Hold'em table

Pocket threes are a playable button hand and benefit from initiative three-handed. A 3x open can isolate and deny equity while keeping weaker hands in.

Ace-king offsuit is strong enough to three-bet the button's open. A larger size accounts for being out of position and the big blind still being in the hand.

Q4 offsuit is far too weak to continue facing an open and a 3-bet from the small blind, with the opener still left to act behind.

Call in position with a pocket pair getting adequate implied odds against the 3-bet, with strong potential to win a large pot when we flop a set.

A small continuation bet can fold out weaker hands while keeping the pot manageable. The gutshot, overcards, and ace-of-hearts blocker give me ways to continue if called.

I have bottom set on a coordinated board and should build the pot while charging overpairs, top-pair hands, and draws. A raise also sets up a manageable turn shove given the remaining stacks.

The gutshot, two overcards, and backdoor nut-flush potential give me enough equity to call at this price. I can reassess if the turn misses and my opponent keeps betting.

After the flop raise was called, ace-high has too little value to bet the turn. Checking preserves the option to see a river jack or respond to a bet.

We have a set on a draw-heavy board and should maximize value while denying equity to hearts and straight draws. The remaining stack is a favorable shove size relative to the pot.

Calling 6,400 requires about 32% equity. With only a gutshot and overcards against an all-in turn bet, I am unlikely to have enough.

K4 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game, and position makes a modest raise preferable to limping.

T8o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a weak out-of-position hand. Folding beats flatting here, and it isn't a strong enough blocker hand to 3-bet.

Defend the big blind versus a small button raise with an ace, keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Checking preserves our strong ace-high nut-flush draw and keeps the opponent's range wide, while allowing us to respond to a continuation bet.

A small continuation bet can fold out some unpaired hands on this jack-high flop while limiting the cost when called.

I have ace-high with the nut diamond draw on a small flop c-bet, giving strong equity and potential to win unimproved.

I have nut-diamond draw equity plus some ace showdown value, but the paired turn is not ideal for forcing folds after a flop call. Checking preserves equity and avoids bloating the pot out of position.

King-high has some showdown value, and a turn bet is unlikely to fold out many better hands after the flop call. Checking preserves the pot and lets me evaluate the river.

I have two pair and the turn check makes many one-pair hands likely. A moderate river value bet targets Jx and weaker pairs while limiting exposure to stronger slow-played holdings.

King-high is unlikely to beat a river bet after the opponent called the flop. This hand also has poor blockers for a bluff raise, so folding is best.

K8s is a clear open from the button in a 3-handed game, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and pressure the blinds.the blinds.the blinds.the blinds.the blinds.

K2 offsuit is a weak small-blind defend versus a button raise, especially out of position in a three-handed pot.

JTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button min-sized open, especially with 150 to call into a 400-chip pot.

With two overcards and a gutshot to a nine, I can check to the preflop raiser and decide how to respond if they bet.

Top pair with a good kicker on a fairly connected board. A small c-bet gets value and protection against the big blind's wide defending range.

The small flop bet gives me a reasonable price to continue with a gutshot straight draw and two overcards.

Jack-high has little showdown value but only a gutshot on the paired turn. Checking avoids building the pot out of position without a made hand.

Top pair with a king kicker on a paired board is ahead of much of the big blind's check-calling range. A roughly 60% pot bet gets value from weaker 8s, 7x draws and diamond draws, and charges those draws.

Jack-high has only a gutshot straight draw and uncertain overcard outs. Calling 600 against a second barrel is not profitable.

Button opening with suited ace-deuce has strong playability and blocker value three-handed. A 3bb raise pressures the blinds while keeping risk controlled.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a three-big-blind open, especially with the big blind still to act.

74o is near the bottom of a big blind defending range against a 3x button open. It plays poorly out of position, and needing about 31% equity makes folding the disciplined choice.

Q2 suited is playable as a button open in a three-handed game. Raising to 250 pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable in position.

75o offsuit from the small blind facing a button open to 2.5bb, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. Calling out of position with a weak offsuit hand loses money.

Ace-king suited is a premium heads-up against the button open and benefits from building the pot while applying pressure. I 3-bet to a standard sizing.

Q2 suited is too weak to call a large out-of-position blind 3-bet, even with position. Folding avoids investing another 650 chips with poor equity and playability.

A3o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise. The ace blocker and wide button range favor stealing the blinds with a 2.5bb open.

65 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act.

The folded small blind adds dead money, giving me a reasonable price to defend Q4o against a button open. I’ll call rather than build a larger pot out of position.

With bottom pair and no strong draw, I prefer to check to the preflop raiser and avoid building the pot.

Top pair with a gutshot to the wheel on a dry-ish ace-high board; a small c-bet gets value from worse aces and draws while keeping the pot manageable.

The small flop bet gives a good price to continue with a pair of fours. The button can also bet this ace-high board with hands I currently beat.

My pair of fours is weak on an ace-high board, and a turn bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

Top two pair is ahead of most of the big blind's calling range (Ax, pairs, club draws), so I'm betting about 60% of the pot for value and protection, while staying careful since any 5 completes a straight. .

Bottom pair has too little equity against a likely value hand, and the five often makes a straight on the board rather than a winning hand for me.