Hold'em table

Q8o on the button in a 3-handed game is worth an open; raising to 3bb can take the blinds or give me position with initiative.

A3o is too weak to call a 3bb open from out of position in the small blind.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 3x button raise, especially out of position.

T3o is far too weak to open from the button even 3-handed. Folding is standard.

AQ offsuit is strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise for value rather than complete from the small blind.

5c7d is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise out of position, and calling 250 more with a dominated offsuit hand is not profitable.

A3 suited is a profitable button open three-handed, with position and potential to make strong flushes.

Q9o from the small blind is too weak to call a button raise, especially out of position. Folding is the optimal play to avoid losing more chips with a marginal hand.

97 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise.

K2o is a marginal offsuit hand with poor playability; folding avoids investing chips with a dominated holding preflop.

Pocket eights is well ahead of a random BB range blind versus blind; raising to 300 builds the pot with value and takes the initiative.

A2 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and calling keeps weaker hands in the pot while preserving position after the flop.

Holding an underpair on a Q-J-x flop that heavily favors the defender's calling range, checking out of position to pot control and see how the opponent reacts.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but this flop gives me little draw equity. Checking in position keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the turn.

I have a medium-strength pair of eights with two overcards and a paired board. Checking controls the pot size and preserves showdown value.

Ace-high has some showdown value on this paired board. With no strong draw, I prefer to check in position rather than turn it into a bluff.

88 has decent showdown value on this checked-down board; checking to see a cheap showdown against missed floats or lower pairs.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws and weaker high-card hands. After checking through the flop and turn, a river bluff is unlikely to fold enough better hands to justify the risk.

Opening from the button with a strong suited connector to build the pot and apply positional pressure.

Five-deuce suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Getting 400:150 odds, K9o has enough equity against a likely button steal range; calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

With K-high and backdoor equity on a paired board, checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn; the false chat claim may induce a check behind.

We have gutshot straight draw with two overcards and position; checking behind takes a free card against the big blind's connected defending range.

Semi-bluffing with a flush draw and overcards after opponent checked back the flop. Betting 450 applies pressure and is profitable even if called given our equity.

I only have ten-high and a gutshot straight draw facing an 80% pot bet on an ace turn, which lacks sufficient pot odds or equity to continue.

J-T suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Q2o is a weak, dominated offsuit hand out of position against a button raise; folding avoids playing a marginal hand OOP with the big blind still to act.

K2o is too weak to defend out of position against a button open, even with pot odds.