Hold'em table

52 offsite is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play against two blinds with 100bb stacks, so folding is the lowest-loss option.

With 5-high offsuit in the small blind against the big blind, folding is preferable to completing with very weak equity and poor playability.

KQs is a strong button opening hand with good equity and playability. I raise to build the pot and pressure the blinds.

Six-deuce offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, and calling costs another 200 chips with the big blind still to act.

KJo in the BB against a 3-handed button open of 2.5bb is a comfortable defend; calling 150 into a 400 pot keeps the button's wider range in, whereas 3-betting mostly gets called or shoved on by hands that dominate us.

Trips with a strong kicker on a dry paired board; checking to the preflop raiser lets them c-bet with air and keeps their bluffs in, and I can check-raise or call to trap.

As the preflop raiser, I can apply pressure on this paired board while retaining two overcards and a diamond backdoor draw. A small continuation bet denies equity efficiently.

Trips with a strong kicker on a dry paired board; calling keeps the button's c-bet range and bluffs in, so I can build the pot on later streets.

Trip jacks with a king kicker is well ahead of the button's range. With a heart draw now possible, I'll lead about two-thirds pot for value and protection rather than risk a check-back.

KQ-high has no meaningful draw on this paired board, and the turn lead after a flop call is likely to be value-heavy. Folding avoids continuing with weak equity.

Pocket sevens are a strong button opening hand three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise builds the pot while keeping the opening size manageable.

Q9o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, plays poorly out of position. It is too weak to 3-bet for value and a marginal call, so folding is the standard play.

A5 offsuit is comfortably strong enough to defend against a button min-raise, while calling keeps their wide opening range and avoids inflating the pot out of position.

Check to the preflop raiser with ace-high and the nut-flush draw, preserving flexibility to respond to a continuation bet.

A small bet with 77 can get value from weaker pairs and draws while denying free cards to overcards. The paired board favors a modest size.

Call with the nut-flush draw and ace-high showdown potential at a small flop sizing. Keeping the pot controlled preserves implied odds while retaining strong turn options.

With ace-high and the nut spade draw on a paired board, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot without a made hand.

My pocket sevens have showdown value, but the turn nine improves some hands that called the flop. Checking controls the pot and keeps weaker hands in.

I have the nut flush on this four-spade river and should value-bet against worse flushes, trips, and bluff-catching pairs. A substantial sizing extracts value while retaining calls from much of that range.

My pair of sevens is behind any eight, nine, or completed flush. Facing this river bet, I don't expect enough bluffs to make a call profitable.

On the button in 3-handed play, 54o is a reasonable open-raise candidate given the wide ranges. A small 2.5x steal pressures both blinds.

7-6 offsuit is a weak, dominated blind defense versus a button open with the big blind still behind. Folding avoids playing a difficult multiway pot out of position.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5 big blind raise.

Ace-seven suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure while retaining flexibility.

K7 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act. I’ll give up the small blind rather than build a pot with a marginal hand.

Getting 150 to win 400 in the big blind against a button open, 98o has enough equity and playability to defend by calling.

98o with only a gutshot (needs a 5 for 5-high... actually needs 2 for no; minimal equity) on an ace-high board that favors the button raiser; check and likely fold to a bet.

Betting top pair for value and protection on this connected flop; worse aces, pairs, and draws can continue.

9-high with no pair and no real draw on an ace-high board facing a c-bet; the button's range hits this board well, so a bluff raise has poor fold equity. Folding.

J9 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

K3 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open is too weak to call out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding is standard.

Defend the big blind against the button's small raise with suited queen-high, which realizes adequate equity in position postflop relative to the raiser.

I have a strong queen-high flush draw with useful fold equity against missed hands. A substantial continuation-sized lead can win immediately while building a pot for my draw.

J-high has no pair or direct draw on this A-K-4 flop. Calling the bet would require too much improvement, and a bluff raise is unlikely to be profitable.