Hold'em table

A-T suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 3bb builds value and applies pressure to the blinds.

53o from the small blind facing a button open to 3bb, with the big blind still left to act, is too weak to call or 3-bet profitably. Folding is the clear play.

87 suited on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; a 2.5bb open steals the blinds often and plays well in position postflop.

2-3 offsuit is a very weak hand and facing a raise out of position, so calling has poor expected value.

AQ offsuit is a strong heads-up big blind defense and benefits from a value 3-bet against the button opening range. Raising to 8.5bb applies pressure while retaining maneuverability postflop.

We are on the button with a suited connector, 100bb deep, and in position against a big blind 3-bet. We call 600 into a 1750 pot, about 34% equity needed, and the implied odds from playing in position make the call profitable.

Top pair with a strong kicker on this ace-high board is well ahead of much of the preflop calling range. A substantial continuation bet extracts value and denies equity to club draws and weaker pairs.

87 offsuit-colored with no pair and no real draw on an A-K-6 board is too weak to continue against the preflop 3-bettor's c-bet, which strongly hits this flop.

With pocket fours heads-up against the big blind after the button folds, I raise for value and initiative.

Getting 3:1 in position against a wide small-blind open, Q2o has enough equity to defend by calling.

Bottom pair has limited value on this coordinated flop against a preflop caller. Checking keeps the pot controlled and allows us to respond to their sizing.

Q2o has only an overcard and backdoor draws on a board that connects well with the preflop raiser's range, so I'll take the free card rather than bluff into it.

With a weak paired hand on a coordinated board, checking preserves showdown value and avoids being check-raised off our equity.

The preflop raiser checked both the flop and the turn, which suggests a weak range. My queen-high has little showdown value, so a two-thirds-pot stab should fold out many overcards and small pairs.

Pocket fours have very little showdown value on this paired, coordinated board, and the turn bet is not priced favorably enough to continue.

Fold the weak 5-high suited hand on the button rather than enter a multiway pot with poor equity and reverse-implied-odds risk.

AKo is a premium hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I'm raising for value. A 3x open from the small blind is standard.

K4 offsuit is a reasonable button open in 3-handed play with only the blinds left to act. A small raise to 2.5bb puts pressure on them to fold.

A8s is strong enough to continue against a button open, and calling keeps the pot manageable while seeing a flop with a suited ace.

KQs is a strong three-handed big-blind defense and benefits from applying pressure against the button open and small-blind flat. A 4x raise over the open builds value while denying equity.

K4o facing a large squeeze from the big blind, with another player still behind, is too weak to continue profitably even with the price. Folding is best.

3h9s is a weak offsuit hand with poor equity against two opponents, and calling offers limited playability. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

KJs suited is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind hand and benefits from building the pot while applying pressure to the big blind.

In a blind-vs-blind spot facing a 3x SB open, K6o has enough equity against a wide range. We only need about 25% equity at these pot odds, and we will have position postflop, so calling is clearly better than folding.

A small continuation bet applies pressure to unpaired overcards in the big blind's range while risking little with two overcards and backdoor club potential.

Middle pair plus a backdoor nut flush draw, facing a 1/3-pot bet with 3.3:1 pot odds. That is enough equity to continue, but not strong enough to raise.

The paired turn is favorable for my preflop-raiser range and can fold out unpaired overcards and some weak floats. A modest barrel pressures those hands while preserving chips if called or raised.

Top pair with a king kicker on a paired board is a solid bluff-catcher, and the small bet gives us 4.5:1. Raising would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by overpairs and straights.

We have top pair with a solid kicker on a river that improves many of villain's missed-draw and weaker-K holdings. A moderate value bet can be called by weaker kings, trips, and some bluff-catchers while limiting exposure to stronger hands.

Our kings-and-sixes beats most of villain's small-bet value range, including AK, weaker Kx and overpairs. A moderate raise extracts value from those hands while limiting losses against straights.

The passive call-call line followed by a large river raise is heavily weighted toward trips or a stronger value hand. Top pair with a jack kicker is not strong enough to profitably bluff-catch.