Hold'em table

84o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Pocket fives is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 300 builds the pot while keeping the risk controlled out of position.

Getting 2:1 pot odds in a blind-vs-blind situation, K6o is strong enough to defend against a likely small-blind steal. I'll call and evaluate postflop rather than fold a hand with some high-card equity.

My pocket fives are an underpair on a connected, two-club flop. Checking avoids building a pot out of position with a weak hand.

With K-high and only a backdoor flush draw, checking behind in position is best to realize equity and avoid getting raised off the hand.

Pocket fives have limited value on this connected, three-club turn, and betting is unlikely to get many better hands to fold. Checking keeps the pot small.

I have a weak made hand with a club flush draw and position. Checking back controls the pot and lets me see a free river.

My pocket fives have little showdown value on this four-club board. A 400-chip bet can fold out stronger hands that lack a club.

I hold a weak flush (6c) with four clubs on board. The small river bet gives good pot odds, and raising would likely only be called by a higher flush, so calling is the best play.

On the button in a three-handed, rake-free game, 97 offsuit is playable as a small open raise with position.

A3o is a weak, dominated offsuit ace out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with poor playability.

93s is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, even with decent pot odds.

4-6 offsuit is too weak to continue preflop even on the button, and calling 100 into 150 with poor equity is not profitable enough without reads.

Blind vs blind situation after the button folded. A5o is a solid hand to open raise to 3bb to apply pressure and take the initiative.

J8 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and calling keeps weaker hands in.

Check out of position on a paired low board with Ace-high showdown value and a backdoor draw.

Trips with a jack kicker are strong on this paired flop. A 400-chip bet gets value from pocket pairs and diamond draws.

Folding Ace-high with a weak kicker and limited redraws out of position against a 2/3 pot bet.

Open-raising to 2.5bb on the button with AJo is standard value opening in 3-handed play.

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

Closing the action from the big blind with QTo against a likely button steal, I only need about 27% equity to call 150 into 400. QTo has enough equity versus a wide button range, so calling is profitable and avoids bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

I flopped top two pair with QhTs on QsTc5d, which is strong enough to bet for value and protection against straight draws. I'll size up to build the pot while keeping worse Qx/Tx hands in.

We have a gutshot straight draw to the nuts, an overcard Ace, and position against a donk lead, giving us sufficient equity and implied odds to call.

I have two pair (queens and tens) on a wet board and want to bet for value and charge draws. If raised, I can reevaluate.

Turned the nut broadway straight. Raising for value against opponent's strong leading range and flush draws.

T6 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players at these stack depths.

With 99 in a blind-vs-blind spot after the button folds, raising applies pressure and builds the pot with a strong starting hand.

A8o is well ahead of an SB open range in a BvB situation; calling in position with favorable pot odds is standard.

I flopped two pair (Jacks and Nines) on a paired board and will bet for value and protection against overcards or a possible Jack.

Facing a 2/3 pot c-bet on a paired J-J-2 board, A8o out of position lacks sufficient equity and backdoor draws to justify a float.

Q9s is a speculative hand that plays well in position; calling 100 closes the action and sees a cheap flop as the button.

T7o plays poorly out of position postflop, making a fold the cleanest play despite getting decent pot odds to complete.

KTo is strong enough to raise against a button limp, building the pot while likely ahead of the limping range.

Q9s has good playability in position closing the action, and calling 300 into 550 requires about 35% equity, which this hand should have against a typical big-blind raise.

Top pair is likely ahead of the button’s limp-calling range. A roughly half-pot bet gets value from weaker pairs and draws while denying free cards.

I have a gutshot straight draw and backdoor flush draw, and I'm getting 3.9:1 pot odds with position and implied odds. Calling is reasonable to see a turn card without overcommitting.

Top pair is likely ahead of many hands that called the small flop bet. A turn bet gets value from weaker pairs while charging straight draws.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with Q9 on a K-J-8-7 board and am facing a 950 bet into 2700. The immediate pot odds are insufficient for four outs, and many of my apparent outs are not clean, so folding is correct.