Hold'em table

T4s is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play, so folding is the standard decision.

The button has folded, leaving a heads-up blind pot. With 50 more to call into a 150-chip pot, the suited hand has enough potential equity to continue cheaply.

Aces up with a strong kicker out of position against a limper; I raise for value and to build a pot while isolating the small blind.

7♠2♠ is far too weak to continue against a raise, especially out of position; calling would invest more with poor equity and playability.

8-4 offsuit is too weak to continue from the button facing the big blind; folding avoids investing chips with poor equity.

King-eight suited is playable from the small blind for just 50 more against a single big blind, giving good odds to see a flop and play for position.

Holding strong broadway cards in position after the small blind limped, raising to 4bb builds the pot for value.

King-eight offsuit is far too weak to call a 4x raise out of position after my limp invited it; the big blind's raise range crushes mine and I'd be playing a dominated, hard-to-play hand for 300 more.

Ace-high with a suited backdoor potential is a standard button open; raising builds the pot with position and folds out weaker hands.

87s has strong playability and suited connector equity; calling 2.5bb to see a flop is profitable against a button open.

KQs is strong enough to continue against the raise and call, but calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving its multiway equity.

I flopped top pair with a mediocre kicker out of position in a three-way pot. Checking to the preflop aggressor is standard to control pot size and assess the action.

With only two overcards and backdoor flush possibilities on a low, disconnected flop, betting into two opponents is unnecessary. I’ll take the free card and keep the pot small.

I raised preflop and both callers checked the flop to me, so a half-pot continuation bet applies pressure and can take the pot with ace-high; I also have a backdoor flush draw if called.

I have top pair with an 8 on a dry board (5s-8d-3h). Calling 500 into a 1400 pot gives profitable odds against the button's wide c-betting range.

Facing a flop bet and a call multiway, K-high has no immediate draw and only limited improvement chances. The price is not enough to continue out of position against two ranges.

I turned top two pair on a connected board and check to the flop aggressor to allow them to continue betting worse hands or bluffs.

Seat_1 called the flop bet then checked the turn, a pattern that often signals weakness; with only ace-high I have no showdown value, so a ~1200 bluff into the 1900 pot is the best way to win it, and I can give up if called.

Turned top two pair; calling controls the pot size out of position and keeps the opponent's bluffs and single-pair holdings in their range.

The board pairing on the river counterfeits our two pair against any overpairs (like 99-AA), so checking is the best course of action.

I only hold bottom pair (threes) with an ace kicker, a pure bluff-catcher; betting folds out worse ace-high hands and only gets called by better pairs, so checking and hoping seat_1 missed a draw is optimal.

Open-raising to 2.5bb on the button with pocket nines for value.

K6 offsuit is dominated often and will be out of position against the button, with the big blind still to act. The price is not enough to justify defending this weak hand.

Ace-jack offsuit is far ahead of a button's 2.5x opening range in 3-max; 3-betting builds the pot with position on them postflop and isolates the heads-up pot.

Calling the 3-bet in position with a mid-pocket pair getting good pot odds and deep implied odds.

I have only ace-high after 3-betting preflop, and the K-high flop favors the caller's strong range. Checking is free and lets me reassess rather than bluff into a hand that called a 3-bet.

Check behind with middle pair and position to pot control and realize equity against the preflop 3-bettor's range.

I only have ace-high on a three-spade board against a preflop caller of my 3-bet, so betting is unlikely to get folds from better hands and only builds a pot I can't defend. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to realize showdown value with the ace or fold cheaply to aggression.

Turned a 9-high flush. Betting around 40% pot extracts value from made hands like top pair and charges single higher-spade draws rather than giving a free card.

I hold only ace-high with no pair, no flush draw (I hold no spades), and no straight draw on this board. Calling 650 into 2300 with zero showdown value against a preflop raiser who called a 3-bet and is now betting is a clear fold.

K9 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raising to 250 applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the sizing modest.

T4s is far too weak to defend a 2.5x raise out of position in the small blind; folding minimizes losses with a dominated, unpaired hand.

Folding J8 offsuit out of position against a 2.5bb button open, as it lacks sufficient playability and equity.

Ace-high from the button in a 3-handed game is worth an open; a small raise builds pressure and can win the blinds outright.

K7o is too weak to call a button raise out of position with the big blind left to act.

A♠8♣ is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, but its offsuit, dominated-ace risk makes calling preferable to a large 3-bet.

I have middle pair with a strong kicker on a board that favors the preflop raiser, so I’ll check and keep the pot controlled.

As preflop raiser against a single check-caller, a standard continuation bet of ~2/3 pot applies pressure and often wins it outright; I also have bottom pair and an overcard if called.

Call with middle pair and a strong kicker against a modest continuation bet; the pot odds are favorable, while raising risks isolating against stronger hands.

With a modest pair and ace kicker on a queen-high board, checking keeps the pot controlled and preserves showdown value against the button’s stronger made hands.

My pair of fours with an ace kicker is a weak bluff-catcher; villain's check-call flop, check-turn line is capped but any Qx or 8x calls again and beats me. Checking back keeps the pot small and lets me act last on the river.

I have a modest pair with an ace kicker, but the flop caller may have a queen or a stronger pair. Checking reaches showdown without risking a thin river bet being called only by better hands.