Hold'em table

On the button in a three-handed game, Q6 offsuit is worth opening to pressure the blinds and realize position.

J8 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is a weak, dominated hand that plays poorly out of position. Folding is the standard play.

Calling 100 is cheap with good pot odds, and I can see a flop in position relative to the raiser. Folding is too tight against a min-raise, and raising with this weak hand is unnecessary.

I have no pair or draw on a paired board, so checking is the only sensible play to see the turn for free.

A small continuation bet leverages our preflop range advantage on this paired ace board while risking little with a low-showdown-value hand.

I have no pair and no draw on a paired ace board, so calling is unlikely to win at showdown. Folding saves chips.

73o is too weak to open from the button against two blinds at 100bb; folding is standard.

I'm getting 3-to-1 pot odds to complete the small blind heads-up, and 6-8 offsuit is worth seeing a cheap flop with. Folding would give up too much equity for one small bet.

With A4 offsuit heads-up in an unraised blind pot, checking realizes equity cheaply and avoids inflating the pot with a dominated weak ace.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a coordinated board, so I'll check to control the pot and see the turn.

A small continuation bet can fold out many unpaired limps and realize the value of our ace-high showdown blocker when called.

I have bottom pair and am getting good pot odds to call a small bet, so I'll see the turn cheaply.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker and no need to inflate the pot on the turn. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see the river for free.

I’ll make a small turn value/protection bet with bottom pair after the checked turn, targeting weaker pairs and denying free cards to overcards and draws.

I only have bottom pair with a weak kicker, and this turn bet represents strong value or a good draw. Out of position and not getting favorable odds to continue, I fold.

On the button with A8o in a 3-handed game, I have a strong enough hand to open-raise and put pressure on the blinds. A raise to 2.5 big blinds is a standard sizing that can take the pot preflop or continue with decent equity if called.

4s2s is a very weak hand facing a button open from the small blind, with the big blind still behind.

Getting 2.67:1 against a wide 3-handed button open, J4o has enough raw equity to defend from the big blind.

J-high with a gutshot (K for broadway) and a backdoor flush draw on an ace-high board that favors the raiser; checking to the preflop raiser is standard here.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a coordinated board. Betting for value and to protect against draws is appropriate, so I make a standard continuation bet.

J-high with only backdoor draws on an A-Q-9 board facing a c-bet is too weak to continue profitably, even getting about 28% pot odds.

J9 suited has good playability on the button in a three-handed game. A small open raises for initiative while keeping weaker hands in.

43o from the small blind facing a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold. It is out of position and too weak to call or 3-bet profitably.

Calling 150 with A7o offers good pot odds, and my hand has enough equity against a button open to see a flop in position disadvantage but with a reasonable price.

Betting top pair for value and protection on this connected board, targeting worse nines, eights, and straight draws.

My A7 has no pair and no real draw on this 9-8-3 board, and facing a 400-chip bet I don't have enough equity to continue.

J9o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise applies pressure to the blinds.

Calling 200 with a suited connector offers good pot odds and implied odds, and I can fold if the big blind puts in a big raise.

AK suited is a premium hand and should be raised for value from the big blind against an open and caller. A larger squeeze also reduces multiway realization.

J9o facing a BB squeeze to 9bb with the SB still to act is too weak to continue profitably, even with position. Folding the 2.5bb open is the disciplined play.

Facing a large 3-bet out of position with 9-high suited, this hand is too weak to continue. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

With 3-2 offsuit in the small blind against the big blind, folding is preferable to completing with a very weak hand out of position.