Hold'em table

98o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds.

AQs is strong enough to 3-bet for value against a button open; builds pot and isolates while retaining fold equity.

I'm getting about 37% pot odds to call 650 into a 1100 pot three ways, and 7-10 suited has enough playability to see a flop from the big blind.

Calling 500 into a 1750 pot requires only about 22% equity, and the stacks are deep (about 92bb behind). We are in position on the button against two players, so the implied odds make 98o a reasonable call.

AQ on T-high board with no draws worth betting; three players saw a raise and reraise, so I check back and reassess.

I have a pair of tens with a seven-high kicker on a J-T-5 board, which is good but not strong against a preflop raiser's range. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me see whether seat_2 bets.

Open-ended straight draw on the button after two checks; a small semi-bluff bet gets fold equity and builds the pot for when I hit.

I only have A-high with a gutshot-ish K need on a coordinated board; seat_1 fired after two checks, so folding here is cheapest.

Facing an 800 bet into a 3050 pot, calling is priced well with a pair of tens plus a three-heart flush draw, and seat_1's aggression could be a bluff.

I have a modest pair of tens with a gutshot draw, and checking keeps the pot controlled against the earlier aggression.

With a pair of nines and an open-ended straight draw, I can take a free card and realize my equity. Seat_3's range is strong after cold-calling the 3-bet and calling the flop, so a semi-bluff here risks getting check-raised.

With a pair of tens and no bet to call, checking keeps the pot controlled and avoids bloating a pot where seat_1 has shown strength on the flop and checked the turn.

A pair of nines has some showdown value against missed draws and small pairs. The river ace completes flushes and broadway, so a bluff is unlikely to fold out better hands.

7c4c offsuit is a weak hand from the button facing a call/fold spot; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Heads-up against the big blind with 3-4 offsuit, completing the 50-chip small blind is a cheap way to see a flop without risking much.

A weak suited hand in the big blind against a limp from the small blind; checking lets me see the flop for free and gives me position.

The board is three tens and I hold 3-4 offsuit, so I have no real hand. Checking is free and keeps the pot small, and I have no reason to bet a weak holding.

Trips on board, so we hold nine high with a diamond backdoor; a small stab in a limped pot can fold out overcards and Ace-high hands that check-folded. Betting 1bb into 2bb costs little.

I hold 3c4h with no pair and no realistic straight or flush draw on a T-T-T board, so calling 100 into a 300 pot is not justified against a flop bet.

Queen-seven suited on the button is a playable steal hand against two blinds, and a raise to 250 can take the pot now or leave me in position after the flop.

A4o against a wide 3-handed button open is a good 3-bet candidate: the ace blocker and fold equity beat a flat call out of position with the big blind still to act.

T7s is far too weak to call a 10.5bb raise out of the big blind against two opponents.

Queen-seven suited is weak against a large 3-bet from the small blind, and calling 800 into a 1400 pot with this hand is a negative-expectation spot.

97s on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise uses position and steals the blinds often.

Q9s is a marginal hand facing a raise from the button; calling to see a flop is reasonable with position, but folding is also fine. Calling keeps the pot small with a speculative hand.

I'm getting about 4:1 on a 150-chip call in a 600-chip pot, and 8-5 suited has enough playability to continue against a raise and a call.

Top pair queens on a J-high board; betting for value and protection against draws is clearly best.

I hold 8h5h with no pair and no real draw on J-3-Q, so facing a 450 chip bet I can't justify calling and folding is the disciplined play.

97s on QJ3 has only backdoor straight equity and no pair or flush draw, so it is far too weak to call a donk lead getting about 27% pot odds. Bluff-raising against a strong-looking lead isn't worthwhile.

AJo from the button is strong; I'll raise for value and position, folding out junk and building a pot I can play in position.

King-jack offsuit is a playable hand in a three-way pot, and calling 250 to see the flop is a reasonable price against the button's 300 open.

Q4o out of position in a three-way pot realizes too little of its equity, even at 22% pot odds. Folding is the disciplined play.

I have only King-high with no pair on a 3-7-8 rainbow flop, so I'd rather take a free showdown than bloat the pot out of position.

I raised preflop with A-high and the flop checked to me; a small continuation bet has good fold equity and builds the pot when called.

I have only king-high with no pair or real draw on a 3-7-8 board, and facing a 500 bet into a 1200 pot I need about 29% equity, which this hand doesn't reach against a button c-bet range.

Folded to me on the button with A4o, a marginal hand that plays well in position against two blinds, so raising to 300 steals the blinds with fold equity.

A7o is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, and its ace blocker makes a 3-bet from the small blind better than calling out of position with the big blind still to act. Raising to 11bb takes the initiative and folds out weaker hands.

Ten-six offsuit is far too weak to call a 3-bet out of position; folding loses the least.

A4 offsuit is weak, and facing an 800-chip call into a 1500 pot with a raise from the small blind, I lack the equity to continue profitably.