; it has solid equity and playability for the price.

Check top pair to keep the button's continuation bets and bluffs in range while avoiding inflating the pot with a marginal kicker.

Continuation bet to apply pressure after the preflop raise; opponent checked, so I can take down the pot with a wide range here.

Call with top pair against the button's continuation bet, keeping weaker kings, straight draws, and bluffs in range.

I have top pair with an open-ended straight draw on a highly dynamic board. A substantial turn bet extracts value from weaker pairs and draws while denying equity.