Hold'em table

With 2c4s in the button and a 100-chip call, this hand is too weak to continue profitably in a three-handed pot.

With Q5 offsuit in the small blind, completing for 50 chips keeps the pot manageable while allowing me to see a flop.

ATo is well ahead of the small blind's limping range; raising to 400 builds a pot with position and initiative.

Q5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a raise to 400, so folding avoids investing more with a weak hand.

Six-deuce offsuit is too weak to open from the button at this stack depth.

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

Opening on the button with pocket queens for value with a standard 2.5bb raise.

AK offsuit is a strong 3-bet hand in a 3-handed pot, and raising applies pressure while building the pot against the button's wide open.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

Holding pocket Queens on the button, four-betting for value against the small blind's three-bet is standard and builds the pot in position.

AK offsuit has enough equity to call the 4-bet given the pot odds, and raising would likely only get called by a range that has us dominated. Calling keeps the pot manageable and lets us evaluate a flop.

I have top pair top kicker on a flush-draw board and should bet for value and protection against seat_3's strong preflop range. A 2500 bet builds the pot while denying free cards to spade draws.

Seat 1 called a 4-bet out of position and donk-bet over half the pot on a King-high flop. Queens are now second pair with poor reverse implied odds against an opponent likely holding AK or better.

Suited gapper on the button; calling 100 to see a cheap flop with position and potential flush/straight value.

5-2 offsuit plays poorly out of position against two opponents. Completing the small blind is unlikely to realize enough equity to justify the call.

I hold Q6o in the big blind facing a button limp and a fold from the small blind. Taking a free flop is the standard and most plus-EV play.

I checked my option preflop with Q6o and have nothing on a paired low board, so checking out of position is standard.

My hand has only a gutshot and backdoor flush draw on a paired board, so I prefer to take a free card rather than bloat the pot.

Turn picked up an open-ended straight draw with Qc6h. Betting as a semi-bluff after the button checked back the flop.

I have two pair (5s and 4s), but the paired board and possible straight mean raising could get called only by better. Calling controls the pot and lets me evaluate the river.

I bluffed the turn when the straight draw picked up equity, but the river King did not improve my Q-high. Checking gives up minimal additional chips given opponent's sticky turn call.

I have two pair (5s and 4s) and the opponent checked the river after raising the turn, so a small value bet can get called by worse hands like Kx or a weaker pair. I can fold if raised.

I only have Queen-high on a paired board with a King river. Calling cannot win at showdown, and a bluff check-raise is not worth the risk here.

K2 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open in a three-handed game. Raising gives me a chance to win the blinds and keeps the initiative if called.

Folding 9d 5h from the small blind facing a button open raise; this hand is too weak to continue out of position.

QTs has enough equity against a button open to defend from the big blind, and I'm closing the preflop action with good pot odds.

I have a gutshot straight draw but the ace-high flop favors the preflop raiser, so I prefer to check and see a free turn card rather than bloat the pot out of position.

A small continuation bet leverages my preflop range advantage on this ace-high flop and can fold out hands that beat my king-high.

I have a gutshot to the nut straight and am getting over 5:1 immediate odds, so calling the small flop bet is profitable even if my overcards are not always clean.

I have the Broadway straight, but the board has three spades. Betting for value and protection against flush draws and worse made hands.

The turn completes the flush draw, and the big blind’s sizable lead after calling the flop is concerning. My weak king has no spade and too little equity to justify a 700-chip call.

Q3o is far too weak to open even from the button in 3-handed play. Standard fold.

With 2h8s in the small blind and only the big blind left, this hand is too weak to call or raise out of position. Folding loses only the small blind and avoids playing a dominated trash hand.