Hold'em table

JdTd is a premium suited connector on the button in 3-handed play; raising 2.5x builds the pot with positional advantage.

K8 offsuit is a reasonable defend against a button raise at this price, though I avoid building a larger pot out of position.

K7 offsuit out of position in a three-way pot against a raise and a cold call is dominated whenever I hit a king, and the weak kicker plays poorly postflop despite the cheap 150 call.

K-high has some showdown value and backdoor equity on this dry, paired flop, but no strong reason to bet into the preflop raiser. I’ll check and see how they respond.

I am in position as the preflop aggressor on a dry, paired board. A standard 1/3 pot continuation bet applies pressure to missed hands while having good equity with two overcards and backdoor draws.

The small bet gives favorable pot odds, and my king-high hand has useful overcard outs plus a backdoor club flush draw. I’ll call rather than raise with this marginal hand.

I have only king-high with no meaningful turn draw, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river without investing more.

Turned top pair with Jack-Ten on a paired board; betting 60% pot extracts value from flush draws and intermediate pocket pairs while charging draws.

I have only king-high with no meaningful draw, and the turn bet requires too much equity to continue. Folding avoids investing more against a range that can readily have a pair or better.

As the button in a three-handed game, 8-7 offsuit is playable as an open-raise. A modest raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

9d6d is a weak hand out of position facing a 2.5x raise; calling risks playing a dominated, hard-to-play hand for 200 chips. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

85s is slightly too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5bb button open.

Ten-deuce offsuit is one of the weakest hands and I'm out of position postflop even from the button in a 3-max game. Folding preserves 100bb with no fold equity worth contesting.

A4o is a strong candidate to steal the blind blind-vs-blind after the button folded; raising to 3bb puts immediate pressure on the big blind.

64 offsuit is weak and plays poorly out of position against a 3x raise. The price is not enough to justify defending it.

Pocket sevens on the button is a standard opening hand in 3-handed play. Raising to 2.5 bb to build the pot and take the initiative.

83 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

J2 offsuit is dominated too often against a 2.5x button raise; calling 150 into a 400 pot with a weak, easily outkicked hand has poor implied odds.

A8 offsuit is a strong button hand in a three-handed game, so I’m opening for value and initiative rather than limping.

2h6h is far too weak to call 200 into a raise; folding is clearly correct with no pot odds or equity edge.

In 3-handed play, A7o has strong equity against a typical button opening range, and we are getting great pot odds (150 to win 400) to defend the big blind.

I am out of position as the preflop caller with Ace-high and no strong draw; checking to the raiser is standard.

A-high has some showdown value and a backdoor straight draw, but no spade or pair to continue comfortably if called. I’ll check back and realize my equity.

I have Ace-high with a gutshot straight draw; checking to see a free river card after the flop checked through.

A-high has some showdown value, but this board offers few useful draws for me and betting risks being called by better hands. I’ll take the free river card.

Ace-high has reasonable showdown value after the action checked through on both flop and turn.

A-high has reasonable showdown value after both players checked the flop and turn. A bet is unlikely to get called by worse hands or fold out a pair, so I’ll take the free showdown.

King-Ten suited is a strong button opening hand in 3-handed play; raising for value and position with a standard 3x open.

Pocket sevens have good equity and set-mining potential 100bb deep against a wide button opening range. Calling keeps the pot controlled out of position.

Fold the weak offsuit 6-4; despite the favorable price, it plays poorly against a raise and a caller from the big blind.

I flopped a full house on a trips board; checking to the preflop aggressor out of position to let them continue their aggression or bluff.

With trip jacks on board, my K-T kicker only beats unpaired hands worse than K-T; any pocket pair or ace beats me, so betting mostly gets called by hands ahead. Checking behind keeps the pot small and lets me reassess if a K or T turns.

We hold Jacks full of sevens, which beats unimproved high cards but loses to any Ace or higher pocket pair. Checking controls the pot size out of position.

I have Jacks full of sevens, which beats trip Jacks but loses to any pocket pair higher than sevens. Checking allows missed hands or weak Aces to bluff or check down safely.

The board plays JJJ-A-K for me with a king kicker; opponent's passive check-check line suggests no jack or ace, so a small value bet can get called by worse kickers while limiting losses if I'm beat.

I hold Jacks full of sevens, which beats any bluffs or missed unpaired high cards that Seat 3 might bet for a river stab. With 400 to call into an 1100 pot, getting nearly 3:1 pot odds makes this an easy call.