Hold'em table

8-4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button at this stack depth without information suggesting the blinds fold excessively.

Pocket fives are a strong hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising for value builds the pot with a hand that is well ahead of the big blind's range, and the small blind is out of position postflop.

Facing a 3bb open from the small blind, K6o suffers from poor playability and reverse implied odds, making it a standard fold.

9-7 offsuit is a weak hand out of position postflop against two opponents, so folding on the button to a 100 bet is the disciplined play, though a call would be marginal.

In a blind-versus-blind scenario with an Ace, raising to 300 is standard to apply pressure and seize initiative.

The button folded, so this is heads-up against the small blind. With position, suited cards, and a 200-chip call into a 400-chip pot, defending is reasonable.

C-betting one-third pot on an Ace-high dry flop with top pair to extract value from underpairs and gutshots.

Nine-high has no immediate draw on this ace-high flop, so calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

64o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play. Folding is standard.

A5 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind, and a 3bb open applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

J8 suited is a reasonable defend in the big blind against a small blind 3x raise, getting 2:1 pot odds (200 to win 500) with position advantage post-flop heads-up. Calling is better than folding or a marginal 3-bet bluff.

A small continuation bet applies pressure on the paired flop while keeping the pot manageable with ace-high and a backdoor diamond draw.

I have trips eights with a decent jack kicker on 8-8-3, and the bet is only 200 into 800. Calling keeps weaker hands in and avoids scaring them off, and a raise could get more value later if the turn is safe.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but the flop call makes a turn bet less likely to get a fold. I’ll check and reassess on the river.

I have trips eights with a jack kicker on 8-8-3-T, which is very strong. Seat_1 checked the turn after betting the flop, so I bet about 60% of the pot for value against their range of tens and overpairs and to deny equity to draws.

Ace-high has little chance to improve against a made hand, and calling the turn bet would leave a difficult river decision out of position.

AJo is a strong button opening hand three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise builds value while retaining position postflop.

5s4h is a weak offsuit hand. Calling 200 more out of position against a button raise, with a big blind still to act behind me, is unprofitable, so I fold.

QTo has plenty of equity against a standard button opening range, and getting almost 2.7-to-1 pot odds justifies defending from the big blind.

Flopped top two pair out of position; checking to the preflop aggressor to let them continuation-bet.

A small continuation bet pressures the big blind's weaker holdings while my gutshot and overcard give me ways to improve if called.

I flopped top two pair on a board with several gutshot and open-ended straight draws. Raising for value and protection against the button's continuation bet.

The small check-raise gives me a reasonable price in position with a gutshot to the nuts, an overcard, and some backdoor potential.

The King of spades is a scare card that completes open-ended and gutshot straights like J9 and AJ, and improves holdings like KQ or KT. Checking controls the pot size with our two pair.

I have the nut straight on the turn. A substantial bet gets value from strong hands and draws that may continue.

The King on the turn strongly favors the opponent's flop-calling range, completing straight draws like AJ and J9 while promoting hands like KQ and KT to higher two pairs. Calling a large bet with bottom two pair drawing to four outs is unprofitable.

T6 offsuit is a weak hand out of position postflop against two opponents, so folding on the button is the disciplined choice rather than paying 100 to see a flop.

Pocket nines is a strong hand blind versus blind; raising to 3bb builds the pot and applies pressure on the big blind.

A8 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, but I prefer calling to building a larger pot out of position.

On a paired J-J-2 board out of position, checking pocket nines controls the pot and protects our checking range while keeping worse hands in.

A small bet on this paired, dry flop can deny equity to unpaired hands while risking little with ace-high.

Holding an overpair to the second board card on a paired J-J-2 flop, calling a one-third pot bet is standard given pot odds and opponent's wide range.

I hold a middling pocket pair on a paired board with two overcards, so checking out of position to control the pot size is the most prudent move.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but the queen and new club draw make a second bluff less attractive after the flop bet was called. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the river.

I have showdown value with a pocket pair of nines on a paired board, and betting won't get called by worse hands. Checking to reach showdown cleanly.

The river gives me a pair of eights with showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called often enough by worse hands.

Q9s is well within standard button opening range in 3-handed play, so we open with a standard 2.5bb raise.

T7 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

KTo in the big blind getting 400 into 150 (about 2.7:1) against a button open of 2.5bb is a reasonable defend, since the button range is wide. Calling keeps the pot small and avoids a 3-bet bluff out of position.

Top pair with a decent kicker on a dry flop, heads-up and out of position against a button raiser. Betting about 60% of the pot gets value from worse kings and draws and denies equity.

I have only Queen-high with backdoor draws facing a large flop donk bet, making this an easy fold.