Hold'em table

K2 offsuit is a weak button opening hand in a three-handed game and performs poorly when called. Folding preserves chips.

A-J suited is strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise for value despite being out of position.

A9s in the BB facing an SB open in a blind battle is strong enough to 3-bet for value and has good blocker and playability qualities; raising to 3x keeps the initiative.

AJs is strong enough to defend against this three-bet. Calling keeps weaker hands in without building a large pot out of position.

With ace-jack high and only a backdoor club draw on this paired flop, I’ll check rather than lead into the preflop three-bettor.

This board is dry and paired, which favors me as the preflop 3-bettor, and I hold ace-high with a backdoor draw. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot takes it down often and keeps my range protected.

The small flop bet gives A-J suited a reasonable price to continue with overcards and a backdoor club draw. Raising into the preflop three-bettor is less appealing.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but the turn did not improve it. Checking avoids building a larger pot against the preflop reraiser.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed overcards, and villain's flop check-call range is mostly pairs that won't fold. Checking back controls the pot and gives me a free card to hit an ace.

Ace-high has some showdown value, and a river bet is unlikely to fold out many better hands after the turn checked through.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed broadway hands, and a bluff is unlikely to fold out the pocket pairs that check-call this line. Checking back is the better choice.

Six-five suited is a reasonable button open three-handed. Raising to 250 gives me initiative while keeping the pot manageable.

A2 suited from the small blind facing a button open in 3-handed play is a good 3-bet candidate, since the blocker to aces and the nut flush potential make it a strong semi-bluff. Squeezing out of position builds fold equity against both players.

6♦3♦ is far too weak to defend against a large 10bb re-raise with another player still involved.

Calling a large three-bet with 6♣5♣ leaves limited room to realize its speculative value, so I’ll preserve the remaining stack.

Three-handed on the button, 65 offsuit is a reasonable open-raise to steal the blinds at 2.5x.

T4 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

Ace-king suited is a strong hand against a button open. I’m three-betting for value from the big blind.

The BB 3-bet to 10.5bb and I'd be calling 8bb out of position-agnostic ranges with 65o, which is too weak; folding is best.

A6 offsuit is a profitable button opening hand in a three-handed game. I use a modest open size to pressure the blinds while retaining flexibility.

KQo is strong against a button opening range. Reraising from the small blind avoids a difficult multiway pot out of position.

K4o facing an open and a 3-bet from the small blind is far too weak to continue; folding saves the 900 chip call.

A6 offsuit is too weak to continue against a substantial small-blind 3-bet after opening.

Six-deuce offsuit is too weak to open from the button at 100 big blinds.

J8o is a reasonable blind-vs-blind raise from the SB; a 3x open takes initiative and folds out the BB's weak hands.

A4 offsuit has sufficient equity and ace-blocker value to defend the big blind against a small-blind 3x open heads-up.

Middle pair with a gutshot draw, out of position against the big blind. A small c-bet of about 40% pot takes advantage of my range edge on this Q-J high board and gets value from worse hands and draws.

Ace-high has no made hand or meaningful direct draw on this Q-J-6 rainbow flop. Folding avoids continuing versus the small blind's continuation bet with poor equity.

ATo on the button in 3-handed play is a strong opening hand, so I'm raising to 2.5bb for value and to take the initiative.

K9 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind versus a button raise with the big blind still behind.

A9 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, but not strong enough to routinely build a larger pot out of position.

With ace-high and only backdoor draws, I’ll check to the preflop raiser rather than build the pot out of position.

On the button we have ace high, a gutshot to the 8 and a backdoor draw, heads up against a big blind who checked to us. A small c-bet of about a third of the pot has good fold equity and still gives us plenty of outs when called.

The small flop bet gives me a good price to continue with ace-high, two overcards to parts of the board, and backdoor draws. I can reassess on the turn.

Ace-high has limited value and no strong draw on this paired turn. Checking avoids building the pot out of position.

Ace-high has some showdown value against the busted draws in the big blind's flop-calling range, and a bet would rarely fold out better hands. Checking back takes a free card and controls the pot.

My rivered nines can get called by sevens and weaker nines. A small bet seeks value without committing much against a stronger hand.

Ace-high on a paired, straight-completing board has little showdown value against a range that called the flop and now leads the river, even at a small price. Many of their value and thin-value hands beat us.