Hold'em table

K3 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

J5 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act behind me.

Getting favorable pot odds of 150 to win a pot of 400 with no rake, J6s has sufficient equity and playability to defend against the button's opening range.

Check to the preflop aggressor with second pair and evaluate on subsequent actions.

K-high has little equity on this connected, two-spade flop, and checking keeps the pot small while preserving position.

Turned three of a kind after the flop checked through. Betting around 60% pot for value against pocket pairs, weaker pairs, or draws.

King-high has little showdown value and no meaningful draw. Without a spade blocker, this is a poor hand to bluff-raise against the turn lead.

J2o is a weak hand, folding is standard from the button in a 3-handed game.

In the small blind after the button folds, 43s works well as an aggressive steal attempt with decent playability if called.

The small blind can raise a wide range here. With position and a suited hand that can make straights and flushes, calling the extra 200 is preferable to folding.

This board connects heavily with the big blind's calling range, so checking our weak gutshot draw out of position is the standard line.

With five-high and only backdoor draws, I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into the preflop raiser.

I have four-high with a weak gutshot straight draw out of position. Checking costs nothing and keeps the pot small.

I have little showdown value but a flush draw. After the preflop raiser checked twice, a turn bet can win the pot now while leaving me outs when called.

I hold four-high with only a gutshot straight draw on a paired board. Getting 2.5:1 on a call with only four outs on the river does not justify continuing.

76 offsuit is too weak to profitably open on the button in 3-handed play.

Pocket nines are strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise for value rather than complete from the small blind.

Q7o has enough equity against a wide small blind raising range, and we have position postflop. Calling is +EV given the pot odds.

Pocket nines have showdown value, but this J-T flop connects with the big blind's calling range. Checking avoids building a larger pot out of position.

With Q-high and no pair or strong draw on a J-T-4 flop, checking behind after the preflop raiser checks controls the pot and avoids risking chips with a weak hand.

Pocket nines have showdown value on this turn, but a bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Opponent checked both flop and turn, indicating weakness; a bet can fold out better unpaired hands and take the pot with Q-high.

Pocket nines may still be ahead after the flop checked through. The 400-chip bet gives me sufficient pot odds to call and reassess on the river.

My nines have showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking preserves the option to bluff-catch against a reasonable bet.

My hand has no showdown value, so I'll bluff the river to fold out missed draws and weak pairs.

Pocket nines beat the missed draws that can take this turn-and-river betting line. The call needs to be good about 29% of the time, which is plausible after the flop checked through.

KJo is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

With ATo, calling the button's raise is reasonable given the pot odds and the button's likely wide range; 3-betting would commit too many chips out of position with a marginal hand.

Q5o has poor playability out of position multiway against a raise and a call, making this a clear fold.

I have top pair with an ace kicker on a draw-heavy board. Betting for value and protection against straight and flush draws.

I have the current nut straight on a draw-heavy flop. Raising builds the pot and charges flush draws.

Facing a large flop raise on a wet board, my pair of tens with an ace kicker has marginal equity and poor position; opponent's raise represents strong value or a big combo draw, so calling 1100 is not profitable enough.

T2o is a very weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and calling 100 chips out of position against two opponents is not profitable. Folding avoids unnecessary risk early in the match.

T4o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind, even with favorable pot odds out of position.

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

A6 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind, giving me a chance to win the pot now while retaining a playable hand if called.

Getting 3:1 pot odds heads-up with a king-high hand that has enough equity against a small-blind open, so calling is profitable and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Top pair can get value from weaker pairs and draws. A small bet keeps the pot manageable with a weak kicker.