Hold'em table

Three-handed on the button, K2o sits at the edge of a wide opening range, and stealing the blinds is profitable. A 2.5bb open keeps the risk small.

Complete from the small blind with a suited-equivalent connected hand profile in a multiway pot; 5-6 offsuit has sufficient implied-odds potential at this small price.

8-2 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a raise and a caller, so defending is unlikely to be profitable.

With only a weak open-ended straight draw on a paired board in a heads-up pot, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot.

On a dry paired board where I have range advantage as the preflop raiser in position, a small c-bet with king-high overcard equity and backdoor potential is profitable. Betting a third of the pot keeps the risk low. ─ small cbet on 933 board.

We have no made hand or meaningful immediate draw on this paired board, so calling the continuation bet is unprofitable.

On the button three-handed, J6 offsuit is a marginal but playable steal candidate. A minimum raise applies pressure to the blinds while risking little.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Facing a button min-raise, calling 100 into 350 needs only about 22% equity, and 74o has well over that against a wide button range. That makes this an easy defend from the big blind.

I have a gutshot (6 makes the straight) and a backdoor draw on an ace-high board that strongly favors the preflop raiser, so leading here makes little sense. I'll check and look to check-call a small c-bet.

A small continuation bet can fold out unpaired hands while leveraging our double-gutshot straight draw. It also keeps the pot manageable when called.

Getting 4:1 against a small c-bet, with a gutshot to the 6 and some backdoor potential. Calling is profitable, and it keeps my range wide against a button that likely bets this board often.

I only have 7-high with a gutshot to a 6, and this ace-high paired board favors the preflop raiser's range. Checking lets me see a free river or judge the price of any bet.

The paired turn is a credible barrel card after my flop continuation bet, and the diamond blocker reduces the chance that Villain holds a flush draw. A moderate bet can fold out some 8x and missed broadway holdings while retaining reasonable risk.

I only have a gutshot to a 6 with 7-high, which is about 9% to hit. The price needs roughly 27% equity (450 to win 1650), so calling is too expensive and a check-raise bluff against a button that keeps betting is risky.

On the button in a three-handed game, a small open can win the blinds or let me play in position at a low cost.

Against a wide 3-handed button min-raise, T7s gets a good price at 150 to win 500 and plays well enough postflop. Calling is reasonable despite being out of position with the big blind still to act.

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the big blind against a button raise and small-blind call, with poor playability in a multiway pot.

T7 of hearts on AsQsJs has only a gutshot to the king (the straight would be KT on AQJ). This monotone board strongly favors the button's raising range, so I check out of position and plan to fold to significant pressure.

The small blind checked, and my spade draw gives me equity when called. A small continuation bet can also fold out weak hands.

T7 with no spade on a monotone AQJ board has only a gutshot to three clean kings, so it doesn't have the roughly 21% equity needed to call. Being out of position with no showdown value also makes calling unprofitable.

62o is too weak to open from the button in a 3-handed game with deep stacks, so folding is the standard play.

With QTs suited heads-up versus the big blind after the button folds, I raise for value and to leverage position.

K9 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and calling keeps the pot manageable with position after the flop.

As the preflop raiser, a small continuation bet leverages range advantage on this ace-high board and can fold out many unpaired hands.

The small flop bet gives me a good price to continue in position. King-high may still be ahead of a bluff, and the 9s gives me a backdoor flush draw.

With a gutshot to Broadway but no made hand on a four-card coordinated board, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot out of position.

King-high has little showdown value, but a bet on this turn could run into an ace or a strong spade. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the river.

My queen-high has no showdown value, but this coordinated paired board strongly favors the caller's range, including aces and spades. Checking avoids an unlikely-to-succeed bluff.

King-high has limited showdown value, and the opponent's turn and river checks suggest a range that may fold to a substantial river bet. The spade on the turn also gives this bluff a credible flush story.

We have only queen-high with no pair or viable bluff-catching value against a substantial river bet on this paired ace board.

On the button in a three-handed game, T5 offsuit is a reasonable steal candidate against the blinds. A minimum raise applies pressure while risking little.

Five-four offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

The button min-raised and the small blind folded, so I need 100 to win a 450 pot, about 22% equity. K6o is well ahead of that against a wide button range, so calling is clearly profitable.

K-high with no draw on a Q-7-3 two-tone board, out of position against the button's range; check and see what they do rather than bloat the pot.

A small continuation bet pressures unpaired hands and realizes fold equity on this coordinated board. My hand has little showdown value, so checking back offers limited upside.

Facing a small bet, calling 150 to win a 750 pot requires only 20% equity. King-high with an overcard to the queen has enough equity and showdown value to defend against a wide button c-bet range.

King-high with a gutshot (a 4 makes 3-4-5-6-7) on a two-flush board; I called the small c-bet out of position with overcard equity. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my equity or give up to further aggression.

I continue the flop aggression with a substantial turn bluff on a card that can pressure marginal pairs and draws. My heart blocker modestly reduces the likelihood of a made flush.

King-high with no pair and no draw facing a turn barrel. There are too few clean outs to justify the price, and check-raise bluffing this board carries little credibility.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two players at 100 big blinds.

Ace-high is well ahead of a random big-blind hand heads-up, so raise from the small blind for value and fold equity rather than limping.

Defend the big blind heads-up versus a small blind min-raise with suited 9-high, which has adequate equity and playability at this price.

Middle pair with a wheel gutshot and an ace overcard has good equity. A small one-third-pot bet gets value and protection while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

We have an open-ended straight draw on a low connected board and position, with favorable immediate pot odds to continue against the small c-bet.

A bottom pair of threes has weak showdown value against a flop-calling range that is heavy with overpairs, 4x, 6x and made straights. The 6 kills the value of my wheel draw, so I'll check and control the pot out of position.

I have a made six-high straight and should value bet after the turn check. A moderate sizing can be called by pairs, two pair, sets, and draws while limiting exposure to stronger straights.

Third pair on a 4-3-2-6 board faces a turn bet from a BB range that is heavy with 5x straights, overpairs and better pairs. I have only about 5 clean outs, well short of the roughly 27% equity the pot odds require.