Hold'em table

A9o on the button in 3-handed play is a strong hand well ahead of blind ranges, so I raise to build the pot in position.

I have Tc-Th, a weak hand that plays poorly out of position. The button raised to 250 and I only have 50 invested as SB; calling 200 more is a bad price for a speculative hand, so folding is the correct play.

34 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open, especially out of position.

I have Jd Qs on the button with only a 100 big blind to call; this is a standard speculative call to see a flop and realize equity without overcommitting. The pot is 150 and I have 10000 behind, so calling is low-risk and keeps me in the hand.

A9 offsuit is a strong short-handed hand, and raising from the small blind can isolate the limper and deny the big blind a cheap flop.

6-3 offsuit is a very weak hand facing a 5bb raise from the small blind after a button call; calling 400 more has poor equity and playability.

I have Jd Qs on the button facing a 400 chip raise from the small blind. Calling keeps me in the pot with a playable hand while preserving my stack for post-flop play.

A small continuation bet applies pressure to unpaired overcards while retaining equity through the wheel gutshot and ace overcard. The sizing risks little on a board that can connect with the caller's range.

Seat 3 raised to 400 on a 2-3-4 flop, representing a strong hand like a set or straight draw. My JQ is a decent overcard with a gutshot, but calling keeps the pot manageable and avoids bloating it with a marginal hand.

With ace-high I retain some showdown value against missed overcards, while a turn bet is likely called by pairs, threes, fives, and trips.

I have a gutshot straight draw to a 5 and a pair of fours, but the board is scary with paired fours. Checking allows me to control the pot size and potentially realize equity for free on the river.

The river jack is a favorable card to represent a strong preflop raising range after the turn check. A substantial bluff targets the opponent's missed overcards and small pocket pairs.

I hold Jd Qs, giving me a pair of Jacks on a 2h 3c 4s 4c Jh board. Calling 1200 to win a 3100 pot is a profitable decision, and my opponent's river raise likely represents a straight or two pair rather than a bluff.

K9 offsuit is a reasonable button opening hand against the blinds. I raise to apply pressure and play in position.

A9o is ahead of a wide button opening range in 3-handed play. A sizable 3-bet from the small blind denies the big blind, gains fold equity, and takes initiative despite being out of position.

I have King-high with a backdoor flush draw, which is marginal for a raise against two opponents. Calling keeps me in the pot cheaply and lets me see a flop without committing too much of my stack.

K9 offsuit is too vulnerable to domination in a large multiway 3-bet pot. Folding avoids continuing with a marginal hand despite the pot odds.

As the preflop 3-bettor I retain range advantage on this paired low board, so a small continuation bet can fold overcards and deny equity while keeping the pot manageable with ace-high.

My hand (4h Ks) has little value on a board of 8s 2s 2h, and the opponent's raise suggests a strong holding. Folding preserves my remaining stack.

T6 offsuit is below a profitable button opening range in 3-handed play; raising or calling risks chips with poor playability against the blinds.

Ad2c is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability. The small blind has already invested 50 and the big blind 100, making a call of 50 to see a flop with such a hand a negative EV play. Folding preserves my stack.

I have Q5s on the button with a 100 big blind stack. The pot odds from calling 100 to win 150 are not sufficient to justify continuing with a speculative hand, so I fold to preserve my stack.

Complete the small blind with J-high suited-to-nothing but reasonable pot odds heads-up; folding would give up too much equity for 50 chips.

With 9-7 offsuit in the big blind facing only a small-blind limp, checking takes a free flop with a weak hand rather than building a pot out of position.

Betting top pair for value and protection on the coordinated flop, while keeping weaker Jx and draws in.

With 9-high, no pair and no direct draw on a J-high two-spade board, I lack the ~28% equity needed to call this flop bet even in position.

9-high with a weak kicker is not strong enough to profitably enter from the button in this setup.

42 offsuit is one of the weakest hands and I am out of position against the big blind; completing would poorly realize equity postflop.