Hold'em table

T5 offsite is below a reasonable button opening range three-handed at 100bb, so folding is the lowest-risk choice.

Heads-up from the small blind, Q9 suited is strong enough to raise for value and initiative. A 3bb total raise applies pressure while retaining maneuverability.

Seven-deuce offsuit has poor equity and playability against a small-blind raise, so folding avoids investing another 200 chips.

2c3c is a very weak button opening hand in a 3-handed game and does not justify entering at this depth.

With only 50 more to call heads-up, 6-4 offsuit is playable as a small-blind complete. I’ll keep the pot small out of position.

Q6o in the big blind against a small-blind limp is fine to check and see a free flop in position. Raising is possible, but checking keeps the pot small with a marginal hand.

I have an open-ended straight draw and little showdown value. A small bet can win the pot now while building it if I improve.

Facing a small bet of about 40% pot in a limped pot, we need roughly 28% equity. Q-high with an overcard and backdoor straight potential has enough equity against a wide small-blind range to continue.

I have an open-ended straight draw but little showdown value. Checking keeps the pot manageable and may let me see the river without paying more.

The opponent checked the turn after a small flop bet, which suggests weakness, and the king is a good card for my big-blind calling range. Queen-high has little showdown value, so a two-thirds-pot stab should take the pot often.

The open-ended straight draw has eight likely outs, but calling 300 into a 760-chip pot lacks direct odds. Out of position, I cannot count on enough river payoff to make up the difference.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two players at full stacks.

Pocket kings in the small blind against the big blind alone is a clear value raise. A 3x open builds the pot while staying out of position.

Pocket eights is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind holding. I 3-bet for value and to deny equity while keeping worse hands and bluffs in range.

KK is far ahead of a BB 3-bet range in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I 4-bet for value while keeping stacks deep enough for worse hands to shove or call.

Pocket eights have sufficient equity and strong implied value against a likely 4-bet range, especially with position postflop. Calling preserves flexibility rather than turning the hand into a marginal 5-bet shove.

With an overpair in a 4-bet pot at a low stack-to-pot ratio, a small c-bet denies equity and builds the pot. It also sets up an easy stack-off against the draws and worse pairs in villain's calling range.

Pocket eights are in poor shape against a 4-bet calling range and a substantial flop continuation on this coordinated board. Folding preserves the remaining stack.

ATs on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb for value and to pressure the blinds.

KJs is a strong, playable small-blind defending hand against a button min-raise, especially with the big blind still behind. Calling preserves its postflop value without inflating the pot out of position.

Calling 150 into a 600-chip pot gives K2 offsuit a reasonable price to see a flop, though I’ll play cautiously in a multiway pot.

We have a strong made flush on the flop and should bet for value while charging single-diamond hands and draws. A medium sizing builds the pot without overcommitting against possible higher diamonds.

Bottom pair with no diamond is weak on a monotone flop, especially with the preflop raiser still to act.

I've flopped the nut flush. Raising builds the pot against sets, two pair and lower flushes, and makes one-diamond draws pay while stacks are still deep.

I have a strong jack-high flush on this monotone flop, and calling keeps worse made hands and bluffs in while avoiding unnecessarily isolating against higher diamond flushes.

We have a made jack-high flush on a paired-unlikely monotone board, but a higher diamond is possible after the flop raise. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while controlling the pot.

I hold the nut flush on an unpaired board, so I bet about 70% of the pot for value. This sets up a comfortable river shove and charges hands like a single high diamond, sets or two pair.

We already hold a jack-high flush and are getting a favorable price against possible sets, smaller flushes, and bluffs. Shoving mainly gets called by stronger flushes, so calling preserves flexibility.

With one pair of kings and a diamond blocker on this coordinated board, checking controls the pot and allows us to bluff-catch selectively rather than value-owning ourselves.

I hold the ace-high nut flush, and with no paired board or straight-flush possibility it cannot be beaten. Shoving the remaining 5450 into the 9350 pot maximizes value against the opponent's calling range.

The river shove after calling the flop check-raise and turn barrel is heavily weighted toward made flushes, two pair, and stronger kings. Top pair with a jack kicker is not strong enough to profitably call the remaining stack.

Button A9 offsuit is a strong enough three-handed opening hand. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure while keeping weaker aces and dominated hands in.

T9 offsuit has enough connectivity and equity to defend the small blind against a button open at this price. Calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Getting 150 into a 600 pot (20% equity needed) with suited K5 closing the action, calling is clearly profitable. Squeezing against a button open and a small blind flat is too loose with this hand.

With only a gutshot straight draw and no pair in a three-way pot, checking avoids building the pot out of position.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a draw-heavy board, three-way. A small bet gets value from worse Kx, Qx and draws while denying equity, and keeps the pot manageable.

Ace-high with no meaningful draw is too weak to continue versus a multiway flop bet on this coordinated board.

The gutshot and backdoor possibilities give enough equity to call the small flop bet, especially with position on the remaining opponent.

With a pair of tens and a gutshot, I have some showdown value but little reason to build the pot out of position.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a coordinated board where the ten completes AJ. Checking back controls the pot and keeps the opponent's bluffs and weaker hands in.

My pair of tens has showdown value, but worse hands are unlikely to call a river bet often enough. Checking avoids building the pot against stronger hands.

My hand plays as kings and queens with the board ten as kicker, so the 5 adds nothing. A bet would mostly get called by better hands like any queen, AK, KJ or straights, and weaker hands would fold, so checking down for showdown value is best.

On the button in a three-handed game, 8-7 offsuit is playable as an open-raise. Raising to 2.5 big blinds gives me a chance to take the blinds or play in position.

K7o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is too weak to call out of position. A 3-bet bluff is marginal, so folding is the standard play.

9-high suited with a weak kicker is not worth defending from the big blind against a button raise at this sizing.