Hold'em table

K5 offsuit is a marginal hand, but on the button in a 3-handed game it has decent equity and fold equity against the blinds. A small raise to 250 puts pressure on both blinds and gives me position.

Q4 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act.

A2o plays poorly out of position against a button open, with severe reverse implied odds and weak realization, making it a standard fold.

A6 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed. Raising to 250 pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Three-handed against a button open, KJo has strong card removal and is ahead of the wide opening range. Three-betting to 9bb takes initiative and punishes loose steals.

5-8 offsuit is weak, and calling 800 more facing a button open and a small blind 3-bet, with a possible cold call or 4-bet behind, is clearly unprofitable.

A6 offsuit is often dominated by a small-blind 3-bet range. Calling the large raise risks too much with a hand that plays poorly postflop.

Ten-six offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button even in three-handed play.

Q9o is a decent hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 3bb from the small blind builds the pot and takes the initiative, which beats calling out of position.

The button has folded, and I have position against the small blind after the flop. With no rake and 200 more to call, 96o is a marginal but reasonable defend against a potentially wide raise.

Queen-high with a gutshot on an ace-high board is a marginal hand, and I'm first to act out of position against the big blind, so I'll check and see what happens rather than bluff a pot with little equity.

After the preflop raiser checks this dry ace-high flop, a small bet can win the pot against missed hands. My hand has little showdown value, so I prefer betting to checking.

Queen-high with a backdoor-less gutshot-free board (T-4-A) is weak; the pot odds are about 4 to 1 but I'm out of position with only a gutshot-like Q-T-A no draw except runner outs, so folding is fine against a bet from a range that often has an ace.

6-7 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is playable for the price of 100 into a 150 pot, with position and decent implied odds. A raise with this hand has little value, so I'm just calling.

Completing for 50 chips gives me a good price with an ace, while raising A2 offsuit out of position would build a pot with a weak kicker.

With Q9o in the big blind facing two limpers, checking to see a free multiway flop is standard and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but betting into two opponents on a paired, club-heavy flop is unlikely to get enough better hands to fold. I’ll check and reassess.

I have Queen-high on a paired board multiway with the button still to act behind me; checking is the standard play.

Both opponents checked on a paired 8-8-4 board and I'm last to act with 7-6 (a gutshot plus overcard-ish equity). A small bet of about two-thirds pot is a good stab to take down the pot, and I still have some outs if called.

Ace-high has little improvement potential on this paired, two-club flop. Calling out of position with another player still to act is unlikely to be profitable.

I have queen-high with no draw on a paired board facing a two-thirds pot bet out of position; folding is standard.

Q8 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed. Raising gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Folding 98 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open, as it plays poorly out of position and with the big blind left to act.

2-6 offsuit is one of the weakest hands. Calling 125 to win 375 is decent odds (25%), but I'd be out of position with a poor hand, and the button's wide range still makes this an unprofitable call.

Opening on the button with K5s in 3-handed play is standard for value and positional advantage.

T6 suited is weak out of position from the small blind against a button raise, with the big blind still to act behind me. Calling 200 more with a marginal hand is unprofitable, so I fold.

The button can open a wide range, and the folded small blind adds dead money to the pot. Calling 150 with a suited hand is reasonable, though I’ll need to play cautiously out of position.

With a weak middle pair on an ace-high flop, I prefer to check and keep the pot manageable against the preflop raiser.

As the preflop aggressor on an Ace-high board, a small continuation bet applies pressure to the big blind's wide range and denies equity.

Bottom pair has enough equity to continue against a small flop bet, especially since the button can bet many unpaired hands here.

My two pair has showdown value, but betting risks getting action mainly from stronger hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me assess a turn bet.

The paired Ace reduces Ax combinations in the deck, but opponent called the flop and could easily have trips or a made pair. Checking back turn to re-evaluate on the river.

My pair of sevens has some showdown value, while the river club makes a value bet unlikely to be called by worse hands. Checking avoids turning it into a bluff without a club blocker.

Without a club blocker to bluff credibly against completed flushes, checking back allows us to see showdown and occasionally beat missed straight draws or unimproved floats.