Hold'em table

96 offsuit is too weak to open raise or limp from the button even 3-handed. Folding is standard.

A4 offsuit is strong enough to raise against the big blind heads-up. Raising to 300 puts pressure on a wide blind range.

JTs in the big blind getting 2:1 on a call against a small blind 3x raise in a 3-handed game; the hand is easily strong enough to defend and plays well postflop.

Top and bottom pair is strong heads-up. Betting for value also charges spade draws and other hands with equity.

Getting 1400 to 400 (about 3.5:1) with a gutshot straight draw (needs a Q for Q-K-A... actually K-Q needed) plus backdoor flush and straight outs, plus two overcards to the 8 and 4 (J high only). Calling is reasonable versus a wide heads-up c-bet range; raising is unnecessary. .

Top and bottom pair is strong enough to bet for value against weaker aces and draws. A 1000-chip bet also makes flush draws pay to continue.

Jack-high with only a backdoor-ish gutshot-less draw (JT on 4-A-8-2 has no straight draw and no flush draw) facing a 1000 bet into 1400 after the opponent bet flop and turn; the price is about 29% equity needed and I have very little, so fold.

Q2 offsuit is a weak button hand with poor playability against two opponents. Folding avoids committing chips with little upside.

JTo is a decent hand heads-up from the small blind, and completing costs only 50 more into a 150 pot, so calling is a clear, cheap play versus the big blind's range.

With AhJh in the big blind facing an SB limp, I have a massive equity advantage and position, making a value raise to 4bb standard.

JTo is a decent hand heads-up against a big blind 3-bet-sized open of 4x. I'm getting 500+300 pot odds, 800 total pot with 300 to call, about 27% equity needed, and JTo has roughly 40% against a wide range. Calling is better than folding and avoids a bloated pot out of position.

I have trips (tens) with a jack kicker on a Th 7h Td board, so I want to build the pot. The preflop raiser acts after me and may hold overpairs or flush draws, so a bet of about 5/8 pot should get calls from worse hands.

I hold the nut flush draw and two overcards in position against a donk bet. Calling gives excellent direct and implied odds to see the turn.

I have trips (tens) with a jack kicker on a paired-suit board Th 7h Td 3h. Betting about 2/3 pot builds the pot and charges flush draws. The opponent's calling range likely includes hearts and pairs.

I hold the nut flush on a turn that completed the draw, so I raise for value against worse flushes, trips, and strong draws while charging potential boat outs.

I hold top set (tens) on a Th 7h Td 3h board, so I'm well ahead of most of the opponent's range. Only a flush or a straight draw that has hit is a worry. Calling 1800 into a 6000 pot keeps their bluffs and draws in, while a raise would mostly fold out worse hands.

I have trips (Tens) with a Jack kicker on a Th 7h Td 3h 8s board. Villain's turn raise suggests a strong hand like a flush or a straight, but trips is still strong enough to bet for value against worse tens, sevens, eights and draws that missed. I bet about 40% of the pot for value.

I hold the nut flush on a paired board. Opponent has shown significant strength by leading flop, bet-calling turn, and leading river, so raising risks losing more against full houses while rarely getting called by worse hands.

Q2 offsuit is a weak hand even on the button in 3-handed play, and it faces two players behind who could re-raise; folding avoids a marginal, dominated spot.

Blind vs blind with JTo, raising to 300 is a standard aggressive open to attack the big blind.

K8 suited is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise. Calling keeps weaker hands in while I play the rest of the hand in position.

As the preflop raiser in a blind-versus-blind battle on an Ace-high dry board, a one-third pot continuation bet applies pressure and leverages my range advantage.

King-high with no club and only a backdoor diamond draw has too little equity to continue against the flop bet.

75 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in a 3-handed game.

J6 offsuit is playable heads-up, but raising builds a pot with a marginal hand out of position. Completing the blind keeps the pot small.

Q5 offsuit is a decent hand in a three-handed pot where the small blind only limped. A small raise builds the pot and takes the initiative against a weak range, and I can give up if faced with heavy resistance.

J6 offsuit is too weak to call the raise out of position.

On the button in a three-handed pot, 7♦4♦ is playable as an open because position and suitedness provide enough postflop potential.

A2s is a decent hand in a 3-handed game, and the price of 200 more to win a 400 pot is good. Calling is safer than a 3-bet out of position against a button open with the big blind still to act.

Holding 6d 4h out of position against a button raise and small blind call is an easy fold due to poor playability and equity.

Ace-high with a wheel draw (A-2 with 3-5 gives a gutshot to the 4) on a paired low board. I'm first to act heads-up against the button's preflop raise, so a small bet of half the pot takes the initiative, gets folds from overcards, and keeps my equity when called.

The small flop bet gives me a reasonable price to continue with a gutshot, and position lets me reassess on the turn.

Board is 3s 5c 3d 5h, and my ace kicker plays as two pair with an ace-high kicker over the board pair, which is likely best or a split against a button that called the flop. Betting small-to-medium for value and to deny equity to hands like 6x, 7x or pocket pairs below my kicker.

My low kicker is usually behind a paired hand or higher unpaired cards, and the straight draw is too weak to justify calling another bet.

8-3 offsuit is one of the weakest hands; on the button facing the big blind and a small blind still to act, it is not worth calling 100 out of position postflop.

Folding 42o from the small blind as it has very poor playability out of position.