Hold'em table

Holding 32o on the button, this hand has virtually no playability or showdown value, making it a clear fold.

Completing for 50 chips is inexpensive in a heads-up pot, and with no rake, 5-3 offsuit has enough potential to see a flop despite the positional disadvantage.

SB limped after button folded; J7 suited plays fine heads-up in position-less BB but a raise against a limper takes the pot often and builds a pot with a decent suited hand. Raising to 3bb isolates and punishes the limp.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a raise.

Six-deuce suited is too weak to open profitably from the button against two unknown opponents.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; Q9o is well within a standard SB open-raising range blind-vs-blind, so raise to 3bb to take initiative and pressure the BB.

42o is well outside any reasonable defending range against an open raise from the small blind.

JTo on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and plays well in position.

J4o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.

K4 offsuit is marginal, but with no rake and 150 more to call against a button open, defending the big blind is worthwhile.

With only king-high on a dry flop, I prefer to check rather than build the pot out of position.

I have the preflop raise and position on a dry low board; a small c-bet with two overcards and backdoor straight potential lets me take the pot down often and keeps the bet cheap when called.

King-high with no draw is too weak to continue against this flop bet.

A4o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play to attack the blinds with position and blocker value.

Nine-seven suited is playable against a button min-raise at this price. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving its potential to make strong draws.

2-5 offsuit is one of the weakest hands; even with 5:1 pot odds and a min-raise, playing out of position against two opponents with a hand this poor loses chips long term.

With a weak middle pair out of position, I prefer to check and keep the pot manageable.

I have bottom pair with top kicker in position. Checking back controls the pot and lets me realize equity without bloating the pot against check-raises.

Two pair is likely ahead of many jacks and one-spade hands. Betting 350 gets value while charging draws on the three-spade board.

Fourth pair with no spade on a coordinated three-flush board has very poor equity against a 70% pot lead.

Pocket jacks are a strong button hand three-handed, so I’m raising for value and to build the pot in position.

K4 offsuit in the small blind facing a 3x button open is a clear fold; it plays poorly out of position and is dominated by much of the opener's range.

K3s is a marginal holding out of position against a 3x open from the button, so folding is the disciplined choice.

A9 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; 2.5x to take initiative and play in position.

J2o is far too weak to defend out of the small blind against a button raise.

A5 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise at this price. Calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

On this dry paired flop, ace-high has some showdown value. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets the preflop raiser act.

Standard small c-bet on a dry paired board with ace-high and backdoor flush draw; I have range advantage as preflop raiser and this board misses most of the BB's calling range.

The small flop bet gives a good price with ace-high against a wide button range. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding an oversized pot out of position.

Ace-high gives me a decent kicker with the board’s trip threes, but pairs and sevens have full houses. Checking controls the pot and lets weaker hands bluff.

Board is 7-3-3-3 so any pair in villain's hand is a full house that beats my trips with ace kicker; betting mostly gets called by hands that beat me and folds out worse, so I check back for pot control and showdown value.

The four threes on board give me quads with the best possible kicker. A modest bet can get called by weaker kickers.

Quads on board means my ace kicker is the nuts; villain's river bet likely represents a king/queen or a chopping ace, so a moderate raise extracts value from worse kickers that may call while losing nothing against an ace.

The four threes on the board plus my ace make the best possible hand. A moderate raise seeks a call from a weaker kicker that might fold to an all-in bet.

Board shows quad threes; my ace kicker gives me the absolute nuts and I can only chop against another ace, never lose. Shoving all-in maximizes value against any opponent who calls with a king or worse kicker.

The board has four threes, and my ace gives me the highest possible kicker. I can win or chop, but cannot lose.