Hold'em table

T8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a raise to 2.5bb steals the blinds often and plays well in position.

J8o is too weak to continue from the small blind facing a button open out of position.

Closing the action with 150 to call into a 400 pot, Q8o has enough equity against a wide button open to defend, despite being out of position.

I have no pair and only a weak queen-high on an ace-high flop. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids putting more chips in against the preflop raiser.

Middle pair on an ace-high board has showdown value but is vulnerable to a check-raise, so I'm checking back to control the pot. Checking also realizes my equity and keeps some weaker hands in the BB's range.

I have Q-high with no pair or draw on a paired board, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids risking chips unnecessarily.

Second pair of tens on a paired-ace board after two checks from the big blind is likely ahead. A small half-pot bet gets value from weaker tens, threes and pocket pairs, and denies equity to broadway gutshots.

I have only queen-high on a paired ace-high board and no draw; calling a turn bet with no equity is not profitable.

Open-raising with an Ace on the button in 3-handed play is standard.

The button's small raise gives good pot odds, and TJo has enough equity three-handed to continue from the small blind. I'll call and evaluate the flop rather than fold a playable hand or bloat the pot with a marginal squeeze.

Getting 5:1 on the call with suited connectors in the big blind in a multiway pot, so calling is clearly profitable. Squeezing has less fold equity with two players already in.

I have middle pair with a weak kicker on an Ace-high flop, and both opponents have checked to me. Checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised by an Ace.

98 of hearts with no pair and no draw on an ace-high two-club board, multiway against the preflop raiser on the button. Check and give up unless a good turn comes.

C-betting one-third pot with top pair on an Ace-high board to get value from flush draws, gutshots, and second pairs while denying equity.

Calling 200 into 800 with middle pair and a backdoor flush draw; pot odds are close and implied odds if I improve to trips or two pair are good.

I have 9-high with no pair and no flush draw on J-A-2 with two clubs, facing a bet and a call. My only draw is a gutshot-ish backdoor at best, so folding is clearly right.

I have middle pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board and am out of position. Checking controls the pot and avoids bloating it against the preflop raiser's stronger range.

Check behind with top pair weak kicker and a gutshot straight draw to control the pot and realize equity in position.

I have two pair (jacks and tens) on the river, and the opponent checked the turn after their flop aggression, so I will bet for value and charge any ace or draw.

I hold top pair with an Ace, and checking back the turn underrepresented my hand. Getting 2.67-to-1 pot odds against a river bet that could easily be a missed flush draw bluff, calling is profitable.

K3o is marginal but this is a 3-handed button spot; a small raise applies pressure on the blinds, takes initiative, and keeps position if called.

Against a wide 3-handed button open, JTo from the small blind plays poorly as a flat call because it is out of position and the big blind is still behind. A 3-bet to 10bb applies fold equity and keeps the hand playable postflop if called.

Holding 6-3 offsuit facing a raise and a 3-bet is an automatic fold.

K3o is dominated against a small-blind 3-bet, and calling 750 more with a weak offsuit king is not profitable. Folding preserves chips.

T8o on the button 3-handed is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise steals the blinds often and plays well in position.

AJo is a strong hand in 3-handed play facing a button open, and 3-betting from the small blind extracts value, denies equity, and discourages the big blind from entering.

Td3c is a weak offsuit hand facing a raise and a reraise; calling 900 more preflop would be unprofitable.

T8o is too weak to continue against a 10bb 3-bet from the small blind. Calling 7.5bb into 13.5bb with a dominated, offsuit hand isn't profitable, even in position.

J4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button 3-handed.

Button folded, so it's heads-up vs the big blind. A7o is a strong hand versus a BB's wide defending range, so I raise to take the initiative and charge the BB to continue.

A8o in the big blind against a small-blind raise to 3bb is well ahead of a wide SB range, and calling 200 into 400 gives good pot odds. We also keep position postflop, so flatting is profitable and keeps the opponent's weaker hands in.

I have only ace-high on a dry low board and am out of position; checking controls the pot and avoids building a large pot with a marginal hand.

SB checked a dry T-5-2 board. A small stab with an ace overcard and backdoor equity should fold out many of their unpaired hands while keeping the pot manageable.

A-high has decent equity against a small flop bet, and I'm getting 4:1 odds to call. I'll call and reevaluate on the turn.

I have middle pair with an ace kicker on a dry board. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me evaluate the opponent's turn action without risking chips as an underdog to top pair or better.

Ace-high with no real draw has some showdown value, and a bet is unlikely to fold out the pairs that called the flop. Checking back in position takes a free card.

Our hand is a marginal pair of sevens with an ace kicker on a coordinated board. Seat_1 showed strength by calling a preflop raise and betting the flop. Checking avoids risking chips with a weak hand and allows us to reach showdown cheaply.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed broadway hands, while a bluff is unlikely to fold out the pairs that called the flop. Checking takes a free showdown.

J2o is too weak to call a raise from the small blind and play a marginal pot out of position after the flop.

Blind vs blind at 3:1 pot odds, 94o is a reasonable limp-to-complete rather than a fold, and it plays poorly as a raise out of position.

I hold 4d 2c in the big blind facing a small blind completion, so taking a free flop by checking is the standard play.

Nine-high with a weak backdoor spade draw out of position in a limped pot. Checking keeps the pot small, and I can give up cheaply if the big blind bets.

I have four-high with no draw on a king-queen high board; checking back to see a free turn is standard.

The big blind checked the flop, which suggests weakness, and I hold a gutshot to a straight (any ten). A small semi-bluff stab of about 60% pot can take the pot down now or still win when I hit.

I hold four-high with no draw on a coordinated board, so folding to the turn bet is standard.