Hold'em table

T7o is too weak to open from the button in a three-handed game; folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

8d 2s is too weak to play from the small blind, so folding is the straightforward choice.

Opening from the button with an Ace in a 3-handed structure to exert positional pressure.

With pocket aces against a button open, 3-bet for value and to make the big blind pay to continue. A raise to 700 is a solid out-of-position size.

Jh5o is too weak to continue against a button open and a small-blind three-bet. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.

A4o is dominated and does not have enough equity or playability to continue against a 3-bet.

Ad7d is a strong opening hand from the button in a three-handed game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to apply pressure while keeping the size controlled.

K3 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act.

A9o has solid high-card equity against a wide button opening range in 3-handed play, and calling 150 into a 400 pot offers favorable direct odds.

Check to the preflop aggressor with top pair, mediocre kicker out of position.

I have top pair on an ace-high flop and want to get value from weaker pairs while charging draws. A small bet keeps worse hands in and limits risk with my weak kicker.

I flopped top pair on a fairly dry board facing a small continuation bet, making a call standard to keep villain's bluffs in while controlling the pot out of position.

I have top pair and a flush draw on a very coordinated board; checking to control the pot size out of position.

The 4♠ completes a possible flush and makes the board highly connected. With top pair and a weak kicker, I’ll take the free showdown card rather than build the pot on a dangerous turn.

With four spades on the board, almost any spade in villain's range beats my nine-high flush (ten or higher, plus 7s and 2s which make straight flushes). Checking allows me to show down cheaply against non-spade hands.

My 7 gives me a straight, but the fourth spade makes any opponent holding a spade a flush, and a 7 can chop. With no spade blocker and little worse likely to call a bet, I’ll take the showdown.

AJo is a strong button hand in three-handed play, so I open-raise to 3bb to build the pot and take the initiative rather than flat the big blind.

83o is an unplayable offsuit hand out of position facing a button open raise, making this a standard fold.

Calling gets a favorable price with a suited hand that can make strong draws, while 9♥4♥ is too weak to 3-bet for value and will play out of position.

With 9♥4♥ on A♣2♠T♦, I have no meaningful made hand or immediate draw. I’ll check and avoid investing more without equity.

I have top pair with a decent kicker on a dry board and the preflop caller checked. A half-pot continuation bet builds the pot and denies equity to weaker aces and draws.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this board, so calling the bet is not worthwhile.

42o is too weak to open even from the button in a 3-handed game.

With the button folded, completing for 50 more gives 9♣2♣ a cheap chance to realize its suited-hand equity heads-up. Raising this weak hand risks building a pot out of position.

89o is too weak to raise for value out of position against a completed small blind, and there is no price to call, so checking realizes the hand cheaply.

I have a flush draw and can apply pressure while retaining a strong chance to improve. A small bet risks little relative to the pot.

Middle pair with position gets 3:1 against a half-pot bet, so calling is better than folding or turning the hand into a bluff.

I have a flush draw but no made hand, so I’ll take the free river card rather than risk a bet when checked to.

Middle pair with a weak kicker has some showdown value, but the flop bettor checked the turn. Checking is free and avoids bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

My club draw missed, leaving little showdown value. A 300-chip river bet credibly represents a king or better and may fold out weaker hands that called the flop.

Bottom pair of eights loses to nearly every value hand that bets the river, and the price is not good enough to continue as a bluff-catcher.

J5 offsuit is marginal but playable as a button open three-handed; raising applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the sizing modest.

K4o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, disconnected hand.

Defending the big blind getting 2.7 to 1 pot odds against a wide button opening range with suited connectors.

I completely missed this dry A-K high flop out of position, so I check to the preflop aggressor.

A small continuation bet can credibly represent the strong ace- and king-high hands in my preflop raising range. The board favors that range, and the sizing risks little while applying pressure to unpaired hands.

I have seven-high with virtually no equity on an ace-king board facing a continuation bet, making this an easy fold.