Hold'em table

T7o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a small raise steals the blinds often.

Ace-king is strong enough to 3-bet against a button open. Raising to 11 big blinds builds value and makes it costly for the big blind to enter.

Q-high with a weak kicker is far too weak to defend against an open and a large 3-bet out of position.

T7o is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet from the small blind; calling 850 into 1450 out of position in a bloated pot with a dominated hand isn't profitable.

On the button, a small open leverages position and the king blocker while limiting the investment with a weak kicker.

Pocket fives are strong enough to defend against a button min-raise at this depth, while calling keeps weaker hands in and avoids inflating the pot out of position.

KJo in the big blind facing a min-raise and a call; with 100 to call into a 500 pot, the price is excellent. Calling is better than squeezing, since KJ plays fine multiway and is dominated by the hands that would continue against a 3-bet.

With a medium underpair on a coordinated flop in a three-way pot, checking is preferable to building the pot out of position.

With king-high and little chance to improve on this connected flop, a bluff into two opponents is unlikely to be profitable. Checking keeps the pot small.

The ace is unfavorable for our underpair in a three-way pot, and checking preserves showdown value while avoiding unnecessary bluffing.

Middle pair is vulnerable to Ax after the turn ace, and with the button still to act, checking controls the pot. I keep bluff-catching options open while not bloating a three-way pot.

Both opponents have checked twice, and the ace is a favorable card for my preflop raising range. A small bet can take down the pot without risking much with king-high.

Pocket fives have little showdown value on this coordinated board and only two likely clean outs. Calling the turn bet multiway is not justified by the pot odds.

Second pair with a king kicker is getting better than 3:1 against a small turn bet from a range that checked back the flop and includes plenty of weaker hands and bluffs, so calling is fine. Raising would fold out worse hands and get called only by better ones.

Second pair on a board where the button's turn bet after the ace could easily mean an ace, so betting only gets called by better hands. Checking keeps the pot controlled; I'll decide against a river bet based on its size.

Bottom pair has some showdown value against missed draws, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by worse hands or fold out better ones.

9-4 offsuit is a weak button holding and not worth entering with against two blinds at this stack depth.

Blind vs blind with 63o; a small raise works as a steal and has decent equity when called, which beats folding here. A limp or fold is also reasonable, but a 3x raise puts pressure on the big blind.

Ace-king is strong against a small-blind open. A three-bet builds the pot and applies pressure while I have position postflop.

63o out of position facing a 3-bet is a clear fold; calling 700 more to win 2000 with a weak hand isn't profitable.

T5o is below a standard 3-handed button opening range at 100bb, so I fold.

Completing costs 50 chips to contest a 200-chip pot against the big blind. Despite the weak hand and positional disadvantage, the price is worth taking.

Check the big blind with 7-2 offsuit versus a completed small blind; it is too weak to raise.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this flop, so I’ll check rather than invest more chips.

I have a made flush on this monotone flop and can value-bet against aces, queens, and draws. A small bet also controls exposure with a low flush that can be dominated by higher diamonds.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on an ace-high board, so calling the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.

J6 suited is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raising to 250 pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

QJ suited is a strong enough multiway small-blind hand to 3-bet for value and initiative against the button open. The sizing pressures weaker broadways and isolates the opener.

T7s facing an open and a 3-bet with the opener still left to act behind me; calling 700 out of position is not profitable.

J6 suited is too easily dominated by a small-blind three-bet range, and calling 550 chips is unlikely to be profitable even with position.

J8 offsuit is a reasonable button open in three-handed play, leveraging position and initiative.

QJo plays well as a 3-bet against a wide 3-handed button open. Raising takes the initiative and avoids flatting out of position with the big blind still to act.

4-3 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

J8 offsuit is too weak to continue against the small blind's large 3-bet, especially heads-up out of position postflop.