Hold'em table

2-6o is one of the weakest hands in poker. Folding is the correct play against any reasonable opponent in this position, preserving chips for better opportunities.

A2s on the button in a 3-handed game is a good spot to raise, applying pressure and taking initiative; I can fold to a 3-bet or continue cautiously postflop.

2-6 offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

4-2 offsuit is far too weak to enter with from the button even against blinds.

Q-6 offsuit is a weak hand in early position. After seat_3 folded and I'm in the small blind facing a big blind bet, folding minimizes losses against a likely stronger range.

5-6 offsuit is a weak hand from the button. With a 100-chip call required and no positional advantage postflop, folding is the optimal play to preserve chips for better opportunities.

K6o has enough equity against a single big blind to complete; folding would forfeit the small blind with good pot odds.

Check the big blind with a weak offsuit hand and realize equity cheaply against the limper.

I have K-high on a dry-ish flop and only the big blind remains; a small stab can fold out better unpaired hands and take the pot.

We have bottom pair in a limped heads-up pot and should defend against this small flop stab. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while preserving flexibility.

My king-high has no pair and little equity on a coordinated board; checking controls the pot and avoids bluffing into a caller.

With only bottom pair on a four-heart board, checking back controls the pot and preserves showdown value against missed overcards.

I have only K-high on a four-heart board and no heart in hand. Betting would mostly be called by better hands, so I check and hope to see a cheap showdown.

A minimum river bluff can fold out unpaired overcards and some marginal one-pair hands without a heart, while risking little. Checking our weak pair is unlikely to win often enough.

85o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability; folding avoids investing chips from the button with a marginal holding in a 3-handed preflop spot.

J4 suited has sufficient heads-up equity to pressure the big blind after the button folds. A minimum raise efficiently contests the dead blind while preserving stack depth.

5h-Qs is a weak hand that doesn't warrant continued investment against a raise. Folding preserves chips and avoids marginal situations out of position.

Q8 suited is a playable button hand three-handed; raising isolates the blinds and retains initiative.

With pocket kings, I have one of the strongest starting hands in poker. Seat 3's raise to 250 looks like a steal attempt from the button. A strong 3-bet to 1000 chips (10bb) isolates and builds the pot in my favor with a premium hand, while also gathering information about the strength of their holdings.

4-3 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a button raise and a small-blind three-bet, especially with poor playability and dominated equity.

Q8 suited is not strong enough to continue against a large 3-bet after opening, especially with the opponent claiming a premium hand.