Hold'em table

Button open with AJs is strong and benefits from taking initiative. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure while retaining flexibility.

K7 suited is a reasonable three-bet against a likely wide button open. Raising from the small blind also makes it harder for the big blind to enter cheaply.

72o facing an open and a 3-bet is a clear fold; calling 900 out of position with the worst hand is burning chips.

AJ offsuit is strong enough to defend in position against the small blind's three-bet, while keeping weaker hands and bluffs in their range.

A small continuation bet applies pressure with a king overcard and a backdoor heart draw while limiting the cost of a bluff.

Call with the nut club draw and two overcards versus this small continuation bet, keeping dominated draws and bluffs in.

The turn adds no draw or made hand, and a flop call suggests the opponent has enough continuing hands that another bluff is unattractive. Checking avoids putting more chips in with king-high.

Betting in position applies pressure to capped one-pair and draw-heavy holdings while retaining strong equity with the nut-club draw and overcard.

King-high has no meaningful draw on this turn, and calling 2200 against the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

J9 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Q2 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is too weak to call or 3-bet profitably out of position.

J3 suited is too weak to defend profitably against a button raise at this depth.

T8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raise to 2.5bb to steal the blinds.

8-7 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

A7 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise, but is not strong enough to build a large pot out of position.

With ace-high, no club and little immediate draw potential, I’ll check out of position and assess the button’s action.

On a dry Q-high board we hold a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-ish backdoor, and we have the range advantage in position against the big blind's check, so a small c-bet of about a third of the pot works well.

The small flop bet gives a good price, and ace-high can still be ahead of the button’s missed hands. I’ll call and reassess on the turn.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but betting out of position on this paired turn is unlikely to get many better hands to fold. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

Ten-high with no draw. The big blind's flop-calling range is full of pairs that won't fold to a turn bet, so I'll take a free card and keep a river bluff available.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws, while a river bet is unlikely to get called by worse hands. Checking avoids turning it into a bluff.

Ten-high has almost no showdown value, and villain's check-call then double-check line is capped with weak pairs and missed draws. A two-thirds pot bluff should get enough folds to be profitable.

Ace-high is a weak bluff-catcher against a river bet of 600. There are enough pairs and made hands in the button's range that calling is unlikely to be profitable.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button at this stack depth; folding avoids marginal reverse-implied-odds spots.

Eight-deuce offsuit is too weak to play out of position against the big blind.

A-T offsuit is a strong button opening hand three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise builds the pot while retaining position.

77 is strong against a wide 3-handed button open, and 3-betting from the SB is standard: it takes initiative and denies the BB a cheap overcall. Sizing to 10bb out of position is reasonable.

8-high offsuit is far too weak to continue facing a 10bb squeeze out of position in a three-way pot.

ATo is marginal against a large three-bet, but position and the pot odds make calling preferable to folding without a read on the small blind.

The K-Q board hits the button's flat-calling range hard, and 77 has little equity and is out of position, so I'll check and control the pot. I'll mostly give up to significant pressure.

This board favors the small blind's 3-betting range. Checking back in position lets me realize my gutshot and potential ace equity without building a pot against stronger hands.

77 is a weak pair on a K-Q-9 board and has little equity against the hands that would call a bet, but it keeps some showdown value against the button's range after the flop checked through. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me evaluate the river.

The preflop 3-bettor can still have strong hands despite checking twice. I’ll take the free card with ace-high and a gutshot to the nut straight.

77 has showdown value on K-Q-9-6-4 against a range that checked back twice, but a bet would mostly get called by better pairs. Checking realizes showdown value cheaply.

Ace-high is unlikely to win a showdown against a preflop three-bettor. After three checks, a river bet can pressure hands such as medium pairs and better ace-high to fold.

My three checks show weakness, so the button can bluff here with missed ace-highs and small pairs. 77 beats those, and the call only needs about 30% equity.

Three-handed on the button, 84s is a reasonable steal candidate against two blinds; a 2.5bb open wins the blinds often and plays fine in position.

7-3 offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

QJo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a 2.5bb button open, but it plays better as a call than a large out-of-position reraise.

Second pair with a decent kicker has showdown value, but betting out of position into the preflop raiser risks building a larger pot against stronger hands. Checking keeps their bluffs in and lets me respond to their bet size.

On a dry K-J-2 board that favors the preflop raiser, a small c-bet with backdoor spades and some equity is profitable against the big blind's check.

Middle pair with a strong kicker is worth continuing against this small flop bet. Calling keeps weaker hands in without inflating the pot out of position.

With a jack and a queen kicker on the paired-king turn, I have showdown value but little reason to build the pot out of position. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in.

With 8-high and no showdown value, a half-pot barrel on the paired king turn represents a king well and can fold out weaker pairs, draws and floats, so it only needs to work about a third of the time.

My pair of jacks is a reasonable bluff-catcher against a button opener, and the turn bet gives me sufficient pot odds to continue.

I have two pair with showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me assess a bet.

Eight-high has no showdown value, so checking wins nothing. Villain's calls of two small bets leave a capped range with many weak pairs and Jx, and a large river bet can make those fold.

The river bet is substantial, but my two pair can beat missed draws and other bluffs. Calling is preferable to raising because a raise would mainly get action from stronger hands.