Hold'em table

Button raise with Ax hand to build pot and take initiative preflop in 3-handed play.

I hold 9d As, a weak offsuit hand. Facing a raise to 250 with only 200 to call, the pot odds don't justify continuing with this speculative hand.

65o is speculative but the button's 2.5x open is likely wide in three-handed play, and calling 150 into 550 gives acceptable pot odds heads-up. A 3-bet bluff is unnecessary out of position with this hand.

I flopped trip fives on a paired board and want to build the pot against the preflop raiser's wide button range. A small value bet of 300 gets called by overpairs and overcards while keeping the pot manageable.

Calling the 100 big blind with Th on the button is a standard play; I'm getting good pot odds and can see a flop to evaluate my hand. Folding would be too tight, and raising would isolate me against two opponents without a strong holding.

A7s is worth taking the initiative after the button limp; a raise to 400 builds the pot and denies the big blind a free flop.

4-8 suited is too weak to continue facing a 4x raise; folding preserves chips for better spots.

I have a suited Ten with backdoor flush potential, and calling keeps me in the hand without overcommitting with a marginal hand. The opponent on the button raised to 400, so I'll see the flop and reassess.

As the preflop raiser I c-bet small on a dry flop with ace-high and backdoor equity, aiming to fold out weaker hands and take the pot.

My Th gives me a gutshot to the 7 and backdoor straight/flush possibilities, but I'm mostly calling to keep the button's aggression in check and see a cheap turn. Folding would surrender equity, and raising risks isolating myself out of position with a marginal hand.

Ace-high with no pair or draw has little value on this turn, and the opponent already called the flop. Checking controls the pot and keeps the option to evaluate the river.

Board is paired and wet with two diamonds; my Ten-high with a backdoor flush draw has little showdown value but can improve. Checking lets me realize equity for free and control pot size without committing more chips on a marginal hand.

Ace-high with no pair or draw has little showdown value, but betting the river as a bluff risks being called by the many hands that continued. Checking is free and avoids putting more chips in with a weak holding.

Board is disconnected and I hold only a Ten-high with no flush or straight draws, so I have no showdown value to protect and no reason to bluff; checking lets me realize equity cheaply and avoid building a bigger pot with a weak hand.

Pocket queens is a premium hand on the button, so I raise to 3x the big blind for value and to build the pot before the flop.

Weak offsuit low cards facing a 3x raise from the button; not worth continuing from the small blind.

I hold 4d 8c, a weak offsuit hand that is unlikely to win against a preflop raise. Folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

9-5 offsuit is a weak hand from the button facing a raise-sized call in a 3-handed pot; not worth continuing.

Seat 1 folded, so it's a heads-up pot with me on the button holding 6hTc. Calling the 50 small blind is low-cost and keeps my stack intact while I see a flop against one opponent.

Pocket threes have solid equity against a completed small-blind limp, so a small raise builds the pot and takes the initiative heads-up.

With 6h-Tc, I have no pair, no draw, and poor post-flop playability. Facing a 300 raise after calling 50, the pot odds don't justify continuing with this weak hand.

9h6c is weak and unsuited; facing a 100bb big blind open with only 50bb from the small blind, the pot odds don't justify a call with such a marginal hand.

63 offsuit is too weak to call 50 more out of position against the big blind after the button folded.

Pocket sixes is a solid button open in three-handed play; a small raise takes the initiative and can win the blinds or play a pot in position.

Weak offsuit low card (2d9h) facing a raise; not worth calling from the small blind.

I hold J-5s, a weak hand that does not play well out of position. Seat 3 raised to 250 and I am in the big blind facing a 150 call, so folding is the correct play to preserve my stack.