Hold'em table

On the button, 7-6 suited is a playable speculative hand; raising can win the blinds and retains initiative.

Three-handed, the button opens a wide range, and A7o plays well as a 3-bet from the small blind: the ace blocks strong hands, and 3-betting avoids a flat out of position with the big blind still to act.

A8o is dominated by the small blind's 3-bet range, and calling 9bb would require roughly 40% equity that this hand does not have. Folding preserves the stack for better spots.

Suitedness is absent and 76o performs poorly against a large 3-bet; folding avoids defending too wide out of position.

J4o sits at the bottom edge of a 3-handed button opening range. With two players still to act behind, folding is the low-variance choice.

8-6 offsuit is too weak to invest chips from the button here, and folding costs nothing since I have no blind posted.

Closing the action from the small blind, 9-5 suited gets a very favorable price to see a heads-up flop.

J5o is weak. Checking takes a free flop in position against the small blind's limp without bloating the pot.

I have bottom pair plus a gutshot straight draw. A small continuation bet can deny equity and extract value from weaker hands.

Bottom pair with a jack kicker in a limped pot, facing a third-pot bet. The price is 100 into 300, so 25% equity is enough, and calling keeps the SB's bluffs in while controlling the pot.

I have a made nine-high straight and should value bet while charging club draws and pair-plus-draw hands. A moderate sizing retains calls from worse made hands.

A pair of fives is very weak on a four-club board where any 7 also makes a straight. The call needs about 29% equity, and against a turn bet that range is likely full of clubs, straights and better pairs, so folding is the better choice.

KQs is a strong button opening hand and plays well with initiative. A 2.5bb open applies pressure while retaining flexibility.

K2 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is too weak to call or 3-bet profitably. Folding is standard.

I'm getting good pot odds (400 to call 150) and Q5o has enough equity against a button open to make calling profitable, so I'll see a flop in position disadvantage but with a reasonable price.

I have bottom pair with a queen kicker, which is a decent hand but vulnerable. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see how the preflop raiser reacts on this flop.

Betting small in position applies pressure to the big blind's many unpaired hands while retaining a manageable risk with two overcards.

Pocket threes on the button in a 3-handed game make a standard open-raise. Raising to 2.5bb steals the blinds often and keeps a set-mining hand playable.

T6o is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids paying 200 chips with poor equity and playability.

QcTs is a playable suited? offsuit broadway hand facing a small button open, and calling closes the preflop action with good pot odds.

Check to the preflop raiser with top pair and a moderate kicker, keeping their bluffs and worse hands in range while controlling the pot.

The Q-high board favors my preflop raising range, so a small c-bet gets folds from overcards that would otherwise out-draw my weak pair. It also charges draws while risking little.

Top pair with a reasonable kicker is comfortably strong enough to continue versus this small flop continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker queens and bluffs in while controlling the pot.

Check to keep the button's wider flop-betting range in and avoid building a large pot with a medium-strength top pair on this coordinated board.

Small pair 33 has some showdown value but gets called only by better hands on this Q-high board with draws. Checking back controls the pot and realizes equity.

We have top pair with a reasonable kicker after villain checked back the turn. A medium river value bet can be called by weaker queens, nines, and some bluff-catchers while limiting losses to stronger holdings.

The call only needs about 25% equity, since it is 450 to win 1370. Busted heart and spade draws are plausible bluffs after I checked back the turn, and pocket threes beat them.

4-2 offsuit is a very weak hand and not worth calling the big blind out of position. Folding preserves chips for a better spot.

7-3 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against the big blind.