Hold'em table

K5o is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play, making a fold standard.

Q4 offsuit is worth completing for 50 chips heads-up, but playing out of position makes a raise less attractive.

Ace-high with an ace blocker is a decent hand heads-up against a limping small blind. Raising to 3bb for value and to take the pot preflop is reasonable.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a raise to 300.

A6 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise uses position without committing too much.

KJo in the small blind facing a button open to 250 with the big blind still to act. It's decent in 3-handed play but dominated often, so I'll call and see a flop instead of building a big pot out of position.

85o has very poor playability and realization out of position multiway, making it a clear fold despite favorable pot odds.

Top-pair-ish? Actually I have king-high with a backdoor draw on an A-high board, and I'm first to act out of position against the button's preflop raise. A small bet of about half pot can fold out weaker hands and takes advantage of the ace-high board favoring the preflop raiser less than it seems, but I keep the size small to limit losses.

Top two pair is strong against a small flop lead. Raising builds the pot against weaker aces and draws while charging hands that can improve.

King-high with a jack on an A-6-4 board has only two overcards and no draw, and I'd be facing a 900 call into a 2100 pot against a button who raised the flop and represents an ace or better. Folding is the disciplined choice.

T6 offsuit is a weak hand; even on the button in a 3-handed pot it is marginal and out of position against two players later, so folding avoids a costly spot.

In a blind-versus-blind spot after the button folds, Q9o is a standard open-raise candidate to apply pressure and seize initiative.

The small blind can open a wide range heads-up, and 9-6 offsuit has enough potential to defend the big blind at this price with position after the flop.

As the preflop aggressor on an Ace-high dry texture that heavily favors my range, a small one-third pot continuation bet applies pressure and folds out marginal holdings.

Nine-high has no pair or meaningful draw on this flop, so calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

76 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

A2 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind, giving me a chance to win the pot now.

Q9o in the big blind getting 2-to-1 (200 to call into a 400 pot) against a small blind raise from a wide range in 3-handed play. It is a reasonable defend, and it is out of position but playable, so I call rather than 3-bet or fold.

Ace-high has some showdown value on this paired flop, but little reason to build the pot out of position. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

Board 8-8-4 is dry and the SmallBlind checked, showing weakness. I hold Q-high with a 9 kicker and some showdown value, so a small bet of half the pot can win the pot now or get called by worse hands like pocket pairs below the 8s or draws. It is also in position, so I can slow down if raised.

The half-pot bet is small enough to continue with ace-high, which can still be ahead of a bluff. I also have some ways to improve, though I’ll need to be cautious on later streets.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but the queen makes a bluff less attractive after the flop bet was called. Checking keeps the pot small.

I have top pair (queens) with a 9 kicker on a paired board, and the opponent checked twice, which shows weakness. A half-pot bet takes value from worse queens and mid pairs and folds out overcards or draws.

Ace-high has little showdown value against a flop bet followed by a turn bet, and calling out of position risks facing another bet on the river.

Q8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

98s has decent playability in a 3-handed pot. The button's 2.5x open is wide, and calling 200 more to win a 400 pot (plus the big blind still to act) is a reasonable price, so I'll call rather than fold or bluff-raise.

Holding 6c2d offsuit out of position against a raise and a call is an easy fold.

Heads-up out of position on a 3-Q-4 flop with only 9-high and a gutshot-ish draw (9-8 has no real straight draw), so I check and keep the pot small against the preflop raiser.

Top pair on a dry flop merits a small value bet against weaker pairs and draws while keeping the pot manageable with a modest kicker.

I have a gutshot-plus draw with 9-8 on a 3-Q-4 board, and getting 800+200 into a 200 call gives roughly 5-to-1 pot odds. A small continuation bet from the button is often a bluff, so calling is better than folding or raising.

Board is 3s Qc 4h Qh and I hold 9s 8h, which is just 9-high with no pair and only a gutshot-type draw at best. Checking keeps the pot small against a button player who has bet the flop.

Trips are strong against the caller's pairs and draws. A 650-chip bet gets value while charging heart and straight draws.

9-high with only a gutshot-type draw (needs a 5, 6, 7 combos: 8-9 with 3-4 gives a weak draw) facing 650 into 1650 on a paired board after a checked-through flop bet; the price is not worth it against a persistent aggressor's likely value range, so fold.

K5 suited-less (offsuit) on the button in a 3-handed game is a solid open; a small raise takes advantage of position against two blinds.

T6s is too weak to defend out of position against a button open with the big blind left to act.

7♠3♠ is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5-big-blind raise without a read that the button opens very wide.