Hold'em table

K9o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 3bb puts pressure on the blinds and builds the pot with a decent positional hand.

2♣5♦ is a very weak offsuit hand, and calling a 3× raise from the small blind would leave me out of position with the big blind still to act.

In a 3-handed game, A8o has sufficient equity against a button open to defend getting greater than 2 to 1 pot odds.

I check to the in-position preflop aggressor with Ace-high and no strong draw.

I raised preflop and the flop checked to me heads-up; a half-pot continuation bet applies pressure and can win the pot outright with my king-high, since my hand rarely improves by checking.

I completely missed the J-7-3 rainbow flop with A8o and have no backdoor draws out of position facing a continuation bet.

KJo is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to take initiative while keeping the pot manageable.

J6o is very weak out of position facing an open raise from the button, making it an easy fold.

7-5 offsuit is too weak and dominated to defend the big blind against a 2.5x button raise, especially out of position with reverse implied odds.

K8s is a standard open on the button 3-handed, raising to 2.5bb for value and position.

Pocket tens is a strong premium pair 3-handed; I 3-bet for value and to build a pot against the button's 2.5x open, while keeping the raise size manageable.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise and a large small-blind 3-bet, especially with 650 more to call.

K8s is too weak to comfortably call a 3-bet to 7.5bb, so folding preserves chips.

K4 suited has reasonable heads-up value and can apply pressure after the button folds. A modest raise gives me initiative without overcommitting a weak king.

J5o is too weak to defend against a 2.5bb SB open even with position.

Jacks are a premium hand on the button three-handed, so I’m raising for value and to take the initiative.

With zero rake and 100bb effective stacks, calling from the small blind with a small pocket pair offers good implied odds against a wide button opening range.

Getting 4.5:1 pot odds with 79o against two players; the price is cheap enough to see a flop despite being out of position.

I hold a low underpair on an ace-high board in a multiway pot out of position, making an easy check.

I only have bottom pair (pair of sevens) on an ace-high board with a flush draw present, and the preflop raiser is still to act. Checking keeps the pot small with a marginal hand I can't profitably call or bet for value.

With two players still in on an ace-high, two-club board, jacks have useful showdown value but little benefit from inflating the pot. I’ll take the free turn card.

I hold a weak underpair with minimal equity multiway, so checking is the only standard play.

I only hold a pair of sevens with an ace on board; with two players still behind and no one showing aggression, checking keeps the pot small and avoids building it out of position with a marginal hand.

JJ has useful showdown value, but the ace-high board and multiple opponents make a value bet unlikely to be called by many worse hands. I’ll take the free river rather than inflate the pot.

Holding fourth pair on a wet board with three players, checking is standard as we have minimal showdown value and little fold equity.

My nines-up is second-best against any 9, Ax, sets, straights, or spade flushes, and with three spades on board betting only isolates hands that beat me. Checking shows down cheaply and still wins against 8x or air.

Checking preserves showdown value with pocket jacks on an ace-high board, especially with three spades on board and a player hinting they may have an ace. A value bet is unlikely to get called by worse often enough.

94o is too weak to open even from the button in 3-handed play.