Hold'em table

Q8o is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even 3-handed, so folding is the disciplined play.

A3o is marginal but getting 3:1 pot odds to call 50 into 150; raising out of position with a weak ace risks building a big pot.

With 6-2 offsuit in the big blind, I can see the flop for free rather than build a pot with a weak hand.

I have top pair on a draw-heavy board and am first to act; betting 150 for value and protection against flush draws.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker has little room to improve, and calling a sizable bet on this ace-high, two-club flop is unlikely to be profitable.

T3o is a very weak offsuit hand, and calling 100 as the button with only 1.5:1 pot odds is not profitable. I prefer to fold and preserve chips.

AQ offsuit is a strong heads-up hand against the big blind. Raising from the small blind builds the pot and denies a free flop.

75o is too weak to defend against a 3.5bb open from the small blind.

A3 suited is a strong button open in a three-handed game, and a 2.5 big blind raise builds the pot while preserving position.

Q9o is too weak to defend out of position from the small blind against a button open.

Getting 150 to call into a 400 pot with 97o against a button open; the pot odds and likely equity justify defending despite being out of position.

I have middle pair on an Ace-high board and am out of position; checking controls the pot and lets me see the button's action before committing more chips.

Top pair is likely ahead of the big blind's checking range. A small bet gets value from weaker pairs while denying equity to unpaired hands.

I have middle pair with a backdoor straight draw, and the button's small flop bet offers good pot odds. Calling keeps the pot manageable and allows me to evaluate the turn, as raising would only fold out worse hands and get called by better.

I have middle pair with a weak kicker on a coordinated board, and the button has shown strength preflop and on the flop. Checking controls the pot and avoids bloating it with a marginal hand.

With top pair and a weak kicker, I prefer to control the pot after the flop call. Checking also leaves room to get value from weaker hands on the river.

We have two pair (nines and sevens) on the river. Opponent checked the turn, indicating weakness, so we bet for value and to charge Ax and Qx hands that might call.

Top pair is strong enough to bluff-catch against this river bet, but the weak kicker makes raising unattractive.

K2o is too weak to open from the button even in a 3-handed game, so folding is the standard play.

Pocket eights are strong heads-up against a random big blind; raising for value and to take initiative.

A2 offsuit is strong enough to defend against a small-blind raise, and calling keeps the pot manageable while giving me position postflop.

Middle pair with two overcards on board and out of position; checking controls the pot and avoids bloating it against a range that connects with J/Q.

The preflop raiser checked a dry flop, so a small positional bet can win the pot immediately. My ace blocks some strong top-pair hands, and I can improve on later streets.

I have middle pair and am getting good pot odds against a small flop bet; calling keeps worse hands and draws in while avoiding bloating the pot with a marginal made hand.

I have a marginal two pair (jacks and eights) on a paired board and am out of position; checking controls the pot and lets me evaluate the opponent's turn action.

With ace-high and little drawing equity, a turn bet is unlikely to fold out many hands that called the flop. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to bluff or reach showdown on the river.

My 88 gives me two pair with the board's jacks, but it loses to any Qx or Jx and to 99+. Checking realizes showdown value against missed draws and smaller pairs without risking a raise from better hands.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws, and a river bluff is unlikely to fold enough better hands to be worthwhile.

T9s is a strong suited connector on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 300 applies pressure and builds pot with position.

Five-deuce suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3x button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Facing a 3bb open from the button out of position, K9o is slightly too weak to profitably defend given the reverse implied odds.

J-T suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed, so I raise to build the pot with position.

Folding Q2o from the small blind against a button open as it is far too weak to defend out of position.

Kh2d is a weak offsuit hand that is dominated by a button raising range and plays poorly out of position. Folding avoids investing more chips with poor postflop equity.