Hold'em table

With Ac6s (ace-high weak kicker), raising to 3x the big blind applies pressure and allows for positional advantage. This raise size is standard aggression and gives me control of the hand's progression.

T2 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind, facing a 3x button open with the big blind still to act. Folding is the best option.

64o out of position against a 3x button open is too weak to defend profitably. The price (200 to win 650) needs about 31% equity, and once poor realization out of position is factored in, it falls short.

Pocket sixes on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong enough hand to open-raise for value and position, so I raise to 3bb.

A9s in the small blind facing a button open in 3-handed play is a strong hand, and 3-betting avoids playing out of position with the big blind still behind. A9s also works as a blocker-driven value/semi-bluff 3-bet.

Faced with a 3-bet to 1100 from the small blind after seat_2 raised to 300, my Jack-King offsuit is not strong enough to commit 1000 more chips. The pot odds don't justify calling with a marginal hand against what appears to be a stronger range.

Pocket sixes have good set-mining value and the price is 800 to win a 1500 pot with deep stacks and position. Against a small blind 3-bet, a call is better than a 4-bet bluff or a fold.

Top pair with the top kicker on a dry board, and as the 3-bettor this board favors my range. A roughly one-third-pot c-bet gets value from worse pairs and draws and protects my hand.

Pocket sixes hold an overpair to a low 2-9-3 board and are ahead of many of the small blind's 3-bet bluffs and continuation bets. Calling 800 into a 3100 pot keeps bluffs in and avoids bloating the pot against a 3-bettor whose range is strong.

The king on the turn hits much of the button's range for calling a 3-bet, like AK, KQ and KJ, so my second pair with an ace kicker is now a bluff-catcher. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me bluff-catch against bets from weaker pairs and draws.

Pocket sixes is a medium-strength showdown hand on a 2-9-3-K board. Seat 3 led the flop, then checked the turn, so betting risks only getting called by better hands. Checking controls the pot size and keeps showdown value.

A9 is a medium-strength bluff-catcher on a K-Q river. Betting would mostly get called by better hands and fold out worse, so I'll check and decide against any bet villain makes.

Pocket sixes is a weak showdown hand on a K-Q-9-3-2 board. Seat_3 raised preflop and bet the flop, then checked the turn and river, so a thin value bet risks getting called only by better hands. Checking is safer and keeps showdown value against a capped range.

Pocket kings on the button, first to act in a 3-handed game, so a standard open to 2.5bb builds the pot while keeping weaker hands in.

6d-Ac is a weak hand out of position in the small blind. Facing a 250 chip raise with 200 more to call, folding is prudent to avoid playing marginal holdings without initiative.

Getting 400 into 150 (about 2.7 to 1) in a heads-up pot with a suited 9-6 and position against a button min-raise; calling is profitable enough and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

I have middle pair on an ace-high board, out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my equity with a marginal hand.

KK on an ace-high, two-heart board is still often ahead of the BB's defending range, and it holds the Kh as a flush blocker and backup draw. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot gets value from 9x, small pairs and draws, and gives protection, while keeping the pot manageable against aces.

Middle pair (nines) on a dry-ish A-9-3 board with a backdoor spade draw. The button's small bet of 180 into 550 offers about 4:1 odds, so calling is clearly profitable against a wide button range.

I have a pair of nines (second pair) with a backdoor spade draw on a board with an ace and two hearts. The button bet small on the flop, so I'll check and keep the pot small while still being able to call a modest bet.

KK is mostly a bluff-catcher on this ace-high board after BB called the flop, so checking back controls the pot and keeps their bluffs in for the river. Betting would mostly get called by better Ax hands and fold out the worse ones.

Board 9c Ah 3h 8s 4d gives me a pair of nines with a 6 kicker, and the 5-7 straight possibilities mean I'm not obviously beat. Seat_3 checked back the turn, so their range is capped and weak. A small value bet of about half the pot can get called by worse pairs and should fold out some hands that beat me.

I'm getting about 3:1 on a half-pot river bet, so I need roughly 25% equity. Kings are a bluff-catcher on this ace-high board, and villain's line (flop call, turn check, river lead) includes enough missed draws and thin value hands to justify calling rather than raising or folding.

5-3 offsuit is a weak hand with poor playability. Folding from the button against an open raise is correct; the hand has limited potential and the position doesn't compensate for the poor card quality.

Small blind with 3-4 offsuit against the big blind. Calling costs 50 to win a pot of 150, which is 3-to-1 pot odds, so I'll see a flop cheaply instead of folding or bluff-raising a weak hand.

A5o is well ahead of a small-blind limping range and plays well in position, so raising to 4x isolates and can take the pot now.

3c4h is a weak offsuit hand, and calling 300 more out of position against a 4x big blind raise is unprofitable. Folding gives up only the 100 already invested.

J8o on the button in a 3-handed pot is marginal; calling 100 to see a flop is close, but folding avoids playing a weak offsuit hand out of position against two players behind me. Chat is off so no message. .

Blind vs blind, J7o is a reasonable open from the small blind. Raising to 3bb applies pressure and keeps the initiative.

K4o is a weak hand facing a raise from the small blind. With only K-high and poor kicker, folding preserves chips against a likely stronger range. The risk-reward favors folding here.

A7s on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; 2.5x pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

3-6 offsuit is a weak hand. Facing a 2.5x raise to 250 from the button after posting the small blind, folding is the correct play as the hand has poor equity and we're out of position.

7h9s is a suited-ish connector-type hand (offsuit, but connected) with a good price: 150 to call into a 400 pot (about 27% equity needed), against a wide button open in 3-handed play. Calling is better than folding or bluff-raising out of position.

I have 7-high with only a gutshot-type draw on a Q-4-2 board, out of position against the button's preflop raise. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does.

Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw on a dry Q-high board is a good spot for a small c-bet from the button as the preflop raiser; it should get folds from many hands and keeps equity when called.","table_message":""}

Pot is 730 and I need 180 to call, about 20% equity needed. With 7h9s I have backdoor draws and gutshot-ish potential (9-7 with 4-2 has little), plus possible overcards to a small bet from the button, so a cheap call is reasonable. Raising bloats the pot with a weak hand.

I have a pair of sevens, which is a medium-strength showdown hand on a Q-7-4-2 board. Seat 3 bet small on the flop and could be betting wide, so checking keeps the pot small and induces bluffs without building a pot where I'm often behind.

Second pair with an ace kicker is likely ahead of the big blind's checking range, which is full of weaker pairs, draws and ace-high. A bet of under half the pot gets value from those hands and denies equity to the diamond and wheel draws.

I have a pair of sevens, which is second pair on the board 4d 2s Qh 7d, plus a backdoor gutshot-type draw to nothing much. Calling 400 into a pot of 1310 needs about 23% equity. The button bets small on every street and could be betting wide, so second pair likely has enough equity and showdown value to call. Raising would only get called by better hands.}</br>

I have two pair, nines and sevens, on a 4-2-Q-7-9 board. I've checked and called each street, so the button's range is mostly one-pair hands and busted draws. A bet of about a third of the pot should get value from Qx and other weaker pairs.

Getting about 3.85:1 on a small river lead, I only need roughly 21% equity. Middle pair with an ace kicker beats missed diamond draws and weaker pairs often enough to call.