Hold'em table

Q3o is below a standard button opening range with two players left to act, so folding avoids a marginal, dominated spot.

With the button folded, K6 offsuit is strong enough to raise against the big blind rather than complete from the small blind.

Defend the big blind versus the small blind's modest heads-up raise with suited 9-high connectivity and favorable pot odds.

I have top pair on a paired, two-diamond flop. A small bet can get value from weaker hands and draws without committing too much with a weak kicker.

With no pair, no meaningful draw, and no diamond, 9-high has insufficient equity versus the continuation bet.

T8 offsuit is playable as a button open three-handed. A modest raise uses position to contest the blinds without committing too much.

8-4 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise from the small blind.

Getting 150 into 400 means I need about 27% equity. A 3-handed button opens wide, so J4o is a borderline but acceptable big blind defend.

Bottom pair with a jack kicker out of position against the preflop raiser on a 4-6-9 two-tone board. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my equity; I can call a small c-bet.

I have a gutshot and a ten overcard, but little showdown value. A small continuation bet can fold out missed overcards while keeping the bluff inexpensive.

Bottom pair with a jack overcard facing a small c-bet (200 to win 750, about 21% equity needed) is an easy defend against a wide button range.

With bottom pair and a jack kicker on a paired, two-flush board, I have some showdown value but I'm weak against continued aggression. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me decide against a bet.

The paired turn is unlikely to fold out many hands that called the flop. I’ll take the free card with a gutshot and some chance to improve to a pair.

Fours full of sixes is near the top of my range on this paired board. It beats flushes, overpairs and 9x, which are all hands a villain who checked back the turn could call with, so I'll bet about two-thirds pot for value."}

Ten-high has little showdown value, and a river raise would need to force folds from too much of the opponent's betting range.

K2 offsuit is a weak button hand in a three-player game and does not justify entering with no prior action.

ATs is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I'm raising for value to 3bb rather than completing out of position.

QJo is strong enough to defend against a small-blind raise, and calling keeps weaker hands in while preserving position postflop.

Top pair top kicker on a monotone board: a small one-third-pot bet gets value from worse pairs and charges single-club draws, while keeping the pot manageable against flushes.

The small bet offers good odds with a gutshot straight draw, two overcards, and a high club blocker. Calling keeps weaker hands in while preserving position.

Top pair top kicker on a paired monotone board; bet for value against weaker Tx/8x and to charge single-club draws, while keeping the size moderate in case villain already has the flush.The board pairing also reduces the value of villain's straight draws.

The flush and straight draws give me enough equity to call 600 into a 1,600-chip pot. A queen or jack may also be good against some of the bettor’s hands.

The four-club river puts any club ahead of our tens and fours, and straights (J7, QJ, 76) are possible too. Villain called both streets, so betting mostly gets called by better hands; checking for showdown is best.

I have a queen-high flush. A modest river bet can get called by weaker clubs or other made hands while limiting the cost when I'm beaten.

We need only about 20% equity against this small river bet, and top pair with an ace kicker still beats the thin-value hands and missed draws in villain's range. That holds even though any club beats us.

76o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a small raise steals the blinds often and keeps position postflop.

J9 suited plays well as a three-bet against a button open. Raising from the small blind also avoids a difficult multiway pot out of position.

T3 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a large open and 3-bet from the big blind.

76 offsuit plays poorly against a large small-blind 3-bet to 10.5bb, even with position. Calling 8bb isn't justified, so I fold.

A4 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 250 applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still behind.

T8s in the big blind against a 2.5x button open is getting good odds (150 to win 400), and the hand plays well postflop, so defending by calling is standard.

Middle pair with a gutshot is out of position against the button's range, and the Th-Jd flop hits a raiser's range hard. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity, then I can check-call reasonable bets.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but this flop connects well with the big blind's calling range. Checking back keeps the pot small.

The button checked back the flop, which caps its range, so a medium-sized bet with second pair takes value from weaker tens, draws, and overcards while denying equity. A check would let many hands realize their equity for free.

Ace-high has too little equity against a turn bet, and the price is not good enough to call.

QJs is a strong button opening hand three-handed, with good equity and playability. I raise to apply pressure and build the pot in position.

52o from the small blind facing a button open to 3bb, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold.

8-3 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a three-big-blind button raise.