Hold'em table

A4o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds.

7-5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

J5 offsuit has sufficient equity and pot odds to defend the big blind against a button min-open after the small blind folds. Calling keeps the pot manageable heads-up.

This board favors the preflop raiser's range and J-high has little immediate equity. Checking preserves the option to respond based on their sizing.

Small c-bet in position with ace-high: it has some equity, the Q-high board favors my raising range, and it can fold out BB's weak hands.

J-high with no club draw has insufficient equity against the continuation bet in this heads-up pot.

K6 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. A 2.5 big-blind raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

54 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a button open from the small blind.

Getting about 3.7:1 against a wide 3-handed button open, J5o has enough equity to defend by calling from the big blind.

J5 offsuit is weak on a paired T8T board and out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking is standard. I'll fold to a bet unless I pick up equity.

King-high has some showdown value on this paired board, but little incentive to build the pot without a draw. Checking back preserves that value and keeps the pot manageable.

The button checked back the flop, which caps their range. A small turn probe with jack-high and little showdown value can fold out many overcards and underpairs, while representing a ten or an eight.

The turn bet is small relative to the pot. My pair of sixes can still be ahead of draws or bluffs, and position lets me reassess on the river.

With J-high, my hand has almost no showdown value on a double-paired board. A bet of about two-thirds pot represents a T or 8 and can fold out missed heart and straight draws plus weak high cards.

My king plays as the kicker to the board’s two pair. The missed heart draw and other possible bluffs make a call reasonable at this price.

K4 offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button in this short-handed spot.

AJo is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and initiative.

With the button folded, I’ll defend my big blind against the small blind’s raise. The suited hand has enough potential to call in position.

The 669 rainbow board is dry and favors my preflop raising range over the big blind's calling range. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot with AJ high gets folds from weaker hands and keeps it cheap.

My hand has little showdown value and only remote backdoor draws. Calling the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.

QTo is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds and play the pot in position.

QJo is strong enough against a wide button opening range to 3-bet from the small blind. Raising also avoids inviting the big blind into a cheap multiway pot.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to continue from the big blind against a large 9.5bb cold raise and an opener still behind.

Three-handed, the SB's 3-bet range is wide, and QTo plays acceptably in position getting about 35% pot odds, so calling is slightly better than folding.

Q-high has little equity on this paired flop and no club or immediate straight draw. Checking avoids building the pot out of position.

QTo on 788 two-tone has a gutshot plus a backdoor flush draw, but it is out of range against a 3-bettor, whose overpairs dominate us. Checking back keeps the pot small and gives a free card to hit our draw.

Q-high has little showdown value, but this turn is unlikely to make an opponent fold a pair. Checking avoids building a pot with limited equity.

Queen-high has almost no showdown value, and after two checks the preflop 3-bettor often holds unpaired broadways like AK or AQ, which can fold. A bet of about 55% pot is a reasonable bluff.

With no made hand and only uncertain overcard outs, calling the turn bet is unlikely to be profitable. Raising would be a costly bluff on a board that can favor the caller's range.

64 offsuit is a weak button hand with poor playability against two blinds. I’ll pass rather than invest chips in a marginal spot.

Ah9h is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind holding with good equity and playability. I raise to build the pot and pressure the big blind's wide range.

A7o in the big blind against a small-blind open to 3x is well ahead of a wide SB range, and I have position. Calling 200 into a pot of 400 is profitable, while 3-betting would turn a hand with decent equity into a bluff.

A small continuation bet leverages our preflop initiative and can fold out missed overcards or weaker holdings while retaining equity with an ace and gutshot.

We are getting 4:1 on a small c-bet and are in position. Ace-high has some showdown value and can pick up an ace or backdoor outs, so calling is fine against a wide SB range.

With only ace-high and a flop call from the big blind, checking keeps the pot controlled and preserves showdown value while avoiding a costly turn barrel into likely Kx/Qx/8x holdings.

Ace-high has some showdown value, and A7 folds out few better hands here, so I'm checking back to realize equity and see a free river.

Checking back realizes our showdown value with a marginal two-pair hand; worse hands are unlikely to call a river bet, while hands that do call often beat us.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws and weak hands after the opponent checked twice, so bluffing is unnecessary. Better hands like pairs rarely fold, so checking to showdown is best.

J3 suited is too weak to profitably open from the button at this stack depth.

Q9o is a solid raising hand in a blind-vs-blind spot once the button folds; a 3x open applies pressure and takes the initiative.

T4 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, especially with position after the flop and no rake.

As the SB preflop raiser out of position, I have Q-high with a backdoor straight draw on a dry J52 board, which favors my range. A small c-bet of about 1/3 pot is likely to take it down often.

T-high has no immediate draw on a two-heart flop. The backdoor possibilities aren't enough to justify calling the bet.