Hold'em table

K5 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. A 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Q4o is too weak to call or 3-bet from the small blind against a button open.

A2o offers decent equity heads-up against a button open of 2.5x, and the price is 150 to win a 400 pot (about 27% needed). Calling is better than a bloated 3-bet with a weak-kicker ace.

Top pair with an ace on A-K-4 two-tone in a heads-up pot out of position. I'll bet about 64% of the pot for value and to charge flush draws and Kx hands, while my weak kicker makes a small-to-medium size sensible.

Second pair has enough value to call this small flop bet in position, but raising would risk building a large pot against stronger hands.

Top pair with an ace on A-K-6-4 is likely best heads-up, and I bet for value and to charge flush and straight draws on the turn. I'm sizing about 55% of the 1250 pot.

Second pair can still beat draws and weaker made hands, and the price is reasonable. Calling keeps the pot manageable while I use position on the river.

I have two pair, aces and sixes, with an ace kicker of 2 on a board of 4h Ah Kd 6c 6d. I bet the flop and turn and the opponent called both, so their range is likely an ace or a king. I value bet about half the pot, since worse aces, kings and pocket pairs can call.

The river bet offers favorable pot odds. My king beats missed draws and some weaker value bets, while other kings often chop.

A6o is comfortably within standard opening range from the button in three-handed play, so we open with a standard min-raise.

KJo is a reasonable hand in a 3-handed pot. Calling 150 more to see a flop is fine against a button open, and a 3-bet with it out of position is unnecessary.

Calling 100 into a 500-chip pot gives 8-5 offsuit a cheap chance to see the flop, though I’ll need to play cautiously out of position.

Three-way pot with only king-high and a gutshot-type backdoor draw on an ace-high board. I act first out of position, so checking is better than betting into two opponents with a hand that has little showdown value against callers.

I have a gutshot straight draw but no made hand. Checking keeps the pot small against two opponents.

Flopped two pair on a board with some straight draws; betting roughly 40% pot for value against Ax and gutshots.

Top pair with a king kicker on A-4-6 is a solid bluff-catcher. The price is 250 to win 850, so calling is clearly profitable against a button continuation bet, and it keeps the pot manageable with another player still to act.

I have only a gutshot straight draw and weak pair outs. Against a bet and a call on an ace-high board, calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

I have king-high with a gutshot-less board (4-A-6-8), so I have little showdown value and the button bet the flop. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river cheaply.

I have two pair on a draw-heavy board and bet for value and protection against worse Aces and drawing hands.

King-high with a gutshot-less J-K on a 4-A-6-8 board is only a weak bluff-catcher. The button bet 700 into 1100, needing about 39% equity, and the line (raise preflop, bet flop after checks, bet turn) looks strong, so I fold.

6-high offsuit T6 is weak even on the button in a 3-handed pot. Folding avoids a marginal, out-of-position-prone spot, though a raise or a call would also be defensible.

Q9 offsuit is strong enough to raise against the lone big blind. A modest size builds the pot without committing too much out of position.

96o is too weak to defend against a 2.5bb raise from the small blind.

On the button, 7-6 offsuit is playable as a small open in this three-handed, rake-free game. Raising gives me a chance to win the blinds and keeps the pot manageable when called.

A2o is too weak to call or 3-bet from the small blind out of position against a button raise.

Getting 3:1 on a call of 125 to win 375 pot, Q9o is a reasonable defend versus a button open in a 3-handed game, and it has decent equity and playability.

Heads-up out of position on a paired 8-8-4 board with Q-high plus a 9 kicker. A small bet of about half the pot should get folds from unpaired hands and gather value and information, and this board is unlikely to have hit the button's range much.

A gutshot with no club or backdoor flush draw is too weak to continue against this flop bet, especially with uncertain value from pairing a six or seven.

Open-raising Q8o from the button in 3-handed play to steal blinds and utilize positional advantage.

98o is a marginal hand, but the price is only 150 more to win a 350 pot (about 30% equity needed), and the big blind still to act adds some risk. Calling is close to break-even in a 3-handed game, and suited-connector-like playability is limited but acceptable. Folding is also fine, but the price is good enough to see a flop.

Six-deuce offsuit plays poorly out of position against two opponents, even for a small call.

Holding 9-8 on a 3-Q-4 flop, I have only nine-high with a backdoor straight draw and I'm out of position against the button's preflop raise. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a turn cheaply.

I have top pair on a relatively dry board. A small continuation bet of 40% pot gets value and protection from lower pocket pairs and gutshots.

Getting 3.5-to-1 pot odds (200 to win 700 pot) with 9-8 on a 3-Q-4 board: an open-ended straight draw with 8 outs, plus button c-bets often. Calling is profitable; folding gives up too much equity.

I have 9-high with a gutshot-type draw (9-8 on a 3-4-Q-Q board has no real draw), so it is a weak hand with little showdown value. Checking keeps the pot small against a button opponent who bet the flop.

We turned trips with Queens. Betting around 60% pot continues extracting value from pocket pairs, straight draws, and newly opened flush draws.

Open-ended straight draw (5 or 7 gives a straight) with 8 outs, getting 1450+550 into 550, about 3.6:1 pot odds, plus implied odds. The button's small bets suggest a wide range, so calling is profitable versus folding.

Board is 3s Qc 4h Qh Th and I hold 9s 8h, which is just 9-high with no pair or made straight. The button bet the flop and turn, so I have no showdown value and a bluff-raise is unlikely to work. Checking is best.

I have trip queens with a weak kicker on a board where a flush completed; checking behind ensures showdown value against missed draws and avoids value-owning myself.

K5 suited in the diamonds on the button in 3-handed play is a reasonable hand; calling 100 to win a 250 pot gives a good price and keeps the pot small out of position risk. Raising is also viable but calling is fine.

Calling 50 with a suited hand offers good pot odds in a limped pot; raising out of position with T6 suited is less appealing.

We are in the big blind with 73s facing two limpers; checking to see a free flop is the standard play.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this ace-high flop, and betting into two opponents is unlikely to be profitable.

I have second pair with a weak kicker in a multiway pot; checking to pot control and see the button's action is standard.

On an ace-high flop, both opponents checked, so I hold a king with a backdoor flush draw on the button. A small bet of about two-thirds of the pot takes the pot often and charges worse aces and draws. I sized to 200 to risk little, though a slightly larger bet might be justified. ,

Ten-high has little equity or drawing potential on this flop, and the button bet into two players. Calling out of position is not worthwhile.

I have second pair with the worst kicker and no backdoors on an ace-high board, making a call out of position unprofitable facing a two-thirds pot bet.