Hold'em table

Q8o is playable from the button in 3-handed action, and raising puts pressure on the blinds while keeping position.

A3 offsuit is comfortably strong enough to defend the small blind against a button open, while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

62o is one of the worst hands and plays poorly multiway out of position, even getting 150 to win 600, so folding is best.

With top pair and a weak kicker heads-up, checking to the preflop raiser keeps their bluffs and continuation bets in while controlling the pot.

Betting for value with top pair on an ace-high board while denying cheap draws to clubs and straight possibilities.

Top pair is comfortably strong enough to continue heads-up, while calling keeps weaker aces, queens, and bluffs in without inflating the pot with a weak kicker.

I have top two pair and should value-bet after the flop caller checks the turn. A moderate sizing can be called by weaker aces and pairs while limiting exposure on the four-club board.

T3 offsuit is too weak to profitably enter against both blinds at this stack depth.

AQo is a strong hand in a blind-vs-blind spot, so I'm raising for value. A 3x open keeps worse hands calling while taking the initiative.

5-7 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a 3x raise, so folding preserves chips for better spots.

A3 suited on the button 3-handed is a clear open-raise; 2.5x sizing pressures the blinds.

Call from the big blind with 9-7 offsuit versus the button's small open; the pot odds and heads-up position make defending reasonable.

Check to the preflop raiser with middle pair and a gutshot, keeping their c-bets and weaker hands in range.

On this dry ace-high board top pair with a weak kicker is ahead of most of the big blind's calling range, and it also has a backdoor diamond draw. A small c-bet of about 36% pot gets value from worse aces, 9x and 5x hands, and denies equity to overcards and gutshots.

We have middle pair on a dry board and are getting a favorable price against a small continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker bluffs and worse pairs in while avoiding an inflated pot.

With middle pair and a weak kicker facing a preflop raiser, checking back realizes equity cheaply and avoids being check-raised off our hand.

A3 is a weak top pair that mostly gets called by better aces and folds out worse hands, so I'm checking back for pot control and to bluff-catch on the river.

I have a strong river two pair and can value-bet against aces, queens, and weaker made hands. A moderate sizing should retain calls while limiting exposure to stronger two-pair holdings.

Top pair with a weak kicker gets a good price: 550 to win 1500 needs about 27% equity. Villain's river lead after checking the turn can include worse pairs, 9x or 7x hands, and missed draws, so this is a bluff-catch rather than a raise.

Pocket eights are a strong heads-up holding after the button folds. I raise for value and to deny the big blind a free realization of equity.

A2o in the big blind against a small-blind open to 3bb is getting good pot odds (200 to win 600), and I'll have position postflop. Calling is better than folding, and a 3-bet with this hand is marginal.

A small continuation bet can deny equity to unpaired overcards and realize immediate folds while keeping the pot controlled with a medium pair on this coordinated board.

Getting 4:1 against a small c-bet, ace-high with backdoor straight draws has enough equity to continue.

Eights have modest showdown value on this paired board, while a turn bet is likely called by better queens and jacks. Checking controls the pot and realizes equity.

Ace-high has some showdown value against a range that c-bet the flop and then gave up on the turn, and bluffing would mostly fold out worse hands, so I take the free river card.

Eights have some showdown value, but worse hands are unlikely to call a river bet while better pairs will. Checking realizes equity against missed draws.

Ace-high has some showdown value against busted draws and weak hands that have checked twice, and a bluff is unlikely to fold out better pairs. Checking to showdown is best.

T9 suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed, with good playability and equity. I raise to apply pressure and build positionally.

52s from the small blind facing a 2.5x button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is too weak to call out of position. Folding is standard.

K9o is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, and I'm getting good pot odds to call the small raise.

I have a flush draw and an overcard, but no made hand yet. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn cheaply out of position.

A small continuation bet applies pressure to the big blind's unpaired overcards and random preflop calls while risking little on this paired board. Our T9 also retains useful backdoor and overcard equity.

I have a flush draw with the 9c plus two overcards, and I'm getting a reasonable price to call 200 into a pot of 750. Folding would give up too much equity, while raising risks more against a strong preflop raiser.

The ace is favorable for my preflop-raising range and can fold out many lower pairs and missed draws. I also retain a gutshot-style double-ended straight draw to an 8 or jack.

JTs on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; 2.5x is the standard size.

Q2o is weak and out of position against a raise; folding is the disciplined play.

K2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise from the big blind, especially out of position.