Hold'em table

42o is too weak to open from the button in a 3-handed game with 100bb stacks. Folding is standard.

Getting 3:1 closing the action in a heads-up blind pot, Q-high has sufficient equity to complete.

ATo is strong against a limp, so I raise to take initiative and deny equity while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind versus the big blind's raise, especially out of position.

2-6 offsuit is far too weak to open from the button in this stack-reset format.

Calling 50 gives strong pot odds of 4:1 against only the big blind with the button already folded. My hand is weak, but it is cheap enough to see a flop and try to win this pot.

The small blind limped into my big blind, and A2o is well ahead of a typical SB limping range. Raising to 4bb isolates them and takes the initiative, with the ace blocker adding fold equity.

5h8c is a weak offsuit hand and I'm facing a raise from the big blind, so continuing would be costly with poor equity. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

Strong pocket queens, raise to build the pot and pressure the blinds.

AKo is a strong 3-bet from the small blind against a button open in 3-handed play. Raising to 12bb builds value and takes the initiative while closing out the big blind.

6-2 offsuit is far too weak to continue facing a raise and a large 3-bet out of position.

Queens are too strong to just call here, so I'm 4-betting for value against the SB's 3-betting range and to charge overcards. This also defines the hand and leaves me a manageable stack if he continues.

Three-handed, AKo is a standard 5-bet jam against a small button 4-bet. It blocks AA and KK, and it wins the pot outright against bluffs. If called, it keeps solid equity against QQ and AK, and calling out of position at a low stack-to-pot ratio is awkward.

I hold queens and am getting about 1.5:1 pot odds, so calling is profitable against a 5-bet shove range that includes AK and sometimes QQ/JJ. Folding would be too tight in this 3-handed spot.

On the button three-handed, 74s is inside a wide opening range, and a small 2.5bb open applies pressure to both blinds.

5-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still to act.

I'm getting good pot odds in the big blind, and Q6o has enough equity to defend against a button open. I'll call and evaluate the flop out of position.

Checking with Q-high on a dry paired board; I have no made hand and want to see a free turn while avoiding bloating the pot out of position.

On a dry paired board, a small c-bet works well with an open-ended straight draw (any 6 or 2 makes the straight, 4 and 7 add some equity). The BB checked to me as the preflop raiser, so betting gains fold equity with backup equity.

Button K2 offsuit is a reasonable steal candidate three-handed, and a small open risks little while applying pressure to the blinds.

9d5h is a weak offsuit hand facing a raise, and calling out of position is not profitable. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

QTs in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open is getting good pot odds (150 to win 400) and plays well postflop, so calling is clearly profitable. A 3-bet is an occasional option, but a flat call keeps the button's weaker hands in.

QTo with a gutshot to Broadway on an A-J-5 two-spade board is best played as a check to the button's range advantage. I can continue against a small c-bet with my straight draw and overcard equity.

A small continuation bet leverages the button raiser's range advantage on this ace-high board and can fold out many missed hands. The sizing keeps the bluff inexpensive when called.

QTo on A-J-5 gives a gutshot to Broadway (any K makes the nut straight) plus some equity from Q/T overs. Getting 750:200, I'll call against a small c-bet and take the flop.

We turned Broadway, which is beaten only by a made flush. Betting about two-thirds of the pot gets value from aces, two pair and sets, and charges hands holding a single spade that are drawing to a flush.

Fold middle pair facing a substantial turn lead on an ace-high coordinated board; the opponent's value range and draws generally have us in poor shape.

Q3 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling 100 into a 150 pot with poor equity is not profitable. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

82o is one of the weakest hands in the small blind versus the big blind at 100bb deep, and playing it out of position loses more than the 50 already posted. Folding is standard.