Hold'em table

Opening from the button with an Ace in 3-handed play to apply pressure on the blinds.

A9o is a decent hand in 3-handed play against a button min-raise. Calling 150 more is a cheap price, with the big blind still to act behind. A 3-bet out of position with a marginal hand is less attractive.

The min-raise costs only 100 more chips to call into a 500-chip pot, and 6-5 offsuit has enough potential to continue while closing the preflop action.

Ace-high on a paired low board in a 3-way pot, first to act. A small bet of about 2/3 pot charges draws and hands like 6x or 4x, and may fold out overcards. I can fold to a big raise.

Trips are strong enough to continue, but the low kicker and an opponent still to act make a raise less attractive. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in the pot.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with an ace-high overcard facing a bet and a call multiway on a paired board, giving insufficient pot odds to continue.

I hold ace-high with a gutshot-ish backdoor on a paired board (A-9 with 5-5-4-T). Seat 3 called a flop bet and is likely to hold a pair or a draw, so I take the free card and keep the pot small.

Trips are strong heads-up, and the turn check gives me a chance to get value from tens and draws while charging diamond draws.

I have only ace-high with a gutshot-type draw on a 5-5-4-T board. Facing a 950 bet into 1400 (about 29% equity needed), I'm likely behind a value hand and have few outs, so I fold.

T3 offsuit is a weak hand out of position postflop against two opponents, so folding on the button costs nothing and avoids a marginal spot.

A7 suited is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind and can play well postflop.

Folding 84s facing a 3bb open from the small blind as it is too weak to defend profitably.

Pocket queens are a premium hand on the button. Raising to 3 big blinds builds the pot while retaining position.

4s 2s is too weak to defend out of position against a 3bb open with the big blind still behind us.

4-8 offsuit is a weak hand. Calling 200 into a 450 pot would get about 2.25-to-1, but I'd be out of position against the button's raise, so folding is the simpler choice.

Nine-five offsuit is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

T6 offsuit is a weak hand out of position, and with a 50 chip call to win a 150 pot the price is not compelling enough to justify playing it postflop against the big blind.

9-6 offsuit is a weak hand out of position postflop against two opponents, so folding on the button is the disciplined choice rather than paying 100 to see a flop.

Completing costs just 50 into a 150-chip pot. Despite a weak hand and poor position, the price makes seeing a flop preferable to folding.

We hold 75o in the big blind facing an SB limp. Checking our option to see a free flop in position is standard.

I have no made hand or meaningful draw on this connected flop. Checking avoids investing more chips with little equity.

I have completely missed this heavily coordinated broadway board with seven-high, so checking back for free is the only sensible option.

I have little showdown value with 6-high. A small turn bet may fold out the big blind's unpaired hands after they checked the flop.

Holding seven-high with no draw on a heavily coordinated double-paired board, folding to a turn bet is the clear play.

Pocket sixes are a strong button open three-handed. Raising to 250 builds the pot while retaining positional advantage.

Holding 92o out of position facing a button open is an easy standard fold.

J5 offsuit is weak; calling 150 to win 400 gives about 27% pot odds, but the hand plays poorly out of position against a button raise, so folding is the better choice.