Hold'em table

On the button with an ace in a 3-handed game, raising applies pressure on the blinds and takes initiative with position. A6o is strong enough to open-raise here rather than limp or fold.

JTo is too weak to call a 3x button open out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding is standard.

Q3 offsuit is a weak hand facing a 3x raise; folding is correct from the big blind with no price to justify defending.

K7o is a profitable standard open from the button in 3-handed play.

9-2 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise; folding is correct even from the small blind.

Closing the action with KJo for only 100 more into a 350 pot, so call and evaluate postflop rather than bloating the pot out of position.

With middle pair on an ace-high flop, I want to keep the pot controlled and see how the preflop raiser proceeds.

As the preflop raiser on an Ace-high dry board, a standard one-third pot continuation bet puts pressure on the big blind's wide check-calling range.

I have second pair with a decent kicker and the button's small flop bet gives me good pot odds. Calling keeps his bluffs in and avoids inflating the pot with a marginal hand on an ace-high board.

I have middle pair with a decent kicker, but the ace-high board and button's preflop/flop aggression mean I should control the pot and evaluate the next action rather than bloat it.

I have King-high with a gutshot straight draw. Checking behind allows me to take a free river card and see if I improve or evaluate a river bluff.

With second pair and an ace on board, checking controls the pot and may induce a bluff from worse hands, while betting is only likely to be called by better.

Seat 1 called the flop and checked through the turn and river. King-high has some showdown value against missed float draws like QT or T9, and bluffing is unlikely to fold out pairs of Jacks or Aces.

A7 suited is a strong button hand in a 3-handed game; raising to 300 to build the pot and leverage positional advantage against two players who've only limped/posted blinds.

Getting 1.8:1 pot odds with an ace against a likely wide button raise; calling keeps the pot manageable and avoids bloating with a marginal offsuit ace out of position.

Calling 200 to see a flop closing the action with suited ace Ah4h getting over 3.5:1 pot odds.

Out of position with only ace-high and backdoor draws on a coordinated board; checking controls the pot and lets me see the turn without committing more chips.

I hit bottom pair on a broadway-heavy board multiway; checking to the preflop aggressor is standard.

Both opponents checked the flop, showing weakness; I'll bet to represent strength and pick up the pot with my preflop raising range, while having a backdoor flush draw as backup equity.

Ace-high with only backdoor draws on a coordinated board, facing a bet from the preflop raiser with another player still to act. Folding is the disciplined play.

Facing a 500 chip bet into a 900 chip multiway pot on a coordinated K-J-4 board, bottom pair with no flush draw has poor equity and difficult playability out of position.

T7o on the button has decent implied odds and position; raising applies pressure and can take down the blinds or isolate.

87o is too weak to call or 3-bet out of position from the small blind against a 3bb open with the big blind still to act.

4-5 offsuit out of position against a raise isn't worth defending for 200 more chips.

74o is too weak to open even from the button in 3-handed play. Easy fold.

Weak offsuit hand (J6o) facing a call with position disadvantage; folding is standard here.

Weak offsuit-ish low connector (45 suited actually, but button facing two live players with no raise yet isn't worth defending here); folding keeps me disciplined early, 45s on button vs limps is marginal and not worth investing chips in this spot given stack preservation priority.

K7o is a reasonable heads-up hand against a single big blind, and raising can take down the pot preflop or isolate with initiative. I'll raise to 250 to apply pressure while keeping the risk controlled.

Holding 62o facing an open raise is an easy standard fold.