Hold'em table

A3 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise puts pressure on the blinds without overcommitting.

Three-bet A9o from the small blind to isolate the button's wide opening range and take initiative; I will fold if the button or big blind four-bets.

65 offsuit is an easy fold facing an open and a 3-bet.

A3 offsuit is often dominated by a small blind 3-betting range, and calling the extra 500 risks difficult postflop decisions despite having position.

T3o is a weak offsuit hand from the button, and calling 100 into a small pot with poor playability is not profitable. Folding avoids unnecessary risk this early.

A7s is a very strong hand blind versus blind; raising to 3bb applies pressure and builds a pot with high equity.

8-4 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, especially with position and no rake.

The low connected board heavily favors the big blind's defending range, so checking with my gutshot and overcard OOP is prudent.

With a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush draw, I can make a small bet in position after the preflop raiser checks. This can fold out overcards while keeping the cost of a call manageable.

We have an overcard Ace, a gutshot straight draw to the nuts, and backdoor nut flush potential, getting favorable pot odds against a small flop bet.

Check to realize equity with our gutshot straight draw and Ace overcard out of position.

I have an open-ended straight draw but little showdown value. Checking in position lets me see the river without risking a turn bet against a range that called the flop.

I hold Ace-high which has showdown value against busted draws that checked the turn, so checking is preferable to turning it into a bluff.

Eight-high has little showdown value. After the opponent checked the turn and river, a river bet may fold out missed draws and some weak pairs.

I only hold Ace-high with a missed gutshot on a 6-9-5-2-J board, and calling an 800-chip river bet into an 1100 pot with no showdown value is unprofitable.

Opening to 2.5bb on the button with pocket Queens to build the pot and extract value.

4♠2♠ is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Weak offsuit hand (4-8) out of position against a button raise; not worth calling 150 more with poor playability and likely dominated.

On the button in a three-handed, rake-free game, a small open gives this marginal hand a chance to win the blinds while preserving position if called.

T6o is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise, so folding avoids investing more chips with poor playability.

Getting 3.5 to 1 pot odds against a button min-raise, defending pocket threes from the big blind is highly profitable.

Check to the preflop aggressor out of position with a weak pocket pair on an Ace-Queen board.

This dry ace-high flop favors my preflop raising range. A small continuation bet can fold out some of the big blind's unpaired hands without risking much with nine-high.

I hold an underpair of threes on an Ace-Queen high flop and have negligible equity to continue against the preflop raiser's bet.

With 9h6c on the button, I prefer a cheap call closing the preflop action rather than raising into two opponents with a weak offsuit hand.

Holding 63o out of position against a limper and the big blind is an easy fold despite getting 5:1 pot odds.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to raise for value, and I can see the flop for free.

My hand has little equity on this coordinated flop, so I’ll check rather than bluff out of position.

I have an open-ended straight draw (any 8 or K) and position after the big blind checked. A semi-bluff bet can take the pot down now or build it when I improve.

I have no pair or strong draw on a coordinated flop, and calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

Open-raising with a pocket pair on the button in three-handed play to build the pot and take the initiative in position.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

J5o is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise; folding avoids investing more chips with poor equity.