Hold'em table

K3 suited is a standard button open in 3-handed play; a 2.5bb raise applies pressure on both blinds.

J5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against an early/button open with the big blind still behind.

Calling 150 to defend the big blind with a suited hand; the pot odds are favorable enough to see a flop out of position.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker; checking keeps the pot small out of position and lets me see the turn.

On the button against the big blind's check, I have K-high with a backdoor club draw on a dynamic board. A small c-bet uses range advantage and fold equity cheaply.

I have a pair of sixes with a jack kicker on a fairly dry board, and I'm getting reasonable pot odds to continue. Calling keeps the pot manageable while seeing the turn with a made hand that can improve or win against bluffs.

I have trips with a jack kicker on a board that may have completed a flush, so I want to value bet and charge any straight draws or overpairs. A bet of about two-thirds pot puts pressure on the opponent while keeping the pot manageable.

King-high with no pair and no real draw on a paired, two-tone board, facing a turn lead from a player who check-called the flop. Calling 600 into 1510 isn't justified.

J2 offsuit is a weak button hand in a three-player game and is not worth entering against the blinds without reads.

I'm getting 3-to-1 pot odds heads-up with a suited connector, so calling the extra 50 chips is profitable even out of position.

With 52s in the big blind against a small-blind limp, checking gives a free flop with position. Raising a weak hand here gains little.

I have only a weak gutshot draw and no pair, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn for free.

The small blind checked to us in a limped pot, so a small half-pot stab should take it down often enough. Our backdoor straight and flush draws give the bet some equity when called.

My hand is only 4-high with a gutshot and backdoor flush draw, and I am getting insufficient pot odds to call the 100 bet. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

I have a marginal speculative hand and am getting a good price to see a flop, so I call the big blind rather than fold or inflate the pot out of position.

Pocket nines are strong in 3-handed play against a button limp, so I'm raising from the small blind for value and to take the initiative instead of playing a multiway limped pot out of position.

Qs7h is too weak to defend against a small blind raise with the button still behind, especially out of position postflop.

KJo on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; 2.5x puts pressure on the blinds.

As-Ten suited is a strong enough multiway hand to defend the small blind against a small button open, with good playability and implied odds.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise and a call, especially out of position. Folding preserves chips for a better spot.

Top pair with an ace kicker and a gutshot has sufficient showdown value, but this coordinated board strongly favors the preflop raiser’s continuing range. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while allowing a response to a bet.

I have the nut straight on a wet board with a club draw out there, so I'm betting two-thirds pot for value and protection.»Our Jc also blocks some club draws.

Top pair has enough showdown value to continue against this modest heads-up flop continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding inflating the pot on a coordinated board.

Check back with top pair and a marginal kicker on this coordinated board; this keeps the pot controlled against stronger queens, sets, and draws.

I have the nut king-high straight plus a club redraw, so I should bet for value against a caller who likely holds a Q, a draw, or two pair. The bet is about two-thirds of the pot.

Top pair with an ace kicker has sufficient showdown value and draws protection against the button's broad continuation range. Calling preserves their bluffs while avoiding an inflated pot against stronger queens, two pair, and made straights.

I have a king-high flush with Tc on a three-club board. A moderate value bet can be called by worse clubs and strong one-pair hands while limiting exposure to a raise.

We hold a king-high straight, but the third club landed and villain led the river. A raise would mostly be called by flushes and AJ, so it gains little. Calling 1200 to win 4500 needs only about 21% equity, and villain's range still includes chops with Jx, sets, two pair and bluffs.

Ten-deuce offsuit is too weak to profitably open against two blinds at this stack depth.

Getting 3-to-1 pot odds heads-up with a modest hand, so calling to see a cheap flop is better than folding or bloating the pot with a weak ten.

ATo is well ahead of a small-blind limping range, so I raise for value and to take the initiative. A raise to 4x punishes the limp.

T4o is too weak to continue against a raise; calling 300 more is poor equity and I have no draw potential.

On the button with a weak K2o, I raise to 200 to try to steal the blinds and take the pot preflop. If called, I have position postflop to outplay my opponents.

A6o is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button min-raise range, and the ace blocker makes a 3-bet to 9bb a good play. It also avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot with the big blind still behind.

K6 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large raise and an opener in a three-handed game.

K2o is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, and calling would likely be dominated or leave me at a big disadvantage. Folding preserves my stack for a better spot.