Hold'em table

Seven-three offsuit is too weak to open from the button with both blinds still in the hand.

KQ suited is a strong hand in a heads-up pot against the big blind after the button folded, so a 3x raise from the small blind builds the pot and takes the initiative.

Defending big blind in position against a small blind open with JTo getting 2:1 direct pot odds.

Heads-up on a Js 5c 5d flop, I hold KQ of clubs with an overcard, a gutshot, and a backdoor flush draw. I'm first to act out of position, so a bet of about half the pot builds the pot and can fold out hands like ace-high and small pairs.

Flopped top pair with a ten kicker on a paired board; calling a half-pot continuation bet is standard value and bluff-catching.

I hold king-queen of clubs with a jack on the board, so I likely have top-pair-like showdown value and a backdoor to nothing, but the paired board makes bluffs and weak pairs common. Betting about 40% of the pot for value and protection is reasonable heads-up on a dry, paired board.

We hold top pair on a paired board and face a small turn bet of 500 into 1200, giving favorable pot odds to call.

Board is Js 5c 5d 3h 5h and I hold K-high with no flush, so I have almost no showdown value. I bet about 900 into the 2200 pot as a bluff, representing a fives or jack hand, since I bet flop and turn and the opponent's calling range is capped.

We hold Fives full of Jacks on a board of Js-5c-5d-3h-5h. We beat all bluffs and chop with any single Jack, while getting over 3.4-to-1 pot odds.

On the button in a 3-handed game, J7 suited is playable, and calling 100 to win a 250 pot is a cheap way to see a flop. A raise with this hand would be marginal.

Getting 5:1 pot odds from the small blind against a button limp, A5o is easily profitable enough to complete and see a flop.

With 5-4 offsuit against two limpers, I can see a flop for free rather than build a pot out of position.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a very coordinated board in a multiway pot; checking to control the pot size is the best line.

I have no made hand or meaningful draw on this board, so I’ll check rather than bet into two opponents.

I have a pair of jacks on a Q-A-J board, and both opponents checked, so I'm betting for value and to charge flush and straight draws. A small bet of about two-thirds of the pot keeps the sizing reasonable.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a wet board; calling 200 getting decent pot odds is standard against a button bet in a limped pot.

With no pair or meaningful draw on an ace-high board, calling a bet and a call out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

Check to control the pot with top pair, weak kicker out of position on a highly connected board.

I have a pair of jacks on a Q-A-J-9 board, and seat_3 checked the turn after only calling the flop, so their range looks capped and weak. A bet of 400 into the 700 pot gets value from worse pairs and draws and denies equity to hands like 10x or clubs.

We hold top pair on a board where our kicker is irrelevant since the board provides Q-J-9 kickers. Getting nearly 3:1 pot odds, calling the turn bet against button's wide limping and barreling range is standard.

I hold top pair with a weak kicker on a connected board. Checking is the standard line to control the pot and see what seat_2 does.

I hold a pair of jacks with a 7 kicker on a Q-A-J-9-4 board. Seat 3 checked all three streets and only called bets, so they likely have a marginal or drawing hand. A pair of jacks is probably best and worth a thin value bet of about half the pot, though it may be ahead of only some of their calling range.

Facing three barrels on a wet board where straights and two pairs are prevalent, our weak ace-five with the Ah blocking missed nut flush draws is not a profitable call.

Pocket eights on the button is a strong opening hand in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb is standard.

T6 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act.

3-2 offsuit is the worst starting hand, and calling 150 more out of position against a button raise is a losing play, so I fold.

On the button in a three-handed game, 4♦3♦ is a playable suited connector. I’ll open for 2.5 big blinds and use position postflop.

A2 offsuit is a decent hand against a button open in a 3-handed game. Calling 200 more to win a 400 pot is priced fine, and the big blind still has to act behind me. A 3-bet with a weak-kicker ace is not attractive.

Q7o plays very poorly multiway out of position, making it a clear fold despite decent pot odds.

