Hold'em table

K8o is a playable hand in 3-handed, and raising from the button puts pressure on the blinds to fold or play out of position.

Q5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind, facing a button raise to 250 with the big blind still to act behind. Folding is the disciplined choice.

Q9o in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open in 3-handed play is a clear defend, with good pot odds (150 to win 400), and it plays well as a call rather than a 3-bet.

Middle pair with a gutshot and a backdoor diamond draw, out of position against the button's range. Checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me continue against a c-bet.

BB checked on a coordinated flop and I have a gutshot plus backdoor flush with K high. A half-pot cbet can fold air and weak hands, and I still have outs if called.

Middle pair with a queen kicker and backdoor straight draws is getting good odds (300 to win 1150) against a small c-bet, so calling is better than folding or raising.

Middle pair with a gutshot to the K-T straight on an ace turn that favors the preflop raiser; check to control the pot and realize equity.

Opponent has checked twice, showing weakness. The ace on the turn is a good card for my preflop raising range, so I bet about two-thirds pot as a bluff to take it down.

Third pair with no real draw is a weak bluff-catcher against a button double barrel on an ace turn. Their range is heavy with Ax, Jx and strong draws, so calling 750 into 1900 is not profitable.

9h2h is a weak offsuit-ish hand from the button facing a big blind with two players left to act behind; folding avoids a negative-EV spot.

Blind vs blind, T3s is a reasonable steal candidate with suited playability. A 3bb raise pressures the big blind's wide range.

Holding J3 offsuit, a very weak hand, and out of position against the small blind's raise, folding is the prudent choice to avoid losing more chips.

T8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds.

54o is a very weak hand out of position against a button raise. Even with 2:1 pot odds, it's a clear fold to avoid losing more chips postflop.

8-2 offsuit is the worst hand; calling 150 more to win a 400 pot out of position against a button raise isn't profitable, so I fold.

J7o is a weak hand, even on the button. Folding avoids risking chips with a hand that plays poorly postflop.

The button folded, so it's heads-up from the small blind with KQo, which is a strong hand in this spot. A raise to 3bb builds the pot and takes the initiative, and it plays better than a limp or a fold.

In a blind-vs-blind spot, A3o does well against a wide small-blind opening range, and the ace blocks strong hands. A 3-bet to 900 picks up fold equity, and I keep position for the rest of the hand.

KQo out of position facing a 3-bet to 9bb from the big blind is dominated by much of the 3-bet range, and calling 6bb more is unprofitable. Folding is the disciplined choice.

A8o is a decent hand in 3-handed play on the button; raising to 3bb takes the initiative and puts pressure on both blinds.

97o from the small blind facing a button 3x open, with the big blind still to act behind, is a clear fold; calling out of position with a weak offsuit hand loses money.

8h5h is a weak suited gapper out of position against a button open; calling would risk 200 more to see a flop where we will miss most of the time, making fold the disciplined choice.

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43o is too weak to call or raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act.

2-3 offsuit is the worst possible starting hand. Calling 150 more into a 400 pot would leave me out of position against a button opener, so folding is the best choice.