Hold'em table

J8 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game, and raising uses my positional advantage to apply pressure to the blinds.

ATo is well ahead of a 3-handed button opening range; 3-betting to 10bb isolates in position or takes the pot down preflop.

72o is the worst starting hand and is facing a raise plus a 3-bet, so folding is clearly best.

J♠-8 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large small-blind 3-bet, even with position. Calling would commit too much against a strong range.

J3o is far too weak to open even from the button in a 3-handed game.

32o is the worst hand and has poor equity and playability even heads-up; folding the extra 50 avoids a negative-EV spot against the big blind.

J4 offsuit is too weak to open even from the button in a three-handed game, so I fold rather than invest chips with a dominated, poorly connected hand.

Q6 offsuit is weak, but the button folded and the 50-chip call gets favorable pot odds heads-up against the big blind.

Check our option in position with a playable suited connector to see a free flop.

I have no made hand, but can realize equity with a queen, backdoor diamond draw, and runner-runner straight possibilities. I’ll take the free card rather than build the pot with a weak bluff in a limped pot.

We hold bottom pair with additional gutshot redraw potential on an Ace-high board; checking back controls the pot size and takes a free card in position.

Q-high has little showdown value and no realistic draw; checking keeps the pot small and preserves the chance to improve on the river.

I have third pair with modest showdown value in a limped pot, so checking back controls the pot size and realizes my equity.

A small value bet can get called by weaker pairs or a worse queen after the river checks through to me. The minimum bet keeps the risk modest.

In a limped blind-versus-blind pot checked through to the river, a half-pot stab can come from missed draws or bluffs. Holding a pair of fives provides sufficient showdown value getting 3:1.

J8 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to apply pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

K3o is far too weak to defend out of position from the small blind against a button open.

96s has enough equity versus a wide button open to continue for 1.5bb, and the price is too good to fold despite being out of position.

I flopped nines and sixes on a dryish board and want to build the pot against the preflop raiser. A roughly two-thirds-pot bet gets value from jacks, overpairs, and draws while keeping the pot manageable.

Top pair is strong enough to continue against this sizing, but the connected, two-heart board and my modest kicker make raising unnecessarily risky. Call and reassess on the turn.

The turn pairs the jack and upgrades much of the preflop raiser's calling range to trips or a better two pair, so my jacks-and-nines is too thin to bet for value and should pot-control.

I have trips and should value-bet against 9x, pocket pairs, and draws while charging them. A moderate turn bet keeps weaker hands in without overcommitting on a paired board.

Opening from the button with J9o in a 3-handed zero-rake structure is standard given our positional advantage.

T8s is playable enough versus a small button open in three-handed poker, and calling 1.7bb keeps the hand in range without bloating the pot out of position.

J5 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a raise and a caller, even with the favorable price.

I flopped two pair (eights and sevens) and want to bet for value against the preflop raiser's wide range before overcards or a free card develop. A roughly two-thirds pot bet builds the pot while keeping worse pairs and draws in.

Facing a substantial donk bet on a paired 7-8-7 flop, my J-high gutshot does not have enough equity or implied odds to justify calling 350 chips.

83 suited is too weak and disconnected to open from the button against two live blinds, so folding avoids a negative-EV spot.

With the button folded, completing costs only 50 into a 150-chip pot. 9♥5♦ is weak, so I’ll keep the pot small rather than raise.

With A9o in position against a small blind limp, raising to 3.5bb builds value and applies pressure on weaker limping ranges.

9♥5♦ is a weak, disconnected hand, and calling the raise out of position is not worth the price.