Hold'em table

A3o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open. A 2.5x raise attacks the blinds, and the ace blocker helps.

A suited ace is strong enough to defend the small blind against a button min-raise, especially with the big blind still behind.

Getting 4:1 pot odds with a speculative hand, calling 150 more is cheap and we have a deep stack. I'll see a flop and try to hit something.

With ace-high on a paired low board in a multiway pot, checking preserves showdown value and avoids bloating the pot against ranges containing many fives and pocket pairs.

I flopped trips with a decent kicker, so I want to build the pot and charge any straight draws or overpairs. Betting about two-thirds pot is a solid value size.

A3 on 5-5-4 has a wheel gutshot, overcard equity and possible showdown value against a big-blind stab. Calling 500 into 1750 is a reasonable price, and keeping the pot controlled is safer with the small blind still to act.

Ace-high with no meaningful draw has insufficient equity facing a bet and a call on this paired flop.

I have trip fives and should bet for value while charging diamond draws and overcards to continue. A bet around 700 chips builds the pot without overcommitting.

The price is small at 700 into 2450, so I need about 22% equity. A deuce gives me the wheel, an ace may make a winning hand, and ace-high can sometimes win at showdown, so with implied odds a call is profitable enough.

Ace-high has little showdown value against a player who barreled the flop and turn. Their river check was a timeout fallback, and if they time out again facing a bet they fold, so a bet can take down the pot.

T3 offsuit is too weak to profitably open in this 3-handed spot.

A7s is strong enough to raise for value and initiative from the small blind, putting pressure on the big blind's random hand.

Getting 3:1 against a min-raise from the small blind, and I have position with a suited connector-ish hand, so a call is clearly profitable.

I have a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, so I semi-bluff the flop to either take the pot now or build value when I hit.

I have a gutshot to the 7 (for 5-9), a backdoor flush draw and some overcard equity. Deep stacks give good implied odds, so I'm calling rather than folding or raising.

I have an open-ended straight draw (a 3 or a 7 makes the straight), and the opponent checked via timeout fallback. A semi-bluff bet of about two-thirds pot can win the pot outright and still has equity when called.

Queens are a strong hand preflop, so I raise for value and to put pressure on the blinds.

42s from the small blind facing a button 3x open, with the big blind still left to act behind me, is a clear fold; calling out of position with such a weak hand loses money.

8-4 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button 3x open from the big blind.

95o is below the button opening threshold in 3-handed play at 100bb deep, and it plays poorly against both blinds.

Complete from the small blind with a marginal but playable hand heads-up and realize equity postflop.

With a small pair in the big blind and no raise to call, I'll take the cheap flop and try to flop a set or play a small pot out of position.

A small heads-up flop stab can fold out many unpaired limping hands while risking little. Our ten-high also retains some showdown value if called.

The flop brings overcards and a bet from the opponent; our pocket threes have low equity and are likely dominated. Folding loses only the big blind, preserving chips for better spots.

On the button in a three-handed, rake-free game, a minimum open with 9-6 offsuit can profitably pressure the blinds and retain positional playability.

Holding 6-3 offsuit out of position against a raise, I have insufficient equity to continue. Folding is the disciplined play.

Getting 3.5:1 against a button min-raise, 75o in the big blind is an easy defend.

I have 7-5 with no pair and no real draw on a QJT board that heavily favors the button's raising range. Check and give up to a bet.

I have an open-ended straight draw on a dynamic board and can apply pressure after the check. A moderate continuation bet can fold out weaker holdings while retaining strong drawing equity when called.

75o has no pair and no real draw on JTQ, and this board heavily favors the button's opening range. Facing a 300 bet into 450, folding is clearly correct.

92o is near the bottom of the small-blind range, and playing it out of position against the big blind realizes too little equity to justify a limp or a raise.