Hold'em table

On the button in a 3-handed game, I can open with a marginal hand to steal the blinds; min-raising gives fold equity and I have position postflop.

A7 offsuit is not strong enough to defend the small blind profitably against an early/button raise with the big blind still behind.

A8o is well ahead of a button min-raise range, and calling 100 into a 350 pot is a clear defend. Flatting keeps the button's weaker hands in and avoids bloating the pot out of position; a 3-bet is also viable but the call is fine.

Out of position with ace-high and the nut flush backdoor on a paired board that favors the preflop raiser, so checking is standard. I can call a small c-bet and realize equity.

We have two pair (kings and sixes) on a paired board, and we want to extract value from draws and worse hands while protecting against the flush draw.

We have ace-high with the nut flush backdoor draw (Ah) plus overcard equity on a paired board, and we're getting 300 to win 750 against a small c-bet that is wide. Calling is clearly better than folding, and raising isn't needed.

Ace-high has some showdown value but no draw, so checking keeps the pot small. I'll evaluate the button's turn bet from there.

The river completed my nut flush with the Ah, and only full houses or quads beat me. I'm betting about 70% of the pot for value against the button's range, which checked back the turn and has plenty of kings and weaker flushes that can call.

J4 offsuit is a weak button opening hand in this short three-handed configuration, and folding avoids playing a dominated hand.

Blind vs blind, J4o is a fine hand to open-raise from the small blind at a wide frequency. A 3x raise pressures the big blind, while limping would let them play in position.

Weak hand (8-2 offsuit) out of position facing a raise; folding is the disciplined choice.

86o on the button in 3-handed play is a marginal open at best, and folding is the simple low-variance choice against two unknown blinds. It is close, but not a clear raise.

Calling 50 is cheap with 4:1 pot odds heads-up, and folding 9-5o here is too weak. Raising would risk more out of position with a marginal hand.

J5 offsuit is a weak, dominated hand; checking the big blind realizes its equity without inflating the pot.

I have bottom pair with a gutshot straight draw, but I'm out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn card to try to improve.

Betting 150 into 200 with bottom pair and a reasonable kicker targets the opponent's overcards while charging straight and club draws.

KQs is a strong hand on the button; I open to 3 big blinds to build the pot and pressure the blinds.

K2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind versus a button 3x open, especially with the big blind still behind.

Getting about 3.25:1 against a wide 3-handed button open, Q5o has enough equity to defend from the big blind. Folding would give up too much, and 3-betting with this hand is weak.

Middle pair with a weak kicker out of position against the button's range; checking controls the pot size, and I can call a reasonable c-bet.

I have two overcards and backdoor draws on a dry board, so a half-pot continuation bet applies pressure and can take the pot now or build it if I improve.

Middle pair with a queen kicker on a dry board facing a half-pot c-bet; we need about 24% equity and have plenty, so calling keeps the button's bluffs in without bloating the pot.

Middle pair with a weak kicker on a board where the 4h adds straight and flush draws. It has showdown value but is too weak to bet out of position, so check to control the pot and then decide against the button's action.

The turn check suggests weakness, and my overcards can take the pot with a continuation bet. If called, I still have outs to improve on the river.

Middle pair is getting 28% pot odds against a button range that can still be barreling heart draws, overcards and wheel draws. Calling is acceptable, though raising would fold out the hands we beat.

Our pair of fives has some showdown value but can't bet for value on a board where many straights are possible. Checking lets us see the villain's action and keeps the pot controlled.

Button open with a pocket pair; raising builds value and denies blind equity while keeping weaker hands involved.

T6o from the small blind facing a button open to 3bb is too weak to call out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding is standard.

QTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, and calling keeps the pot manageable while seeing a flop in position relative to the raiser.

I have top pair with a decent kicker on a dry board. Betting for value against worse hands and to charge any straight or flush draws.

I have bottom set on a draw-heavy flop and should build the pot while charging queens, straight draws, and heart draws. A substantial raise also sets up profitable turn and river value.

42 offsuit is among the weakest hands and isn't profitable to open even from the button in 3-handed play against two blinds.

Calling 50 into a pot of 150 gives strong pot odds even with a weak hand, and raising 73o out of position overcommits without equity.

Checking the big blind with Q-high offsuit realizes equity cheaply heads-up rather than inflating the pot with a marginal hand.

I have bottom pair on a coordinated ace-high board, and checking keeps the pot small while I can see a free turn card. Betting would likely only get called by better hands or strong draws.

This limped pot board heavily favors the caller, and Q-high with no spade or meaningful immediate draw has too little equity to bluff.

I have a pair plus a flush draw, and the opponent showed weakness by checking the flop, so a small bet can take the pot now or build value if called.

With queen-high and no spade on a four-spade board, I have no made hand or meaningful draw and should not continue versus the turn bet.