Hold'em table

K3s is weak on the button in a 3-handed pot. It's a marginal hand, and calling out of position against two players' ranges has little value, so I'll fold.

With the button folded, J5 offsuit is playable heads-up for one more small blind, but not strong enough to raise out of position.

Checking our option in the big blind with J6s to see a free flop in position against the small blind limp.

With bottom pair in a limped pot, I prefer to keep the pot small out of position and reassess if the big blind bets.

I have middle pair with a decent kicker in position in a limped blind-versus-blind pot. Checking back controls the pot and realizes equity.

Bottom pair without a spade has limited value on a paired board with a completed flush. Checking controls the pot and avoids betting into stronger hands.

Turned trips with a solid kicker on a coordinated board; betting 150 for value and protection against draws and weaker pairs.

Bottom pair is a bluff-catcher against a small turn bet, and the big blind can bet this turn with draws or unpaired hands. Calling preserves the chance to reassess on the river.

Bottom pair has little value to gain from betting the river, so I’ll check and take it to showdown if possible.

We hold trips with a Jack kicker on a relatively dry river runout, and betting 350 into 500 targets calls from paired tens and middle pocket pairs.

My pair of fives loses to many hands that would bet both the turn and river, including a ten, a six, and a flush. Calling 350 requires me to win about 29% of the time, which is too optimistic without a read that this opponent bluffs often.

J2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button at this stack depth.

Completing the small blind with 43s offers great pot odds to see a flop and realize equity out of position.

5h2h is a weak hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind rather than raising against the limping small blind.

Check with a weak gutshot straight draw out of position in a limped blind-versus-blind pot.

I have 5h2h on a Th6s7c flop, so I only have a backdoor flush draw and no pair. Seat_3 checked, but I'm checking behind to see a free card instead of bluffing into a player who may have a piece of the board.

I have a gutshot straight draw with 4d 3d and no showdown value. Checking to realize equity for free is standard out of position.

I hold 5h2h on a Th 6s 7c 6h board, so I have only a weak draw. Seat 3 checked twice, which suggests weakness, so a small bet of 100 into the 200 pot can take the pot.

Holding four-high with only four gutshot outs to a five on a paired board, we do not have the required equity or implied odds to call a half-pot bet.

76 offsuit is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Pocket nines are strong heads-up against a big blind, so I raise for value from the small blind to build the pot and play with initiative.

Q7 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, especially with position after the flop.

Pocket nines on a J-T-4 flop is a decent one-pair hand with two overcards on board. Heads-up and first to act, a bet of about 70% pot builds the pot and charges straight and flush draws and overcard hands.

Q-high has only one overcard and weak backdoor possibilities on this flop. Calling a 500-chip bet is unlikely to be profitable.

KJo on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong enough hand to open for a raise, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and put pressure on the blinds.

A-T offsuit is strong against a button opening range. Raising from the small blind applies pressure and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

Folding Q5 offsuit in the big blind facing an open and a substantial 3-bet.

KJo on the button facing a 4x 3-bet from the small blind is dominated by strong range hands. Calling 750 out of position-less but still weak equity is not profitable, so folding is best.

T2 offsuit is too weak to open on the button, even three-handed.

T4o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position.

K2o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

A6 offsuit is a strong hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 3bb from the small blind gets value and takes the initiative.

K6 offsuit has sufficient equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, especially with position after the flop.

Top pair with ace and a wheel draw on a draw-heavy board, heads up and first to act. Betting about two-thirds of the pot builds the pot and charges flush and straight draws.}

King-high has little immediate equity on an ace-high flop, and calling 400 against the preflop raiser is unlikely to be profitable.