Hold'em table

ATo on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong hand. A raise to 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds and gives me position.

5c 3h is an unplayable offsuit hand facing an open raise from the button, so folding is clearly optimal.

K6 offsuit is marginal, but the button can open a wide range. With no rake and 150 more to call, defending the big blind is reasonable.

With king-high and no strong draw on this flop, I prefer to check rather than build the pot out of position.

I have second pair with an ace kicker and a backdoor draw on a dry flop. Betting about half the pot in position after the big blind checks gets value from worse jacks and weaker pairs and denies equity to overcards and flush draws.

King-high has little chance to improve on this flop, and calling out of position against the continuation bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Open-raising 87s on the button is standard to apply pressure and utilize position.

Offsuit 3-2 is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

AQo is a strong hand in a 3-handed pot against a button open of 2.5bb. A 3-bet to 8.5bb gives value and takes the initiative, and I will be out of position after the flop.

Holding 87s on the button with deep effective stacks, calling a 3-bet in position is standard and profitable.

Top pair with top kicker on a K-high, A-high board heads-up, having 3-bet preflop. Betting about 57% of the pot for value and protection against flush draws and king-x hands is sensible.

I completely missed this Ace-King high flop with eight-seven suited and have no equity to continue facing a continuation bet.

K2 offsuit is playable as a button open three-handed. A small raise uses position while limiting the investment with a marginal hand.

Pocket fours in the small blind facing a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act. Calling 200 more has good implied odds for set mining, and a 3-bet out of position is not clearly better.

Q2o is too weak to defend out of position against a raise and a call.

A pair of fours on a T-J-6 two-spade board is a weak showdown-value hand out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity without building a pot I can't defend.

A small continuation bet can fold out weaker hands after the blind checks, while limiting the cost of a bluff with king-high.

Pocket fours on a Ts Js 6h board are a marginal hand with some equity. The price is good at 200 to call into 800, and the button's small c-bet could be a bluff. Raising would risk too much against a stronger range, so I'll call.

Board is Ts Js 6h Tc and I hold a small pocket pair (4s 4c) that plays as a bluff-catcher at best. Seat_3 bet the flop and could be strong or bluffing, so I check to keep the pot small and get to showdown cheaply.

King-high has little equity when called, and the paired turn is unlikely to make a jack or ten fold. Checking preserves chips and may win against missed draws at showdown.

Pocket fours on a T-J-6-T-Q board with three spades is a weak showdown hand. The button checked back the turn, so a thin value bet is unlikely to get called by worse, and I would fold to a raise. Checking to showdown is best.

King-high has little showdown value. The river completes several draws, so a bet can pressure weaker pairs that called the flop.

Two pair (tens and fours) is a bluff-catcher, and the call needs about 31.5% equity. The button's wide range includes missed hands that checked the turn and then bet the river, so a call is marginally justified.

3d5d on the button in a 3-handed game has decent playability, and calling 100 to win a 250 pot is a good price; I'll see a flop rather than fold or bloat the pot.

Holding premium AK offsuit in the small blind against a button limp, raising to 400 builds the pot and extracts value while taking initiative.

A5 suited has enough equity to call the 300-chip raise. Calling keeps the pot manageable against the small blind's raise and the button's limp.

3d5d is a weak suited hand, and calling 300 more out of position against a raise and a call, with a 900 pot, gives poor value. Folding is the simplest choice.

I flopped top pair top kicker on a relatively dry board. A continuation bet of roughly one-third pot gets value from worse kings and drawing hands.

The small flop bet gives me a reasonable price to continue in position with an ace overcard and a backdoor spade draw.

With top pair top kicker on a board where the turn card connects with several potential two pairs and straights in caller's range, checking controls the pot size and allows us to catch bluffs.

Ace-high has little showdown value, and the preflop raiser's turn check creates a chance to take down the pot with a bet.

Holding top pair with top kicker and a gutshot straight draw, calling the turn bet getting almost 2.7:1 pot odds is clearly profitable against opponent's betting range.

The river completes several straight draws (any Ten or 5-6), and with one pair of Kings checking is the most prudent line to realize our showdown value.

Ace-high has little showdown value after the turn call. The river makes a ten a straight, so a sizable bet can pressure one-pair hands.

The river completes any ten for a straight on a 7-8-9-J-K board, and there were no natural busted flush draws for seat 3 to bluff with. One pair of Kings is purely a bluff catcher here facing heavy turn and river aggression.

K4o is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

A8 suited is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind, taking the initiative despite being out of position.

KQo is a solid hand heads-up against a small-blind 3x raise; calling 200 more into a 400 pot gets good odds, and I'll be out of position but have a playable, robust hand.

Middle pair with a strong kicker has showdown value, but this board also connects with the big blind's calling range. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets weaker hands continue.

Seat 3 checked the flop, which is a sign of weakness. I have king-high with two overcards and a backdoor draw on an 8-4-9 board, so a bet of about half the pot can take the pot now and give me equity if called.

Middle pair with an ace kicker is strong enough to continue against a half-pot bet, but raising would often fold out weaker hands and build a large pot against stronger ones.

With a pair of eights on a turn that adds an overcard, I prefer to check and keep the pot controlled.

I have top pair on the turn (Qs with Qc on board) plus a king kicker, and the small-blind opponent checked twice, which signals weakness. A bet of about 58% of the pot for value and protection against draws seems right.

The bet offers a reasonable price with a pair of eights, and the opponent can still have draws or weaker pairs. I can reassess on the river.

My pair of eights has showdown value, but after the opponent bet both the flop and turn, a river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll check and evaluate any bet.

Board 8d 4s 9h Qc 5s; I hold top pair Qs with a king kicker. Seat_3 checked every street and called two bets, so they likely hold a medium pair or a draw that missed. A value bet of about a third of the pot should get called by worse pairs and weaker queens.

The small river bet gives me a good price to bluff-catch with a pair of eights. Missed draws and weaker pairs remain plausible in the big blind's range.

Nine-three offsuit is too weak to open on the button against two opponents at these stack depths.

KJ suited is a strong hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 3bb from the small blind builds the pot with a hand that plays well.

K6o is slightly too weak to defend against a standard 3x open from the small blind, even in position.