Hold'em table

Q5 suited is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to apply pressure to the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Holding 4d 2s out of position against a button raise is an easy fold.

9-2 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open, so folding is the clear choice.

Q4o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so this is blind versus blind. Jack-deuce offsuit is too weak to limp out of position, but a small raise takes the initiative and can win the pot immediately.

Calling the small additional amount with position relative to the small blind and favorable pot odds; folding would give up too much blind equity with a hand that can still make useful pairs and draws.

Jack-high with no pair and no diamond draw has little value on an ace-high monotone flop, so I check rather than bluff into the big blind's calling range.

I have no pair, no diamond, and little chance to improve. Checking behind keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn for free.

I have jack-high with no pair and no diamond on a four-diamond board, so betting is a pure bluff into a range that often has a flush or ace. Checking is free and avoids putting more chips in with almost no equity.

The fourth diamond is a strong scare card, and my hand has little showdown value. A modest bet can credibly represent a diamond and pressure hands that checked twice.

Jack-high with no diamond and no pair on a four-diamond board has almost no equity against a turn bet, so folding is the only sensible option.

Jack-deuce offsuit is too weak to open from the button in a three-handed pot, so folding avoids putting chips in with a dominated, low-equity hand.

A♠3♠ is a strong enough hand to open-raise heads-up from the small blind; a 3× big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the sizing reasonable.

ATo is well ahead of a standard small blind opening range and plays comfortably in position with pot odds of 2.5 to 1.

Make a small flop bet with the nut flush draw, applying pressure while keeping the pot manageable if called.

Flopping top pair top kicker in position against a small c-bet is an easy call to keep their bluffs in and pot control on a wet board.

Bet 600 into the 1,000-chip pot as a semibluff with the nut-flush draw, applying pressure while retaining strong river equity when called.

Holding top pair top kicker on a relatively blank turn, calling the second barrel is standard against a range that includes semibluffs and worse tens.

I have the ace-high flush, the strongest possible flush, and can value-bet against lower flushes and other hands that may call. A 1,400-chip bet is a substantial but not pot-sized wager.

Opponent has triple-barreled on a runout where the Queen brings both higher pairs and a third spade completing flush draws, leaving our second pair with no flush blocker unprofitable to call.

T4 suited is marginal but playable on the button, where raising can win the blinds and I have position postflop. I’ll use a modest open size rather than limp.

Folding T9o in the small blind facing a button open as it plays poorly out of position with the big blind still to act.

84 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open, especially out of position. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a hand that rarely flops well.

98 offsuit is at the bottom of the button opening range in 3-handed play; folding avoids playing a marginal offsuit connector postflop.

Button folded, so K9s is strong enough to raise heads-up from the small blind and take the initiative rather than flat out of position.

9♠T♠ is a strong suited hand against a likely wide small-blind raise, and the price is favorable. Call to realize its postflop potential.

King-high with no pair or draw on a jack-high two-spade flop; checking is free and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

Bet 400 into the 600-chip pot as a semi-bluff: the flush draw and straight draw give me strong equity if called, with fold equity against the checked preflop raiser.

King-nine has no pair and no draw on this flop, and calling 400 into a 1000 pot with only king-high is unprofitable against a flop bet.

Pocket tens is a premium hand on the button, so I open-raise to 3x the big blind to build the pot and take control preflop.

Calling the modest additional amount keeps a small pair in with deep stacks and set-mining potential; raising would be too ambitious out of position.

Closing preflop action getting 3.5:1 pot odds with A9o against a button open and small blind flat. Calling is clearly profitable.

With a small underpair on a multiway, connected flop, checking keeps the pot controlled and avoids building it against stronger hands.

I hold Ace-high on an unconnected low board in a multiway pot; checking to the preflop aggressor is standard.

Pocket tens are an overpair on a dry 5-4-8 rainbow flop, and both opponents checked. A half-pot bet gets value from worse pairs and straight draws while keeping the pot manageable.

The small pair is behind made hands, but the bet is modest and can be a stab after two checks; calling keeps bluffs and overcards in while risking only 450 more.

Holding only ace-high on a 5c-4h-8s board facing a half-pot bet and a call, there is insufficient equity to continue.

With only a low pair on a highly connected turn, betting is unlikely to get better hands to fold; take the free card and keep the pot small.

Pocket tens are an overpair, and seat 1's turn check lets a half-pot bet get value from worse pairs and draws while limiting damage if they raise.

The turn bet is substantial on a highly connected board, and my underpair has little equity against a continuing range. Calling would rely mostly on two remaining threes to improve.