Hold'em table

84 offsuit is far too weak to open on the button even in a 3-handed game.

With a small pair against the big blind, raising applies pressure and can take the pot down preflop or build value against worse hands.

K6 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, especially with position after the flop.

Underpair on a coordinated flop; checking to control the pot and avoid building a large pot out of position.

King-high has some showdown value, but not enough equity to build the pot on this flop. I'll take the free turn card.

Betting half pot on a coordinated board to fold out overcards and draws, and to avoid giving a free card.

The small bet gives me a reasonable price to draw to a flush or straight. I can reassess in position on the river.

The board has four clubs and my pair of fives contains no club, so I check to avoid betting into a likely flush and keep the pot small.

I have a low flush on a four-club board. A bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands, so I’ll take the showdown.

Opening from the button with a speculative hand to apply pressure and take initiative; 97o has decent playability in position.

A3 offsuit is often dominated by the button's continuing range, and calling would leave me out of position with the big blind still to act.

Holding 93s out of position against a button open is not strong enough to defend profitably.

6-4 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two unknown blinds.

In a blind versus blind situation after the button folds, A5o is strong enough to open for a standard raise.

J8s has enough equity against a small-blind raise to defend, and I have position postflop after the button folded. Calling keeps the pot manageable and avoids bloating with a marginal hand.

Check out of position on a paired board with Ace-high to control pot size and realize showdown equity.

I flopped trips with a J kicker. Seat_1 checked, so I bet around two-thirds pot for value and to charge flush draws.

Holding just Ace-high with weak backdoor equity out of position, folding to a two-thirds pot bet is standard.

Open-raising AJo on the button to 2.5bb for standard value and position.

5s4h is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act and poor postflop playability.

QTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open at this price, but not strong enough to value-raise.

Top two pair is strong on this relatively dry flop. Checking gives the preflop raiser a chance to bet, while keeping weaker hands in the pot.

C-betting with a gutshot to the nut straight and an overcard on a board that favors my preflop button raising range.

Top two pair is strong on this board. Raising builds the pot against weaker queens and draws while charging them to continue.

I only have a gutshot straight draw to the nuts and an overcard with no flush equity. Facing a 4x check-raise, calling 750 into a pot of 1800 lacks the direct pot odds and implied odds to continue profitably.

T6o is too weak to call a raise from the blinds in a 3-handed pot, and raising as a bluff is not profitable enough with no reads.

Pocket nines are strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise for value rather than limp out of position.

In a blind versus blind spot, A8o has solid equity and position against the small blind's open, making a call profitable.

On this dry paired flop, a small bet can get value from lower pairs and overcards while protecting my nines.

Holding Ace-high with backdoor potential on a dry paired board against a small 1/3 pot c-bet in a blind-versus-blind spot gives sufficient equity and pot odds to peel a turn.

The queen makes my nines a weaker bluff-catcher against the big blind’s flop-calling range. Checking controls the pot while leaving room to reassess on the river.

Ace-high has decent showdown value after opponent checks the turn, making a free river card the optimal play over turning the hand into a bluff.

Pocket nines have showdown value, but worse hands are unlikely to call a river bet. Checking avoids building the pot against jacks, queens, and stronger pairs.

I paired my eight on the river giving me two pair, Jacks and Eights with an Ace kicker. Checking back realizes showdown value as worse hands rarely call a bet.

Q9 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

T7o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise. Folding is standard.

KTo has enough equity against a button open and I'm getting 150 to call into a 400 pot; flatting keeps the pot manageable out of position.

I have top pair with a decent kicker on a somewhat coordinated board. Betting for value and to charge draws.

Q-high has no pair or immediate draw, and calling a substantial flop bet with only backdoor possibilities is unlikely to be profitable.