Hold'em table

Nine-six offsuit is a weak button hand and not worth investing against the blinds here.

A4 offsuit is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds. Raising to 3 big blinds puts pressure on a wide defending range.

JTs in the big blind against a 3x small-blind open is a clear defend: I'm getting 3:1 and will have position postflop. Calling keeps the SB's wide range in, and the hand plays well postflop.

Top and bottom pair is strong against a big-blind caller. A 400-chip bet gets value from weaker aces and draws while charging spade draws.

JTh has no pair and only weak backdoor straight potential on A-8-4 with two spades, and it has no flush draw. Calling 400 into 1000 needs about 29% equity, which this hand doesn't have against a small-blind range that is continuation-betting.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two players at full stacks.

JTo is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot after the button folds. Raising to 3bb takes the initiative and applies pressure.

A♥J♥ is strong enough to 3-bet for value and initiative against the small blind’s raise. A 10bb total size applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

In a blind-versus-blind spot the big blind's 3-bet range is wide. JTo has enough equity and playability to call 700 into a 2000 pot, even out of position.

Trips with a decent kicker on a paired board. Checking to the preflop 3-bettor lets him c-bet his overpairs and bluffs, and I can check-raise or check-call from there.

Bet small into the checked-to pot with the nut-flush draw and overcard equity, applying pressure while keeping the sizing manageable against a paired board.

Trip tens with a jack kicker are well ahead of the BB's 3-bet range. A check-raise builds the pot, gets value from overpairs, and charges the heart draws.

Calling the raise with the nut-flush draw gives favorable pot odds, while raising risks committing more chips against a strong check-raising range.

Trip tens with SPR near 1: jamming charges overpairs with heart outs and weaker Tx, denies free cards, and still leaves 10 full-house outs against a made flush.

I have the ace-high flush on a board where many draws have completed, and the pot odds justify calling despite the possibility of a full house.

Three-handed on the button, Q2o is at the bottom of a wide stealing range, so a small open to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds while keeping risk low.

JTo is a reasonable defend against a button open, and calling preserves the pot odds without inflating an out-of-position pot.

K8 suited has enough equity to call 150 into a 600-chip pot, and calling closes the preflop action.

Check with J-high and no meaningful immediate draw on this ace-high, multiway flop. There is little value in bluffing into two opponents when the pot is already checked to me.

With king-high and no meaningful draw in a three-way pot, I prefer to check and avoid building the pot.

The ace-high board favors the preflop raiser, and both opponents checked. A small one-third-pot c-bet can take the pot down often, and my backdoor club draw gives the bluff some equity if called.

J♠T♣ has no pair or meaningful draw on A♠9♣4♣, and calling the flop bet would be unprofitable with two players still in the hand.

King-high has little chance to improve on this ace-high, two-club flop, and no useful draw to continue against the bet.

7♠5♥ is a weak offsuit hand from the button, and completing invites the big blind in without much equity. I fold rather than invest or open-raise with a marginal holding.

With the button folded, J6 offsuit is playable against the big blind. I’ll raise to give the blind a chance to fold rather than play a limped pot out of position.

Getting 30% pot odds in position against a blind-vs-blind SB open, and Q5o is a standard defend here.

My hand has little equity on this coordinated flop and no diamond, so I’ll check rather than build the pot.

We have middle pair on a wet board, and SB checked to us, so a small bet takes the pot now from weaker hands and gets value from Jx/Tx draws and worse pairs. It also denies equity to overcards and draws, and is easy to fold to a check-raise.

J6 has no made hand or meaningful draw on this K-Q-4 flop. Calling the bet with little chance to improve is not worth it.

On the button in a three-handed game, 7♦4♦ is playable as an open with position and suited potential. A 2.5 big-blind raise gives the blinds a chance to fold without risking much.

A2 offsuit in the small blind facing a button open is marginal. Calling out of position with the big blind still to act is unprofitable, so fold (a 3-bet bluff at a low frequency is the only alternative).

64 offsuit is a weak, poorly playable hand out of position, and the raise makes a call unattractive despite the pot odds.

83o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play, since both blinds are still to act behind me. Folding costs nothing.

The discounted price makes completing the small blind worthwhile despite the weak offsuit hand; I can proceed cautiously postflop.

J7 offsuit is playable heads-up but not strong enough to build a large pot against the small blind's limp. Checking lets me see the flop for free.

I have an open-ended straight draw, but this coordinated flop can connect well with the big blind's range. I’ll take the free card rather than build a pot out of position.

Top pair with a jack kicker is likely ahead of the small blind's limping range. Betting for value also charges straight and flush draws on this connected flop.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with four outs and no meaningful backdoor flush draw. The 150-chip call is not justified by the pot odds, so I fold.