Hold'em table

Suited T9 has strong playability on the button and is a profitable opening hand. I raise to apply pressure and build a pot in position.

62o from the small blind facing a button open with the big blind still behind is a clear fold.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5 big-blind raise.

QJo on the button in 3-handed is a clear open-raise; a 2.5x open steals the blinds often and plays well in position.

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

T5 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against the button's raise at this sizing.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button at these stack depths.

3-6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against the big blind, especially with no positional advantage.

J8 suited has reasonable playability on the button in a three-handed unopened pot. A small raise can take initiative while risking little.

T4s from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is too weak to call out of position; folding is standard.

Calling 150 more gives me a reasonable price to defend the big blind against a button raise. Although 5-4 offsuit is weak, it has some straight potential.

I have little connection to this board and am out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking avoids putting more chips in with a weak hand.

A small continuation bet credibly represents the strong paired board and can fold out much of the big blind's unpaired equity. Our hand has little showdown value and benefits from denying free cards.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on a K-K-Q flop, and calling out of position with five-high is unlikely to be profitable.

JTo on the button 3-handed is a clear open-raise; a 2.5bb open puts pressure on both blinds.

Eight-deuce offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

K6 offsuit has sufficient equity versus a button opening range and attractive pot odds from the big blind, particularly with no rake. I will defend rather than overinflate the pot.

Check to the preflop raiser with a marginal one-pair hand on an ace-high, two-club board, keeping their bluffs and worse hands in range.

This A-K-5 two-tone board strongly favors the button raiser's range, and I hold a gutshot to Broadway. A small c-bet of about 45% pot has good fold equity and some equity when called.

Call with top pair for a small continuation bet, keeping weaker aces, draws, and bluffs in while avoiding inflating the pot against stronger kings or aces.

With a medium-strength king on a paired ace board, checking controls the pot and lets the opponent reveal their turn strategy. I can reassess against a bet.

The paired ace turn favors my preflop-raiser range, so I'm semi-bluffing with the gutshot to fold out Kx, 5x and weak draws. I still have outs if called.

Our king has meaningful showdown value against missed club draws and weaker continuation bets, and the sizing gives favorable pot odds. Raising would mostly isolate us against aces and stronger kings.

We have aces full of kings, an extremely strong hand that can be called by many ace-x holdings and lower full houses. A substantial value bet targets those hands while retaining calls from worse.

On this paired, trip-ace board we only have a J kicker. A river lead after the big blind check-called twice is mostly Ax, Kx, 5x, completed clubs or Qx, all of which beat us, so we lack the ~28% equity needed to call.

On the button with 8-7 offsuit, a small open-raise uses position to compete for the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

8c6s offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still behind.

KTo in the big blind against a button 2.25x open is well ahead of the button's wide 3-handed range, and calling 125 into a 375 pot gives great odds. Flatting keeps the button's weaker hands in, while 3-betting would mostly fold them out and only get action from hands that dominate us.

Top pair with a weak kicker, out of position against the preflop raiser on a wet board; checking controls the pot and lets the button c-bet his range, and I can call.

As the preflop raiser in position, I can make a small continuation bet to pressure the big blind's weaker hands. This hand has little showdown value, so winning the pot now is useful.

Top pair with a weak kicker plus a backdoor flush draw facing a small c-bet from the button. Calling keeps the button's bluffs in and controls the pot size.

Top two pair on a draw-heavy board; bet for value and to charge flush and straight draws rather than check and give free cards.

I have only a weak straight draw against a substantial turn bet, and the pot odds do not justify calling.