Hold'em table

QJo is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

75o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. It plays poorly out of position.

4-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a button open at this size.

Pocket kings on the button, first to act, is a premium hand, so I'm opening to 2.5bb to build the pot and get value from both blinds.

Kd9d is a playable suited king from the small blind facing a small button open, with the big blind still likely to come along.

Calling 150 into a 600-chip pot gives a good price to defend the big blind with Q8 offsuit, despite the risks of playing a multiway pot.

With only king-high on a paired board in a multiway pot, checking preserves equity and avoids bluffing into two opponents.

With queen-high and no immediate draw in a three-way pot, I’ll check and see what the preflop raiser does.

KK is an overpair on a dry paired board, and both opponents checked to me. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot gets value from tens and draws while protecting against overcards.

K-high with no made hand or meaningful immediate draw is too weak to continue against a multiway flop bet.

Q-high has no immediate draw and little showdown value against a button bet into two opponents. Calling 350 here is unlikely to be profitable.

Pocket queens are a premium button hand and should be raised for value. A 3bb open builds the pot while retaining action from weaker hands.

J9 offsuit is a marginal hand to defend against a 3x button raise, especially with the big blind still to act and poor position after the flop.

76s in the big blind facing a 3x button open, so I'm getting 200 into 650 (about 3.25:1). The hand plays well postflop and is an easy defend; a 3-bet would also be fine but a call keeps it simple.

With 76 of clubs on 884 I have a gutshot and backdoor clubs, so checking to the preflop raiser in position is standard. I can check-raise or call a small c-bet if he bets.

Betting for value with an overpair on a paired, coordinated board while using a size that can be called by worse pairs and draws.

The gutshot to a 5, backdoor clubs and some 7-high equity make a call worthwhile at about 3.4:1 against a likely wide button c-bet. Raising a paired board is less attractive.

With a double gutter (a 5 or 9 makes the straight) and no made hand, I'll check out of position. That lets me realize my equity cheaply on a turn that completed a heart draw and favors the preflop raiser.

Check back with the overpair and heart draw on this paired, coordinated board, preserving the opponent's bluffs while avoiding needless exposure to an 8 or made flush.

My hand has almost no showdown value, and villain's turn check-back caps their range, so a river bluff can fold out ace-high, tens and fours. My flop check-call also lets me credibly represent an 8 or a heart flush.

I have queens full of eights, losing only to the very unlikely remaining pocket eights. A substantial value raise can be called by trips, weaker full houses, and some rivered queens while preserving those calls better than an all-in.

We only have seven-high on a paired board, so our river bluff can't win at showdown. Villain's big river raise signals strength, and a re-shove bluff is unlikely to make them fold.

Q2 suited is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise uses position without risking too much.

77 plays well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, so I'm 3-betting from the SB for value and to take the initiative. Flatting out of position with the big blind still to act would be worse.

J5 offsuit is far too weak to continue facing a large 3-bet from the big blind, especially with the opener still behind.

Q2 suited is too weak to continue against a large out-of-position three-bet. Folding preserves the remaining stack.

Q3 offsuit on the button 3-handed is a marginal hand. With two players left to act in the blinds, a fold is reasonable and avoids playing a weak, dominated hand out of position against the blind defenders.

Complete the small blind with a playable suited-gap connector and realize equity heads-up.

QTs is strong against a small-blind limping range, and I have position after the flop. Raising builds the pot while applying pressure to weaker hands.

Suitedness is absent, but 8-7 offsuit has sufficient playability to defend the small blind versus this modest heads-up raise with good pot odds.

With little immediate showdown value on this paired board, I check and avoid building a pot out of position.

The checked, dry paired flop favors a small continuation bet. It can fold out weaker unpaired hands while keeping the risk modest with two overcards.

Fold; 87-high has no made hand or credible draw on this paired board against a continuation bet.

T3 offsuit is too weak to profitably enter from the button at this stack depth.

Calling 50 more closes the action against a big blind with a wide range. The hand is weak, so I’ll keep the pot small.

Q8o is well ahead of a typical small-blind limping range and plays well in position, so I'm raising for value and to take the initiative.

7-4 offsuit is too weak to call a big-blind raise, especially out of position.