Hold'em table

Ace-ten offsuit is strong enough to open on the button, and a 2.5-big-blind raise puts pressure on the blinds without risking too much.

Holding 5c 3h in the small blind against a button open is an easy fold with low playability out of position.

K6 offsuit is weak; calling 150 more to win 400 gives about 27% pot odds, but I'd be out of position against a button opener with a poor hand, so folding is reasonable.

Open-raising 87s from the button to 2.5bb is a standard, profitable play with strong playability in position.

2-3 offsuit is the weakest starting hand, and calling 200 more out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act is a losing play.

AQ offsuit is strong against a button opening range. I’m three-betting for value from the big blind.

Calling the 3-bet in position with suited connectors getting acceptable direct pot odds and strong implied odds at 100bb deep.

Top pair with a strong kicker is ahead of many hands that called the three-bet. A small continuation bet gets value while leaving room to respond to a raise.

We completely whiffed the flop with eight-high and no draw against a preflop 3-bettor's c-bet on an Ace-King board.

K2 offsuit is a weak hand and I'm out of position postflop against two opponents' ranges. Folding is a reasonable default here even though the button is a good position.

With a small pair out of position against the big blind, completing cheaply preserves the chance to flop a set without building a large pot preflop.

I have a weak offsuit queen in the big blind facing an SB limp, so taking a free flop in position is standard.

Pocket fours have limited value on this connected, two-spade flop. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids betting into a range that can continue often.

I have Queen-high with minimal showdown value and weak backdoor potential on a wet board; checking behind takes a free card in position.

Pocket fours have some showdown value, but betting this paired, draw-heavy board is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking keeps the pot small.

I have Queen-high with minimal showdown value and no draw, so taking the free river card in position is standard.

Pocket fours have some showdown value, but this river connects strongly with many hands the big blind could hold. Checking avoids risking more chips on a bluff that may be called.

I have two pair, Queens and Tens, on a board with potential straights and flushes. Checking back ensures showdown value against missed hands and weaker pairs without risking getting raised.

On the button, suited connected low cards have enough playability to open when the blinds have not acted.

Holding AKo in the small blind facing a button open, standard strategy dictates a strong 3-bet for value and initiative.

A5s in the big blind faces a button open and a 3-bet squeeze to 1000 (10bb), needing to call 900 more with a raiser still to act behind. The hand is dominated often and plays poorly out of position in a 3-way pot, so folding is reasonable.

Five-three suited is too weak to continue against a large three-bet, even with position.

K4o is too weak to open profitably from the button even three-handed. Folding avoids reverse implied odds.

A8 suited is a strong hand heads-up from the small blind against the big blind, so I raise for value and to take the initiative in position-disadvantaged spot.

KQo is strong against a typical small-blind opening range. A three-bet builds value while retaining position after the flop.

Facing a 3-bet to 1000 from the big blind after my 300 raise, A8s is out of position and dominated by the value hands in that range. Calling 700 more is marginal, so folding is the cleaner choice.

3-9 offsuit is a weak hand even on the button in a 3-handed game, and calling out of position later with it has negative expected value, so I fold.

K-J suited is strong heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 350 builds the pot while compensating for being out of position.

Facing a 3.5bb open from the small blind, K6o lacks sufficient equity and playability to profitably continue.