Hold'em table

Q8o is at the bottom of the 3-handed button opening range and performs marginally postflop, making a fold standard and disciplined.

AJo is a strong heads-up hand against the big blind. Raising to 350 builds the pot and puts pressure on their wide range.

6-high offsuit junk like T6o is weak; facing a 3.5bb raise from the small blind, calling 2.5bb more out of position with a poor hand is not profitable, so I fold.

Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed, and a 2.5 big blind raise can win the blinds while preserving position if called.

Q6 offsuit is weak out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act behind me. Calling 200 more is not worth it, so I fold.

Calling 150 more in the big blind with ATo closes the preflop action against a button open, getting attractive pot odds to see a flop.

I hold Ace-high on a dry King-high board out of position against the preflop raiser, making a standard check the optimal line.

On this dry king-high flop, a small continuation bet can fold out some of the big blind's unpaired hands while risking relatively little.

I have Ace-high with minimal drawing equity out of position on a dry King-high board, making this an easy fold against the continuation bet.

Q6 offsuit is a weak hand; even on the button in a 3-handed game, it plays poorly out of position against two blinds and calling 100 into 150 is marginal, so I fold.

76s is a strong suited connector to raise blind vs blind for initiative and value/fold equity.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 3 big blind raise, even with position.

T2s is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

With 9-8 offsuit in the small blind, completing cheaply keeps the pot manageable while preserving a playable hand against the big blind.

Pocket deuces in the big blind against a limping small blind is a decent hand heads-up. A modest raise builds the pot and takes the initiative while keeping risk small.

9-8 offsuit has enough playability to defend against this small raise. Calling costs 200 into a 400-chip pot.

With a weak pair on a coordinated flop, I prefer to check and keep the pot small against the preflop raiser.

Pocket deuces on a Js 8h Ks board is a weak showdown hand facing two overcards, and the opponent could call with better pairs or draws. Checking keeps the pot small and gives me a chance to see a cheap turn.

I have a weak pair of eights on a king-high board. Checking keeps the pot manageable and avoids betting into a stronger range.

Pocket deuces on a J-8-K-4 board is a weak showdown-value hand. A bet would mostly get called by better hands and fold out worse ones, so I check to control the pot size and see the river cheaply.

My pair of eights has showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called often by worse hands. I’ll check and keep the pot small.

I hold a set of deuces, which is very strong on this board. Seat 2 checked every street, so their range is capped and weak. A small bet of about half the pot should get called by medium pairs, so I bet for value.

The small river bet gives me a good price to bluff-catch with a pair of eights after both players checked the flop and turn.

T4 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two unknown blinds at this stack depth.

Q7 suited is a reasonable hand in a 3-handed pot from the small blind. Getting 3-to-1 on the call of 50 into a 150 pot makes completing profitable.

Holding T2o in the big blind facing a limp from the small blind, checking to see a free flop is the standard and highest EV play.

Heads-up on a K-high flop with a nut flush draw plus a backdoor queen, I'm first to act. A small bet of 100 into a 200 pot builds the pot and can take it down, and the draw gives good equity if called. The size keeps risk low against a checked-through range.

I hold Ten-high with a weak gutshot straight draw out of position and insufficient equity or implied odds to call a flop bet.

J5 suited is a weak hand, and calling out of position against two players is marginal. Folding is the safer play, though the button gives a slight steal edge, which I judge not worth the risk.

T2o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind, so folding is standard.