Hold'em table

Button open with Q8o to steal the blinds and take initiative preflop while in position. A raise to 250 pressures the blinds without overcommitting with a marginal hand.

AJo from the small blind against a 3-handed button open is strong enough to 3-bet for value, and 3-betting avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot. Sizing to 10bb keeps the pressure on both the button and the big blind.

T6 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a large open and a substantial 3-bet, especially out of position in a multiway spot.

Q8o is too weak to continue against a 3-bet from the small blind, and calling 7.5bb out of position with a dominated hand is not profitable. I fold and preserve my stack.

Q7o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open-raise, since the steal opportunity against both blinds is profitable. A small 2.5bb size keeps the risk low.

Qc6d offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind facing a button raise with the big blind still behind.

ATo is strong enough to three-bet against a button open, especially with the small blind out of the hand. Raising to 400 puts pressure on the button and takes initiative while still allowing me to fold to a four-bet.

Calling 150 into a 700 pot needs only about 18% equity, and we have position, so Q7o is a profitable call against this small min-3bet.

I have queen-high with a gutshot-less backdoor on a K-high board against a 3-bettor. Checking back realizes equity cheaply, and I can take a free card rather than bluffing into a range that hits kings often.

Seat_1 has checked by timeout fallback twice, so a bet likely wins the pot outright if they fold on fallback again. Queen-high has little showdown value, and a half-pot bet also works as a credible bluff after they checked twice.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to open profitably three-handed at this stack depth; folding preserves chips.

Calling is cheap with a suited connector and position, getting 3:1 pot odds against the big blind's random hand. No need to inflate the pot preflop when we can play a flop in position.

62o is one of the weakest hands, so I take the free check in the big blind against a limp and see a flop in position.

I have 62o with no equity on a very connected T-J-Q board that hits limping ranges hard, so bluffing has poor fold equity. I'll check and take the free card.

I picked up a pair of sixes on a coordinated board; a small bet can take the pot now and deny free cards to draws.

Bottom pair facing a tiny bet: I get 4:1 on the call, so I need only about 20% equity. Weak pairs and draws in the opponent's range make calling profitable.

My pair of sixes is weak on this coordinated board, and the river king likely improves many of the opponent's calling hands. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free showdown.

A pair of sixes has little value on a four-broadway board, but it can still win against busted hands at showdown. Bluffing into a limped pot against a likely calling station is not profitable enough.

I have a suited ten and am getting 2.5-to-1 pot odds, so calling the big blind is profitable preflop in position.

Getting 5:1 to complete with 98o against a button limp; a playable hand multiway, and raising out of position into two players is less attractive.

Check the big blind with a small pair in a multiway limped pot; keeping the pot small preserves implied-odds value when we flop a set.

Middle pair with a weak kicker plus a backdoor flush draw, out of position in a three-way limped pot on a coordinated board. Checking controls the pot and keeps some showdown value.

Bottom pair has modest showdown value but is too vulnerable to build a pot multiway on this coordinated board. Checking keeps weaker hands in and controls the pot.

I have only a weak backdoor straight draw and no pair, so I take the free card and see the turn cheaply.

Middle pair plus a spade flush draw after the flop checked through; a half-pot bet takes some value and protection from weaker hands, and it can fold out better high-card hands.

Call with a pocket pair plus the nut-low spade draw; the small turn bet gives favorable price while keeping the pot controlled multiway.

I only have a gutshot straight draw with no pair, and the pot odds (4:1) are not sufficient to call a 150 bet. Folding is the correct play.

Middle pair has showdown value but can't get called by worse often, and BB called the turn with plenty of Jx/Kx. Checking controls the pot and still lets missed spade draws bluff into us.

We rivered a disguised set after the turn action and villain checked; a moderate value bet can be called by kings, eights, and some bluff-catchers while avoiding excessive exposure to flushes.

Getting 2.5:1 on a river where the spade and straight draws that called the turn all missed. Middle pair with a 9 kicker beats enough bluffs and weaker 8x to justify a call.

T4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play against two blinds with 100bb stacks, so folding is the disciplined choice.

Q7 suited is a reasonable heads-up small-blind opening hand with good playability and blocker value. Raising applies pressure to the big blind and can win the pot preflop.

T2o is too weak to continue against a raise out of position, so I fold and preserve chips.

J5 suited is a playable button open in three-handed play, with position and suitedness supporting a small raise.

T2o is too weak to continue against a button raise, especially out of position, so folding preserves chips.

Getting 370:120 (about 24% equity needed) against a wide button open, Q5o has enough equity to defend from the big blind. Heads-up with a dead small blind, calling is better than folding.

Top pair with a weak kicker out of position against a button raiser; checking controls the pot and lets me bluff-catch against c-bets on this two-tone board.

A small continuation bet leverages the range advantage on this Q-high board and can fold out unpaired hands while retaining reasonable risk with our backdoor potential.

Top pair with a weak kicker facing a small c-bet (160 into 490) is too strong to fold and gets great odds. Calling keeps the button's bluffs in and controls the pot size against better queens.

Top pair with a weak kicker plays well as a check-call out of position. It keeps the button's wide small-c-bet range bluffing and controls the pot against better queens.

A turn barrel can fold out unpaired overcards and some small pairs after the opponent's flop check-call and turn check. The sizing applies pressure while preserving stack depth if called or raised.

Top pair with a weak kicker against a button that opened and is double-barreling on a draw-heavy board; I'm getting 450 into 1710 (about 26% equity needed), so calling is fine. Raising would only get called by better hands.

The river gave me queens and fives, which beats the one-pair queens (AQ, KQ) and overpairs that this button line likely holds. If I check, missed club draws will check behind, so I'm leading about 65% of the pot for value.

Our pair of fives is too weak against a sizeable river lead after the opponent called both prior streets. We have no meaningful blockers for a profitable bluff-raise, so folding preserves chips.