Hold'em table

Three-handed on the button, 97o is a standard steal open; a small raise pressures the blinds without committing much.

Pocket queens is a premium hand against a button open in 3-handed play. I 3-bet for value and to take initiative despite being out of position.

Facing a big 3-bet with weak offsuit cards like Q7c, folding is clearly correct.

79o is too weak to continue against a 9bb three-bet; folding saves chips for better spots.

On the button in 3-handed play, Q-high is within a wide stealing range and a raise can win the blinds outright while folding to a reraise.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise to 300. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, low-equity hand.

K2 offsuit from the button facing a raise-limp scenario isn't strong enough to invest; fold and wait for better spots.

Button folded, so this is blind versus blind with QTo. A small raise takes the initiative and builds the pot with a playable hand rather than just completing.

J9o has good equity against a wide small-blind open and I am in position postflop, easily justifying a 200-chip defense getting favorable pot odds.

I have second pair with a ten kicker on a king-high flop, out of position against the big blind. Checking controls the pot and lets me react to their action.

J-high has little showdown value but a gutshot to the nuts with a Ten. After the preflop raiser checks this high board, a half-pot semi-bluff can fold weak hands and still improve when called.

I have second pair on a dry board and only need to call a half-pot bet, so continuing is better than folding or raising with a weak kicker.

I have only a pair of queens on an ace-king board and can check for free, so there is no reason to fold or bet into the scare card.

With only a four-out gutshot to Broadway and the turn Ace likely helping the flop caller's range, checking in position takes a free river card instead of risking chips on a low-equity semi-bluff.

I have Broadway, which loses only to a flush. A moderate river value bet gets called by two pair, top pair, and worse made hands while keeping the pot from ballooning against a possible flush.

River gives only fourth pair Jacks on an A-K-Q-J board; opponent's 800 bet after check-calling flop is polarized to a Ten for Broadway, two hearts for a flush, or two pair/sets, all beating us, and we need ~29% bluffs to call.

Q2o is too weak to open or call from the button, so folding is the highest-EV action.

Ace-King is a premium hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 300 builds the pot for value and denies a free flop.

AQ offsuit is strong heads-up against a single raiser; 3-betting builds the pot and isolates while I have position advantage post-flop is lost but hand strength justifies aggression.

AKo blocks AA/KK and is ahead of a BB 3-bet range versus a SB open; 4-betting for value and fold equity avoids playing out of position in a bloated pot.

Facing a large preflop 4-bet suggesting a premium range (QQ+/AK), my AQo is in poor shape and not worth continuing with significant stack risk.

Pocket sevens on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong hand worth raising for value and to take initiative in position.

J2 offsuit is a weak hand facing a 3bb raise; folding is correct.

K4 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a button open to 3bb; folding avoids a dominated, poorly connected hand out of position.

K6 offsuit is a weak button hand; folding to the min raise facing SB and BB already in.

K4s has enough suited-king playability to complete the small blind for 50 into a 150 pot heads-up against the big blind.

With 5c3h in the big blind and a free check after the small blind limped, checking sees a flop in position at no cost rather than building a pot with a very weak hand.

King-high with no pair or draw on 9-7-3; checking keeps the pot small and preserves showdown value heads-up.

In position with bottom pair after opponent limped and checked, a small bet gets protection against overcards and flush/straight draws while keeping the pot manageable; I can fold to a raise.

King-high with no pair or draw on 9-7-3; calling a half-pot flop bet is -EV.