Hold'em table

T3 suited is a marginal but playable button hand in a three-handed game. Raise to apply pressure and take initiative rather than invite both blinds in cheaply.

9-2 offsuit is one of the weakest hands and facing a button raise to 250 with the big blind still to act, calling is unprofitable.

A6o in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open: pot odds are 400 to call 150 (about 27% equity needed), and the button's range is wide, so calling is clearly profitable. A 3-bet bluff isn't necessary.

Ace-high on a Q-4-4 flop is a marginal hand. I'm out of position against the button's preflop raise, so I'll check and keep the pot small. Ace-high can still win at showdown, and betting would mostly get called only by better hands.

Bet small into the checked-to pot as the preflop raiser; this board favors my range, and my spade draw gives me strong equity when called.

Ace-high with a backdoor on a paired 4-4-Q board. The button's small continuation bet of 180 into 550 gives roughly 3.0 to 1 pot odds, so calling is reasonable. Ace-high may be good against a wide button range, and I keep the option to fold later.

Out of position with ace-high and only a weak draw on a paired board; checking keeps the pot small and preserves some showdown value.

I have a weak pair but a strong spade draw, and checking back lets me realize that equity for free. A turn bet is unlikely to fold out many hands that called my flop raise.

Ace-high on a paired board is a weak showdown hand, and the button checked back the turn. Checking is safer than betting.

I have two pair and can make a small value bet against weaker pocket pairs or worse 3x after the river checked through. Keeping it modest limits losses when called by a queen or better.

Calling 250 into a 1160 pot needs only about 15% equity. Ace-high beats the missed draws and busted hands the button could be betting small as a bluff, so this is a reasonable bluff-catch.

Three-handed on the button, K2o is within a wide positional opening range and raising pressures the blinds while retaining position postflop.

J4 offsuit is weak out of position, facing a button raise to 300 with the big blind still left to act. Calling 250 more is not worth it.

7♣3♥ is too weak to defend against a 3× button raise, even with the blind already posted.

K4 offsuit is a weak hand, and I'm out of position against two opponents after the button. A fold avoids paying 100 to see a flop with a marginal holding; a raise would be a thin bluff.

J7 suited is a reasonable heads-up blind defense at this price, but calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Q4 suited is above average heads-up and I have position postflop. The small blind limp looks weak, so raising gains fold equity and the initiative.

J7 suited has enough equity and playability heads-up to continue at these pot odds, while raising would overplay a weak hand out of position.

I have only a gutshot and backdoor flush potential, so I’ll take the free card rather than bet into the preflop raiser.

As preflop raiser on a K-high board, a small c-bet can fold much of the small blind's limp-call range while my Q-high has backdoor heart and straight equity if called.

I have a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush draw, with favorable pot odds facing a small bet. Calling keeps the pot manageable while preserving my chance to improve.

I have a strong combo draw: a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw. A sizable turn bet builds the pot when I improve and can apply pressure to weaker hands.

Only a queen-high flush draw with about 20% river equity, facing a 650 turn lead into 1000 after check-calling the flop. Pot odds require ~28% and a completed flush would be obvious, so implied odds are insufficient.

On the button, 4♦2♦ is weak but has some suited potential and positional advantage. I’ll complete cheaply rather than inflate the pot with a marginal hand.

Completing from the small blind with an ace for only 50 more into a 250 pot offers good odds; A4o is too weak to raise out of position against two opponents.

J9 offsuit is a marginal hand in a three-way limped pot. Checking the big blind and seeing a free flop is better than building the pot out of position.

I have the 6-high straight flush with 4h on a 3h-5h-6h board, the current nuts. Leading for value builds the pot against made flushes, sets, and straights that will call.

I have a gutshot straight draw (4 or 7 for a straight) and a backdoor flush draw on a three-heart board, so I call. The price is good: 250 into a 550 pot. Seat 2's claim to hold no heart is unreliable, and seat 1 still has to act behind me.

I have a made straight, but on this three-heart flop any opponent holding a heart already has a flush. Facing a bet and a call, the chance that at least one has a heart is too high to continue profitably.

I have only Ace-high with a flush and open-ended straight draw, and opponent called my bet on a monotone flop, so checking to realize equity for free is better than semi-bluffing into a likely strong range.

I have top pair (nines) with a backdoor-free but decent hand on a wet heart board. Seat_2 checked the turn after betting the flop, so I'll bet about 5/8 pot for value and to deny equity to heart draws and overcards.

Ace-high with a low heart and straight draws facing a large turn lead after a flop call on a monotone board; opponent likely has a made flush or strong hand that devalues most outs, so equity is below the price to call.

5-3 offsuit is a very weak hand even on the button in 3-handed play; calling the big blind has negative expected value against the blinds' ranges.

Ah7d is a strong hand heads-up from the small blind against a big blind, since the button folded. Raising to 3bb builds the pot with a hand that plays well, and it should win often against a wide big blind range.

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 3x raise, even with the favorable price and position relative to the small blind.

K9o on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable open. A small raise to 250 puts pressure on both blinds and gives me position.

8♣4♥ is a weak, disconnected hand out of position against a button raise; folding avoids investing more chips.

Q7o is a marginal offsuit hand out of position versus a button 2.5x raise; its equity realization postflop is poor, so folding the big blind is preferable to calling.