Hold'em table

Raising from the button with Q9o applies pressure on the blinds and takes initiative in a 3-handed pot; the hand has enough equity to raise rather than just call.

Qs8s has solid suited playability and closing the small blind at a favorable price makes defending profitable against a button open.

T4o is a weak hand with no premium qualities. Facing a raise to 300 from seat_1 and a call from seat_2, folding is the correct decision to minimize losses against likely stronger hands.

With only a weak gutshot/backdoor potential and no made hand out of position, checking is the best default.

I raised preflop and the flop is low and disconnected, so a continuation bet can take down the pot often enough to be profitable. If called or raised, I can shut down with Q-high.

With only queen-high and no meaningful draw on this low connected board, folding to the continuation bet avoids continuing with poor equity out of position.

Q4 offsuit is a weak button opening hand in a three-handed game and is better folded than played from a deep stack.

Pocket sevens is a decent hand preflop. With one opponent folded and only the big blind to contest, raising to 200 (min-raise) builds the pot and applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable. This exploits good equity against a single opponent in position.

Facing a small blind raise with 5c3d, a weak offsuit hand, I fold rather than call 100 more out of position.

83o is too weak to complete out of position against the big blind, even with a small discount; folding avoids playing a dominated hand postflop.

Raise to 300 on the button with a suited connector to apply pressure and take the initiative. Position allows us to play well postflop if called.

8-3 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button 3x open with the big blind still behind.

8-10 offsuit is a weak hand against a raise from seat_1. With only 200 chips to call and facing potential aggression, folding preserves chips when equity is low.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to open profitably on the button in this format, so I fold rather than enter with a dominated hand.

Q-2 offsuit is a weak hand in early position. Folding preflop minimizes losses with a marginal holding facing a big blind who will have positional advantage postflop.

4s9h is a weak offsuit hand out of position; folding avoids playing a marginal hand postflop against the big blind.