Hold'em table

K2o is too weak to open raise from the button even in 3-handed play, making an easy fold.

Completing costs only 50 chips in an unraked heads-up pot. I’ll keep the pot small with this weak hand.

T5 suited is a weak hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind rather than inflate the pot out of position against a limping small blind.

With no pair or immediate draw on this flop, I’ll check rather than build the pot.

Heads-up on Qh 4d 8c with Tc 5c, I have only ten-high and a backdoor club draw. The small blind checked, which suggests weakness, so a small bet of 100 into the 200 pot can take the pot or get a fold from worse hands, and it costs little if I'm called.

Five-high has little chance to improve on this flop, so calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

T6 suited is playable on the button in a three-handed game. A modest open-raise can win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

J8s from the small blind facing a button raise to 2.25bb with the big blind still to act is marginal and would be out of position in a 3-way pot. Calling 175 more is weak value, so I fold.

Pocket sevens have plenty of equity and excellent pot odds getting 3 to 1 closing preflop action against a button open.

Flopped top set on a dry board from the big blind; checking to the preflop aggressor to let them c-bet.

This low flop favors the big blind's calling range, and T6 suited has little immediate equity. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the turn.

I have a full house, sevens full of fives. After the flop checked through, I want to start building the pot and extracting value from overpairs, fives, or pocket pairs.

Ten-high has little chance to improve on the river, and calling 350 into this pot is unlikely to be profitable.

J4 suited is weak and would often be dominated. Facing a call of 100 into a 150 pot from the button with two players still to act behind, I would rather fold than play a marginal hand out of position postflop.

Holding an unplayable 8c 4s out of position in the small blind, folding is the clear optimal play.

On the button in 3-handed play, T9o is playable as an open to put pressure on the blinds and take initiative in position.

Ace-king offsuit is strong enough to three-bet against a button min-raise. Raising to 1000 builds the pot and makes it harder for the big blind to enter cheaply.

8-5 offsuit is a weak hand facing a 3-bet to 1000 with a raiser still to act behind. Calling 900 more out of position is not profitable, so I fold.

Facing a large 3-bet to 10bb from the small blind, T9o lacks the equity and playability to continue profitably.

Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open from the button three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the risk modest.

J5 suited is weak out of position from the small blind against a button raise, with the big blind still to act behind me. Calling 200 more is not worth it, so I fold.

Holding AQs in the big blind against a button open, a 3-bet for value to 10bb is standard to build the pot and take the initiative.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large big-blind three-bet, even with position.

Q6 offsuit is a weak hand, and the button in a 3-handed game can play wide, but it is marginal. Folding avoids a difficult out-of-position spot against two players who are still to act after the flop.

Facing only the big blind after the button folded, J5s has sufficient equity and playability to open-raise for value and fold equity.

Q3 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise, and I’ll have position after the flop.

We completely missed this board with J-high and no backdoors. Checking allows us to evaluate BB's action without inflating the pot.

Q-high has little immediate value, but checking in position keeps the pot small and preserves the option to bluff later.

After the flop checked through on an ace-high board, betting the turn applies pressure to BB's capped range while picking up gutshot equity.

I have only a gutshot straight draw and no made hand. Calling 400 into a 1000-chip pot is unlikely to be profitable.