Hold'em table

QJs is a strong, highly playable button opening hand three-handed. I raise to 3bb to build the pot with initiative and pressure the blinds.

75o from the small blind facing a 3x button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. Calling out of position with a weak offsuit hand loses money.

4-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a three-big-blind button raise, even with the big blind already posted.

Pocket kings on the button, first to act, is a premium hand. A standard 2.5bb open builds the pot while keeping weaker hands in.

K9 suited is strong enough to contest a button open. A three-bet applies pressure and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

Q8 offsuit performs poorly against a button open and small blind 3-bet, especially out of position in a multiway-prone spot. Folding preserves chips.

KK is far ahead of a small-blind 3-betting range, so a 4-bet to 2400 builds the pot for value and keeps worse hands in. It also sets up stacks for a shove later.

K9 suited is too weak to continue against a 24bb four-bet out of position, especially with substantial stacks still behind.

Pocket queens are a premium hand on the button, so I’m raising for value.

Calling from the small blind with J9 suited closes the action at a reasonable price and preserves a playable multiway hand.

76 suited in the big blind facing a 3x open and a call is getting excellent odds (200 to win 900), and it plays well multiway with 100bb deep stacks.

With a high heart flush draw in a multiway pot, checking preserves flexibility and allows us to continue versus a reasonable bet without bloating the pot out of position.

76 with a gutshot on a paired board in a three-way pot, with the preflop raiser still to act; I'll check and see how they respond rather than lead.

Queens are usually ahead on this paired flop. Betting for value also charges heart draws and overcards.

Call with the jack-high heart flush draw and some additional pair/improvement potential, getting a reasonable price in the multiway pot.

We are getting about 3.8:1 on the call. Our gutshot, backdoor clubs and overcard outs, plus implied odds in a multiway pot, make a call slightly better than folding. Raising would be too thin with two opponents.

We have a made jack-high flush on a paired board and should value-bet while charging single-heart and boat-draw hands. A half-pot sizing keeps worse flushes and trips in range while limiting exposure to a large raise.

All we have is a weak gutshot on a paired, three-heart board, and seat_3 is still to act behind. The 25% pot odds on offer are far above our roughly 7% equity, so folding is clear.

The overpair and queen-high flush draw give me enough equity to continue. Calling in position controls the pot against trips or a made flush.

Our river straight is strong but the opponent's flop bet and turn call on a three-heart paired board contain many flushes. Checking controls the pot and preserves showdown value.

Queens full of eights is a very strong hand. A 3300-chip value bet targets flushes and trips that may call after checking the river.

We hold a queen-high straight and get excellent pot odds against a range containing worse made hands and possible bluffs. Raising would mostly isolate us against full houses or higher straights.

Q2 suited is too weak to open reliably on the button in this short-handed structure; folding avoids marginal reverse-implied-odds spots.

Pocket sevens are a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and to take the initiative.

J5 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise to 300, and I’ll have position after the flop.

77 is a decent made hand with a gutshot on a dynamic board. A small c-bet gets value and protection, and it denies equity to overcards and draws.

The small flop bet gives good pot odds to continue with bottom pair and a jack kicker. I can reassess if the opponent bets again on the turn.

The king overcard is a bad turn for 77, which now has mostly showdown value plus a few outs (an 8 or a 7). Checking controls the pot, and I can decide how to respond to a bet based on its size.

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

Pocket sevens have some showdown value against missed draws. The overcards on the board mean a bet would mostly get called by better hands, so I'll check.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to be called by many worse hands. Checking avoids turning it into an unnecessary bluff.

Three-handed on the button, Q3o is a marginal but acceptable steal against only two blinds. A small open keeps the risk low.

87 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

QcTc is a strong, well-connected defending hand versus a button min-raise, with good postflop playability.

Check the paired board heads-up with Q-high and a gutshot, preserving flexibility while avoiding an unnecessary lead into the preflop raiser.

On a dry paired board, a small c-bet with Q-high and a backdoor draw works well against the big blind's wide check range, since we hold the range advantage in position."}

The small c-bet on this paired board is likely wide, and a check-raise applies strong pressure to unpaired overcards while retaining a gutshot and backdoor club equity.

Queen-high with no draw facing a check-raise on a paired board; calling 360 into 1170 needs about 24% equity and this hand has far less against a check-raising range.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two opponents at 100bb.

Facing the big blind heads-up from the small blind, 7-4 offsuit is too weak to defend without favorable implied odds.