Hold'em table

A3o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play to put pressure on the blinds.

A9o in the small blind facing a button min-raise in a 3-handed game is a solid hand. Calling 150 more gets good pot odds, and it's better than folding or bloating the pot out of position with a marginal hand.

Calling 100 into a 500-chip pot gives favorable odds to defend the big blind with 6-5 offsuit against two opponents.

Ace-high on a paired low board in a 3-way pot is likely best or close, with some backdoor equity. A small bet gets value from weaker aces and king-high hands and denies equity to overcards and draws.

Trips are strong enough to continue, but the weak kicker and player still to act make calling preferable to building a large pot.

Facing a flop bet and call into a paired board with only an overcard and a gutshot straight draw, the pot odds do not justify continuing.

I have ace-high plus a gutshot draw (A-4-5-T-9 needs a 3 or 6 for a straight... actually 9 gives no straight, only ace-high with overcards). Heads-up on a dry paired board after the flop bet and call, a half-pot bet has fold equity against weak holdings and gives me some equity with the ace.

Trips are strong enough to continue, but the weak kicker makes a raise risky against better 5x. Calling keeps weaker hands and draws in.

I have only ace-high on a 5-5-4-T-7 board, and seat_3 called both the flop and turn bets, so they likely hold a pair or a made hand. Checking keeps showdown value against missed draws without risking more chips on a bluff.

Trips are likely ahead of the one-pair hands that may call after the river check. A moderate value bet targets those hands without risking too much against a stronger five or a straight.

I have only ace-high on a paired board. Seat 3 called my flop and turn bets and then bet the river, so their range is mostly made hands. Calling needs about 23% equity, and ace-high likely falls short of that.

T3 offsuit is a weak hand; on the button facing a big blind with two players still to act behind, folding is the disciplined play compared with calling 100 out of position postflop against likely better holdings.

A7 suited is a strong heads-up hand, so I’m raising for value and to pressure the big blind.

Holding 84s facing a 3x open from the small blind; although we have position, 84s is too weak to defend profitably against this sizing.

Pocket queens are a premium hand on the button, so I raise for value while keeping weaker hands in.

42s is far too weak to call a 3x open out of position from the small blind.

4-8 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling 200 more out of position against a button raise to 300 in a 3-handed pot is not profitable. Folding costs only the 100 already posted.

Holding 9s 5c offsuit on the button is too weak to open raise profitably even in 3-handed play.

Small blind with T6o heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Only 50 more to win a pot of 150 (getting 3-to-1), so completing is reasonable, and the hand isn't strong enough to raise.

Pocket threes are ahead of many small-blind limps. Raising in position can win the pot now while keeping the size manageable when called.

6h Tc is a weak offsuit hand, and calling 300 more out of position against a big blind raise to 400 is unprofitable in a 3-handed pot, so I fold.

9-6 offsuit is a weak hand out of position postflop against two opponents, so folding on the button rather than paying 100 is the disciplined choice.

Six-three offsuit plays poorly out of position against the big blind, and completing risks further investment with a weak hand.

Pocket sixes are strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise builds the pot while keeping the risk modest.

92 offsuit is completely unplayable from the small blind against a button open.

J5 offsuit is weak; calling 150 more out of position against a button raise to 250 with a dominated, poorly connected hand is a losing play. The pot odds are decent, but the hand plays poorly postflop.