Hold'em table

Pocket jacks on the button is a premium hand in 3-handed play; raising builds the pot in position and charges weaker hands.

3d2d from the small blind facing a 3x open from the button is a clear fold; it's one of the weakest suited hands and plays poorly out of position with a big blind still to act.

9-3 offsuit is a weak hand. Calling 200 more out of position against a button raise to 300 isn't profitable, so I fold and give up the 100 big blind.

8-4 offsuit on the button is a weak, unsuited, disconnected hand that is unprofitable to open or call even in a 3-handed game; folding preserves chips.

T8 offsuit in the small blind heads-up against the big blind is a playable hand, and calling 50 more into a 150 pot gets good odds. Raising isn't clearly better with this marginal holding.

K3o is ahead of a small-blind limp range heads-up and I am in position postflop, so raising takes initiative and denies free equity.

T8 offsuit is weak out of position against a 3x raise from the big blind. Calling 200 more to play out of position is not worth it, so I fold.

T8 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is a reasonable, playable hand. Calling 100 to win a pot of 250 is a good price and I get position postflop, so I'll call rather than bloat the pot.

J9 offsuit is a reasonable 3-handed hand and calling 50 into 250 offers excellent pot odds to see a flop from the small blind.

7h4h suited in the big blind facing two limpers; checking to see a free flop is standard, and raising this weak hand out of position has little value.

Semi-bluff with an open-ended straight draw (7 or Q) on a rainbow flop; a half-to-two-thirds pot lead can take the limped pot now and retains strong equity when called.

7h4h on an Ad-Th-8s rainbow-ish board gives me nothing but a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot-less low hand; facing a 2/3 pot bet with a player still behind me, folding is clearly correct.

Two pair (tens and eights) on a Th Ad 8s board is strong, but the board is wet with an ace out there. Seat_1 bet into two players, so calling 200 into a 500 pot keeps their bluffs in and controls the pot size, with position on the button.}

With J9 I have an open-ended straight draw but no showdown value on an ace-high board after my flop bet was called. Checking takes a free card to hit the straight and avoids building a pot against a likely ace or pair.

I have two pair, tens and eights, on a board of Th Ad 8s 3c. The SB led the flop and then checked the turn, which suggests weakness, so I bet about 57% of the pot for value and to deny equity to draws and ace-x hands.

With J9 on A-T-8-3 I have only a four-out gutshot to a Q, about 9% on the river, far below the 27% pot odds to call 400. A pair of J or 9 is also unlikely to beat a turn bettor who called the flop.

K3o is marginal but playable as a button open in 3-handed play, with position and a king blocker to steal the blinds.

6-4 offsuit in the small blind facing a 2.5x button raise with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; it plays poorly out of position and lacks the equity to call or 3-bet profitably.

2-3 offsuit is among the weakest hands; calling 150 more to win a 400 pot out of position is not worth it, since I would need about 27% equity and the hand has far less.

On the button in a 3-handed game with 86o, a marginal but playable hand; a small open-raise takes advantage of position and folds out the blinds frequently. If 3-bet, I can easily fold.

J8o is weak out of position in the small blind facing a button raise to 250 with the big blind still to act; calling 200 more for a marginal hand is not profitable, so I fold.

7-2 offsuit is the weakest starting hand and facing a 2.5bb button raise from the big blind, calling 150 more is unprofitable.

A4s is a strong hand in 3-handed play on the button, so a standard 3x raise is good for value and position.

J3 offsuit is a weak, disconnected hand facing a button 3x raise, and calling out of position from the small blind would be unprofitable.

KTo in the big blind facing a 3x button open with the small blind folded; getting 450:200 odds with a hand that plays fine heads-up in position-closed action, calling is standard while 3-betting is marginal.

I have K-high with a gutshot (J for a straight) on a Q-high board out of position against the preflop raiser; checking to the aggressor is standard and lets me realize equity cheaply or evaluate a continuation bet.

I have the nut flush draw plus an ace-high backdoor, and I'm in position against a BB who checked. A small bet of about half the pot builds equity, takes the pot when he folds, and keeps risk low.}</br>

KT offsuit on Q82 two-tone whiffed with only one overcard and no real draw; calling 350 out of position against a button c-bet is unprofitable.