Hold'em table

53s is near the bottom of playable button opening ranges in 3-handed play; folding is standard and avoids marginal spots.

With the button folded, Q♠8♠ is a reasonable heads-up opening hand from the small blind. A raise builds the pot and applies pressure to the big blind.

94 suited is too weak to continue against a preflop raise, even in position. Folding avoids paying 150 with a dominated, low-equity hand.

On the button three-handed, T5 offsuit is playable as an open; a small raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Queen-jack suited is strong enough to 3-bet the button open from the small blind, taking the initiative and charging the big blind before the flop.

Holding 2d 6c facing an open raise and a 3-bet, this is an easy fold out of the big blind.

T5 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large preflop 3-bet, even in position. Folding avoids investing more with poor equity.

On the button in three-handed play, Q3 suited is a reasonable steal open; a small raise takes the initiative and I can fold to a 3-bet.

42s is far too weak to defend out of position from the small blind against a button open.

J7 suited is a reasonable big-blind defend against a button min-raise, and the pot odds make calling preferable to folding. I’ll avoid inflating the pot with a marginal 3-bet.

I have a strong flush draw plus a gutshot, so checking preserves the option to realize my equity and respond to the button’s action.

As the preflop raiser I continuation-bet small on a checked flop with bottom pair, applying pressure while keeping the price low if called.

I have a strong combo draw: a flush draw plus a gutshot straight draw. Raising applies pressure while giving me a chance to win immediately and keeps my equity when called.

I have only bottom pair with a weak kicker facing a check-raise, and this hand is too weak to continue as a bluff-catcher.

Holding 83 offsuit on the button is well outside any standard opening range, making folding the clear +EV decision.

KQo is a strong hand heads-up from the small blind, so raise for value and take the initiative rather than just completing.

A7o is too weak to continue out of position against a 3x small-blind raise; the ace does not compensate for the poor kicker and difficult postflop realization.

With a weak but connected hand on the button, I’ll take the inexpensive option and play in position rather than build a pot with a raise.

AJs is strong three-handed and the button only limped, so I raise to isolate and take the initiative rather than complete.

Facing a 4bb raise from the small blind over a button limp, KJo plays poorly out of position with the button still to act behind.

4♣5♦ is a weak offsuit hand, and calling 300 against the raise would be a poor investment even with position.

97 suited is playable from the button in three-handed play, and raising takes the initiative with position rather than flat-calling the big blind.

K3o is too weak to defend out of position against a 3bb button open.

54 suited has enough equity and playability to defend the big blind against a button raise at these pot odds. Calling keeps the pot manageable while out of position.

I have only a weak bottom pair with a poor kicker and no meaningful draw, so I’ll check and keep the pot small.

As the preflop raiser I c-bet small on a dry K-J-5 flop after the BB checks. My 79cc has little showdown value, so a one-third-pot stab takes it down often enough to be profitable.

The small flop bet gives favorable pot odds, and bottom pair has enough showdown value to continue against a wide button c-bet range. Raising would risk too much with a weak pair.

I have only a weak bottom pair on a board with several higher-card and straight possibilities. Check and keep the pot small rather than bluffing into the preflop raiser.

I have a pair of nines plus a flush draw, so a turn bet builds the pot and can fold out better hands that are not strong enough to continue.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker has little showdown value, and calling 650 requires about 27% equity. The turn barrel on this board is unlikely to leave enough bluffs or worse value hands to justify continuing.