Hold'em table

2-4 offsuit is one of the weakest starting hands. Calling from the button would put chips in with a poor hand and I'd be out of position on later streets, so I fold.

With the button folded, calling 50 more lets me play heads-up against the big blind. Q5 offsuit is playable here, but I prefer not to build a larger pot out of position.

ATo is well ahead of SB's limping range, so raising for value and initiative in position is standard.

Q5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a sizable raise, so I’ll avoid investing more chips.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two opponents.

85o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position against the big blind.

I hold pocket Queens on the button, an extremely strong premium holding, and a standard 2.5x open raise builds value and isolates the blinds.

AKo is a premium hand in 3-handed play. Re-raising from the small blind against a button open builds the pot and thins the field, and the 900 size (about 3.6x the open) gives the button and big blind poor odds to continue.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against the small blind's large reraise, especially with the button still in the hand.

Holding pocket Queens on the button facing a small blind 3-bet in a 3-handed game is a clear 4-bet for value and initiative.

AKo is strong against a button 4-bet range; calling 1350 to win a 3250 pot keeps dominated hands in and gets a good price, while avoiding a 5-bet shove that risks the whole stack against the premium hands that beat us.

Top pair top kicker on a dry K-high flop in a 4600 pot; I'm first to act out of position. Betting about half pot builds value from worse Kx and pocket pairs and denies equity, while a check risks giving free cards. Facing a 4-bet range of AA/KK/QQ, I'm still ahead of enough hands to bet.

In position in a 4-bet pot with second pair and good pot odds (getting 3:1), we cannot fold immediately to a flop lead without overfolding our range.

Trip kings with top kicker is very strong on a paired board; bet for value against a range that called a flop raise.

Opponent called a preflop 4-bet out of position, led the flop on a King-high board, and fired again on the paired King turn. Our Queens are heavily crushed by their value range (AK, AA, 88), and finding bluffs in this line is extremely rare.

7h4h is a weak offsuit-ish connector-less hand; on the button facing a 100 call against two players who still act behind, folding avoids a marginal negative-EV spot.

5-2 offsuit is too weak to play out of position against the big blind, even at the discounted price.

On the button in a three-handed game, K2 offsuit is a marginal but playable steal hand. A minimum raise keeps the cost low while giving me position after the flop.

Folding 95o from the small blind facing a button open, as it has very poor equity and playability out of position.

QTs in the big blind getting 2.5 to 1 against a button min-raise (pot 350, 100 to call), so it is easily a profitable call with a suited broadway hand and position disadvantage is manageable heads-up.

I have a gutshot straight draw (K needed) and a backdoor heart flush draw on an ace-high board, against a button raiser who likely has an ace. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free card.

A small continuation bet uses my positional and range advantage on the ace-high flop while risking relatively little with king-high.

Open-ended nut-adjacent draw: Q-T on J-A-x gives a Broadway straight draw (K needed) plus a backdoor heart flush draw, and getting 750-to-150 (5-to-1) on a small button c-bet makes calling clearly profitable versus raising. Calling keeps the pot manageable.

I have a Broadway straight (Q-T with A-K-J on board), which is the nut straight, so I'm betting for value on a board with a possible flush draw. Seat 2 bet small on the flop, so a moderate bet should get called by worse hands.

My pair of kings has a weak kicker and no spade. The turn lead after a flop call is strong enough on this three-spade board that calling is unlikely to be profitable.

Queen-three offsuit is too weak to open from the button even in a 3-handed game.

2h8s is a weak offsuit hand, and out of position against the big blind it is not worth calling or raising, so I give up the small blind.