Hold'em table

Pocket jacks are a strong preflop hand in a 3-handed game, so I'm raising to isolate and build the pot rather than just calling.

2-4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open, especially out of position as the small blind.

8-5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a three-big-blind raise, and the price is not good enough to defend.

Suited nine-five is playable enough on the button in three-handed poker to open as a steal rather than limp or fold. A raise to 250 keeps the price small while applying pressure on the blinds.

A-K suited is a strong three-bet against a button open. Raising to 1100 builds the pot while discouraging the big blind from entering cheaply.

Pocket tens are strong enough to continue against a 3-bet, and calling 1000 into a 1450 pot with two opponents still to act is a reasonable price, so I'll call rather than fold or 4-bet.

59s is too weak to continue multiway against a 3-bet and a cold call; folding avoids a dominated spot.

AK has no pair or heart draw, and the big blind’s cold-call of a large three-bet suggests a strong range. Checking avoids building a larger pot with a hand that still has some showdown value.

Pocket tens are an overpair to the board, but seat_3 checked to me, so checking keeps the pot controlled while I see whether they bet the turn.

Ace-king has showdown value, but a turn bet is unlikely to fold out pairs or a queen. Checking keeps the pot manageable while preserving our chance to improve on the river.

Pocket tens are an underpair to the queen-paired board, and seat_3 has checked twice, so checking keeps the pot small and lets us see a free river card.

Ace-king has some showdown value, but a moderate river bet can fold out small and medium pairs. My cards also block some of the opponent's strongest queen holdings.

I hold two pair, queens and tens, on a board with paired queens, which is strong enough to call the river bet against a range that includes bluffs and weaker queens.

Six-three offsuit is too weak to profitably open from the button without information suggesting the blinds fold often.

King-ten offsuit is a marginal hand, but completing the small blind for 50 into a 150 pot is cheap and keeps me in against the big blind.

Jack-four offsuit is too weak to raise, and checking is free after the small blind limps, so I take the flop.

Top pair with king kicker on a dry-ish board is strong enough to bet for value and build the pot heads-up against the big blind.

Middle pair with a weak kicker on a three-spade board is too vulnerable to continue against a flop bet, with little clean improvement and poor reverse implied odds.

Calling 100 into a 150 pot gives about 2.5 to 1 odds, which covers the roughly 29% equity needed for 8-3 offsuit against two blind hands. Folding would give up a cheap look at the flop from the button.

85o is too weak to complete from the small blind out of position against a limper and the big blind, so I fold rather than invest more.

Nine-three suited is too weak to raise for value, and checking lets me see a free flop against the button's limp.

With only a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush draw, I’ll check and avoid building the pot out of position.

Holding 8c3s on a Q-T-K flop with no pair, checking is free and keeps the pot small; seat_3 already checked the flop so we can take the free card.

The turn is a blank after the flop checked through. A small bet can fold out unpaired hands, and a jack gives me a straight if called.

I hold 8-3 with no pair and no real draw on a Q-T-K-4 board, so calling 150 into a 400 pot isn't justified against a turn raise.

KJo is a clear button open against the blinds; a 2.5bb raise builds the pot and takes initiative.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

As the big blind facing a 150-chip call into a 400-chip pot, I get about 27% pot odds, and 9-7 offsuit has enough equity against a button raise to continue.

I have bottom pair with 9-7 on a 7-Q-5 board and can check for free as the big blind, keeping the pot small against a preflop raiser.

As the preflop raiser I c-bet a checked flop with king-high and a spade; a small bet takes down many missed hands and builds the pot when called.

Calling 200 into a 750 pot needs about 21% equity, and a pair of sevens with a nine kicker is likely good enough against a wide flop continuation-betting range. Folding would give up a reasonable price.

We hold a pair of sevens with an open-ended straight draw (needing a 6 or 10), so checking keeps the pot controlled and lets us see the river cheaply.

King-high with no pair or strong draw on a board that can easily have connected with the flop caller. Checking keeps the pot small rather than bluffing into a player who already called the flop.

I hold a pair of sevens with no made hand beyond that, and the opponent's flop raise followed by a turn check suggests strength, so I'll take the free showdown rather than bet.

King-high has no pair or draw and seat_1 already called the flop, so a river bluff is unlikely to succeed. Checking is free and realizes whatever showdown value remains.

A3 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in three-handed play. A 2.5 big blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Three-six suited is weak and out of position against a button raise plus a live big blind, so calling 200 more to chase a multiway pot is not profitable.

QTo is playable from the big blind against a 2.5bb button open after the small blind folds; calling 150 into a 400 pot is better than folding or 3-betting out of position.

I have a spade flush draw plus two overcards out of position, so checking keeps the pot small and realizes equity for free.

With ace-high and a low flush draw on a monotone flop, I can take the free card in position rather than bet into the big blind's continuing range.

I have top pair plus a spade flush draw on a wet board, so I bet about three-quarters pot for value and protection before the river.

The 400-chip turn bet gives insufficient direct odds for a low flush draw, and a completed flush could still be beaten by a higher one.