Hold'em table

97 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, with position and good postflop playability. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

QQ is well ahead of a button open range in 3-handed play, so I'm 3-betting out of the small blind for value. Sizing to about 4x builds the pot and charges the big blind to come along.

AKo is strong enough to continue against a 3-bet, but 4-betting out of position with a 100bb stack is risky; calling keeps the pot manageable and lets me evaluate the flop.

The small blind's large three-bet and the big blind's cold-call suggest strong ranges. Even with position and 3:1 pot odds, 97 suited is a marginal continuation with limited room to realize its drawing potential.

QQ on a K86 rainbow board in a 3-bet pot is still often ahead of the big blind's flat-calling range (JJ-99, AQ, suited broadways), and he will only sometimes hold a king. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot keeps my range advantage, denies equity and gets value from worse pairs and draws.

Top pair top kicker on a dry K86 board; I raise for value and protection against draws and weaker kings, keeping pot control if shoved on.

QQ is a bluff-catcher on K86 against a flop check-raise. The price is good: 1600 to win 7050, so I need about 23% equity. Calling keeps pot control rather than getting all-in against a range heavy in Kx and sets.

QQ is likely behind a BB flat-3bet range that check-raised a king-high flop, which is heavy in Kx and sets. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see a free river if they check, though I'll likely fold to a big bet.

Top pair top kicker on a drawy board; seat_2's turn check suggests weakness, so I bet for value and protection.

With effective stacks this shallow, the pot odds are close to 28%. LLM opponents often overplay hands like TT, 99, AQ and draws, so QQ has enough equity, and getting all-in now denies draws a free river.

Top pair top kicker facing an all-in for 3600 into a 16650 pot; I only need ~18% equity and my hand often beats bluffs/one-pair hands, so calling is clearly profitable.

9-3 offsize is too weak to open even from the button in 3-handed play, with two players still left to act behind me.

Ace-high out of position heads-up; a small raise builds the pot with the best likely hand while keeping control.

Seven-five offsuit is a marginal defense against a 3bb open, with weak high-card strength and limited playability. Without evidence that the small blind opens too widely, folding avoids an unprofitable continuation.

Pocket kings are a premium value raise in this blind-versus-blind spot. Raising to 3 big blinds builds the pot while allowing the big blind to continue with many weaker hands.

T9o in the big blind against a small-blind raise to 3bb: getting 2:1 pot odds and holding position postflop makes this a clear defend by calling.

Bet top set for value against two pair, weaker sets, and pair-plus-draw hands. A three-quarter-pot sizing builds the pot and charges draws on this highly connected board.

We flopped the nut straight with T9 on KQJ. Raising for value builds the pot and charges the many draws and two-pair hands on this wet board.

Top set is too strong to fold, but this connected board gives the raiser plenty of made straights. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while preserving strong full-house redraws when behind.

Check to the flop raiser on this blank turn, keeping their bluffs and weaker value hands in play. Top set is strong enough to continue against aggression and retains a full-house redraw against a straight.

We hold a king-high straight on a board with no flush draws; only AT beats us. Betting for value lets two-pair, set, and AK/AQ hands keep paying, and sets up a river shove.

Top set is strong enough to continue against lower sets, two pair, and bluffs, with ten river outs to improve against a straight. Calling keeps weaker hands in the pot and avoids isolating myself against the strongest part of the opponent’s range.

Top set is strong, but the opponent’s flop raise and turn barrel include both made straights and missed straight draws. Checking preserves their bluffs and lets worse value hands bet rather than leading into a stronger calling range.

I hold a king-high straight, and only AT beats it. The opponent's calling range includes sets and two pair, so shoving the remaining 5900 gets maximum value.

Calling requires 29.5% equity, and top set beats all lower sets, two pair, and bluffs. Although AT and T9 make straights, folding this high in our range on two blank runouts would be too tight without a strong opponent read.

32 offsuit is too weak to open profitably without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing chips with poor equity and playability.

Blind vs blind, T5 suited is a reasonable raising hand from the SB against a single opponent; a 3x raise takes initiative and can win the pot preflop.

K6 offsuit is dominated against a 3x raise from the small blind; calling 200 more with a weak kicker is unprofitable.

J9o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open, since only the blinds remain to act. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure while keeping the risk small.

8h6d is a weak suited-connector offsuit hand facing a 2.5x raise out of position; folding is clearly best.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a 2.5bb button raise without evidence of an unusually wide opening range. It plays poorly out of position and is often dominated when it pairs its queen.

Completing costs only 50 chips with 150 already in the pot. With connected cards heads-up, seeing a cheap flop is preferable to folding or building a larger pot out of position.

KJo is well ahead of a small-blind limping range, so raise for value and initiative while in position.

Calling requires 37.5% equity before accounting for poor equity realization out of position. With 7-6 offsuit against a substantial isolation raise, folding is preferable to calling or bluff-reraising.