Hold'em table

King-ten suited is a strong button opening hand in a 3-max game; raising to 3x builds the pot with position and applies pressure to the blinds.

Weak offsuit low cards facing a 3x raise with another player yet to act; not worth continuing.

AJs is strong enough to 3-bet a button open heads-up for value and fold equity. A raise to 900 keeps the sizing standard while building the pot.

Kings-ten suited has enough equity and playability to flat a 3-bet three-handed, and I retain the button for postflop position. 4-betting risks domination with only a marginal raising hand.

As the preflop aggressor I c-bet small on this king-high flop. AdJs has an overcard and backdoor diamond equity, and a one-third-pot bet can fold out missed hands while representing a king.

Top pair with a decent kicker on K92; the small flop bet is cheap to call and I keep the pot controlled while protecting against a check-raise or set. I can evaluate turn action before committing more.

I have the nut flush draw and Ace high with the betting lead, so a turn semi-bluff builds the pot and can fold out weaker hands while I still have strong equity if called.

In a 3-bet pot, K-To top pair with a weak kicker on a three-diamond turn is dominated by AK/KQ and crushed by sets or made flushes, and calling 1800 into 4850 risks facing a river shove. Folding loses the least against this betting line.

KJ offsuit on the button is a solid raising hand to build the pot and take initiative against two blinds.

A7s has enough suited-ace playability to continue versus a 2.5x button open, and calling keeps the price reasonable out of position rather than bloating the pot with a light 3-bet.

8s3c is far too weak to defend even with pot odds of 150 into 600; facing a raise and a call out of position with an unplayable hand, folding saves chips and avoids dominated postflop spots.

Top pair with a weak kicker out of position; checking keeps the pot small and lets the preflop raiser define their range.

I have top pair of jacks with a strong kicker plus a diamond flush draw and gutshot to the nut straight, so betting for value and protection makes sense here.

I have top pair on a wet board and am getting about 2.5:1 to continue. Raising with a weak kicker out of position is unattractive, but folding top pair is too tight, so I call.

I have aces and jacks with the board ten playing, a strong but vulnerable showdown hand on a paired turn. Checking controls the pot out of position and avoids building a big pot against jacks, better aces, and broadway.

I hold trip Jacks with an Ace-King kicker, a very strong hand on this board; betting builds the pot while still charging opponents on drawing or weaker made hands.

I have aces and jacks, and the 800 call into 2200 only needs about 27% equity. Raising folds out worse aces and gets called mainly by straights and jacks, so calling is the better line.

I have aces and jacks, but the board supplies the ten kicker, so many of villain's continuing hands beat or tie me while their missed diamond draws may bluff if checked to. Checking induces those bluffs instead of betting into a range that mostly continues with better.

I hold trip Jacks with strong kickers (A-K) after the board paired Jacks; opponent has been passively calling, so I bet for value while keeping sizing moderate in case they hold a bigger full house.

I have aces and jacks, which beats all one-pair and weaker two-pair hands. Calling is better than raising because a raise mostly folds out worse hands and gets called by trips, flushes, and full houses.

87o is weak but playable as a button open in three-handed poker; a small raise takes the initiative and can win the blinds without committing much.

J7s is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act behind me and risk of a squeeze. Folding avoids playing a dominated, poorly-connecting hand for 2bb more.

Pocket sixes are a decent hand to see a flop with; calling the small raise from the big blind in position-agnostic 3-way keeps it cheap while I set up to hit a set or reassess.

I hold two pair (nines and sixes) on a paired board with a flush draw present, so I bet for value and to protect against draws.

I have nines and sevens on a paired board and only need to call 300 into 850. That price is too good to fold two pair, while raising is thin against trips and higher two pair.

I hold two pair (nines and sixes) on a wet board; a moderate bet extracts value from weaker hands and protects against flush/backdoor draws while staying cautious against stronger two pairs or trips.

I have nines and eights on a straight-heavy board, so calling the 600 turn bet is better than raising into trips and made straights. The price is good enough to continue and reassess on the river.

I hold a straight (6-7-8-9-T using my pocket sixes), which beats most two-pair/set combos; betting for value on this dangerous but likely-behind-me board given opponent's calls.

River completes straights, flushes, and higher two pair, and the triple-barrel is value-heavy. Nines and eights is too weak a bluff-catcher for the price.

Queen-seven offsuit is too weak to open even from the button three-handed; when called we are often dominated and postflop is hard to play for a full stack. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

A8 offsuit on the button is a solid raising hand heads up against two blinds; raise to isolate and take initiative.

K2o is too weak to continue against a button raise to 3bb, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.

A8 suited is a solid button open against the blinds, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative and build the pot with a playable hand.

4-6 offsuit is far too weak to call 200 more out of position against a button raise; folding loses the least and preserves my stack for better spots.

Pocket tens are strong heads-up against a single button raise; 3-betting for value builds the pot and pressures a wide opening range.

A8s has enough suited-ace equity and playability in position to continue against a single 3-bet; a 4-bet is too thin and folding gives up too much.

I flopped top set (TT with a Ten on board) and want to build the pot while charging any flush draws on this two-heart board.

Nut flush draw with an overcard has enough equity and position to continue. Calling 1200 into 2950 is better than folding or inflating the pot against a preflop 3-bettor.

I have a set of tens on a two-flush, straightening board; betting big for value and to protect against draws.

I have the nut flush draw plus an open-ended straight draw, about 15 outs, so calling 3000 into this pot is +EV with position and implied odds. A raise gets called too often by this strong line to be better.

I have a rivered set of tens on a dry-ish board with only two-flush cards; shoving for max value since villain has called big bets on both flop and turn.

I have only ace-high on a missed flush draw, and the opponent's 3-bet plus three-barrel shove is far too value-heavy for a bluff-catch. The pot odds do not compensate for how rarely this line is pure air that I beat.