Hold'em table

K4o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a small raise to 2.5bb pressures the blinds.

ATo is a playable hand but out of position against a button raise; calling keeps the pot manageable and allows me to see a flop without overcommitting.

Pocket nines are ahead of a button raise and small-blind call in three-handed play. A squeeze raise builds value, isolates, and avoids playing a vulnerable pair multiway out of position.

K4 offsuit is too weak to call a big squeeze from the big blind with the small blind still left to act behind us. Folding loses only our 250-chip open.

AdTs is a marginal hand facing a large 4-bet from the big blind while out of position. The pot odds are decent but the reverse implied odds and positional disadvantage make folding the higher-EV play.

Q6o is a weak hand and not worth risking chips even from the button with blinds at 50/100. Better to conserve stack for stronger spots.

T7 suited is playable heads-up in the small blind versus the big blind; completing for 50 into 150 keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Q8o is well ahead of a small blind limping range, and we have position on it postflop, so raising for value and initiative works better than checking.

T7 suited is dominated by a big blind iso-raise range and will play out of position, so its realized equity is below the 37.5% needed to call 300 into 500.

J9 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is well ahead of a blind defense range and plays well in position, so I open-raise rather than limp.

Three-handed, the button's opening range is wide. A6o has an ace blocker and does well as a 3-bet from the small blind rather than a flat call out of position with the big blind still to act.

9s6h is a very weak hand, especially facing a 3-bet from the small blind while out of position. Calling 950 with a trash hand is -EV.

Facing a large SB 3-bet to 1050, J9 suited needs about 36% equity to call and is dominated by a strong 3-betting range, so folding preserves chips despite being in position.

Three-handed on the button, J3s is a playable suited hand for a standard steal against two blinds; a small 2.5bb open keeps the risk low.

J8s has around 40% equity against a wide button opening range in a 3-handed game, and getting 2:1 pot odds makes calling slightly +EV despite being out of position.

T5 offsuit is too weak and dominated against a button raise and small-blind call; despite the discount, its realized equity out of position is below the price.

Our hand has weak backdoor draws with no immediate made hand; checking to the preflop raiser to see his action and avoid bloating the pot out of position.

On an ace-high board that favors my button raising range, a small c-bet with a backdoor flush draw and some fold equity is profitable against the small blind's check.

We have a flush draw (Jd8d with Ad7d on board) and backdoor straight, getting 5:1 pot odds on a 200 call, which is profitable with ~19% immediate equity plus implied odds if we hit on the turn.

We have a combo draw (open-ended straight and flush) with excellent equity but no made hand. Checking keeps the pot small, gives us a free river if villain checks behind, and allows us to potentially check-raise if villain bets weak.

With jack-high and a gutshot, I'm taking the free card rather than bluffing into a sticky small-blind range that called the flop. That range likely holds plenty of aces, sevens and diamond draws on this coordinated turn.

We have a J-high flush on a four-diamond board. Betting for value targets worse flushes, straights, and pairs. A moderate bet of 600 extracts value while minimizing loss if raised by a higher flush.

Jack-high with no pair on a four-diamond board facing a 600 bet into 1000; I can't beat anything except a bluff. Raising as a bluff into a board this scary has little fold equity against a caller who stuck around.

T8o is a marginal hand but playable on the button 3-handed. Raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds and can win the pot preflop or with a continuation bet.

9-5 offsuit is very weak out of position in the small blind against a button raise; calling would be unprofitable postflop.

72o is among the weakest hands and plays poorly out of position against a button open, even with decent pot odds, so folding is best.

KT offsuit on the button in 3-handed play is well ahead of the blinds' ranges; raise to apply pressure and build the pot in position.

94s from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. Calling out of position with a weak hand is unprofitable.

8c3d is a very weak hand, especially out of position against a button raise. Defending with this hand is -EV, so folding is the best play.