Hold'em table

J9 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise puts pressure on the blinds without risking too much.

K9o is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, and 3-betting from the small blind avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot with the big blind still to act. Raising gains fold equity and keeps some playability when called.

2c5c is far too weak to continue facing an open and a large 3-bet out of position.

J9 offsuit is often dominated by a small-blind 3-bet range, and calling the large raise would be difficult to play profitably postflop.

Pocket fours on the button in 3-handed play are a clear open. A 2.5bb raise pressures the blinds and keeps position if called.

Calling with a small pocket pair is attractive at this shallow open size, especially closing the action from the small blind.

Calling 150 closes the preflop action at a good price. Nine-eight offsuit is playable here, though I'll need to be selective after the flop.

With a low pocket pair on a paired, two-spade board in a three-way pot, checking keeps the pot controlled and lets us evaluate later action.

With nine-high and only a backdoor straight draw in a three-way pot, I’ll check and avoid building the pot.

We flopped fours full of fives, a near-nut hand. A small bet can draw calls from spade draws, straight draws and fives, and it starts building the pot.

We have a set on a draw-heavy paired board and should raise for value and protection against overpairs, fours, and spade draws. A substantial raise builds the pot while retaining calls from worse hands.

Nine-eight offsuit has no made hand or meaningful draw on this paired flop. Facing a sizable check-raise with the original bettor still to act, continuing is unlikely to be profitable.

We hold fours full of fives, and only 55 or the two 45 combos beat us. Raising builds the pot against trips and draws that will continue.

Our pocket threes are only a weak underpair on a paired, two-spade board, and the button's large re-raise creates substantial reverse-implied-odds risk. Folding preserves chips against a range that is heavily weighted toward trips, overpairs, and strong draws.

J4 offsuit is too weak to profitably enter from the button at this stack depth against two blinds.

A8 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind, and a 3bb open puts pressure on a wide defending range.

Getting 2:1 with position against a wide small-blind 3x open, J9o is a clear defend. Calling is better than 3-betting this hand.

Ace-high has some showdown value on this dry flop, but little reason to build the pot out of position. I’ll check and evaluate the big blind’s action.

The small blind checked to us, and we are in position with a gutshot plus an overcard on a dry board. A half-pot stab can win the pot now and still has equity if called.

The small flop bet gives me a reasonable price to continue with ace-high, two overcards to the lower board cards, and some backdoor straight potential.

The ace gives me top pair, but my kicker is modest. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding a large pot against stronger aces.

The ace improves many of the preflop raiser's check-call hands such as AK and AQ, so a bluff will rarely get folds. Checking takes a free card for our gutshot and keeps the pot small.

Trip aces are strong, and a 700-chip river bet can get called by tens or pocket pairs without committing too much against a better ace or full house.

Jack high on 7-T-2-A-A beats almost nothing that leads 700 into 1200, and a bluff-raise is unlikely to fold out the Ax or Tx hands that check-called the flop. Folding is the clear choice.

On the button, 8-7 offsuit is playable as a steal with position. A 2.5-big-blind open risks relatively little while giving me a chance to take the blinds.

A4o is too strong to fold against a wide 3-handed button open, but calling out of position with the big blind still to act plays poorly. A 3-bet to 11bb uses the ace blocker, keeps the initiative and may take the pot down right away.

Pocket nines are strong enough to continue against the small blind's 3-bet, with good set value and reasonable equity versus a likely wide short-handed range. Calling preserves the opener's weaker hands and avoids overcommitting preflop.

Offsuit 8-7 plays poorly against a large three-bet and a cold call, even with position. Calling risks committing more chips with a frequently dominated hand.

This is a small one-third-pot continuation bet using our 3-bet range advantage on a high board. The ace of clubs blocks strong hands and gives us a backdoor nut flush draw plus backdoor broadway, so it works as a bluff with equity.

Pocket nines retain useful showdown value against a small continuation bet in this inflated pot. Calling keeps weaker bluffs and hands like lower pairs or unpaired holdings in range while getting excellent pot odds.

The turn bricked my backdoor draws, so I'm left with just ace-high, out of position against a player who called the flop. Check and give up unless I can realize equity for free.

Checking keeps the pot controlled with a medium-strength showdown hand after the preflop 3-bet and flop call. We can often beat missed club or straight draws while avoiding value-owning ourselves against stronger made hands.

Ace-high has almost no showdown value on this board, and holding the Ac blocks the nut flush. The river completes flushes and straights, and villain's turn check caps his range, so a 2/3-pot bluff should fold out many one-pair hands.

Our nines are only a bluff-catcher on this coordinated three-club board. The river bet is likely value-heavy after the flop action, and we lack sufficient equity to call.

J9o is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'll take a standard 2.5bb steal with position.

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

K9 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button min-to-2.5x raise, especially with the small blind folded.

With king-high on an ace-high paired board, I prefer to check to the preflop raiser rather than build the pot out of position.

The A66 board is dry and heavily favors my button raising range, so a small c-bet with J-high should get plenty of folds from the big blind's check. It also denies equity to hands like overcards and pocket pairs.

K-high has no meaningful draw on this A-6-6 flop, and calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

K9 suited is a playable button hand three-handed and benefits from taking the initiative. A 3bb open applies pressure while retaining flexibility against a 3-bet.

K3 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

62o is one of the weakest hands and plays poorly out of position against a 3bb button open, even getting 650:200 on the call.