Hold'em table

Opening on the button with 54s is standard in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5x BB for value and playability.

K2o is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, disconnected hand.

Calling 150 into a 400 pot gives ~2.7:1 odds, and J8s has flush potential against what is likely a wide 3-handed button open. Folding is too tight here, while 3-betting is too thin out of position.

I missed the paired flop with J-high and only a backdoor draw; checking keeps the pot small against the preflop raiser and lets me fold cheaply to aggression or take a free card.

C-betting one-third pot on a dry, paired board where we retain range advantage and can fold out overcard floats.

I hold jack-high with no real draw on a paired 993 board, so calling the small c-bet leaves me guessing with ~20% equity at best, and a pure bluff raise with J8-high has no fallback. Folding is the cheapest line.

A9s is a strong button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative and fold out weaker hands.

T2o is far too weak to call 2bb more out of position against a 2.5x raise; folding loses the least.

J9o is slightly too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5x button open.

J9s from the button is a standard open; a min-raise to 300 applies pressure on both blinds and builds a pot with a playable position hand.

Q5o is far too weak to defend out of position against a button open.

46 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open after the small blind folds. Folding saves the extra 200 chips.

Opening K8o from the button in a 3-handed game with no rake to steal the blinds or play in position.

24 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, so folding avoids paying 150 with a dominated hand.

Only 100 more to call into a 350 pot with pocket threes; the price is cheap, I have ~40%+ equity vs a button raise range, and deep stacks give good implied odds if I flop a set.

My 3-3 completely misses the Q-9-4 flop with no pair, draw, or showdown value against the preflop raiser's range. Checking keeps the pot small so I can fold to a bet or see a free turn.

I missed this Queen-high flop with King-eight offsuit. Checking behind preserves pot control and allows me to see a free turn in position.

My pocket threes are almost certainly behind the preflop raiser's checking range, and the pot is small. Checking realizes my thin showdown equity against unpaired hands without bloating the pot out of position.

Turned top pair of Kings after checking back the flop. Betting for value and protection against flush and straight draws.

My pocket threes only beat pure air, and villain's delayed turn barrel after a flop check-through is weighted toward K-x/Q-x value. Calling 300 into 750 with just two outs and no draws is clearly -EV, so I release.

K7s is playable on the button in three-handed, so I open to 3x to take the initiative rather than flat the big blind.

A8s is too strong to fold getting 2.8:1 against a button open in a 3-handed game, but too weak to 3-bet out of position with the big blind still to act. Calling keeps the pot small and preserves fold equity for later streets.

Getting 3.5-to-1 immediate pot odds closing the action preflop with QJo makes calling standard and profitable.

I hold only ace-high with no club draw on a monotone board, so checking to keep the pot small and possibly see a free card is clearly best; a bluff into two callers here has little fold equity.

Checking with top pair, decent kicker on a monotone board to let the preflop aggressor act in position.

King-high with no pair or draw has little value on this wet three-way flop, and both opponents have already checked. Checking is free and avoids bluffing into two callers with almost no equity.

I only hold ace-high with a gutshot on a three-club board and no club in my hand, so checking for a free card is best; I'll fold to any bet.

I have top pair and an open-ended straight draw, but with three clubs on board and no club blocker in a multiway pot, checking keeps the pot manageable and allows me to see the river safely.

King-high with no pair, no club, and no real draw on a three-club board. With two opponents still in and no fold equity worth chasing, checking is the only sensible line.

The river Js completes my 8-9-T-J-Q straight, which beats every set and two-pair combo that checked flop and turn; I bet ~2/3 pot for value from Ax, pairs, and J-high straights, and I can let it go if raised hard by a flush or K-high straight.

The board has four to a straight and three clubs, rendering our two pair very weak, and Seat 2 still acts behind us.

I have the nut straight (K-Q-J-T-9) and only lose to a made flush. Pot odds are fine and a raise mostly gets called by better, so calling is the highest-EV line.

A7 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open-raise for fold equity and positional advantage; calling invites the blinds to see a cheap flop out of position against me.

Calling 200 chips with a small pocket pair to set-mine given deep stacks and favorable implied odds against the button open.

A6s in the big blind gets a good price to call a button open and small-blind flat, with suited-ace playability and enough equity to continue rather than squeeze or fold.

I have a weak underpair on a board with two broadway cards out of position in a three-way pot, making a check standard.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on KJx; checking is free and avoids donking into the preflop raiser.

Both opponents checked a flop that favors my preflop raising range, so a small continuation bet with ace-high and a club backdoor frequently picks up the 750 pot or defines their hands cheaply.

I hold fourth pair on a high, coordinated board with another player behind me to act, making a fold clear.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on Jh-3c-Kc has too little equity against the preflop raiser's flop bet, so folding is the best play.