Hold'em table

A3o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; ace blocker and position favor raising to 2.5bb.

A9 offsuit is strong enough to defend the small blind against a button open, but calling keeps weaker hands in and avoids building a large pot out of position.

Calling 150 into a 600-chip pot gives me a reasonable price to see a flop with connected cards, though I’ll need to play cautiously out of position.

With three players in the pot, this low paired board is not a good spot to build a pot with ace-high. Check and keep the pot small while retaining some showdown value and a backdoor flush draw.

Trips are strong on this dry flop. A modest bet can get value from pocket pairs, fours, and straight draws without bloating the pot against a stronger five.

A3 on 554 has a wheel gutshot (four 2s) plus ace overcard equity and backdoors, and getting over 3:1 makes calling the small bet profitable; raising multiway with seat_2 still to act is too risky.

Facing a bet and a call multiway with only ace-high, my overcard outs are uncertain and I have no meaningful draw. The pot odds do not justify continuing against this strength.

Trips are strong enough to value-bet against overpairs and tens. Betting also charges diamond and straight draws.

I have the nut flush draw plus a wheel gutshot, roughly 12 clean outs, and some ace outs. That is about 27% equity against the 27% I need to call 850 into 3150, and implied odds make calling profitable.

Trips can get value from tens and overpairs after the opponent called the flop and turn. A moderate river bet targets those hands without committing the stack.

Getting better than 3-to-1 on a small river bet, and villain's triple-barrel range includes plenty of missed straight and diamond draws that my ace-high beats. The call only needs about 23% equity, so I'm bluff-catching.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against both blinds, so I’ll avoid investing more with it.

A7 suited is strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise for value rather than limp out of position.

In the BB against an SB open to 3x, I'm getting 3:1 (200 to win 600) with suited 84 and will have position postflop, so calling is profitable.

This low, connected flop favors the big blind’s calling range. With an ace overcard and a gutshot, I can check and reassess against a bet.

An open-ended straight draw (any 7) plus a backdoor spade flush draw makes a good semi-bluff in position after the preflop raiser checked. Betting about two-thirds pot can take the pot down now and builds it for when we hit.

The gutshot, ace overcard, and backdoor spade draw give me enough equity to continue against this bet. Calling keeps the pot manageable on a board that can favor the big blind.

Ace-high with a gutshot has some showdown value, but not enough to build the pot out of position. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in.

We have a double-gutter (any 3 or 7 makes a straight) with 8 outs. Barreling applies pressure to a capped check-caller and adds fold equity to our draw equity.

Ace-high with a gutshot does not have enough equity to call the second barrel, and a raise would need too many better hands to fold.

Pocket queens are a premium hand on the button. Raising to 3 big blinds builds the pot while keeping the sizing standard.

42s from the small blind facing a button open to 3bb, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. We'd be out of position with a weak hand.

An offsuit 8-4 has poor playability against a 3x button raise, and the call price does not compensate for being out of position with such a weak hand.

95o is below the button opening threshold in 3-handed play at 100bb, with two players left to act behind, so folding is the low-variance, near-neutral choice.

Complete the small blind for 50 more; T6 offsuit is weak, but the heads-up price is favorable enough to see a flop.

Pocket threes are worth raising against a small-blind limp, especially with position after the flop.

T6 offsuit is too weak to continue against a substantial raise, especially out of position.

On the button three-handed, a small open can take the blinds and gives me positional initiative. 9-6 offsuit is marginal, so I’m keeping the raise modest.

6-3 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Getting 150 to win 400 (27% equity needed) against a button open in 3-handed play, 75o has enough equity and playability to defend.

75o has no pair and a weak gutshot-less holding on a JTQ board that heavily favors the button raiser's range. Checking to fold to aggression is best.

I have an eight-out straight draw plus backdoor flush potential, and checking in position keeps the pot manageable while realizing that equity.

Seven-high has no pair and no real draw on a paired, highly connected board. The button's range still holds many straight draws and pairs that won't fold, so a stab is marginal and I'm checking to give up cheaply.

I have an open-ended straight draw and can apply pressure after two checks. A modest bet may fold out ace-high or weak pairs while keeping the risk controlled.

The 7-5 offsite hand has essentially no equity on J-T-Q-J: no pair, and only a gutshot-free weak draw. A bluff-raise into the button's small bet on a board this connected is unlikely to get enough folds, so folding is best.

Pocket sixes are strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. A 2.5 big blind raise pressures the blinds without overcommitting.

92o from the small blind facing a button open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; poor equity and out of position.

J5 offsuit has enough equity against a button open to defend the big blind at this price, but it is too weak to 3-bet for value.

I have a weak bottom pair on a coordinated flop and can take a free card while keeping the pot small.

With a small pair on a coordinated flop, I can take a free card in position and avoid building a pot against queens or strong draws.

My pair of fives has some showdown value, but the paired turn and Q-high board make a thin lead unattractive. I’ll check and keep weaker hands and bluffs in the pot.

My pair and open-ended straight draw have good equity. A turn bet can get value from weaker hands and charge overcards and heart draws.

I have only a weak pair of fives with no meaningful draw, and calling the turn bet risks more chips against a range that can comfortably have me beat.