Hold'em table

Ad Ts is well within the button opening range in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb to build the pot in position.

5c3h is a weak offsuit hand out of position facing a button raise; folding avoids playing a dominated, low-equity hand.

K6 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button raise to 2.5 big blinds, given the pot odds.

King-high with only a backdoor flush draw is too weak to value bet, and checking keeps the pot small out of position.

Checking back with Ace-high and no heart to control the pot size and realize showdown value.

King-high has little equity, and the preflop raiser can often have an ace after checking the flop. I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into that range.

Turned top pair with a good kicker after checking flop; betting around two-thirds pot for value and protection against draws and weaker pairs.

King-high has little chance to improve on this turn, and calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

87s on the button has good playability; raising to 250 applies pressure, can take down the blinds, and builds a pot with position.

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

AQo is clearly ahead of the button's opening range in 3-handed play; 3-betting to 10bb for value out of position.

With 8d7d on the button closing the action, I'm getting roughly 1.7:1 and only need ~27% equity to call profitably. Suited connectors have enough equity and playability in position against a typical BB 3-bet range.

As the preflop aggressor on an Ace-high board that favors my 3-betting range, I place a small continuation bet with top pair, good kicker for value and protection.

I have only 8d7d on an A-K-6 flop with no pair, no flush draw, and only a backdoor straight possibility. Facing a flop bet from the preflop reraiser, folding is clearly best.

K2 offsuit is playable as a button open in a three-handed, unraked game. A modest raise uses position while limiting the investment with a marginal hand.

Holding a pocket pair in the small blind against a 2.25bb button open, calling to set-mine with strong implied odds is standard.

Q2o is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise and small-blind call. Calling 125 more has poor postflop playability, so folding is best.

I hold an underpair on a wet, high-card flop out of position; checking is standard.

K2 offsuit has little equity or useful draw potential on this connected flop. Checking in position keeps the pot small.

I hold an underpair on a paired, coordinated board. Checking allows me to see the river cheaply or evaluate if seat_3 bets.

After two checks, a turn bet can fold out unpaired hands and some weak pairs. King-high has little showdown value if called.

Holding 44 on a Ts-Js-6h-Tc board gives us two pair Tens and Fours, but this is near the bottom of our range and vulnerable to nearly any river bet or overpair/6x.

53s is too weak to reliably open profitably even from the button in a 3-handed 100bb structure.

With AK in a blind-vs-blind situation after the button folds, I have a strong value hand and want to raise for value and take control preflop.

A5 suited is a good three-bet candidate against a small blind opening range: it has an ace blocker and retains playability when called.

AK is a premium hand in a 3-handed game; 4-betting for value and fold equity is best, especially since I am out of position.

A5 suited has some playability, but the small blind’s 4-bet to 2400 makes a call expensive and a shove too dependent on fold equity.

K4o on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable open-raise to steal the blinds and take initiative with position.

A8 suited is a reasonable three-bet against a button open. Raising from the small blind applies pressure and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

Facing a 2.5bb button open and a substantial 11bb three-bet from the small blind, offsuit broadways like KQo are heavily dominated and play poorly out of position. Folding is clearly standard.

Ks4d is too weak to continue against a large small-blind 3-bet, especially with the big blind already folded. Folding avoids putting in 850 more chips with a dominated offsuit king.

Nine-three offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button against two opponents.

KJs is a premium hand in a blind-versus-blind confrontation, so raising to 3bb is standard for value and initiative.

Closing the action with K6o against a small-blind raise, I get good pot odds and can see a flop without further preflop investment.

The low, connected board heavily favors the big blind's defending range, so checking our high cards out of position is the prudent play.

I have middle pair with a king kicker on a draw-heavy flop; after the preflop raiser checks, a half-pot bet can take the pot down or get value from worse pairs and draws.

I missed this low, coordinated flop with King-Jack high and have little backdoor equity out of position, making an easy fold to the half-pot bet.