Hold'em table

4-2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, even three-handed.

Q5o is too weak to play out of position from the small blind against the big blind.

Holding 62o on the button is too weak to open raise or play profitably, making this an easy fold.

5h8c is a weak offsuit hand, and calling from the small blind out of position is marginal at best. Folding gives up only 50 chips, and the alternatives risk more over time.}

QQ is a premium hand on the button in a 3-handed game, so I raise to 3bb for value and to build the pot against the blinds.

Ace-king offsuit is strong enough to three-bet a button open. Raising to 1200 applies pressure while accounting for being out of position.

6s 2h is an unplayable hand facing an open and a large three-bet, making this a clear fold.

QQ is a strong hand against a small-blind 3-bet range in a 3-handed game. A 4-bet to 2800 builds the pot and gets value from worse hands while keeping flexibility if the opponent shoves.

AK offsuit is strong enough to shove against a button four-bet. The shove can win the pot immediately and still has substantial equity when called.

QQ facing an SB shove after a 3-bet/4-bet sequence. Pot odds are about 12900+7200 to call 7200, so I need only about 26% equity, and QQ has well above that against a jamming range in a 3-handed game.

Seven-four suited is a marginal but playable button open three-handed. A modest raise uses position and gives both blinds a chance to fold.

Holding 5s 2c in the small blind against a button open is an easy fold with unplayable trash.

Q6o is weak, and it plays poorly out of position against a button open. Calling 150 to win 400 gives decent odds, but the hand has poor equity and will struggle to realize it postflop, so folding is the disciplined choice.

K2o is too weak to open profitably even from the button in 3-handed play.

9-5 offsuit is a weak hand, and out of position against the big blind it is not worth calling 50 more or raising. Folding costs only the 50 already posted.

Q3 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling out of position against two players without a good reason loses chips in the long run, so I fold from the button.

With only the big blind remaining, calling 50 more offers favorable pot odds despite my weak hand.

I hold T3s in the big blind facing a limp from the small blind; checking to see a free flop in position is the standard, low-variance play.

With eight-high and little chance to improve on a paired flop, I’ll check rather than build the pot out of position.

I have ten-high with backdoor equity on a paired board; checking behind takes a free turn card in position.

Eight-high has little equity and no useful draw. Checking avoids investing more chips out of position.

I have ten-high with a gutshot straight draw; taking a free card in position is standard and keeps variance low.

With only eight-high at showdown, I’ll bluff into the 200-chip pot. The big blind checked back both earlier streets, so a small river bet may fold out better unpaired hands.

I paired my Ten on the river in a checked-down limped blind vs blind pot. Getting 30% pot odds, top pair is well ahead of enough bluffs and missed draws to comfortably call.