Hold'em table

A5 suited on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise, so I'm making a standard 2.5x open to take the initiative.

Folding 92s preflop from the small blind against a button raise as it is too weak to continue with out of position.

3c7c is too weak to continue against a button open after the small blind folds, so I give up the big blind rather than call or raise.

On the button in 3-handed play, A3o is ahead of random hands and standard to open for a min-raise to steal blinds and retain position.

Ten-five offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open; calling or raising would be a losing play out of position.

ATo is well ahead of a wide three-handed button min-raising range, so a 3-bet for value and initiative is better than flatting out of position.

A3o is too weak to continue against an 8.5bb three-bet, even with position.

Three-handed on the button, A4o is a standard open: an ace and position justify a small raise rather than folding or flatting.

T6o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is too weak to call out of position or to 3-bet, so I fold.

Defending KTo in the big blind against a standard button open getting excellent pot odds.

Check to the preflop aggressor out of position with two overcards.

Ace-high with no pair or draw on a paired flop has little bluff equity and some showdown value, so I check back after the opponent checks.

I have King-high with overcards and checked the flop; checking again to see a free river card is standard out of position.

Ace-high has some showdown value on a paired board after the opponent checked twice, so I take the free card rather than bluff into a likely caller.

I hold King-high on an paired board with an Ace on the river after action checked through flop and turn. Checking allows me to realize showdown against occasional worse air or fold cheaply if the opponent bets.

I have two pair, aces and sevens, but a weak kicker, so most calling hands beat me. With the pot checked down, I take the free showdown rather than bet into a stronger range.

K6o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds.

Holding a pocket pair with zero rake and deep 100bb stacks, calling the button open from the small blind offers good set-mining implied odds.

A3o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise and a small-blind call. Folding avoids a dominated, multiway spot.

Flopping a full house on a 4-4-4 board, checking to the in-position preflop aggressor to let them continuation bet.

On a trips board, K-high is often the best hand, so a small c-bet works for both value and protection. Villain will rarely have a 4 and has many hands that are weaker than mine.

I flop a full house of fours full of threes on a 4-4-4 board. Facing a small continuation bet of 200 into 600, calling is standard to keep the button's wide range and air in the pot.

I hold a low full house on a paired board where the Ace on the turn improves higher pairs and Ax; checking is standard to keep the pot manageable.

K-high plays as trips 4s with an ace and king, which has showdown value against busted hands but loses to any ace or pocket pair. Checking back controls the pot and gets to showdown cheaply.

I am playing the board (trip fours with Ace-King kicker). Checking allows me to realize a chop against missed holdings without risking facing a raise from full houses.

Our kings-full (444KK) beats underpairs and chops with kings, so a small value bet can get called by worse pocket pairs while limiting losses to aces.

The board has trip fours, giving us a full house with our pocket threes, which beats all bluffs playing the board. Getting roughly 4:1 pot odds, calling is profitable against button's river stabbing range.

65o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. Ace-four offsuit is ahead of a random hand and worth a small raise to take the initiative rather than just completing.

T2 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a 3x small-blind raise. The call would need about 33% equity, and this hand plays poorly out of position on later streets.

9-3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind; folding preserves the stack.

In a blind-vs-blind spot, K3o is strong enough to open from the small blind. A 3bb raise wins the pot often enough and keeps the initiative.

43o is a clear fold facing a 3bb open from the small blind.