Hold'em table

Suited connectors play well from the button in a three-handed pot, so I open to 2.5bb rather than limp or fold.

K2o is too weak to call or 3-bet from the small blind against a button open.

Defending J8s in the big blind against a 2.5x button open is profitable at the price of 150 into a 400 pot (~27% needed), and the suitedness gives decent playability. 3-betting is too thin for value and folding is too tight in 3-max.

I hold only J-high with a backdoor flush draw on a paired 993 board against a preflop raiser, so betting has little fold equity against their continuing range. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold cheaply if they bet or see a free card if they check back.

I have no pair or draw on this paired flop, so checking has little value. A small c-bet can fold out many of the big blind’s missed hands.

Opening with Ac9c on the button is a standard value raise in 3-handed play.

Ten-deuce offsuit has almost no equity against a 2.5x open from the button while out of position as the small blind. Folding loses nothing relative to calling with such a weak holding.

J9o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise; it is often dominated and does not realize equity well enough to justify the call.

Q5o is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind; folding avoids a dominated, poorly playable spot.

K8o is a playable button open in three-handed poker; a 2.5bb raise takes the initiative with position rather than limping a dominated king.

Folding 42s from the small blind facing a button open is standard given poor playability out of position.

Only 150 more to call into a 400 pot with a small pocket pair and ~100bb effective stacks; cheap set-mine with enough implied odds, and I can fold cheaply when I miss.

My pocket threes did not improve on Q-9-4 and I'm out of position against the preflop raiser with no draws. Checking keeps the pot small; I can fold to a bet or take a free card if checked through.

I am the preflop raiser in position on a dry Q94 board after the big blind checked. A small c-bet pressures weak hands and keeps the pot manageable with king-high.

Pocket threes are completely below the Q-9-4 flop with only two outs to improve, and seat_1's preflop raise plus c-bet signals a made hand or decent draw. Calling 180 into a 730 pot requires roughly 20% equity, far more than I have, so folding is the cheapest line.

K7s is a standard open-raising candidate from the button 3-handed to put pressure on the blinds with position.

A8s is far too strong to fold against a small 2x button open, and calling OOP with the BB still to act invites squeezes. A 3-bet to 600 leverages the ace blocker, attacks the button's likely wide min-raise range, and isolates the pot.

QJo is too weak to continue against a button open and a small-blind three-bet; dominated too often and not worth calling 500 more.

K7s is at the bottom of our button opening range and faces a 3-bet from the small blind; folding avoids dominated situations postflop.

A7s from the button is a standard open; raising builds the pot with position and can win the blinds. A min-raise to 300 keeps pressure modest while retaining fold equity.

Pocket fours are too strong to fold to a 3x button open at 100bb, and calling keeps the pot small out of position while retaining set and showdown value.

Getting 3.5 to 1 pot odds closing the action preflop, A6s has sufficient equity and nut potential to defend profitably.

Pocket fours are a weak pair on a K-J-3 flop multiway, so I take the free card rather than bluff into two opponents.

I hold Ace-high with no draw on a high, coordinated board; checking to the preflop aggressor is standard.

I have a gutshot straight draw (Q-T) plus an ace overcard on a coordinated board, and with both opponents checking behind my preflop raise, checking keeps the pot small while realizing equity cheaply. Betting is also reasonable, but a free card with position is fine.

Pocket fours are a weak underpair on a K-J-9 board with two opponents, so there is no value in betting. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves a free river.

I hold Ace-high with no draw on a coordinated board in a multiway pot; checking gives me a free look at the river.

A-high on a board that could give someone two pair or a straight draw; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it with a marginal hand. If checked through again, I can consider a river bet.

Pocket fours are only an underpair on this king-jack board, and two opponents checked through. Checking is free and avoids betting a hand that is often behind.

Holding Ace-high in a three-way checked-down pot, bluffing into two players is unlikely to yield enough folds, so taking a free showdown is optimal.

My pair of sevens with an ace kicker rarely wins at showdown after both opponents checked down three streets, and the missed club draw plus A-high heavy ranges make a ~3/4-pot river bluff high-fold-equity with little showdown value to protect.

Pocket fours are an underpair on a K-J-9-7-3 board, and a 700 river bet after three checked streets is too strong to call multiway with only a weak pair.

I only hold ace-high with a weak kicker, which is not strong enough to call a substantial river bet into a multiway pot.