Top pair with an ace on a dry A-K-3 board; I'm first to act heads-up against the preflop raiser's wide range, so I bet about 2/3 pot for value and to charge worse aces and king-x hands.

Bottom pair has enough potential against a small-blind flop lead to call at this price, especially with position and some backdoor draws.

Top pair with ace kicker plus a wheel draw (A-2-3-4) on a Kd 3c As 4c board. I bet for value and protection, since the button called the flop and may hold worse aces or draws. Sizing about half the pot.

Bottom two pair is strong enough to continue, but raising risks building a large pot against better two-pair hands or a straight. Calling keeps weaker aces and bluffs in while letting me reassess on the river.

I have aces and fours (two pair, top pair with an ace kicker) on a board of K-3-A-4-4. The button called flop and turn bets, so it likely holds a medium ace, a king, or a 4. A bet of about half the pot gets value from worse aces and kings while limiting losses to a boat or a better ace.

I have a full house, fours full of threes. A value raise can get called by straights or trip fours, though a few stronger full houses are possible.

Two pair, aces and fours with a king kicker, and only 25% equity is needed to call 2800 into 8400. Seat 1's raise represents strong hands like AK or a full house, but it also includes bluffs and worse aces, and my ace blocks some of the strong ones. The call is close but reasonable.

7-6 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is playable for 100 chips into a 150 pot, which is good odds and gives position postflop. A raise would bloat the pot with a marginal hand.

Holding 43 offsuit in the small blind has terrible playability and negative expected value postflop, making an easy fold even for half a blind.

With a weak, offsuit hand and no additional chips needed to see the flop, checking is better than building the pot out of position.

I have a weak pair on a connected flop. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me reassess after the button acts.

I have 7-6 on a 9-K-T flop, which gives me an open-ended straight draw (needs an 8 for the straight, and any Jack or Queen doesn't help but 8 does; 7-6 with 9-T needs 8 for 6-7-8-9-T). Villain checked in the big blind, so a small bet with position works as a semi-bluff and can win the pot right away.

Middle pair is strong enough to continue against a button limper's small flop bet, but the weak kicker and connected board make a raise unattractive.

Middle pair is worth taking to the river, but it is too weak to build the pot out of position.

I hold 7c6s on a 9-K-T-2 board, which gives an open-ended straight draw (8 makes 6-7-8-9-T). The big blind checked the flop and turn, so it looks weak. A small semi-bluff bet of about half the pot builds fold equity and I keep outs if called.The pot is 550, so 300 is a bit over half.

My pair of nines can still be ahead of draws or weaker hands, and the 300-chip bet gives me a reasonable price to see the river. Raising would risk too much with a weak pair.

My pair of nines has some showdown value, but the river improves several hands that could have bet the flop and turn. Checking avoids turning it into a bluff.

I have seven-high, so no showdown value. The opponent checked the river after calling small bets, so their range looks capped and weak, and a roughly half-pot bluff needs only about a third folds to profit.

Bottom pair is a weak bluff-catcher after three bets, and the river completes several straight draws. Calling 600 is unlikely to be profitable.

T2o is unplayable junk even on the button in 3-handed play. Standard fold.

With the button folded, Q4 offsuit is playable heads-up. A small raise gives me a chance to win the blind immediately.

Pocket sevens in the big blind against a small blind raise to 250 need only 150 more to call, which is good pot odds and gives set-mining value while I keep position-independent flexibility. A 3-bet is possible but calling is simpler and less risky.

Q-high has little immediate equity on this low, connected flop, and the big blind's calling range can hit it well. I’ll check rather than build the pot out of position.

I have a set of sevens on a 5c 7c 2d board. Seat_1 checked, so I bet about 70% of the pot to get value from draws and overpairs while staying small enough to keep weaker hands in.

Queen-high has little immediate equity on this flop, and calling 350 is too expensive with only weak backdoor draws.