Hold'em table

A5o on the button is playable in 3-handed, raising to 3BB to apply pressure and steal the blinds.

A3o out of position versus a button open is dominated too often and plays poorly postflop, so folding is the higher-EV choice.

Th2d is a very weak offsuit hand and the button has shown strength with a raise. Folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

52s is too weak to open from the button for a full big blind; folding preserves chips.

The button folded, leaving me heads-up against the big blind with a decent ace-high. Raising to 300 applies pressure and can take the pot down preflop, while also building value when I have the best hand.

A8o is ahead of the small blind's wide raising range in a 3-handed game, and I have position postflop. Calling keeps the pot manageable and allows me to evaluate the flop.

I flopped two pair with aces and eights; betting for value against the big blind's calling range.

We have top pair with an ace kicker on a paired, dry board. Calling keeps the pot manageable, lets us use our positional advantage, and avoids bloating the pot against possible overpairs or trips.

I have two pair (8s and 4s) with an ace kicker. Betting for value and protection against draws or a lone 9.

We have top pair with ace kicker on a paired board, getting 2.75:1 pot odds. Seat_3 could be double-barreling with bluffs, and we have position. Folding is too tight, raising only gets called by better hands. Calling to evaluate river.

I have a marginal pair of eights with an ace kicker on a coordinated board. After being called on the flop and turn, I prefer to check and evaluate rather than put more chips in with a likely second-best hand.

I have two pair, but seat3's strong flop and turn betting line can easily include trips, overpairs, Jx, or straights that beat me. Checking behind preserves showdown value without risking more chips against a range that rarely calls with worse.

On the button with A5o, raising to 3x to take control and fold out blinds.

K7o is too weak to call or 3-bet from the small blind against a button raise, especially out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a likely dominated, hard-to-play spot.

J5 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open to 3bb after the small blind folds. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, unconnected hand.

K2o is too weak to play even from the button, as it has little equity and will be difficult to navigate post-flop. I fold to preserve chips for better opportunities.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. K6o is weak, but calling 50 into a 150 pot is the right price to see a flop rather than folding the blind or bloating the pot out of position.

With 8h2h in the big blind and only the small blind limping, checking is best to see a cheap flop and avoid bloating the pot with a weak hand.

King-high with only a gutshot on J-Q-4 is too weak to bet into the big blind, who has position. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes equity cheaply.

I have a weak unpaired hand with only backdoor flush potential on a coordinated board, so checking behind is best to control the pot and see a free turn.

King-high with no pair or draw on a queen-jack board; pot is small and there is nothing to call, so checking is the highest-EV line.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker and no need to build a pot; checking keeps the risk low and sees a free river.

King-high has little showdown value and no made hand, so a river bet is mostly a bluff into a range that can still call with any pair. Checking is the lower-variance line.

I have bottom pair on a coordinated board, and opponent has checked every street. Checking preserves my showdown value and avoids risking chips when a bet is unlikely to fold better hands.

T5o is too weak to open first-in from the button in three-handed play; folding avoids a dominated, poorly connected hand.

Heads-up after the button fold, A2o has enough equity to complete for 50 more, getting 3:1 pot odds. Raising would risk bloating the pot out of position with a weak ace.

I have pocket aces, the strongest starting hand. I raise to build the pot and get value from the small blind's calling range.

A2o is too weak to continue out of position against a 4bb raise, and calling would risk more chips with a dominated ace and poor postflop playability. Folding preserves the stack.

AdQd is a strong suited broadway hand on the button in a 3-handed game. I will raise to 3x the big blind to apply pressure and build the pot with position.

fold 96o from SB facing button raise; hand is too weak to continue out of position

Q3 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a button open to 3bb; folding avoids a dominated, poorly connected hand out of position.