Hold'em table

Ace-x offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is strong enough to open, and a raise to 3bb puts pressure on both blinds.

T2 offsuit from the small blind facing a 3x button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. It plays out of position and is dominated far too often.

4-6 offsuit is a weak hand with poor equity against seat_1's raise. Folding preserves chips for stronger opportunities.

Pocket sixes on the button in a 3-handed game are a clear open-raise. A 2.5bb open builds the pot with position.

With As9s, I have a strong hand (ace-high with flush draw potential). Seat 2's raise to 250 suggests strength, but I can build the pot with a solid 3-bet. Raising to 800 applies pressure while keeping control and good pot odds if called.

KJo out of position facing a button open and a small blind 3-bet, with the button still to act behind. Calling 700 more risks being squeezed or dominated, so folding is the disciplined play.

66 on the button facing an SB 3-bet: we have position and deep stacks for set-mining, and 550 into 1150 is a fine price. Calling beats folding, and 4-betting would turn our hand into a bluff.

I have a strong hand (pair of 9s with an Ace kicker) on a dry flop. Seat 2 is aggressive preflop but likely has a wide range. Checking allows me to see seat 2's action and extracts value from their continued aggression while controlling pot size.

66 has showdown value against the small blind's unpaired 3-bet hands, but it is behind overpairs. Checking back controls the pot and avoids turning the hand into a bluff that only gets called by better hands.

I have As9s with a pair of nines on the turn. The board is 2d9c3hKh, giving me a modest hand. Seat 2 and I have both checked the flop, indicating cautious play. Checking allows me to see the river and potentially win without further investment, while a raise here risks losing the pot without clear equity advantage.

66 has showdown value against the missed overcards in a 3-bettor's double-check range, but it can't get value from better hands. Checking back controls the pot and avoids a check-raise from trapped big pairs.

I have As9s which makes a pair of nines on a KQ32 board. Both opponents checked through flop and turn, suggesting weak holdings. Checking is prudent to control the pot and potentially take down the hand without risk on the river.

66 has showdown value against a range that has checked three streets, such as unpaired broadways and small pairs. A bet would mostly get folds from worse hands and calls from better ones, so checking back is best.

With pocket Kings on the button, I have one of the strongest starting hands. Raising to 700 chips (7bb) is a standard aggressive play to build the pot, gain position advantage, and narrow the field against the blinds.

A6o is weak facing a 7x button open with a big blind still to act behind me. Calling 650 out of position in a 3-way pot is unprofitable, so I fold.

The button opened to 7bb, so I'd have to call 600 into 1450 out of position with 96s. That needs about 41% equity, which this hand doesn't realize well against that range, so I fold.

5-3 offsuit is a weak hand from the button against two players who still have to act behind me. Folding costs nothing and I'd rather not pay 100 to play out of position later.

34o is near the bottom of the SB-vs-BB range when playing out of position at 100bb, so folding is the low-variance default. Completing for 50 into 150 is marginal against an unknown big blind.

J8o on the button 3-handed is a standard open; a raise to 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds.

J7o is a weak hand in a 3-handed game. With seat_2 raising to 250 from the button and the big blind still to act, folding preserves chips for stronger holdings.

K4o is a marginal hand, but heads-up against a button open of 2.5x I get 400 into 150 (about 2.7:1 pot odds), and the king has decent equity. Calling is better than folding, and a 3-bet bluff with a weak kicker is not attractive.

I have king-high with a backdoor flush draw on a J-2-8 rainbow-ish board and I'm first to act heads-up against the button's preflop raise. A small bet of about a third of the pot can get a fold from weaker hands while risking little, and I'm out of position, so betting beats checking here.

Top two pair on a draw-heavy board facing a small donk bet; raise for value and to charge flush and straight draws.

King-high with a backdoor-free 4 on J-2-8 two-tone is weak; facing a raise to 750 after my 200 bet, the button likely has a strong range, and calling 550 into a 1500 pot with little equity is unprofitable.

With Ac7c (ace with weak kicker), I raise to build the pot and seize positional advantage from the button. This raise pressures the blinds and allows me to play the hand profitably post-flop.

3-6 offsuit is a weak hand, and I'm out of position in the small blind facing a button raise with the big blind still to act. Calling 250 more isn't worth it.

Getting 200 to win 650 (about 23.5% equity needed) against a wide button open, 97o is a standard BB defend. It plays fine postflop as a call; 3-betting it would be too loose.

97o has no pair and no draw on Q42 rainbow out of position against the preflop raiser, so I check and plan to fold to a bet. The board favors the raiser's range, which makes leading here unprofitable.

I have 7c-Ac (ace-high with no pair on 4d-2s-Qh). Seat 2 checked to me after I raised preflop, indicating weakness. Checking allows me to control pot size and see a turn card. If seat 2 bets the turn, I can reassess with more information. A check is safer than raising with just ace-high, and folding is unnecessary given my position and opponent's apparent weakness.

Turned middle pair after the button checked back the flop, which caps their range with many weaker hands and draws. A small value/protection bet of about half pot targets ace-high, small pairs and diamond draws.

Seat 2 raised on turn with a strong bet after checking flop, indicating likely strength. My pair of 7s is vulnerable and unlikely to be best against an opponent who bets turn after flop hesitation. Folding preserves chips.