Hold'em table

84o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play. Standard fold.

With the button folded, pocket fives is likely ahead of the big blind's range heads-up; a small raise builds the pot with a strong-ish hand while keeping fold equity and room to fold if 3-bet.

K6o is too weak to continue against a 3x small-blind open: it is often dominated and does not clear the price once reverse implied odds are considered.

Nine-seven offsuit is too weak and easily dominated even on the button three-handed; folding avoids playing a marginal hand out of position against two random holdings.

Button folded, so this is blind versus blind with an ace. A small raise takes the initiative rather than completing out of position with a weak kicker.

93s is too weak to defend against a 3x open from the small blind.

46o is too weak to call or open from the button against two live blinds, so folding preserves the full stack.

Blind vs blind after the button folded; opening A5o with a standard raise to 3bb to apply pressure and build the pot with an ace.

J8s has enough equity to defend the big blind against a 3x SB raise, and with the button folded I act last postflop, giving me position. Pot odds (200 into 400) make this a standard defend.

As the preflop aggressor on a paired 8-8-3 board, a small one-third pot continuation bet exerts pressure on unconnected broadway hands while maintaining range advantage.

Trips on the flop with a dry board; I'll raise for value and protection against draws.

I have Ace-high with minimal equity and backdoor potential against a flop raise on paired board out of position, making an easy fold.

Opening AJo from the button with a standard 2.5bb raise for value and positional advantage.

54 offsuit is far too weak to defend the small blind against a 2.5x button raise, especially out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding and saving chips is clearly best.

QTs plays well enough from the big blind against a single 2.5bb button open, and calling 150 into a 400 pot keeps the hand in a profitable range without bloating the pot out of position.

I flopped top two pair on a dry board and am first to act, so I bet about two-thirds pot for value against worse queens, tens, and overcards.

I have a gutshot straight draw to the nuts plus an overcard Ace with position, getting reasonable pot odds to float the donk lead.

I have queens and tens on a Q-5-T-K board, still ahead of most hands that called the flop. A turn bet gets value from worse pairs and charges straight and flush draws.

Turned the nut straight with Ah Jd. Raising for value against two pairs, sets, and draws while charging flush draws.

I have queens and tens on Q-5-T-K and only need about 27% equity to call 1600 into 4450. A turn raise is strong, but this price still justifies continuing against bluffs and worse made hands rather than folding or bloating the pot.

I have queens and tens on a king-high board against the turn aggressor. Checking lets me realize showdown value and call if they bet, rather than folding out worse hands or facing a raise from stronger holdings.

We hold the absolute nut straight on an unpaired, unflushable board. With an SPR of roughly 1.15, shoving our remaining stack maximizes value against villain's strong turn-calling range.

Three-handed on the button, T6o is near the bottom of a wide stealing range, but position and fold equity make a standard 3x open profitable.

Pocket nines are ahead of a typical button open, so I three-bet to 1000 to build the pot and deny equity out of position.

A8o is heavily dominated facing a button open and a 3-bet from the small blind; an easy fold out of position.

Ten-six offsuit has almost no equity against a 3-bet range that raised to 10x after my open; folding loses only 300 while calling would risk far more with a dominated hand.

Q9s is a solid button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb to take the initiative and fold out weaker hands.

T7o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise with the big blind still behind.

KTo has enough equity against a wide button opening range three-handed, and calling only 150 into a 400 pot gives good odds; I can play fit-or-fold from there without committing more.

Top pair with a mediocre kicker on a connected board; checking to the preflop raiser keeps the pot small and lets me call a reasonable c-bet or evaluate a raise later.

I have the preflop initiative and queen-high with a backdoor spade draw on a checked flop. A small c-bet pressures the big blind's missed hands while keeping the price low if called.

I hold top pair (kings) with a ten kicker on Kc-8h-7s, which beats most of a preflop raiser's small continuation-bet range. Calling the cheap 200 keeps worse hands in the pot rather than folding out bluffs with a raise.

My pair of kings has a weak kicker and the turn jack brings many two-pair/king-kicker combos that beat me, so betting folds out worse hands while value hands call or raise. Checking controls the pot and preserves my gutshot equity for a cheap showdown.

Queen-high with only a ten-out gutshot has little showdown value, but seat_2 already called the flop bet, so a second barrel is unlikely to fold out enough. Checking takes the free river card.

Queen-high has almost no showdown value, but seat 2 called the flop and checked the turn and river with a range that often includes pairs. A river bluff is unlikely to fold enough of that range to be profitable, so I take the free showdown.