Hold'em table

Pocket jacks are a strong preflop hand in a 3-handed game, so I raise to build the pot while the blinds are still in.

4-2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a three-big-blind open, especially with the big blind still to act.

85 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a button raise to 300, so folding is the highest-EV option.

On the button in a three-handed pot, 9♠5♠ is playable as a suited steal with position. A 2.5-big-blind raise puts pressure on the blinds without committing much.

AKs is a premium hand versus a button open, so I 3-bet to 900 to build the pot and take the initiative before the big blind acts.

Pocket tens are strong but not strong enough to 4-bet against a 900 raise from the small blind with a 250 caller, so calling 800 to see a flop in a three-way pot is the best realistic option.

9♠5♠ is too weak to continue against a large three-bet and a cold call, even with position.

AK missed the flop but I am the preflop aggressor heads-up, so a small c-bet takes the pot often and charges weaker hands that continue.

Pocket tens are an overpair on an 8-Q-3 board, and calling 800 into a 2850 pot gives good pot odds against seat_3's flop bet.

Ace-king has no pair or draw on a paired queen board after the opponent called the flop, so checking controls the pot and preserves showdown value.

Pocket tens are an underpair to the queens on board, and seat_3 checked the turn, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids investing more chips behind a likely stronger hand.

Ace-high missed the paired board and has no showdown value worth investing more. Checking avoids a thin river bluff against a flop caller who often has a pair or better.

We hold a pair of tens on a Q-8-7-3 board, which is likely best only against weaker hands, and seat_3 has already checked the river. Checking to showdown is the cheapest way to realize our equity without bloating a pot we may be behind in.

36o is too weak to call a blind from the button in a three-handed pot; folding avoids putting chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.

Calling the 50-chip completion with King-Ten offsuit is a reasonable price to see a flop heads-up against the big blind after the button folded.

J-4 offsuit is too weak to build a pot against the small blind’s limp. I can see the flop for free and play in position.

Top pair with the king kicker is strong against a single opponent, so I'll bet about half the pot for value while denying cheap spade-flush draws.

Middle pair is strong enough to continue against a heads-up flop bet, especially with position for the rest of the hand. I’ll reassess if the opponent keeps betting on later streets.

Top pair with a king kicker plus a spade flush draw and a straight draw is strong, so I'll bet for value and to deny cheap equity.

My weak jack has no spade and fares poorly against a flop bet followed by another turn bet on this board. Calling would also leave me facing a difficult river decision.

Eight-three offsuit is a weak hand, and calling 100 into a 150 pot to see a flop is not clearly profitable against two blinds, so folding is the disciplined choice.

With the button folded, calling 50 more offers good pot odds against the big blind's random hand. 8-5 offsuit is too weak to raise without a read.

Button folded and the small blind only completed. 93 suited is too weak to raise for value, so I take the free flop in position as the big blind.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this flop, so I’ll check rather than build the pot.

I have no pair, no draw, and no blockers on Q-T-K, so a flop bluff has little equity. Checking is free after the small blind checks.

Eight-high has little showdown value, but this connected board gives the big blind many hands that can continue against a bluff. Checking avoids investing more chips without a strong draw.

No pair, no draw, and no relevant blockers on Qc Td Ks 4s. With nothing to call, checking is better than bluffing air into a small pot.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking keeps the pot small.

I have nine-high with no pair or draw on a king-queen-ten board, so there is no value in betting. Checking is free and avoids turning a hopeless hand into a bluff.

KJo is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 250 pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, low-equity hand.

Facing a 150-chip call into a 400-chip pot as the big blind against a button raise, I have about 27% pot-odds equity needed and 9-7 offsuit should hold roughly that against a wide button range, so calling is the better play over folding.

Middle pair of sevens is a medium-strength hand on a Q-7-5 board, and checking is free here, so I'll see the next card without bloating the pot.

A small continuation bet applies pressure to the big blind's missed hands while risking little with king-high and some backdoor potential.

I have bottom pair of sevens with a 9 kicker, and the 180-chip bet is small relative to the 730 pot, so calling is profitable against a range that often bets weaker holdings. Raising risks more chips against a likely stronger Queen or pair.

I have a pair of sevens with an open-ended straight draw (9-8-7 needs a 6 or 10), so checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see whether seat_2 keeps betting.

King-high has limited equity when called, and the turn connects with the big blind's calling range. Checking in position keeps the pot small and gives me a free river card.

I hold a pair of sevens on a board with a queen high and several straight-draw-like cards, so it's a medium-strength hand that often beats a bluff but loses to bigger pairs. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids facing a raise.

King-high is unlikely to win at showdown after the flop call. The river check gives me an opportunity to bluff and pressure weaker pairs.

A pair of sevens with no made straight or stronger draw is weak against a large river bet after a check on the turn, and calling 750 into a 1660 pot needs more equity than this hand likely has.

A3o is too weak and easily dominated to open or limp from the button, so folding preserves chips.

With 3-6 offsuit in a 3-handed pot facing only a 50-chip completion from the small blind, the hand is weak and out of position, so folding is a reasonable low-cost choice versus limping or raising into the big blind.