Hold'em table

7-3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two opponents.

KQs is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I'm raising for value to 3bb to take the initiative.

JTo is strong enough to defend against a small blind open, and calling preserves position and avoids inflating the pot with a marginal 3-bet.

On a dry paired board, a small c-bet with KQ overcards and a backdoor flush draw is a good play out of position as the preflop raiser. It should fold out plenty of the big blind's missed hands.

Top pair is strong against a small bet on this dry, paired flop, but raising risks isolating against better jacks or a five. Call and keep the pot manageable.

KQ high got called on a paired board, and the 3h turn changes nothing, so the big blind's range is heavy with jacks and pairs. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my overcard equity.

Bet 400 for value and protection with top pair; worse jacks and pocket pairs may call, while the checked turn gives little reason to slow down.

Getting 4.5:1 against a small turn probe that can include draws and weak hands, and KQ has overcard outs against underpairs plus some showdown value against busted draws.

King-high has a little showdown value against missed draws. Bluffing into a range that bet the turn is unlikely to fold out its Jx or pocket pairs, so I check and plan to fold to a sizable bet.

I have a strong full house and can value-bet into the checked-to pot. A modest sizing may get calls from weaker Jx or pocket pairs while limiting exposure to stronger full houses or quads.

King-high loses to nearly all of villain's value hands and to ace-high on a paired board. Villain's line of floating the flop, betting the turn and then betting small on the river looks value-heavy. Even at 20% required equity, KQ sits near the bottom of my calling range.

On the button 3-handed, J7 suited is a standard opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds and play in position.

A5 offsuit has reasonable equity against a button raise, and the price to continue is modest. Calling keeps the pot controlled while avoiding a marginal 3-bet with the big blind still to act.

54 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a raise and a call. The favorable pot odds do not sufficiently offset its weak postflop prospects.

Top pair with a weak kicker has showdown value, but this ace-high board strongly favors the preflop raiser and is coordinated. Check to control the pot and allow the button to act.

Middle pair with a weak kicker on a board that heavily favors the caller's range. Checking back in position controls the pot and keeps showdown value.

Top pair with a weak kicker has some showdown value, but this connected board offers few comfortable calls if I bet and face a raise. I’ll check and keep the pot manageable.

Middle pair is probably ahead after two checks from the small blind. A half-pot bet gets value from 9x and draws, and charges the many straight and flush draws on this board.

Top pair is worth continuing against this small turn bet, though the connected board makes raising too risky with my weak kicker. I’ll call and reassess on the river.

With a weak kicker on a coordinated board, a river bet is unlikely to get called by enough worse hands. Check to preserve showdown value and allow missed draws to bluff.

Middle pair with a weak kicker has showdown value against missed draws. A bet would mostly get called by better hands and fold out worse ones, so checking back is best.

Pocket eights are a strong button hand in a three-handed game, so open-raise to build the pot and apply pressure to the blinds.

T6 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

32o is the weakest holding and plays poorly out of position against a 2.5x button open; folding the big blind here is standard even at 150 to call into a 400 pot.

On the button, suited connectors can profit from position and a chance to take the blinds. A small open limits the cost if either blind fights back.

A2o is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button min-raise range and the ace is a good blocker, so a 3-bet works well as a mix of value and fold equity. It also avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to continue against the button's open and the small blind's large 3-bet. Calling would risk 700 chips out of position with poor playability.

Four-three suited is too weak to continue against the sizable three-bet, even in position.

76o on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable steal; a 2.5x open puts pressure on both blinds.

3♦4♣ is a very weak offsuit hand from the small blind, and calling 200 more risks entering the pot out of position with the big blind still to act.

9-5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, and calling 150 more is unlikely to be profitable.

T2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in this three-handed game, so I fold rather than invest 100 chips.

Q4 offsuit is playable heads-up for one more small blind, but not strong enough to build a larger pot out of position.

77 is well ahead of a small blind limping range, so I raise for value and to take the initiative, keeping the pot heads-up with position.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to call a raise to 400 while out of position.