Hold'em table

Opening from the button with Queen-eight offsuit to apply pressure on the blinds and utilize positional advantage.

A3o is a decent hand in a 3-handed game, and I'm getting good odds (150 to win 350) against a button open. Calling is reasonable, but a 3-bet bluff out of position isn't needed, and folding gives up too much.

6-2 offsuit has poor equity realization against two players, even at a discounted price from the big blind.

Top pair with an ace on an A-Q-2 flop, heads-up and first to act out of position. I'll bet about 70% of the pot for value and to charge Qx and club draws.

Seat 2 leads out for 70% pot on an Ace-high, flush-draw board into the preflop raiser. With middle pair, weak kicker, and no club redraws, Q8o is near the bottom of our continuing range.

T3 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in a 3-handed pot, so folding on the button is the simplest choice, though a raise could also be defended.

Ace-queen offsuit is strong heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 350 builds value and discourages a cheap flop.

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

A3 suited is a profitable button open in three-handed play, with nut-flush potential and positional advantage.

Q9o is too weak to call or 3-bet from out of position in the small blind against a button open.

9c7d offsuit is marginal, but the price is good: 150 to call into a 400 pot, about 2.7-to-1, and I close the action against a button open. Folding gives up a reasonable price; a raise would be too loose.

Middle pair of nines on an ace-high board, out of position against a button raiser who likely has an ace. I'll check to control the pot size and see what the button does.

I have top pair on a dry flop. A small bet can get value from weaker hands while keeping the pot manageable with a weak kicker.

I have second pair (nines) on an A-9-5 board, and the button's small 180 bet into a 550 pot is about a third of the pot. Calling needs roughly 20% equity, and my pair is a reasonable bluff-catcher, so calling is better than folding or raising.

I hold a pair of nines, second pair, on a board of 9s Ac 5d Qh. The button bet small on the flop, so I'll check to control the pot and bluff-catch rather than build a pot with a medium-strength hand.

Top pair with a weak kicker has showdown value, but a turn bet could get called by many better aces. Checking keeps the pot manageable and leaves weaker hands in.

Two pair, nines and sevens, is likely best after the opponent checked back the turn. A roughly half-pot bet gets value from worse Ax and pair hands.

Top pair is strong enough to call this modest river bet. The big blind can value-bet weaker pairs or bluff missed draws, and raising would mostly be called by better hands.

K2o has poor playability and equity even on the button in 3-handed play, making it a standard fold.

Pocket eights are strong heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, so I raise for value and to build the pot in position-disadvantaged spot.

A2 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a small-blind raise. Calling keeps weaker hands in and gives me position after the flop.

Pocket eights on a J-Q-3 board are a medium-strength hand, and I act first heads-up against the big blind's call. A bet of about two-thirds pot gets value from weaker pairs and draws and denies equity to overcards. It also protects against 9s and 10s that could complete a straight draw.

Ace-high with little draw potential is too weak to continue against this flop bet.

T9 suited on the button in a 3-handed pot has good playability and the price is only 100 into 150, so calling is a comfortable, low-risk way to see a flop.

Completing the small blind costs 50 chips into a 250-chip pot. Despite the weak hand and poor position, suited 5-2 has enough potential against a button limp to call.

With K9o in the big blind facing two limps, checking to see a free flop has good equity without bloating the pot out of position.

With a weak hand and only backdoor draws on a paired flop, I’ll check rather than bet into two opponents.

I hold king-high on a paired board in a multiway limped pot; checking is the standard play with button still left to act.

On the button with a straight-flush-less open-ended draw... actually T9 on 6-7-7 has a gutshot-plus backdoor equity (8 makes straight; also flush draw backdoor with hearts). Both opponents checked, so a small bet of 200 into 300 pot is a good semi-bluff to take the pot or build equity.

I have no pair or immediate draw, and the big blind is still to act. Calling 200 here is unlikely to be profitable.

I hold king-high with minimal equity and no draw on a paired board out of position against a bet, making this an easy fold.

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

Q2o is an unplayable hand from the small blind facing an open raise from the button.

K2 offsuit in the big blind getting 400 into 150 (about 27% equity needed) against a button open in a 3-handed game; a call is reasonable and a 3-bet bluff is unnecessary.

Second pair with a king on a dry K-5-2 flop, heads-up out of position against a button raiser. A small value bet of about half the pot builds the pot and gets called by worse kings and pairs.

J-high has no made hand or immediate draw on this flop. Calling the 300-chip bet would rely too heavily on improving or bluffing later.