Hold'em table

73o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play at 100bb with two players left to act, so folding is the lowest-loss option.

Seven-deuce offsuit has very poor playability out of position, even heads-up against the big blind. Without evidence that the opponent overfolds, folding is preferable to completing or bluff-raising.

K4 offsuit is a reasonable button steal in a three-handed, rake-free game. A small raise leverages position and the king blocker while limiting the cost when the blinds resist.

T8o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

Getting 3.7:1 on the call against a button open of 2.25x in 3-handed play. Q8o is well ahead of a wide button range, so defending the big blind is profitable.

Q-high with no draw on an ace-high board that favors the preflop raiser, so I'll check to the button and give up if he bets.

Middle pair has useful showdown value but gets limited value from worse hands on this ace-high board. Checking back controls the pot and avoids a check-raise while preserving the option to call or value-bet later.

The button checked back the flop, so his range is capped. A small turn bet with second pair gets thin value from weaker pairs and Qx with worse kickers, and charges his diamond and gutshot draws.

The small turn bet requires only about 20% equity, and my pair can still beat diamond draws and other probes after the flop checked through. Calling in position preserves that showdown value without inflating the pot.

Trip queens should be well ahead of the Ax and pair hands that call this line, so a medium value bet gets called by worse. If I face a big raise I can give it up against flushes and full houses.

Our queens and fours beat only bluffs, while the opponent can value-bet aces, trips, flushes, and stronger hands. With no useful value blockers and few natural missed draws, calling is unlikely to meet the roughly 26% equity requirement.

Jack-three offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two live blinds, so folding preserves the full stack.

Blind vs blind, 97o is a reasonable opening hand from the SB. Raising to 3x takes the initiative and lets us win the pot preflop often.

A2 suited is a strong enough defense against a small-blind open, with position and nut-flush potential. Calling keeps weaker hands in the opponent's range and avoids unnecessarily inflating the pot with a weak kicker.

Bottom pair plus a flush draw and backdoor straight potential is a strong equity hand. Betting about two-thirds pot builds the pot, gets folds from overcards, and sets up barrels on good turns.

Ace-high with a weak kicker and only a backdoor flush draw is too weak to continue against a two-thirds-pot bet. Better pairs and direct draws provide stronger hands to defend here.

85o is at the bottom of a 3-handed button opening range and plays poorly against two blinds, so open-raising it is close to breakeven. Folding is the low-variance choice.

K4 offsuit is strong enough to complete the small blind at 3-to-1 pot odds against a single opponent. Calling keeps the pot small with a weak kicker while playing out of position.

62 suited is too weak to raise, and checking is free with no bet to call after the small blind completes.

King-high with no diamond or meaningful draw is a poor bluff candidate on this connected, monotone flop. Checking avoids investing more out of position with little equity when called.

Bottom pair with no diamond on a monotone board has some showdown value, and the opponent checked. Checking keeps the pot small rather than bloating it with a weak made hand.

With no diamond on a four-diamond board, my hand has little value and no useful flush blocker for bluffing. Checking preserves the pot and lets me reassess against any bet.

I have only a weak pair of sixes with no diamond on a four-flush board, so betting has little value and checking keeps the pot small.

Top pair has showdown value, but the four-diamond board makes a value bet too thin. Checking avoids paying flushes while allowing missed hands to bluff.

I have a pair of sixes with no diamond on a four-flush board. Checking realizes showdown value in a tiny pot rather than betting into a range that calls with better.

A3 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed, with an ace blocker and position after the flop. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds without risking too much with a marginal hand.

97s is too weak to call a button raise out of position with the big blind still to act, and a light three-bet builds a pot I do not want to play. Folding preserves chips.

93o out of position against a 2.5x button open is a marginal defend at best. The weak, low-kicker hand realizes its equity poorly, so I'll fold cheaply.

Pocket jacks are a premium hand on the button, so I open-raise to 3bb to build the pot and take the initiative rather than flat the big blind.

Three-handed, the button's opening range is wide, and KTo plays well as a 3-bet from the small blind. Raising takes the initiative and avoids a flat call out of position with the big blind still to act.

J2 offsuit is too weak to continue against an open and a three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act. Folding avoids an unprofitable call or bluff.

Pocket jacks are ahead of a wide small-blind 3-bet range, and calling in position keeps worse hands in while controlling the pot.

Top pair plus a spade flush draw on a board that favors my 3-bet range; a small c-bet gets value and protection from worse kings, queens and draws.

Pocket jacks are an underpair to both the king and queen with no draw, and the preflop 3-bettor has continued on this board. Calling 800 into 3100 is not justified against that range, so I fold.