Hold'em table

Button opening range is wide three-handed, and JTs plays well with initiative. A 3bb open applies pressure while retaining maneuverability.

KQo is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range. A 3-bet from the small blind takes the initiative, isolates the opener and avoids a multiway pot played out of position.

I hold As9h on the big blind with a min-raise facing a 3-bet to 1200. The pot odds and hand strength don't justify calling or re-raising, so folding preserves my stack.

JTs is a strong, well-connected suited hand with position against a 4-bet-sized preflop raise. Calling preserves its postflop equity without overcommitting against a likely strong range.

Top pair with a good kicker on a board that favors the 3-bettor's range. A small c-bet gets value from Jx, draws and weaker Kx, and protects against heart and straight draws.

We have top pair with a reasonable kicker and should continue versus a standard flop continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in without inflating the pot against stronger kings and overpairs.

Top pair with a good kicker on a board where the flush just completed. Checking keeps the pot controlled against flushes and draws, and I can still bluff-catch a reasonable bet.

I value-bet my top pair after the turn check while charging heart draws and weaker one-pair hands. The sizing leaves room to fold if facing heavy resistance.

Top pair with a good kicker against a roughly half-pot bet gives about 25% pot odds; villain's calling range still contains plenty of worse kings, jacks and bluffs. Raising mostly folds out worse hands while getting action from flushes, so I call and keep the pot controlled.

Top pair with a queen kicker has showdown value but gets called by few worse hands on this flush-completed, paired board. Checking keeps villain's bluffs in and controls the pot.

Our pair of jacks has useful showdown value after the opponent checks river, including against missed heart draws and some ace-high hands. Betting is unlikely to get called by many worse hands and risks a call from kings or stronger.

AQo is a strong hand on the button in 3-handed play, so I'm opening to 2.5bb for value and to take position.

With Jc6s on a preflop raise to 250, the hand lacks the strength to continue. Calling 200 more into a 400 pot with such a weak holding is a negative expected value play, so folding is the correct decision.

QJs suited is a strong heads-up big-blind defense versus a button min-raise. A 3-bet applies pressure and captures initiative while retaining playability.

AQo on the button facing a big blind 3-bet in 3-handed play is well ahead of a wide BB 3-bet range, and calling 600 into 1450 in position keeps their bluffs in. A 4-bet would mostly fold out worse hands and get called or jammed by better ones.

Small continuation bet leverages our preflop range advantage while applying pressure to unpaired broadways and medium pairs. QJ retains a gutshot to the nuts and two overcards to the board.

AQ on an A-high dry board is well ahead of a 3-bettor's c-bet range, but raising mostly folds out worse hands and gets action only from AK, sets, and two pair. Calling in position keeps his bluffs in and controls the pot.

The turn improves us to a pair of queens with a straight draw, but the caller's range contains many aces. Checking controls the pot and allows us to realize equity.

Top two pair on a rainbow board after the 3-bettor checks the turn; bet two-thirds pot for value against AK, AJ, and draws, while protecting against straight outs.

We have top pair with a strong kicker after checking to the aggressor, and the price is reasonable against potential floats, weaker queens, and draws. Raising would mostly isolate us against stronger aces and two-pair hands.

Our queen has modest showdown value, but the turn line strongly represents an ace or better. Checking avoids value-owning ourselves while retaining a chance to win against missed draws.

Top two pair is ahead of much of a 3-bettor's check-call range: AK, AJ, and some AQ chops. Sets are few combos, so a moderate value bet gets called by worse Ax.

Top pair has sufficient showdown value against this small river bet, especially given potential missed draws and thinner value bets. Folding would be too tight at this price.

With 3c 8h on the button facing a 100 big blind, I have a weak offsuit hand with no playability. Folding preserves my 10000 stack for better spots.

Facing the big blind heads-up with 5-2 suited has poor equity and realization; folding avoids defending a weak dominated hand.

J5 offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button at these stack depths.

94o is near the bottom of the small blind's range against the big blind at 100bb deep. I'm out of position for the whole hand, so I fold and give up the 50-chip blind.

J2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play with 100bb stacks. Folding is standard.

8s5h is a weak hand with no synergy and poor postflop playability. The small blind has already committed 50 chips, and I have no information to justify a bluff or call, so folding preserves my stack.

I have Q-high with an Ace kicker, which is marginal but playable. Calling 100 to see a flop is reasonable given the pot odds and my position on the button.

T6 offsuit is a weak small-blind holding versus a button limp with the big blind still to act; folding avoids playing a dominated multiway pot out of position.

K2 offsite is a weak hand to raise into a button limper while out of position, so I'll take the free flop and play it from there.

K-high with a gutshot (Q gives a straight) out of position against a limper; checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity, though a small stab is possible.

Top pair with a strong kicker on a dry board; checking keeps the pot small and allows me to control the action on later streets.

I have a king-high flush draw plus an overcard, and the button showed weakness by checking back the flop. A small semi-bluff can win the pot now and still has plenty of outs if called.

Calling 160 to see the river is reasonable with top pair and a backdoor flush draw on a dry board; the opponent's turn raise is modest and I have position. Folding would be too cautious given my stack and the pot odds.

Bottom pair has some showdown value against missed draws, and betting would mostly get called only by better hands, so check and take a free showdown.

Board is disconnected and unlikely to have hit my Q-high; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into a possible made hand.