Hold'em table

On the button, 7-6 offsuit is playable as an open in a three-handed game. A modest raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while retaining position if called.

A7 offsuit is a decent hand three-handed against a button open to 2.5bb. Calling 200 more is reasonable, but the hand is dominated too often to 3-bet out of position with the big blind still to act.

Getting 4:1 immediate pot odds closing the preflop action with A8o in the big blind makes calling a standard +EV defense.

Ace-high with a king on a K-K-6 board blocks some king hands and holds a decent kicker. Betting about half the pot builds the pot against two players who likely missed and could fold hands like 6x or pocket pairs below kings.

I only have Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw facing a flop lead, and the preflop aggressor is still left to act behind me.

My pair of sixes has enough showdown value to call this flop bet in position, but raising would risk building a large pot against a king or stronger pair.

I have ace-high with a 7 on a K-K-6-4 board. I bet the flop and got called by the button, who now faces a check-or-bet decision from me first on the turn. A modest bet of about 45% of the pot can get a worse king-less hand like a pair of 6s or 4s to fold, and it also earns value from weaker holdings. I'm not sure checking is better, since my ace-high has some showdown value but not much.

My six is a weak pair, but the bet offers a reasonable price against a range that can include heart draws. I can use position to reassess on the river.

I hold ace-high with a 7 on a Kh Kc 6h 4d 9h board. Seat_1 called both the flop and turn bets, so it likely holds a king or a pair that beats me. A river bet would mostly get called by better hands and fold out worse ones, so I check and take the free showdown.

My six has some showdown value, but the heart flush draw completed on the river. Checking avoids risking more chips with a weak hand.

J4 offsuit is a weak hand, and on the button facing the big blind with two players still to act behind, folding avoids a marginal, dominated spot despite three-handed ranges being wide.

J4o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position against the big blind.

86o is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

With the button folded, calling 50 more is a low-cost way to see a flop heads-up. 9-5 offsuit is too weak to build a larger pot preflop.

J5 offsuit is a weak hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind instead of raising out of position against a limping small blind.

Bottom pair and a gutshot have reasonable equity heads-up. A small bet can get value from draws and deny free cards to overcards.

Middle pair (fives) on a draw-heavy 6-8-5 board, getting about 2.7-to-1 on a small bet into a range that includes many weak hands. Calling keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity, while a raise would risk too much with a marginal hand.

My pair of fives has some showdown value and a straight draw, but the turn also completes possible flushes and straights. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

I have a pair of fives with a gutshot or open-ended straight draw on a 6-8-5-4 board with Jd kicker. Actually 5h gives me a pair; 7 makes a straight. Seat_1 checked the turn after betting the flop, showing weakness, so I bet about 68% of pot for value and protection.

My pair of fives and gutshot are unlikely to have enough equity against a turn bet on a board that completes both straights and flushes.

KQs is a strong three-handed button hand, so I’m opening for value and position.

K2 offsuit is weak out of position against a button raise to 250, with the big blind still to act behind me. Calling 200 more to play a dominated hand isn't worth it.

Q5o is too weak to defend out of position against a button open.

Pocket threes on the button in a 3-handed game is strong enough to raise for value and position. A 3x open puts pressure on both blinds.

T6o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.

QTo has enough equity against a button opening range to defend the big blind for 200 more chips.

I have top pair with a moderate kicker, but I'm out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me respond to their bet.

Heads up on a Q-9-2 board with a small pair, I'm last to act after the big blind checked. A bet of about 60% pot takes the pot now against weak holdings and gets value from worse pairs and draws, and 33 holds some showdown value if called.

Top pair with a ten kicker is strong enough to continue against this flop bet, but raising would risk building a large pot against better queens.

Top pair with a middling kicker has showdown value, but betting out of position risks building a large pot against stronger hands. Checking keeps the opponent's bluffs in and controls the pot.

I hold a low pocket pair (33) on a 9-2-Q-4 board, which is a weak showdown hand. Seat_1 checked the turn after calling the flop, so a check keeps the pot small and gives me a free card with some chance of winning at showdown.

Top pair is worth a small river value bet after the turn checked through. This size can get called by weaker queens or nines without risking too much against stronger hands.

Getting about 4.2-to-1 (need ~19% equity). Seat 1's small river bet can include missed draws, so my pair of 3s can beat some bluffs. Raising would only get called by better hands, so I just call.

42o is far too weak to open or play from the button, even 3-handed. An easy fold.

7-3 offsuit is a weak hand to play out of position against the big blind, so I’ll save the remaining 50 chips.