Hold'em table

QJo is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and pressure the blinds.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

7-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise out of position.

54 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two unknown opponents.

J5 offsuit is a weak small-blind holding against the big blind, with poor playability out of position. Folding preserves chips.

K4 offsuit is a weak button holding with poor playability, so folding avoids entering a marginal pot.

Blind vs blind with suited 85s is a playable hand, so I'm raising to 3bb to take the initiative rather than limping out of position.

Ace-king offsuit is strong enough to three-bet against a small-blind open, and I'll have position postflop.

85s is too weak to call a 10bb 3-bet while out of position for the whole hand, since we would realize too little of our equity. It is a poor 4-bet bluff candidate, so folding is the disciplined play.

64o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play with 100bb stacks, and it sits near the bottom of a reasonable opening range. Folding is standard.

A9 offsuit is strong enough to raise against the big blind after the button folds. Raising to 300 builds value and avoids giving a free flop.

Q8 offsuit is a marginal, dominated defending hand against a small-blind raise, and folding avoids playing a weak out-of-position pot.

K-Q suited is a strong button hand three-handed, so I open-raise to build the pot in position.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind versus a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

T8s in the big blind against a 2.5x button open is getting great pot odds (150 to win 400) and is an easy defend. Calling keeps the button's wider range in and our playability intact.

I have an open-ended straight draw with a backdoor on a board that favors my range. I'm checking to the preflop raiser and plan to check-raise or call a continuation bet.

I have a strong flush draw and two overcards. Betting applies pressure while building a pot for my many possible improving cards.

T8 has an open-ended straight draw on 7-6-5, which makes it a strong semi-bluff check-raise candidate. It gains fold equity and still has eight clean outs when called.

The king-high flush draw has enough equity to call the check-raise. Position lets me assess the turn before committing more chips.

Continuing aggression with an open-ended straight draw (8 clean outs) after check-raising the flop; the Q is a fairly safe card to barrel and can fold out medium pairs while keeping our value range credible.

Top pair with a strong kicker and a flush draw is too strong to fold, but raising into the flop check-raiser’s turn lead risks isolating against stronger hands. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in.

T8 makes a ten-high straight, which is the nuts on this board because no flush is possible. Shoving gets maximum value from the lower straights, sets and two pairs that called the flop and turn.

The river shove requires about 34% equity to call. One pair is weak against the straights and other strong hands this line represents, and holding two clubs blocks some of the missed flush draws that could be bluffs.

9-high suited with a weak kicker is not worth opening from the button under a chip-maximizing baseline against two blinds.

A6o is a clear raise from the small blind in a blind-vs-blind spot after the button folds. A 3x open puts pressure on the big blind while keeping the pot manageable.

Against a small-blind raise, 8-6 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind at this price, especially with position after the flop.

A small one-third-pot c-bet with ace-high, a backdoor nut-flush draw and backdoor straight potential puts pressure on BB's weak holdings while risking little. The board is fairly neutral, so a low-frequency, small sizing works here.

Middle pair on a dry flop is strong enough to continue against a small bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while controlling the pot.

Ace-high with no draw on a board that doesn't help my range. The flop caller's range is sticky with pairs and draws, so I check to keep some showdown value and pot control out of position.

Middle pair benefits from protection against overcards and draws. A modest bet can also get called by weaker pairs and draws without building an oversized pot.

Ace-high has no real draw on this board, and the opponent called the flop and then bet the turn. That makes their range too strong to call 400 into 1400 with only a few outs, and bluff-raising is unattractive.