Hold'em table

On the button with a marginal hand, I can apply pressure to the blinds and take the pot preflop. A minimum raise is a cheap steal attempt with position.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open in a three-handed game, especially with the big blind still to act.

AKo in the big blind is well ahead of a wide button open in 3-handed play, so 3-betting for value to about 9bb out of position is standard.

J8o is too weak to continue against a 3-bet from the big blind; folding preserves chips for better spots.

AKo is a premium holding on the button and should be raised for value to isolate and build the pot.

75o from the small blind facing a 3x button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold: it plays poorly out of position and calling risks a squeeze.

In 3-handed play, 95 suited on the button is a reasonable open, and a small raise lets me steal the blinds with a playable hand.

2c8c is a very weak hand out of position against a button raise, and calling 200 more offers poor equity with significant reverse implied odds. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

8-high with a weak kicker is not worth defending against a button raise out of position.

I have position on the button and am getting decent pot odds to see a flop with a speculative hand. Calling one big blind is a low-risk way to play this hand in a three-handed game.

43 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind in this multiway limped pot, despite the good immediate price.

K2o out of position against a button limper; a check to see a free flop is fine, since raising offers little benefit with a weak kicker.

Bottom pair with a king kicker is ahead of much of a limper's range on this connected board, so a small half-pot bet takes value and protects against overcards while keeping bluff-catchers in. We are out of position on the flop, and the button limped in.

I have no pair and only a weak draw on this flop, so calling a bet with 5-high is not profitable. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

K7 offsuit is a playable button opening hand in three-handed play. Raising applies pressure to the blinds and can win the pot preflop.

96o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is too weak to call out of position or to 3-bet profitably.

I'm getting good pot odds (400:150) and A3o has enough playable equity against the button's opening range, so I call to see a flop.

I flopped two pair (aces and threes) and should bet for value and protection against diamond and wheel draws. A 350-chip bet into the 550 pot pressures the preflop raiser while keeping worse aces in.

K-high has no meaningful draw on this ace-high, two-diamond board and faces a large donk bet from the big blind. Folding preserves chips.

A8o on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; 2.5bb is a standard size.

K3s is a weak hand out of position against a raise; folding avoids being dominated and preserves chips.

K7 offsuit has sufficient equity to defend the big blind against a button min-open-plus raise, especially heads-up after the small blind folds.

I have trip sevens with a strong kicker and should build the pot while getting value from tens, pocket pairs, and draws.

Ace-high with an overcard has some showdown value against a wide big-blind donk bet on a paired board, and 26% pot odds justify calling rather than folding. Raising would mostly fold out worse hands.

I have trips with a strong kicker on an ace turn. A substantial value bet targets aces, tens, and drawing hands while building the pot.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a paired board is a solid bluff-catcher against a donk-bettor's range of draws and tens, and 800 into 1950 offers good odds. Raising would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by trips or better aces.

I have trip sevens with a king kicker, which should be ahead of many ace-x hands that called earlier streets. A moderate value bet targets those one-pair holdings while limiting losses to the occasional full house or better trips.

Top pair with a weak kicker is getting about 3.8:1, so I need to win roughly 26% of the time. The steady donk-betting line includes missed club draws, T-x and weaker aces, so a call is justified even though many aces and trips beat me.