Hold'em table

King-high on the button in 3-handed play is ahead of blind defending ranges, so raising leverages position and fold equity.

AdTs plays well as a 3-bet from the small blind against a button open, allowing me to take the initiative and deny equity from the big blind, rather than calling out of position.

99 is too strong to fold three-handed against a wide squeeze from the small blind. Calling keeps their bluffs in and lets me realize equity, and I'm getting a decent price at 650 to win 1750.

K4 offsuit is dominated by a 3-bet and a big-blind cold call; calling 500 more risks reverse implied odds despite position.

I 3-bet preflop and the flop is low and dry; a continuation bet of half pot should fold out many hands that missed, and I have two overcards if called.

Pocket nines on a low 5-2-6 board beat much of a squeezer's range, including AK/AQ and bluffs. They are behind overpairs, so calling keeps the pot controlled while I get correct odds of 875 into 3500.

I have a T-high flush draw and overcards, but my flush is often dominated and I'm out of position. Checking controls the pot and lets me see a river without committing more chips.

99 is a medium-strength hand against a 3-bet range that is heavy with overpairs, so I'll check back to control the pot and see the river. A free card also lets me realize equity, since an 8 gives me a straight.

I have only Ace high on a board that completed no draws. After the turn checked through, my hand has some showdown value against busted draws or unpaired high cards, but I risk being called by any pair if I bet. Checking to control the pot and possibly win at showdown is better than trying to bluff into a range that called a flop bet and checked back the turn.

99 has showdown value against a double-checking range that is heavy in missed broadways. Few worse hands would call a bet on this four-to-a-straight, three-spade board, so I'll check back.

Q6o is a weak hand, especially with no prior action. Folding avoids risking chips with a marginal holding.

T7 suited is a standard open from the small blind in a blind-vs-blind spot. Raising to 3bb takes the initiative and lets me win the pot preflop when the big blind folds.

Q8o has sufficient equity against a wide small-blind open getting 2-to-1, and I will be in position postflop after the button fold.

A small c-bet on a high-card board that favors the preflop raiser's range. T7 has backdoor straight equity and can fold out the big blind's weak hands.

Top pair on the flop facing a small one-third pot continuation bet; calling 200 into 800 is profitable despite the weak kicker and flush draw on board.

Ten-high with no real draw against a range that called the flop. The 4s turn doesn't help my story, so I'll check and give up to most aggression.

Top pair on a very draw-heavy board after opponent checked the turn; betting charges flush and straight draws and gets value from Jacks while protecting my hand.

Ten-high with no pair and no draw against a turn bet after we checked; calling has no equity, and a bluff raise is too thin.

J9s on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds.

Ace-blocker with A6o is a good 3-bet candidate from the small blind against a wide button open in 3-handed play, applying pressure to both opponents.

9s6h is a weak offsuit hand and I am facing a raise and a reraise out of position; calling 700 more would be unprofitable.

J9s on the button has position against the small blind's 3-bet, and the stacks are deep. Calling 550 into a 1150 pot gets good odds with a playable suited hand.

Top pair on a dry A-Q-4 flop in a 3-bet pot; a small c-bet gets value from Qx and pocket pairs while keeping the pot manageable with a weak kicker.

J9 with no pair and no real draw on an A-Q board facing a 3-bettor's c-bet; I have essentially no equity, so folding is best.

J3 suited is too weak to open from the button three-handed, with poor kicker and playability against the blinds.

From SB with J8s, a standard steal raise to 2.5bb puts pressure on BB and builds pot with a playable suited connector.

Getting 3.3:1 in position against a small-blind steal, T5o has enough equity to defend by calling.

I have a flush draw with Jd8d on an Ad-high board. As the preflop raiser, a continuation bet represents strength and puts pressure on medium pairs or worse hands, while building the pot for my draw.

T5 offsuit with no pair and only backdoor straight draws on an A-7-6 two-diamond board cannot profitably call a 60% pot bet. Calling needs about 27% equity and this hand has far less.

T8o is a weak hand, but from the button with no prior action, a min-raise to 200 applies pressure on the blinds and can win the pot immediately or set up a favorable postflop position.

95o from the small blind facing a button min-raise, with the big blind still left to act, is a weak hand that plays poorly out of position. Folding is standard.

2-7 offsuit is the weakest holding and plays poorly out of position postflop, so even a small call versus the button raise has poor equity realization.

KTo on the button 3-handed is a clear open-raise; 2.5x applies pressure on both blinds.

9-4 suited is too weak to call a button raise out of position with the big blind still behind; folding preserves stack.

Holding 8c3d, a near-worst hand, and out of position against the button's raise, folding avoids likely postflop difficulties.