Hold'em table

J8o is a reasonable button open in 3-handed play against two blinds, so I'm raising to 2.5bb as a steal with positional advantage.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

AK offsuit is a premium hand against a button open three-handed. 3-betting to 900 builds the pot for value and applies pressure while keeping the sizing appropriate out of position.

J8o plays poorly against a big-blind 3-bet to 9bb. It is often dominated and has low equity, so calling 650 isn't worth it even in position.

Ace-king offsuit is a strong button opening hand. Raising to 3 big blinds builds the pot and pressures the blinds.

7♣5♦ offsuit is a weak, poorly connected hand from the small blind facing a sizable button raise. Calling 250 chips would leave me out of position with poor prospects.

QJo in the big blind facing a 3x button open in a 3-handed game is a clear defend, and we're getting good pot odds (200 to win 650). Calling keeps the opener's weaker holdings in and plays well postflop.

QJ on a K86 two-tone board is a gutshot with a backdoor flush draw and no pair, and the button raiser has the range advantage here. Checking to the preflop raiser from the big blind is standard; I can continue against a small c-bet.

Top pair with top kicker can get value from weaker pairs and draws. A 300-chip bet also makes a spade draw pay to continue.

Facing a small 1/3-pot c-bet, a call only needs about 24% equity. QJ has two overcards to the 8 and 6, plus a backdoor flush draw and backdoor straight draws, so it's a reasonable float against a wide button range.

With only queen high, no draw and one card to come, betting into the preflop raiser's range has little fold equity. Check and give up unless the action is cheap.

Top pair with the best kicker is strong enough to value-bet against weaker kings and draws. Betting 800 also charges flush draws to continue.

Holding Q-high with no pair and no real draw, since my one spade is not a flush draw. Calling 800 into 2050 needs about 28% equity, which I don't have, and a bluff-raise against a button that bet twice is too risky.

On the button, 9♥5♥ has some playability and the price to complete is reasonable. I’ll see a flop in position rather than inflate the pot with a marginal hand.

Getting 5:1 on a limped pot with a suited hand, so completing the small blind is profitable despite playing out of position.

8-3 suited is too weak to raise against two limpers, and checking lets me see a free flop.

82o with a gutshot to a 6 on a Q-7-5 two-tone flop is weak. I'm out of position against two players in a limped pot, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card if it checks around.

I have a low flush draw in a three-way pot and am out of position to the button. Checking keeps the pot manageable and may give me a free card.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but it is weak in a three-way pot. I’ll take the free card rather than risk a raise with a thin protection bet.

8-high with no draw facing two opponents on a coordinated board. A bluff out of position into two players is unlikely to get through often enough, so I'll check and give up if anyone bets.

Both opponents have shown weakness, and a small turn bet can win the pot now while my flush draw provides equity when called.

I have a pair of fives and a four-heart flush draw, giving enough equity to continue at this price. Raising would be too ambitious with a marginal made hand.

8-high with no pair and no real draw facing a bet and a call on the turn; there is no equity to justify calling or bluffing into two players.

My missed flush draw has little showdown value. A modest river bluff may fold out missed draws and weak pairs without risking too much.

The river queen strengthens the big blind’s value range, and my weak two pair loses to any queen, ten, seven, or ace-high holding. Calling needs about 28% equity, which is unlikely against this turn-bet, river-bet line.

54o on the button in 3-handed play is near the bottom of the opening range, and I'd face two players behind with a hand that plays poorly. A button steal with it could be marginally profitable, but folding is simple and near break-even.

With only 50 more to call against the big blind, completing is preferable to folding this weak hand. Raising would build a larger pot out of position with little high-card strength.

K2 offsuit is too weak to build a large pot against the small blind’s limp, and checking takes the free flop while keeping the pot manageable.

I have no pair or immediate draw on this flop, so checking avoids putting more chips in with a weak hand.

Bottom pair has useful showdown value on this connected board, but betting risks being called or raised by stronger hands. I’ll take the free turn card.

With little showdown value, a half-pot turn bet can win the pot against the big blind's weaker hands after the flop checked through.

The small bet offers a tempting price, but my pair of deuces and eight-out straight draw have less than the equity needed to call, especially since some outs may not be clean. I’ll fold rather than inflate the pot with a weak draw.

K7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

9♥6♠ is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability out of position against the button raise. Calling 200 chips would be unprofitable over time.

A3o in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open is getting good pot odds (150 to win 400), so it's a clear defend. Calling keeps the button's weaker hands in, and A3o is a reasonable flat rather than a 3-bet.

Two pair on an A-high board where the button will c-bet very often. Checking lets their bluffs and weaker aces bet, and I plan to check-raise for value and protection against the diamond and wheel draws.

The ace-high flop favors my preflop raising range. A small continuation bet can fold out weaker hands while limiting the cost when called.

Top two pair on a wet A-5-3 board with diamond and wheel draws; check-raising for value and protection against the button's small c-bet range, which includes many weaker aces and draws.)

King-high with no meaningful draw has little equity against a flop check-raise on an ace-high board. Calling 540 chips is not justified.

A♠8♥ is a solid button open in a three-handed pot; raise to 2.5 big blinds to pressure the blinds while keeping the sizing modest.

K3s out of position in the small blind against a button open to 2.5bb, with the big blind still left to act, is a marginal hand. Folding is standard here; 3-betting it as a bluff is an occasional option, but calling out of position plays poorly.

K7 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind against a 2.5-blind button raise, especially with the small blind folded. Calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Trips with a king kicker are strong on this dry board. Checking lets the preflop raiser continuation-bet while keeping bluffs in their range.

A small continuation bet applies pressure on the big blind’s wide preflop calling range while risking little with ace-high on a dry paired board.

Trip sevens with a king kicker is strong on this dry flop. Raising for value can get calls from tens and overpairs while building the pot.

A-high has little showdown value against a flop check-raise, and the backdoor draws are not enough to justify calling 470 into the pot. Fold and preserve chips.