Hold'em table

I am on the button with K8o. I open-raise to 250 to steal the blinds and take advantage of position.

Q5o out of position in the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold.

Q9o in the big blind getting 400-to-150 (about 2.7:1) against a button open of 2.5bb; the hand has enough equity heads-up to defend, though it plays awkwardly out of position, so a call is better than folding or bluffing with a 3-bet.

I have middle pair (nines) on a J-9-7 board heads-up out of position against a button opener. I'm betting about 70% of the pot for value and to deny equity to straight draws and overcards.

92 suited is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play at 100bb, especially with two players left to act behind me, so folding is the low-risk choice. A wider steal range is possible, but this is near the bottom of it.

T3 suited is a weak hand out of position against the big blind. Completing costs 50 more to win a 150 pot, but the hand plays poorly postflop, so folding is the safer choice.

T8 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a playable hand, and calling 100 into a 150 pot gives good odds with position, so I'll limp rather than fold or raise.

54o is too weak to call from the small blind; raising represents strength and can win the pot immediately in 3-handed play.

82o is too weak to call a raise out of position with the limper still behind; the pot odds don't make up for how poorly it plays.

T8 offsuit is a marginal hand. Calling 150 to win a 450 pot gives decent odds, but I would be out of position against a small blind raiser. I'll fold to avoid a weak postflop spot.

I'm on the button with J7o. A min-raise puts pressure on the blinds and allows me to take control of the pot. If called, I have position postflop.

KQo from the small blind against a button min-raise in a 3-handed game is well ahead of the opener's wide range, so a 3-bet for value and initiative is better than flatting out of position with the big blind still behind.

A3o in the big blind facing a button open and a small blind 3-bet to 900 with the button still to act is a weak spot. Calling 800 more out of position with a dominated ace has poor equity, so folding is best.

With J7o, my hand is far too weak to continue against a 3-bet. Even with position, the odds and implied odds don't justify calling off 700 more chips.

A8o is a clear open from the button in a 3-handed game. A standard 2.5bb raise puts pressure on both blinds.

7h9c offssuited-less is weak out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act behind, so calling 200 more is unprofitable; folding is best.

Getting about 27% pot odds in the big blind with a suited one-gapper against a button open; 8h5h has enough equity and playability to defend heads-up.

My hand is 8-high with no pair or draw on a very wet flop. Checking allows me to control the pot and see what the preflop raiser does.

Nut flush draw plus an ace overcard on a board that favors the preflop raiser, so a semi-bluff c-bet of about two-thirds pot gets folds now and keeps strong equity when called.

Holding 8h5h with no pair and no draw on a monotone KcQc4c board, the flop bet is too strong to continue with air. Folding preserves chips.

Q9o on the button in 3-handed play is a reasonable call getting 2.5:1 odds with position, but not strong enough to raise for value.The blinds are likely wide, so seeing a flop is fine.}

43 offsuit is a very weak hand out of position with the big blind still to act, and calling invites playing a bloated multiway pot with poor equity realization.

23o is too weak to raise against a button limp; a free check sees the flop.

Small stab with a gutshot (any 4 makes a straight) against a weak limping range; the bet has fold equity and we have equity when called.

Getting about 3.1-to-1 on a small bet with a backdoor-flush-less but ace-high-board hand: Q9 has two overcards to the 6 and 5, a backdoor straight/flush draw with Qd (no, Qd and 9s give a backdoor spade), and position. Calling 120 into 370 is cheap and the small bet is likely a wide range stab.}

I'm semi-bluffing with a gutshot to the 3-7 straight (any 4) on a coordinated board. A small button limper's flop call is often a weak pair or a draw that can fold to continued pressure.

Qd9s on Ac 6s 5s 7h has a gutshot straight draw (8 makes 9-8-7-6-5) plus a backdoor-free Q-high; pot odds are 330 to win 820+330, about 22% needed, and 4 outs (~9-10%) plus some implied odds are marginal. However the opponent bet small relative to pot and could be betting wide, so a call is slightly speculative; calling keeps it cheap.}

My hand only plays the board, so I lose to nearly any holding at showdown. The As completes the flush and pairs the ace, so a bluff of about 70% pot can fold out the weak pairs and missed draws in a limp-caller's range.

Queen-high with a 9 on a paired board (A-A-7-6-5) is a pure bluff-catcher. Seat 2 bet 120, 330, then 800, which is a consistent value-betting line. The pot offers about 28% odds, and I don't think the bluff frequency is high enough to call.