Hold'em table

J9 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A modest raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Kh9d is a playable defending hand from the small blind against a button min-raise, especially with the big blind still in.

Getting 150 to win 750 (5:1) in a multiway pot with a suited wheel card in the big blind; this is a cheap call with decent implied odds and playability.

Lead for value and protection with top pair on this coordinated, two-heart flop. A substantial sizing charges draws and worse made hands.

Middle pair plus a gutshot to a straight (any 3) gives enough equity to call 500 into a 1750 pot at about 29% pot odds, even with the button still to act.

With only two overcards on a coordinated flop, J9 has little reliable equity against a bet and a call.

This highly connected turn favors the caller's continuing range, while K-high has limited showdown value. Checking retains our heart blocker and avoids inflating the pot against made straights or strong draws.

Two pair on a draw-heavy board after the flop bettor checked the turn; bet about two-thirds pot for value and to charge heart and straight draws.

With only king-high on a four-card straight board, calling or raising against this turn bet is too speculative.

Open the button with a small pocket pair to leverage position and retain initiative.

33 in the small blind facing a 2.5bb button open with 100bb stacks deep. Calling for set-mining is reasonable, and 3-betting would turn a small pair into a bluff that plays poorly against a 4-bet.

Calling 150 into a 600-chip pot is a good price with 98 offsuit, even though I'll be out of position after the flop.

Small pocket pair with modest showdown value out of position in a three-way pot; checking controls the pot size and lets the aggressor act.

With nine-high and no meaningful draw in a three-way pot, I prefer to check rather than bluff into two opponents.

We flopped a full house (fours full of fives) in a three-way raised pot. A half-pot continuation bet builds value while retaining calls from weaker fives, spade draws, and pocket pairs.

On a paired, low board the button's c-bet range is wide and contains many overcard hands that 33 beats. Calling 500 into 1750 needs only about 29% equity, and the hand also has some backdoor straight potential.

Nine-high has no meaningful draw on this paired flop, and a bet followed by a call makes continuing unprofitable.

The queen is an overcard that improves much of the preflop raiser's range, and 33 is mostly a bluff-catcher here. Checking controls the pot size and keeps their bluffs in.

We have a full house on a paired board and should value bet against trips, queens, and draws. A substantial sizing builds the pot while retaining calls from worse holdings.

33 is only a weak underpair on a paired board with an overcard queen. Facing a second barrel of 1200 into 1750, the button's range is mostly overpairs, Qx, 5x and strong draws, which crush or dominate us, so we lack the roughly 29% equity needed to call.

J4o is below a solid button opening range three-handed at 100bb deep, so folding is the disciplined play.

A8 offsuit is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds. Raising to 300 builds value and pressures the big blind's wide range.

J9 offsuit has sufficient equity and playability to defend the big blind versus a small-blind 3x open at this price.

Ace-high has some showdown value on this dry flop, but little incentive to build the pot out of position. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

I have an open-ended straight draw with two overcard-adjacent ranks and can apply pressure after the preflop raiser checks. A half-pot stab can fold out unpaired overcards while retaining strong improvement equity.

The small flop bet gives me a reasonable price to continue with ace-high and some backdoor straight potential. I can reassess on the turn.

Top pair is likely ahead of many tens, sevens, and drawing hands that bet the flop. A half-pot bet gets value while keeping the pot manageable with a modest kicker.

J-high has no made hand or meaningful draw on this ace turn, and the opponent's turn lead after calling the flop is strong enough to fold.

On the button, 8-7 offsuit is playable as an open at a three-handed table. A 2.5 big blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

A4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

Pocket nines in the big blind are well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, so a 3-bet for value makes sense. It also denies equity and avoids playing a large pot out of position multiway.

Offsuit 8-7 plays poorly against a large three-bet, and calling would leave a difficult postflop spot.

J9 suited is a reasonable button opening hand three-handed, with positional advantage and useful playability. A 3bb open pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

T5o in the small blind facing a button open to 3bb is too weak to continue out of position, and the big blind is still behind.

K9 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button open, especially with no rake and the small blind folded.

On this dry ace-high paired flop, I prefer checking out of position to the preflop raiser with king-high.

With only jack-high on an ace-paired board and no meaningful draw, checking back preserves equity and avoids betting into the caller's range.

King-high has some showdown value, and betting into the preflop raiser on an ace-high paired board risks being called by better hands. Checking keeps the pot small.

With only jack-high on a paired ace board after the flop checked through, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot with a weak bluff candidate.

After two checks from the preflop raiser, a small river bluff can fold out stronger king-high hands and some low pairs. King-nine high has limited showdown value.

J-high has no showdown value and does not block the opponent's likely ace or six holdings. Folding avoids calling a river bet with an extremely weak bluff-catcher.

K9s is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and put pressure on the blinds.

K3 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

6-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a button raise out of position.