Hold'em table

Five-four suited is playable on the button with position after the flop. A 2.5 big-blind open gives me a chance to win the blinds without committing too much.

K2 offsuit from the small blind facing a button open to 250 with a big blind still to act is weak and often dominated. Calling 200 out of position in a 3-way pot is a losing play, so I fold.

Defending big blind with J8s against a button 2.5bb raise getting 2.67 to 1 pot odds.

As the out-of-position preflop caller on a paired board with J-high, checking to the aggressor is standard.

A small continuation bet can fold out some unpaired hands on this dry board. The backdoor flush and straight possibilities give my hand a little equity when called.

With only Jack-high and no direct or backdoor flush draws on a paired board out of position, folding to the flop continuation bet is the standard play.

A9 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong enough hand to raise for value and to take the initiative, with position against the blinds.

T2o is a very weak unsuited hand out of position facing a button raise, making it an easy fold.

J9 offsuit has enough equity against a button opening range to defend the big blind for 200 more, despite being out of position.

With middle pair and a modest pot, I prefer to check to the preflop raiser and evaluate their bet before committing more chips.

On the button heads-up against a checking big blind, I have the nut flush draw plus an ace-high overcard on a J-7-Q board. A small bet of about half the pot can win the pot now or build it when I have equity to continue.

Middle pair with a backdoor straight draw is strong enough to continue against a small flop bet, especially given the favorable pot odds.

With second pair on a paired turn, checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in the pot without building a large pot against a queen or a seven.

I have ace-high with a backdoor club draw on a paired board, and the opponent checked twice, so their range looks weak. A half-pot bet should win the pot often and gives me some equity when called.

J9 is a bluff-catcher against the button's broad betting range, and the half-pot turn bet offers sufficient odds to continue. Raising would mostly isolate stronger hands.

My jack has showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called often enough by worse hands. Checking also leaves room for the opponent to bluff.

I have ace-high on a paired board (J Q 7 7 5), which only wins against missed draws. Seat_1 called two streets, so a call would beat me often, and a bet is unlikely to get called by worse. I'll check and take the free showdown.

J9o is well within the standard 3-handed button opening range, so open-raising for value and position.

Q5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Getting 350 to 100 (3.5:1) heads-up against a button min-raise; 4-6 offsuit is weak but the price is good and the button range is wide, so calling beats folding. Raising with this hand is not worthwhile.

I have a pair of 4s with a 6 and a gutshot-ish draw on a 4d2d5d board, heads-up in position against a button raiser. A bet of about two-thirds pot builds value and denies equity.

Villain donk-bets two-thirds pot on a monotone straight-heavy board; our J-high flush draw suffers from serious reverse implied odds and weak overcards.

K8 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.

2d4d is a weak hand out of position in the small blind, facing a button raise to 250 with the big blind still to act. Calling 200 more would put me in a bad spot, so folding is the disciplined choice.

Defending the big blind with a pocket pair getting favorable pot odds against a button open.

Check out of position with an underpair on a Q-9-4 board.

This dry queen-high flop favors my preflop raising range. A small bet can fold out some of the big blind’s weaker hands without risking much.

Holding an underpair to the entire board out of position with only two outs to improve makes this an easy fold against the continuation bet.

K7 suited on the button in a 3-handed pot is a playable hand, and calling 100 to win a 250 pot gives a good price without bloating the pot out of position later.

A8s has strong equity against a button open-limp in 3-handed play; raising to 400 builds the pot with value and initiative.

QJ offsuit is strong enough to defend against the small blind's isolation raise, especially with the button's limp adding to the pot.

K7s is weak against a raise and a call, and I would be out of position in a three-way pot. Calling 300 to win 900 gives fair immediate odds, but the hand plays poorly and often ends up dominated, so I fold.

I hold ace-high with no club on a monotone, highly coordinated board out of position, making checking the best standard play.

Top pair is worth a small value-and-protection bet after the preflop raiser checks. The monotone flop and my lack of a club argue against building a large pot.

Holding ace-high with no club on a monotone flop, there is insufficient equity to continue against the flop bet.

Open-raising A7o from the button in 3-handed play is standard to put pressure on the blinds and take initiative.

With a small pocket pair and deep stacks, calling the button's small raise offers good odds to try to make a set. Raising would build a large pot out of position.

A6 suited in the big blind is getting good odds (120 to win 540, about 4.5:1) against a button open and a small blind call. Calling is safer than a 3-bet out of position against two opponents.

Pocket fours are a weak underpair on this king-jack flop, and betting into two opponents is unlikely to be profitable. Checking keeps the pot small.

Ace-high with a backdoor nut flush draw on a K-J-3 board with a club flush draw out there, in a three-way pot against a preflop raiser who acts after me. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my equity, since betting risks getting called or raised by better hands.

In a 3-way pot on a coordinated board of King-Jack, checking back allows me to take a free card in position with Ace-high and backdoor clubs.

My underpair has little equity on this coordinated turn, and betting into two opponents is unlikely to be profitable.

Ace-high with a backdoor nut flush draw on a dry-ish board where everyone checked the flop. A small bet of about half the pot can take the pot down or get called by worse, and I still have outs to the nut flush if called.

I hold Ace-high with no draw on a wet board facing a half-pot turn bet from seat 2.

Pocket fours have little chance to improve on the river and are unlikely to be ahead after the turn bet.