Hold'em table

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

T5o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act behind me. Folding avoids investing 200 chips with a dominated, low-equity hand.

Holding a pocket pair in the big blind facing a button min-raise plus half blind, calling 150 into a 400 pot offers favorable pot odds and implied odds to see a flop.

Check to the preflop raiser with an underpair on an Ace-high board.

A small continuation bet uses my preflop range advantage on this ace-high flop and can fold out hands that currently beat my seven-high.

Pocket threes have virtually no equity on an ace-high board against a continuation bet, making fold the standard play.

JTo on the button in a 3-handed game is strong enough to open-raise for value and take initiative. A raise to 300 applies pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable if called.

Nine-six offsuit is far too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.

K5 offsuit is marginal, but the button can open a wide range and the folded small blind improves the price. Calling 200 is preferable to folding here.

King-high has some showdown value, but this paired board favors the preflop raiser. I’ll check and reassess if they bet.

I flopped trips with a jack and should bet for value/protection against flush and straight draws. A bet of about two-thirds pot builds the pot while keeping worse hands in.

K5 has little drawing potential on this paired board. Calling the flop bet out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

65 offsuit is too weak to open from the button even in a 3-handed structure. Folding is standard.

With the button folded, A7 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind. A 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure without committing too much out of position.

K2o is a weak offsuit hand that plays poorly out of position against a small-blind raise, and calling 150 would often leave me dominated when I flop a king. Folding preserves chips in a marginal spot.

Q8 suited is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

J9s has enough equity and implied odds to continue getting over 3:1, and calling avoids bloating the pot out of position against the button's wider 3-handed opening range.

Holding T2 offsuit in the big blind facing a raise and a call, this hand is far too weak to defend multiway out of position.

I have no pair and very little equity on an Ace-King-high board; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn card before deciding whether to continue.

A small continuation bet uses our preflop range advantage on this dry A-K-3 board, with backdoor spade and straight possibilities if called.

I have only jack-high with a weak backdoor draw on an ace-king board, and the preflop raiser has continued betting. Folding avoids chasing a likely dominated hand.

Q7o is a weak offsuit hand with poor equity against two opponents; folding avoids playing a dominated hand and preserves chips.

Q7o is too weak to complete or raise out of position against the big blind.

Opening from the button with K5s, a standard playable suited king in 3-handed play.

Q8 suited is playable against a button min-raise, but calling from the small blind leaves me out of position with the big blind still to act. A three-bet can win the pot now while giving me a playable hand if called.

A3s is too weak to continue against a 3-bet from the small blind, especially out of position with the button still to act. Calling 700 more would likely lead to difficult decisions on later streets.

K5s is too weak to call an 8bb 3-bet from the small blind, so folding is standard.