Hold'em table

A9 offsuit is a strong button opening hand three-handed and benefits from taking initiative. I raise to 2.5bb.

I have a pocket pair of tens, which is a decent hand but not strong enough to raise preflop against one raiser. Calling keeps me in the pot at a reasonable price without overcommitting.

3-4 offsuit has poor equity and playability against a button raise and small-blind call, so folding the big blind is better than paying 150 more multiway.

I have top pair with a strong kicker on a dry flop, and checking lets me control the pot size while keeping the opponent's bluffs in the hand.

Betting one-third pot applies pressure to unpaired overcards and draws while retaining a manageable size with ace-high.

Facing a small flop raise with a pair of tens on a paired board, calling keeps the pot manageable and avoids building a big pot with a vulnerable hand.

I have a pair of tens with a flush draw, but the board is paired and dangerous. Checking back keeps the pot controlled and lets me see the river without committing more chips.

Opponent has shown passivity twice on a paired board, so a modest turn bet can fold out many unpaired hands while preserving our ace-high showdown value if called.

I have a pair of tens on a paired board, so calling is reasonable to see the river without overcommitting. The opponent's turn raise is small enough to justify a call with a medium-strength hand.

I have middle pair on a paired board with a possible straight draw; checking lets me control the pot and avoid building a big bluff. If seat_1 bets, I can decide whether to call or fold based on the river card and pot odds.

A high has almost no showdown value after the double-barrel line. A substantial river bluff credibly represents a jack or overpair and can fold out many one-pair and missed-draw holdings.

I hold a pair of tens on a paired board with a straight draw that missed; calling the river raise is a thin value/bluff-catcher play since seat_1 is representing a strong hand but the board is not obviously made. Folding is safer, but I want to keep pressure and see a showdown for a modest cost.

Calling the 100 big blind with Jd Qs on the button is reasonable; I can see a flop and potentially realize equity or take a free card if the small blind checks.

A9o is ahead of a button limp range 3-handed; raising from the small blind isolates, gains fold equity against the big blind, and avoids a cheap 3-way pot out of position.

6-3 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a small-blind raise with another player already involved.

I have Jd Qs, a decent hand that can play well post-flop. Calling 300 to see the flop is reasonable given the pot odds and my position on the button.

As preflop aggressor I have Ace-high with a gutshot to the wheel and two overcards on a low board. A half-pot continuation bet gives fold equity while building the pot for my equity if called.

The flop is a low connected runout that favors the button's continuation range; with Jd Qs I have backdoor straight and flush potential but no immediate made hand, so calling keeps my stack efficient while denying a cheap showdown. I'll let the aggressor keep betting if they want to build the pot.

With Ace-high, the wheel gutshot and an Ace blocker to the straight, a turn bet can fold small pairs and draws while retaining equity when called.

My Jd Qs is a weak gutshot with a paired board and two fours out there, giving poor equity against the button's aggressive turn raise. Folding preserves my remaining stack instead of chasing a low-probability straight.

K9o on the button in 3-handed play is ahead of blind ranges; raising applies pressure and takes initiative.

A9o has a useful ace blocker and plays better as an aggressive squeeze than as a dominated out-of-position flat against the button open.

With Ks-4h on the button facing a 900 raise, I have no pair, no suitedness, and poor post-flop playability. The pot odds don't justify calling with this weak hand, so folding preserves my stack.

K9o is dominated by a large SB 3-bet range and needs over 34% equity to call; folding preserves stack versus risking more out of a marginal holding.

T6 offsuit is too weak to open profitably three-handed from the button under these stack depths.

Ad 2c is a weak hand with little equity, and calling 50 more to see a flop from the small blind is not profitable. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

I have Q5s on the button with the BB having already called the SB's 50. My hand is too weak to call 100 into a 150 pot and I'd rather preserve my stack for better spots.

Heads-up blind vs blind, J8o has well over the 25% equity needed to complete for 50 into 150, and calling keeps the pot manageable out of position postflop.

Check behind with 9-7 offsuit and realize equity cheaply against the small blind limp.

Top pair of jacks with an 8 kicker plus a spade flush draw is very strong heads-up against a checked big blind range, so bet for value and protection.

I have no made hand and only weak backdoor straight potential on a coordinated flop. Folding avoids continuing with insufficient equity.

9-5 offsuit is too weak even on the button in 3-handed play; calling risks facing raises and playing a dominated, disconnected hand.

With 4-2 offsuit heads-up from the small blind, folding is preferable to defending a very weak hand out of position.