Hold'em table

T7o is slightly too weak to open profitably even on the button in 3-max. Folding is standard.

Completing costs only 50 into a 150-chip pot, and the big blind may check; despite the weak offsuit hand, the price justifies seeing a flop.

64 offsuit is too weak to raise, and checking is free as the big blind after the small blind limps.

I have only a weak gutshot and backdoor flush draw, so I’ll take the free card rather than build the pot with a marginal lead.

64o has no pair and no draw on Jc-7d-9d, so checking back is the highest-EV line with no fold equity needed.

I have a flush draw and the turn ace is a useful card to represent after the flop checked through. A modest bet can win the pot now while giving me a chance to improve if called.

I have 6-4 offsuit with no pair and no draw on a board of J-7-9-A, so calling a turn bet is unprofitable.

As the button, A4 offsuit is a reasonable open-raise in a three-handed game. A small raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping weaker hands in the range.

Pocket aces are the best starting hand, so I 3-bet the button open for value and to build the pot while still leaving room to continue.

Jh 5s is a very weak offsuit hand facing an open raise and a 3-bet, making it an easy fold.

A4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a sizable 3-bet; calling risks being dominated, and a bluff-4-bet would be unnecessarily costly.

Ace-seven suited is playable from the button in a three-handed pot, so I open to 2.5 big blinds to take the initiative and fold out weaker hands.

Folding K3o in the small blind facing an open raise from the button.

A9 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button raise, and calling keeps weaker hands in while avoiding an unnecessarily large 3-bet. The price is reasonable given the pot odds.

Top pair is strong enough to continue, but checking out of position keeps the pot controlled and lets the preflop raiser act.

I have top pair on A35 and the big blind checked, so I bet about two-thirds pot for value and protection against spade draws.

Top pair with a reasonable kicker is strong enough to continue against a modest flop bet, but raising risks isolating against stronger aces or sets. I’ll call and reassess on the turn.

Top pair with a strong spade draw is worth continuing, but the connected, three-spade board makes leading into the preflop raiser risky. I’ll check and respond to their action.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a three-flush, straight-heavy board is too vulnerable to bet for value. Checking controls the pot and avoids a tough spot if raised.

I have a flush, but four spades on the board make a large bet risky against higher spades. A small river bet can get value from weaker spades or hands that bluff-catch.

I have a 3-4-5-6-7 straight and only need to be good about 16% of the time against this small river bet. Raising folds out bluffs and gets called mostly by flushes, so calling is best.

Open-raising to 2.5bb on the button with AJo, a standard strong holding in 3-handed play.

8♠3♦ is a very weak hand out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act. The 200-chip call is not worth the cost.

94 suited is too weak to defend out of position against a button open; folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

4♦2♠ is a very weak offsuit hand, and calling from the button would put in a full big blind with poor playability.

92 suited is too weak to complete or raise after the button folds, so I fold the small blind rather than play a dominated hand out of position.

J5 offsuit is too weak to open or limp from the button; folding avoids a dominated, low-playability hand.

K4o plays poorly out of position postflop, making a fold the cleanest zero-EV line against the big blind.