Hold'em table

As the button in a three-handed game, 8-7 offsuit is playable as an open. A small raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the risk modest.

T5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act.

A pair of threes in the big blind against a 2.5x button open only needs to call 150 into 400. That price is good, and deep stacks give set-mining implied odds.

A small pair on an ace-high two-heart board is weak and plays best as a check to the button raiser, keeping the pot small with some showdown value.

I have only a weak backdoor straight draw and no heart, so betting is unlikely to improve my position. I’ll take the free card and preserve my showdown equity.

A pair of 33 on an A-K-T board with three hearts has almost no value, and betting only folds out worse hands while better hands call. I'll check and try to reach showdown cheaply, since the button checked back the flop.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this board. Checking back keeps the pot small with a weak hand.

Pocket threes have almost no showdown value on this board, and the button's two checks cap their range at weak pairs and air. A two-thirds pot bet repping a flush or an ace should get many of those hands to fold.

I have only a weak high-card hand and no meaningful draw on this river. Calling 375 into 925 needs too much bluff frequency to be profitable.

J-T offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds takes advantage of position without committing too much.

96o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is a clear fold: the hand plays poorly out of position.

K5 offsuit is weak but has enough value as a big-blind defend against a button min-raise, especially with the small price to call.

With only king-high and a weak backdoor draw, there is little value in betting into the preflop raiser. I’ll take the free card and keep the pot small.

Trips are strong enough to bet for value against queens and drawing hands. A 350-chip bet also charges diamond draws without making the pot unnecessarily large.

K-high has no made hand and only weak backdoor possibilities on a paired Q-J-J board. Facing a substantial flop bet, folding avoids paying with insufficient equity.

Three-handed on the button, a wide opening range is correct, and 65o has enough playability to open for a small raise.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to defend against a button open at this price, though calling keeps the pot smaller while the big blind is still to act.

Calling 150 into a 600-chip pot gives me a good price to defend the big blind, despite K2 offsuit being weak. I’ll proceed cautiously in the multiway pot.

With only ace-high and no immediate draw on a multiway flop, betting is unlikely to get enough better hands to fold. Check and take a free card.

King-high with no meaningful draw is too weak to bet into two opponents. I'll take the free card.

The flop checked to me on the button. My middle pair has some showdown value and backdoor straight potential, so a small third-pot bet charges overcards and draws and can take down the pot.

I have only ace-high with no meaningful draw, and the button's bet into two players makes a call unattractive even at these pot odds.

King-high with no diamond or immediate straight draw is too weak to continue out of position against the flop bet.

Q8 suited is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raising to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure while keeping the size controlled.

J9 suited is strong enough to three-bet against a wide button opening range. Raising also puts pressure on the big blind and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

T2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a raise and a 3-bet, and the button is still left to act behind. Folding the big blind costs little.

Q8 suited is too weak to continue against a substantial 3-bet; calling would require strong equity against the small blind’s range.

Q7 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds uses position while keeping the pot manageable.

Q7o from the small blind facing a button open is too weak to call out of position with the big blind still to act, and it is a poor 3-bet bluff candidate.

9-5 offsuit is a weak, poorly playable hand out of position against the button's raise. Even with favorable pot odds, its equity realization is poor enough to fold.

K5 suited is a clear opening hand on the button in 3-handed play. A 2.5bb steal puts pressure on both blinds.

Q♦8♦ is playable suited and has sufficient equity at the price to continue from the small blind, despite being out of position and the big blind still to act.

A3 suited has enough equity and postflop potential to call 150 into a 600-chip pot, especially with action closing.

Q-high has no pair or immediate draw, and this multiway flop favors checking rather than investing into likely stronger Kx or 9x hands.

With bottom pair in a three-way pot and the preflop raiser still to act, I prefer to check and avoid building a large pot.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a dry board, and both opponents checked to me. A roughly half-pot bet gets value from worse kings, nines and draws, and denies equity to overcards.

Q-high has no pair or meaningful draw on this multiway flop, and calling risks another player continuing behind. Fold to the sizable bet.

Bottom pair with an ace kicker has enough equity to call this flop bet against a button raiser. Raising would overplay the hand.

My weak two pair has showdown value, but the button's flop bet and call make a value bet unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me evaluate their turn action.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a paired board; a small bet gets value from pocket pairs, 3x and draws while denying equity, and keeps the pot manageable if he check-raises with trips.

Bottom pair has little chance to improve against a king or a nine. After a multiway flop bet and another bet on the turn, calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable.