Hold'em table

Q8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed, and a 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure without overcommitting.

AJo is a strong hand against a button opening range in 3-handed play; 3-betting to 10bb builds the pot and exerts pressure out of position.

6-T offsuit is weak, and facing a button open plus a small blind 3-bet to 1000 from the big blind, calling 900 more is unprofitable. Folding is best.

Q8 offsuit is too easily dominated by a large three-bet, even with position.

Q7o is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even 3-handed.

Q6 offsuit is a marginal hand, but the small blind gets 2.5-to-1 pot odds against one big blind in a 3-handed pot. Calling 50 to see a flop is cheap and better than folding.

A-T offsuit is strong against a small-blind limping range. Raising builds the pot with a likely equity advantage and retains position postflop.

Q6 offsuit is a weak hand; calling 300 more out of position against a raise from the big blind is unprofitable, so I fold.

Q6 offsuit is a weak hand; even on the button in 3-handed play it is marginal, and calling out of position against two players' ranges has little value, so I fold.

With 7h6h heads-up against the big blind, I’ll raise to build the pot with a playable suited connector and take the initiative.

Holding 6s 2d, one of the weakest offsuit holdings, folding facing a 3x SB raise is standard and disciplined.

On the button in a three-handed, rake-free pot, suited ten-deuce is worth a small open for its positional advantage and potential to win the blinds.

Folding 98 offsuit out of position against a button raise is standard.

Getting 400 into 150 (about 2.7:1) from the big blind against a button min-raise-ish open of 2.5bb, with a pocket pair that can set-mine. Calling is clearly profitable, and a 3-bet with 22 is not needed.

Pocket deuces on a Js 8h Ks flop is a weak showdown-value hand against the button's preflop raise, with two overcards to me and a flush draw possible. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see what the button does.

I have no pair or immediate draw on a board that connects with the big blind’s calling range. Checking avoids investing more with little equity.

Pocket deuces on a J-8-K-4 board is a weak showdown-value hand. The button checked back the flop, so it is capped but can still call with better pairs. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river cheaply.

After two checks from the big blind, a delayed continuation bet can win the pot with a hand that has little showdown value.

Pot is 925 and I need to call 375, so I need about 29% equity. The button's small turn bet after a checked flop could be a wide range, so my pocket deuces have some showdown value and can call cheaply.

I have a set of twos on a dry river board. Seat 1 bet the turn after checking the flop, so I'm checking to let them bluff or value bet.

Bottom pair has some showdown value against missed draws, but worse hands are unlikely to call a river bet. Checking avoids investing more against stronger pairs.

T4o is too weak of a holding to open, even from the button in a 3-handed game.

Q7 suited is a reasonable hand heads-up against the big blind, and completing costs only 50 to win a pot of 200. Calling is cheap and keeps the variance low, though I will be out of position after the flop.

T2 offsuit is too weak to raise out of position, and checking lets me see a free flop.

Heads-up on a K-high flop with a flush draw (7h Qh with Kh, 4h on board) plus a backdoor overcard; the pot was limped so ranges are weak. A small min-bet of 100 into 200 charges worse hands and builds the pot with a strong draw. If raised, I can continue with the draw.

Ten-deuce has no pair or immediate draw on this flop. Calling out of position against the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

J5 suited is a weak hand even on the button in a 3-handed game; folding avoids a marginal spot out of position postflop against two players, though a raise would also be defensible.

Completing costs 50 chips to play heads-up against an unraised big blind. T2 offsuit is weak, so I’ll keep the pot small.

I hold Q5o in the big blind after the small blind limped. Checking to take a free flop in position is standard.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker is too thin to value-bet on this board. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess if the big blind bets.

We flop top pair in a limped blind-versus-blind pot; a half-pot bet targets value and protection against draws and weaker pairs.

The small flop bet gives bottom pair a reasonable price to continue against the big blind’s potentially wide range. I’ll reassess on the turn.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting into the flop bettor is unlikely to get called by worse often enough. Checking controls the pot.

I have top pair with a weak kicker on a fairly dynamic board, making checking back for pot control and showdown value the standard play.

Bottom pair has some showdown value against missed draws, while a river bet is unlikely to get called by worse hands or fold out many better ones.

I made two pair on the river and opponent has checked three times; betting 250 into a 400 pot extracts value from weaker Queens and pocket pairs.

Bottom pair is a marginal bluff-catcher, but the small flop bet and turn check leave enough missed draws and bluffs in the opponent's range to justify calling 250.