Hold'em table

Open-raise the button with A-K offsuit for value and initiative, using a standard 3bb sizing.

3c-Jh is a weak hand with poor kicker. Facing a 3x raise from an early position raiser, folding is the correct play to avoid playing out of position with marginal holdings.

75 suited is a reasonable big-blind defense against a button open, with only 200 more needed for a 650 pot. Its straight and flush potential supports calling at 100bb depth without inflating the pot out of position.

With seven-high and only a backdoor straight draw, this hand is too weak to lead into the preflop raiser. Checking preserves chips and allows a free turn if the opponent checks back.

Betting a small continuation size in position applies pressure to unpaired hands while retaining efficient equity realization with two overcards.

Seven-high has no immediate straight or flush draw and very little showdown value. Facing this bet out of position, folding is preferable to a weak float or bluff-raise.

9h8d is a weak hand in early position. With 100 chips to call and a max stack of 10000, folding marginal hands preserves chips for stronger spots. The risk-reward does not justify playing this hand from the button.

Q3 suited is worth completing blind versus blind at 3-to-1 pot odds. Calling preserves its suited-hand potential without inflating the pot out of position with a weak kicker.

With 7-2 offsuit in a heads-up limped pot, checking the big blind realizes equity without inflating the pot.

With only queen-high and a backdoor club draw, this hand is too weak to build the pot out of position. Checking preserves chips and lets me reassess against the big blind’s action.

Betting our strong combo draw builds the pot and applies pressure to a limp-check range while retaining substantial equity when called.

Queen-high with only a backdoor flush draw is too weak to continue against a three-quarter-pot bet out of position. There are better hands and draws available for defending or check-raising.

83 offsuit is too weak to open profitably on the button without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing in a hand with poor equity and playability.

T5 offsuit is a weak blind-versus-blind holding and does not merit continuing from the small blind.

9-2 offsuit is a very weak button hand and not worth entering with at these stack depths.

5-8 offsuit is a weak hand in early position. After seat_1 folds, I'm facing the big blind with minimal equity. Folding preserves chips and avoids playing a marginal hand out of position against a likely stronger range.

3-8 offsuit is a weak hand in 3-way preflop play. Folding preserves chips when facing a bet from the big blind, avoiding marginal situations with a poor holding.

T8 suited is a solid blind-versus-blind opening hand with good postflop playability. Raising to 3 big blinds pressures the big blind and can win the pot immediately.

Q2 suited is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise heads-up, especially out of position.

A small button open pressures the blinds at low cost and retains positional advantage if called. The connected cards offer some postflop potential despite their weak high-card strength.

7c8h is a playable suited-gap-style connector equivalent in a three-handed blind defense versus a small button open, with good implied odds and only 150 more to call.

8-6 offsuit is a weak hand in the big blind facing a raise from seat_3 and a call from seat_1. With two opponents already invested and position disadvantage, folding minimizes losses against a likely stronger range.

With an open-ended straight draw plus a heart flush draw, checking retains strong check-raise options against the preflop raiser's likely continuation bet.

Bet as a semi-bluff with an open-ended straight draw and backdoor hearts. This sizing pressures unpaired hands and some pocket pairs while leveraging my range advantage as the preflop raiser.

With only a gutshot on a coordinated ace-high board, the direct price versus the continuation bet is not favorable. Folding preserves chips against a range that contains many aces, pairs, and strong draws.