Hold'em table

9-4 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is well below a reasonable opening range; folding avoids playing a weak, unconnected hand out of position postflop against two live blinds.

J2 offsuit is weak; as small blind heads-up against the big blind, folding costs only 50 chips, and calling out of position with this hand is a losing play.

Q5s on the button in a 3-handed game is marginal and plays poorly out of position against two opponents. Folding is a reasonable low-variance choice, though a call would be close.

Blind vs blind with 74o, the price is good at 50 into 150, so limping to realize equity is reasonable. A fold would also be close.

SB limped after button folded; JTo is a strong hand heads-up in position for the rest of the hand, so raising to isolate and build the pot is better than checking.

74o out of position against a big blind raise is too weak to continue; calling 250 into 450 with a dominated hand out of position loses money.

94o is below a standard 3-handed button opening range at 100bb deep, so folding is the disciplined play.

Button folded, AQo in the small blind heads-up vs the big blind is a clear value raise; 3x sizing builds the pot with a strong hand against a single opponent.

8-4 offsuit is a weak hand. Calling 200 more out of position against a small-blind raise is not profitable, so I fold.

Q9o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb to take initiative and steal the blinds with position.

6h Th is a weak offsuit-ish hand out of position in the small blind facing a button open to 250 with a big blind still to act behind me. Calling 200 more is not profitable, so I fold.

A8s in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open is well ahead of a wide button range and is getting good odds (150 to win 400), so calling is clearly profitable. A 3-bet is also viable, but calling keeps the hand in position-disadvantaged but manageable spots.

A8 with a gutshot to Broadway (any T) is out of position on a KQJ board that favors the button raiser's range, so checking is best. I plan to check-call a reasonable c-bet.

Middle pair with a gutshot and backdoor flush draw on a board where my preflop raising range holds the nut advantage; a small c-bet for thin value and protection in position is standard here.

Getting about 3.75:1 on a small c-bet with a gutshot to Broadway plus an ace overcard, so calling is profitable. Raising would bloat the pot on a board that hits the button's range hard.

I have the nut Broadway straight, so I'm betting for value. Betting also charges spade flush draws and any hand with a ten or a single ace that can still chop.

I hold the K-high straight (second nuts) on KQJT, but the BB's check-call flop then lead on the turn when the T hit looks a lot like an Ace (broadway) or a chopping 9, so I call to keep the pot controlled rather than raise into a range that often has the nuts.

We hold the nut Broadway straight (an ace only chops), so we bet about 70% of the pot for value. Nine-x straights, sets and two pair can call this size.

I hold a K-high straight (Q9 with KQJT board). Only Ax beats me; many 9x combos chop and two pair/sets/bluffs lose. Getting ~30% pot odds, calling is clearly correct; raising only gets called by the nuts.

Kings are the second-best starting hand, so I raise for value from the button against two blinds. A 3x raise builds the pot while keeping a reasonable size.

T4o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. It is too weak to call out of position or to 3-bet.

KTo in the big blind facing a 3x button open with SB folded; getting 450:200 pot odds and KTo is comfortably within a BB defending range heads-up vs button, so call rather than fold or bloat the pot with a marginal 3-bet.

I have an open-ended straight draw (KT on JJQ) out of position against the preflop raiser; checking lets me see a continuation bet and call with my draw and overcard rather than bloating the pot on a paired board.

I have pocket kings with a full house-adjacent board (JJQ), so I'm well ahead of most hands. A bet of about 60% of the pot builds the pot while letting worse queens and jacks call.

Open-ended straight draw (A or 9) plus a king overcard on a paired board; pot odds (~28%) plus implied odds justify calling the c-bet with 8 clean outs.

I have an open-ended straight draw (any A or 9) plus a K overcard on a paired board; out of position against the preflop raiser who c-bet, checking to see a free turn card or call a reasonable bet is best.

Kings with a king-high full-house-adjacent board (JJQ2) is a strong overpair-type hand; the opponent checked twice, showing weakness. Bet about half pot for value and to deny equity from overcards or draws.

Open-ended straight draw (any A or 9) with 8 outs facing a 700 bet into 2150; direct odds are slightly short but implied odds against an aggressive button with 8600 behind make calling marginally profitable.

KT missed the open-ender on JJQ27 and has only K-high; opponent has bet flop and turn showing strength, so a river bluff is low-equity. Check and likely fold to a bet, hoping to win at showdown if they check back a worse missed hand.

I hold KK, which is a full house (kings full of jacks) on a J-J-Q board. The opponent checked three streets and called two bets, so they likely hold a Q or a jack. A bet of about half the pot should get called by weaker hands like Qx or a jack.

Missed open-ended straight draw; K-high only beats pure air and villain has barreled three streets on a paired board. Folding is clear.

A5s-offsuit equivalent on the button in 3-handed is a clear open; raise to 2.5bb to steal blinds with a strong ace blocker.

QQ in the small blind facing a button open to 2.5bb; 3-bet for value to around 8.5bb, which builds the pot with a premium hand and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

T7 offsuit is a weak hand facing a button open and a small blind 3-bet to 850, with 750 more to call and a possible squeeze behind. Folding is clearly best.

A5s plays well in position against a wide 3-handed SB 3-bet, and the price is good: 600 to win 1800. Calling keeps their bluffs in and avoids bloating the pot out of position-neutral spots.

QQ is a strong overpair on a dry paired board; c-bet about a third of the pot for value and protection against the button's 3-bet calling range.

Getting 4:1 against a small c-bet on a dry paired board, so ace-high has enough equity and float value against a wide 3-bet range to justify a call.

Overpair on a paired, dry board after 3-betting preflop; button's call of the 3-bet and flop c-bet includes many smaller pairs and broadway floats we beat, so continue betting for value while keeping a manageable river decision.

Ace-high with only a four-out gutshot is in bad shape against a 3-bettor who has barreled flop and turn, since much of that range is overpairs or better aces. Calling needs about 27% equity and we have well under that.