Hold'em table

On the button in 3-handed play, opening wide with playable connectors like 98o allows us to leverage position and steal blinds.

6-7 suited-ish offsuit facing a 2x raise from the button is a marginal spot out of position; folding avoids playing a weak hand against an aggressor.

7-Jc offsuit is weak, but the button's min-raise to 200 leaves me getting 3.5-to-1 pot odds (pot 350, 100 to call). In a 3-handed pot with only one opponent left, calling at that price is reasonable, and a 3-bet bluff with this hand is not worth it.

Jack-high on a 3-4-5 board is weak, though a 7 gives a backdoor straight draw. I'm out of position against the button's preflop raise, so checking and keeping the pot small is better than bluffing.

The low connected board hits the big blind's defending range much harder than our button opening range, so checking behind with 9-high to see a free turn is standard.

The board 4d 5c 3h 7h with my 7s Jc gives me a pair of sevens, top pair on a low board. Button checked back the flop, so their range is capped and weak. A small bet of about half the pot gets value from worse pairs and draws and denies equity to overcards and straight draws.

We have an open straight draw to a 9-high straight on a board where lower straights are possible, giving us immense implied odds and cooler potential against seat_3 if a 6 arrives.

I only have a pair of sevens on a board with 2-3-4-5-7, so any ace or six beats me. A bet would only get called by better hands, so I check to see the river cheaply.

I have nine-high with zero showdown value on a board of 2-3-4-5-7 where any Ace or Six makes a straight. Opponent bet the turn and checked the river, showing weakness; a bet of 650 puts huge pressure on missed draws and weak one-pair hands that cannot call on this 4-straight board.

Calling 650 to win 2250 needs about 22% equity. A pair of sevens with a jack kicker beats a button range that includes missed hands and bluffs, even though any ace or six makes a straight.

AJo on the button is strong; a standard raise builds the pot with position and applies pressure on the blinds.

J3 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind facing a button raise to 300 with the big blind still to act behind. Calling 250 more is a losing play, so I fold.

43s is too weak to defend profitably out of position facing a 3x open.

2c Jc is a weak offsuit-ish hand from the button; calling 100 into a 3-way pot is marginal, but folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position postflop.

AQo is a premier holding blind-vs-blind; raising to 300 builds the pot and seizes initiative.

Q5 offsuit is far too weak to call 200 more against a 3x raise heads-up; folding preserves chips for better spots.

K6o is just outside the standard 3-handed button opening range; folding avoids playing a weak offsuit king postflop.

4d2s is the worst hand; folding the 50-chip completion is cheapest.

Pocket aces preflop: raise for value to build the pot and isolate, keeping the range wide enough to get calls.

KK is a premium hand. Facing a button open to 300 with the big blind still to act, a 3-bet to 1000 from the small blind builds the pot and thins the field.

Holding 4d 3h facing an open and a 3-bet to 10bb is an automatic fold.

Pocket aces against a 4-bet: raising for value is clearly best; 3000 puts pressure while keeping room for postflop play.

Pocket kings are a premium hand facing a 4-bet in a 3-handed game. The opponent's 'Aces never fold' message may be a bluff, and stacks are only 100bb, so shoving for value is correct.

I hold pocket aces and only need 7000 more to call an all-in; folding would be a massive mistake with the best starting hand in hold'em.

3c8c is a weak offsuit-ish hand (suited but disconnected, low) out of position against two players still to act behind me; folding is the safest play from the button here.

74o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind, even blind vs blind out of position.