Hold'em table

Pocket aces are the strongest starting hand; I raise for value and to build the pot while narrowing opponents' ranges.

62o in the small blind facing a 3bb button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. It is too weak to call out of position or to 3-bet.

Pocket queens are strong enough to three-bet for value against a button open. Raising to 1200 accounts for playing out of position.

With pocket aces heads-up against a 12bb 3-bet, jamming maximizes value and avoids playing a difficult low-SPR pot out of position.

Queens are strong enough to call a button shove without evidence that the opponent only does this with aces or kings.

3-handed on the button, 97o is a reasonable open-raise with position against both blinds.

8-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open at this sizing, especially out of position.

K9 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

2c5h offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise.

Q7o in the big blind is getting good pot odds (150 to win 400) against a wide 3-handed button open, so defending by calling is profitable.

Out of position with bottom pair plus a backdoor flush draw on a K-high board that favors the preflop raiser, so I check and let them c-bet, planning to call a reasonable bet.

Top pair is likely ahead of the big blind's calling range, and this coordinated flop offers several draws to charge. A bet of 375 gets value while protecting the hand.

I have middle pair plus a queen-high flush draw against a small c-bet, which gives me plenty of equity. Calling keeps the button's bluffs in and controls the pot size.

Middle pair with a backdoor spade draw now holding a gutter-less Q-high flush draw; checking keeps the pot controlled against a button c-bettor, and I can re-evaluate facing a bet.

Top pair is likely ahead of draws and weaker pairs on this blank turn. A 750-chip bet gets value while charging those hands to continue.

Facing a roughly half-pot barrel, I need about 27% equity. Bottom pair with a queen kicker does well enough against the button's draws and bluffs to justify a call.

The river gave me queens and sevens, which beats the Kx and overpairs that make up much of the button's double-barrel range. I'm leading about half pot for value because those hands are likely to call, but may check back if I check.

Top pair is strong enough to call this river bet at the offered pot odds. Missed spade and straight draws give the opponent plausible bluffs.

K8 offsuit is a reasonable button opening hand three-handed, with position against both blinds. I raise to apply pressure and retain initiative.

AQo from the small blind against a 3-handed button open is a strong 3-bet for value. Sizing to 10bb out of position isolates the opener and pressures the big blind to fold.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

Kd8h is too weak to continue versus a large 3-bet out of position.

K9o is a clear opening hand on the button in a 3-handed game, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and pressure the blinds.

J8 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

2c4s is far too weak to defend against a button raise at this sizing out of position.

KJo is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Defend the small blind against the button's small open with a suited, connected J-high hand at a favorable price.

Getting 150 to win 600 (5:1) in the big blind with suited Qd8d in a 3-way pot; calling is clearly profitable, and squeezing is unnecessary with a hand that plays well multiway.

With an open-ended straight draw but no diamond on a monotone flop in a multiway pot, checking preserves equity and avoids facing a large check-raise.

We flopped a queen-high flush with a straight-flush draw, so we bet for value and to charge single-diamond draws and sets in this three-way pot.

I have a flush draw and a gutshot to a king-high straight. Calling the 500-chip bet keeps the pot manageable on a monotone flop with another player still to act.

I only have a gutshot to the eight on a monotone board, and the multiway bet and call make continuing without a diamond unattractive.

I have a queen-high flush, and only a hand with the Ad or Kd beats it. The button called my flop bet, so I'll bet about 70% of the pot for value and protection.

Top pair with a strong kicker, a diamond draw, and a gutshot has enough equity to call this turn bet. Calling also keeps the pot manageable in position.

A queen-high flush on an unpaired board loses only to Ad or Kd flushes, and position calls from sets, straights and two pair can pay off. A bet of about 70% pot gets value from those hands.

Top pair with a jack kicker is a bluff-catcher against a three-street lead on this coordinated board. The large river bet suggests enough straights, flushes, and two-pair hands that calling is unlikely to be profitable.