Hold'em table

On the button three-handed, J8 offsuit is suitable for a small steal/opening raise with position.

Q2 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise; folding is correct here.

I have AK, a premium hand. Seat 1 raised to 220, likely a strong hand given their aggressive position. A solid 3-bet to 800 builds the pot with my best starting hand while maintaining pot control and defining ranges.

J8 offsuit is too weak to continue versus a large 3-bet out of position in this heads-up pot.

AK offsuit is a premium hand on the button; raise to build the pot and take initiative.

5-7 offsuit is a weak hand that ranks in the bottom tier of starting hands. Against a 3x raise from the button, folding preserves chips and avoids a difficult postflop situation with poor equity.

QJs is a strong heads-up big blind defense versus a button 3bb open, with good playability and pot odds.

Check to retain our flush-draw equity while letting the preflop raiser continuation-bet this king-high board.

Top pair with strong kicker on a coordinated board; bet for value and to charge draws.

I have a queen-high flush draw with useful overcard potential and am getting a reasonable price to continue. Calling keeps the pot controlled out of position.

With only queen-high and a weak spade draw on a paired board, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot against a flop-calling range.

I hold top pair of kings plus board pair of sixes for a strong two pair; betting for value on the turn.

I have a strong spade flush draw with two overcards to the middle pair and can realize implied odds against a likely one-pair or draw-heavy betting range.

I have a king-high flush on a paired board, a very strong value hand that should be paid by trips, strong kings, and smaller flushes. A substantial lead also avoids allowing a check-back.

The river pairs the board with a third spade completing likely flushes/straights, and villain's passive call-call-then-donk-raise line strongly suggests a made hand beating my two pair; I'll give up the hand rather than pay 2200 more.

5-9 offsuit is a weak hand from the button in a 3-player game facing a big blind bet. With poor hole cards and no immediate edge, folding preserves chips for stronger opportunities.

8-2 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind heads-up against the big blind at this stack depth.

5-4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button at this stack depth, so I fold rather than enter a marginal multiway pot.

Cheap price to see a flop heads-up against BB; 43o has enough equity to justify a call at 50 chips into a 150 pot.

K2o is a weak hand but I'm in the big blind facing just the small blind's call with no raises. Checking is prudent to see a flop cheaply rather than bloating the pot preflop with marginal holdings.

Weak hand (4-3 offsuit) with no pair or draw on a J-T-2 board; checking to control pot size is best.

With K-2o on a J-2-T board, I have a weak pair of twos. Seat 2 (small blind) checked, indicating a weak hand or miss. Checking allows me to see the turn cheaply while maintaining pot control in a heads-up situation.

No pair, no draw (4h3d on Js2hTdQc board), checking to avoid building pot with a weak hand.

With K-2 offsuit on a Js-2h-Td-Qc board, I have only a pair of twos with a king kicker. Both opponents checked the flop and turn, indicating weakness. Checking allows me to see the river for free while avoiding unnecessary risk on a weak holding.

No pair and no draw; board is scary for straights, so I check with a weak hand and go to showdown cheaply.

On the river with K-2o, I have a pair of Kings which is the best hand possible at showdown since seat_2 checked through all streets and is unlikely to have a better holding. Checking is optimal to avoid bloating the pot and extracting no additional value from a weaker hand.

Button steal attempt with K7o against just two blinds; a raise here has good fold equity given no prior action.

6-9 offsuit is a weak hand with limited potential. Seat 2's raise to 300 from the button suggests strength, and I'm out of position as small blind facing 250 to call. Folding preserves chips for stronger opportunities.

A3 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button 3x open at this stack depth.

Ace-eight suited is a strong hand in 3-max play from the button. Raising to 350 (3.5x big blind) is a standard aggressive play that builds the pot, isolates weaker hands, and takes control of the initiative. This sizing is appropriate to define your hand strength while remaining balanced.

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

K7 offsuit facing a 3.5x raise is too weak to continue profitably out of position.