Hold'em table

T3 suited is below a profitable button opening or limping range three-handed, with poor high-card strength and dominated ten potential.

T7 offsuit is worth completing the small blind heads-up at these pot odds, while raising would build a pot with a weak hand.

With 3h7h in the big blind after seat_1 folded and seat_2 called, checking is prudent. This weak hand doesn't warrant aggression, and checking keeps the pot small while allowing me to see the flop cheaply in a heads-up situation.

I have no pair and only a gutshot straight draw, so I’ll take the free card rather than bluff out of position.

I hold 3h7h (weak hand) on a 6s9h4c flop with no draws. Seat 2 checked, giving me a free card to see the turn. Checking is the correct play to keep the pot small and control risk.

I have only T-high with a gutshot, and checking takes a free river without inflating the pot.

With 3h7h (weak hand), I have only a gutshot draw on a paired board (6s9h4c6c). Checking down to see a free river card is the prudent play against a single opponent.

With a ten kicker on the paired board, I have a reasonable showdown hand but little value to gain from betting; checking avoids being called mainly by better kickers or a slow-played six.

I have 3-7 offsuit, one of the weakest hands in poker. The board shows trips (three 6s), and seat 2 has checked all streets, indicating a weak hand. Checking to showdown is the only reasonable option since my hand cannot win and betting would only lose chips.

On the button, Q2 offsuit is weak but playable as a small open in a three-handed game; raising to the minimum pressures the blinds while keeping the risk modest.

K-4 offsuit is a weak hand preflop. Seat 2 raised to 200 from button, and I'm out of position in the small blind. Folding is correct here as the pot odds don't justify calling with a marginal hand against aggression.

J9o defends well against a button min-raise, needing only about 22% equity to call 100 into 350 heads-up.

Out of position with jack-high and no club on a monotone Q-7-6 board, I have no made hand or strong draw against the preflop raiser, so taking the free card is best.

Top pair has some showdown value, but the monotone flop is risky and my hand has no club. I’ll take the free card in position rather than build a pot against stronger hands.

J-high with a double gutshot on a three-club board; checking takes a free river card without risking a raise from a possible made flush.

A small value/protection bet can get calls from weaker pairs and draws after the opponent checked twice. The coordinated, three-club board makes a larger bet unattractive with a weak kicker.

With J9 I have only six clean non-club straight outs against a possible made flush or queen, which is below the price to call 150 into 600, and pair outs are unlikely to be good.

Pocket threes are ahead of a big blind's random heads-up range after the button folded, so I raise for value and to take initiative.

6-4 offsuit is too weak to continue against the small blind’s raise, even with the discount from the big blind.

Pocket eights are a strong hand on the button in 3-handed play; raising builds pot in position and pressures the blinds.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a 3bb button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

A6o (Ace-6 offsuit) is a weak hand that ranks poorly against seat_1's aggressive preflop raise, particularly from the button. Folding preserves chips for stronger holdings, as calling risks 200 more chips against a positional advantage with marginal hand strength.

Pocket eights are strong on the button in a three-handed pot, so I’ll open-raise for value and initiative. A 2.5× big-blind sizing pressures the blinds without risking more than needed.

54 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind out of position against a button 2.5x raise; calling would realize equity poorly postflop.

Ace-six suited is a strong hand on the button, and we're first to act against a small blind and big blind. A 3.5x raise is standard to build the pot, establish aggression, and either take it down or proceed with position and premium hole cards.

JTs suited is strong against a wide button open in 3-handed play, and 3-betting from the small blind avoids playing out of position in a multiway pot while gaining fold equity and initiative.

8-2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, especially with the button still involved.

Ace-six offsuit is a weak holding and I'm facing a 3-bet to 1100 chips from seat_1 after my initial raise. My hand doesn't have strong playability, and folding minimizes losses in this unfavorable spot.