Hold'em table

K2 offsuit is playable from the button in a three-handed game. A small raise puts pressure on the blinds while preserving position.

9d7c is a weak hand facing a 2.5x raise out of position; folding is the clear profitable play.

J3 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling 150 out of position against a button open would be a losing play. Folding gives up only the 100 chip big blind.

J6 offsuit is too weak to play from the button facing a possible raise; folding preserves chips.

Ace-ten offsuit is a strong hand in a 3-handed pot. Raising from the small blind against only the big blind builds the pot with a hand that plays well heads-up.

QTo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small-blind open, and calling keeps weaker hands in while preserving position postflop.

Ace-high with a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-ish wheel draw on a dry board, heads-up and first to act. A small bet takes some equity and denies equity from hands like 5x and 7x, and a call or raise is easy to handle.

With no pair or flush draw on this two-spade flop, Q-T has too little equity to call a two-thirds-pot bet.

Q8 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling out of position against two players isn't worth it even at a 100-chip price from the button. Folding costs nothing, and the hand has little equity or playability.

Pocket threes are strong enough to open heads-up against the big blind. A modest raise builds the pot while keeping the risk manageable out of position.

6h8h is a weak suited connector facing a 2.5x raise out of position; folding is the profitable play.

A5 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. Raising to 250 pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

T5o is far too weak to call 2.5bb out of position against a raise; folding is clearly best.

T8 suited in the big blind getting 400 into 150 (about 2.7 to 1) against a button open is a profitable call, with decent playability and position disadvantage manageable heads-up.

I have ten-high with a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-ish draw, and I'm out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a turn cheaply.

A small continuation bet can win the pot against missed hands while risking relatively little with ace-high.

I have an open-ended straight draw (8-T on a 2-7-9 board) plus a backdoor flush draw. Calling 200 into a 750 pot gives good odds, and the button's small bet is wide-ranging, so calling is better than raising.

I have T-high with a gutshot-type draw (8-9-T with a 7 on board gives an open-ended straight draw needing a J or 6). The board is 2s 7h 9d 2c, so 8-T plus 7-9 makes a straight draw to J or 6. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity against a button who bet the flop.

Ace-high has some showdown value, and the paired turn is unlikely to make many hands that called the flop fold. I'll take the free card rather than build a larger pot with a weak hand.

I have 8-high with a missed straight draw, which has no showdown value. Seat 1 checked the turn, but the Ace on the river may have helped them, so a bluff is unlikely to work. Checking is the cheapest option.

Top pair is worth a small value bet after the big blind checked the river. A 9 or pocket pair may call, while the modest size limits losses against a stronger ace.

I have 8s Ts on a 2-7-9-2-A board, so only ten-high with no pair and no made hand. Villain bet 350 into 950, which needs about 21% equity to call. A bet after checking the turn could be a bluff or a value bet, but ten-high rarely beats the betting range and has little bluff-catching value, so I fold.

A6s from the button is a standard open-raise; I take initiative with position and fold equity.

5c Tc is a weak offsuit-ish hand out of position against a button raise with a big blind still to act behind, so folding is the disciplined choice.

J-5 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 3x button raise.

A2 suited-ish ace (offsuit) on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong enough hand to open-raise for value and position; a 3x raise is standard.

Eight-five offsuit is too weak to call a three-big-blind open from the small blind with the big blind still to act.

K7 offsuit is too weak to call a 3x raise out of position heads-up; folding is the profitable play.