Hold'em table

On the button 3-handed, 64s is a reasonable steal hand; a small open to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds while keeping risk low.

AQ offsuit is strong against a button opening range. Raising from the small blind builds value and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

T5 suited is too weak to continue facing an open and a large 3-bet from the big blind.

64s has poor equity against a large out-of-position 3-bet (4.2x), and calling 8bb more isn't justified even with position; folding is the standard play.

K5 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. A 2.5-big-blind raise gives the blinds a price to defend without risking too much.

T4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open in a three-handed game.

K9o is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range. Calling 150 into a 400 pot gives good odds, so defending from the big blind is profitable.

K-high with a gutshot on an A-Q-2 two-tone board favors the button's raising range, so I check out of position and give up control. I can consider continuing against a small c-bet given the gutshot and overcard to the Q.

King-high has little immediate equity on this ace-high board, and the king of hearts blocks some flush draws that might otherwise fold. I’ll take the free card in position.

The button checked back on an ace-high flop, which caps their range, so a turn probe should fold out many weak hands. My K9 has no showdown value, and the king blocks AK and KQ.

The small turn bet gives a reasonable price to continue with a pair, and position lets me reassess on the river. Raising would overplay this hand.

King-high has almost no showdown value, and the villain's turn-calling range is capped: many weak pairs and busted draws that should fold to a follow-through barrel. I'm betting about two-thirds pot, which needs roughly 40% folds to break even.

My two pair can beat missed draws and some weaker river bets. With the heart draw missing and a 750-chip call into a 1900-chip pot, calling is preferable to folding.

8-5 offsuit is a weak button holding; folding avoids entering a marginal pot despite the favorable position.

Blind vs blind, J7o is a reasonable raising hand from the small blind against a single big blind; raising to 3bb applies pressure and avoids playing out of position in a limped pot.

AJo is strong against a small-blind opening range. A three-bet for value also lets me play the hand in position.

J7o facing a 3-bet to 10bb out of position is too weak to continue profitably. Folding keeps losses to the 3bb already invested.

Q9 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a clear open-raise; a 2.5x size pressures the blinds.

Five-three suited is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

Defend the big blind against the button's small 2.5bb open with K-high; the price is favorable and the hand has reasonable postflop playability.

K-high has little immediate showdown value and no direct made draw on this coordinated flop. Checking preserves flexibility rather than bloating the pot out of position.

Q9 with a backdoor club draw, a gutshot, and an overcard on T74 gives decent equity, so a small c-bet in position against the BB's check works well both for value/denial and as a semi-bluff. Betting about a third of the pot keeps it cheap and folds out hands that would otherwise realize their equity. The raise-to total is 190.

Call with the king-high heart draw and overcard potential at a favorable price. Raising would unnecessarily inflate the pot against a likely continuing range.

With only king-high and no meaningful made hand or direct draw, checking is preferable to inflating the pot. The king of hearts provides some blocker value if facing a later decision.

The turn gave us the nut-ish club flush draw, and we also have an overcard. Betting about two-thirds pot in position as a semi-bluff can win the pot now and builds a pot for when we hit the flush.

King-high has no made hand or meaningful draw, and the large turn bet is unlikely to be bluffing often enough to justify continuing.

T5 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two unknown opponents at 100 big blinds.

K9 suited is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind holding, and raising applies pressure while building a pot with a hand that plays well postflop.

Blind vs blind, I'm getting 3:1 against a wide small-blind 3x raise, and I'll have position postflop, so J8o is a clear defend.

I have trip kings with a reasonable kicker and should value-bet against pocket pairs, club draws, and weaker king holdings. A small flop sizing keeps those hands in while beginning to build the pot.

Getting 4:1 against a small c-bet on a dry paired board where the preflop raiser bets their whole range. J-high has some showdown value and a backdoor spade draw, so a float is reasonable.

I have trip kings with a strong enough kicker to value-bet. A substantial turn bet targets queens, club draws, and weaker kings while building the pot.

Jack-high with no pair and no real draw on K-K-2-Q facing a double barrel; calling 700 to win 2400 needs about 29% equity, which this hand doesn't have.

9-3 offsuit is too weak to profitably enter from the button under a disciplined opening range.

Pocket sixes are a strong hand blind vs blind, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and initiative rather than limping.

K8 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise to 300. Calling keeps weaker hands in without building a large pot out of position.

Pocket sixes with the 6d on a monotone, highly connected Qd8d9d board. We are out of position against the big blind, who has a wide calling range with many diamonds, straights and overcards, so we check to control the pot and keep our equity from the pair and the weak flush draw.

Bottom pair and the king-high flush draw have strong equity on this monotone flop. Betting builds the pot while charging hands with a single diamond or straight draw.

The price is good: I call 400 into a 1000 pot. The 66 includes the 6d, so I have a pocket pair plus a flush draw and two set outs, which is enough equity against a BB betting range on this wet board.

Pocket 6s with a lone 6d on a monotone Qd-8d-9d board, now paired with the 5c, has weak showdown value and a small chance at a low flush. Checking keeps the pot small and gives a cheap river if the big blind checks back.

I have a pair and a king-high flush draw, but betting risks building a large pot against a better made hand. Checking lets me realize my draw in position.

Pocket sixes on this wet board have some showdown value against missed draws, but a bet would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by better ones. Checking to showdown is best.

Third pair has showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking avoids putting more chips in against queens, nines, and flushes.