Hold'em table

Pocket aces are the strongest starting hand. Raising to 300 builds the pot while keeping weaker hands in.

62o is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still left to act. Folding is clearly correct.

QQ is a premium holding; I 3-bet for value and to narrow the button's opening range while playing heads-up out of position.

Pocket aces are far ahead of the big blind's likely three-bet range. A raise to 2400 builds the pot while leaving room for a shove or a call.

With QQ heads-up against a button 4-bet, I am happy to stack off at this depth. Jamming maximizes value against worse pairs and AK while denying equity.

Pocket aces are the strongest preflop hand, making this an easy call against the all-in.

In 3-handed play the button is effectively opening against only the blinds, and 97o sits within a reasonable button opening range. A 2.5bb open wins the blinds often enough and plays well postflop in position.

8-high offsuit with a deuce is too weak to continue facing a button open from the small blind.

The small blind's folded chips improve the pot odds, making a call reasonable against a button open despite T5o being a weak hand.

I have a gutshot and some backdoor potential, but not enough to lead into the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see their action.

Top pair plus an open-ended straight draw on a wet board is strong enough to bet for value and protection against the big blind's many draws and weaker made hands.

I have only a gutshot straight draw and weak backdoor potential. Calling 360 out of position does not offer enough value.

K9 offsuit is a profitable button opening hand in three-handed play. Raising applies pressure and retains initiative.

5-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Q7o is a standard big blind defend against a 2.5bb button open. We are getting good pot odds, needing about 27% equity, and the button's opening range is wide.

Middle pair with a backdoor spade draw out of position against the preflop raiser on a K-high board that favors the raiser's range. I'll check and look to call a reasonable c-bet.

Top pair with a gutshot is strong enough to value bet after the big blind checks. A moderate sizing targets draws and weaker pairs while controlling pot growth.

Middle pair plus a backdoor flush draw, getting 400 to win 1350 (about 23% equity needed), is a clear continue against a button c-bet. Raising would fold out the worse hands, so calling keeps his bluffs in.

Middle pair with a backdoor flush draw that missed on the turn plays best as a check for pot control. I'll decide on a river bet based on sizing.

I have top pair with a strong kicker and should value-bet while charging spade draws and straight draws.

Third pair with no real draw facing a button double barrel on a blank turn; we have too little equity against a value-heavy range and will face another barrel on the river.

K8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

AQo is strong against a button open in 3-handed play, so I 3-bet from the small blind for value and to avoid playing out of position in a multiway pot. A size of about 4x keeps the big blind from coming along cheaply.

Qc2s is a very weak offsuit hand facing a large 3-bet and a cold caller/initial raiser still behind.

K8 offsuit is often dominated by a small-blind three-bet range, and calling this large raise is unlikely to be profitable.

K9o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; 2.5x puts pressure on both blinds.

J8 offsuit is a weak small-blind holding facing a button open with the big blind still behind. Folding avoids defending a dominated hand out of position.

4-2 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.

KJ offsuit is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 3bb applies pressure and builds the pot with a range advantage.

J7 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Q8 suited in the big blind facing a 3x button open is getting 200 to win 650, so it's a clear defend. Calling is better than 3-betting with this hand.

I flopped a queen-high flush with straight-flush redraws, so I'm betting for value and to charge single-diamond hands and draws. Leading from out of position builds the pot without risking a check-through.

We have a strong combo draw: an open-ended straight draw plus a diamond flush draw. Calling preserves position and realizes substantial equity against the flop bet.

We hold a Q-high flush on a four-flush-free board; only the Ad or Kd beats us, and our blockers rule out any straight flush. We bet about two-thirds pot for value against sets, two pair, Kx and single-diamond draws.

We hold a J-high flush with top pair, strong enough to continue but vulnerable to any A- or Q-high diamond. Calling keeps weaker value hands and bluffs in while avoiding overcommitting against a higher flush.

The Q-high flush is very strong here and only loses to an Ad or Kd flush. A roughly two-thirds pot bet gets value from sets, two pair, straights and Kx hands that called the flop and turn.

We have top pair with the J♦, blocking some flush combinations and retaining showdown value against worse kings and missed/bluffing hands. Raising would mostly be called by stronger flushes or two-pair-plus.