Hold'em table

Opening 54s on the button in 3-handed play is a standard play with solid connectivity and postflop playability.

K2 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open to 250 with the big blind still to act is weak and would often be dominated, so I fold instead of calling 200 more out of position in a 3-way pot.

J8 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a 2.5bb button open, but it is not strong enough to favor a three-bet.

On this dry paired flop, J-high has some showdown value but little reason to build the pot out of position. I’ll check and assess the button’s action.

Dry paired flop heavily favors the preflop raiser's range; firing a small one-third pot continuation bet exerts cheap pressure.

The small flop bet gives me a reasonable price to continue with two overcards to the 3, a backdoor flush draw, and some straight potential. Raising would risk too much with only jack-high.

J-high has little showdown value, but the turn gives me no meaningful draw. Checking avoids investing more against the flop caller's range.

I turned a pair of fives and an open-ended straight draw; checking behind controls the pot and allows me to realize equity in position.

J-high has little showdown value. After the turn checked through, a river bet can pressure the button's ace-high hands and weaker pairs.

My two pair of nines and fives is easily beaten by any nine, any straight, any higher pocket pair, or even any rivered six, making this large bet difficult to call profitably against his range.

A9s on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong hand. A 3x open raise puts pressure on both blinds and builds the pot with a positional advantage.

T2 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

J9o is slightly too weak to defend out of position against a 3x button open.

J9 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. A 2.5-big-blind raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Q5o is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind out of position.

Getting 400 into 150 (about 2.7-to-1) as big blind against a button open, 4s6c has enough equity and closes the action, so calling beats folding. A 3-bet with a weak offsuit hand is not worth it.

I have a gutshot-plus draw: 4-6 with a 4 on the 4-2-5 board gives me a pair of 4s and an open-ended straight draw (3 or 7). That is a decent bet for value and protection against the button's range. I'll bet about 64% of the pot out of position.

J-high with one diamond has too little immediate equity against a sizable lead on this monotone flop. Calling 350 or raising as a bluff is unlikely to be profitable without a stronger draw.

K8o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play to steal blinds and realize position.

2d4d is weak from the small blind facing a button raise to 200 with the big blind still to act behind, so folding is best rather than calling 150 more out of position in a three-way pot.

Pocket threes are worth defending in the big blind against a small button raise. Calling keeps the pot manageable while retaining set value.

My low pocket pair has little value on this queen-high flop, so I’ll check rather than build the pot out of position.

I missed the flop completely with King-high and can take a free card in position against the big blind's check.

Pocket threes have little showdown value on this turn, but betting into a king that favors the preflop raiser is unlikely to be profitable. I’ll check and avoid building the pot.

Turned top pair of Kings after checking back the flop. Betting slightly over half pot to extract value and charge draws from Queen-x, 9-x, and flush draws.

My pocket threes are unlikely to be ahead on this board, and I have too little chance to improve to justify calling.

K7 suited on the button in a 3-handed pot has decent playability and the price is only one big blind, so calling is reasonable without inflating the pot out of position risk.

A8 suited is strong enough to raise against a button limp. Raising to 450 pressures the big blind and builds a pot with a hand that plays well postflop.

QJo plays poorly out of position facing a 4.5bb isolation raise from the small blind with the button still to act.

K7 suited is marginal and would be out of position against a small-blind raiser to 450, so I need to call 350 to win 650 with a weak, dominated hand. Folding is the disciplined choice.

A7 offsuit is strong enough to open from the button three-handed, and a 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Holding pocket fours in the small blind against a button 2.5x open, calling 200 chips provides solid implied odds to set-mine with 100bb effective stacks.

A6 suited is a decent hand in the big blind. It gets good pot odds (150 to win 600 in the pot), so calling is clearly correct. Since I'll be out of position against two players, I'd rather not 3-bet bloat the pot with a marginal hand.

I hold an underpair on a coordinated broadway board multiway out of position, making an easy check.

Nut flush draw with an ace-high backdoor on a K-J-3 two-tone board. Betting about half the pot has fold equity and builds the pot, and the draw keeps enough equity if called. Seat 1 checked, and the button raised preflop and may fold to a bet.

With only ace high and a weak backdoor draw, calling the flop bet three-way is unlikely to be profitable, especially with another player still to act.

I have an underpair with only two outs to improve on a board with two broadway cards. Folding to the flop bet is standard.