Hold'em table

Pocket sixes play well 3-handed; a standard button raise builds the pot with position and can win it preflop.

T8 suited from the small blind facing a 3x button open is a marginal hand that plays poorly out of position with the big blind still to act; folding is the standard play.

98o is connected and has reasonable equity against a wide button open; calling 200 into 450 from the big blind is profitable enough despite being out of position.

Top pair with an 8 kicker is strong heads-up but donk-betting mainly folds worse hands and gets called by better 9s and overpairs. Checking lets the preflop raiser bluff or value-bet wider and keeps the pot controlled.

Overpair of sixes on a dry low board; checking keeps the pot small and lets me raise if the BB bets.

Top pair on a draw-heavy board after opponent checked the flop; bet for value and protection against hearts and overcards.

7h6h suited connector on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and plays well postflop in position.

A7 suited is strong three-handed against a wide button open. Three-betting from the small blind takes initiative, denies the big blind a cheap squeeze/flat, and avoids playing out of position with just a call.

T5o is far too weak to call 800 more against a raise and re-raise; folding is clearly best.

76s in position against a small-blind 3-bet with 100bb effective has good implied odds and plays well postflop; calling 650 into 1250 is a standard defend.

As the preflop 3-bettor with the nut flush draw on Kc-Jc-8d, a half-pot semi-bluff builds the pot for my draw and retains fold equity against button's calling range.

Holding 6h7h on Kc Jc 8d I have no pair, no flush draw, and only a gutshot-ish backdoor equity; facing a half-pot bet from the preflop 3-bettor, folding is clearly correct.

Pocket Jacks on the button is a premium hand in 3-handed play; raising to 3x builds value while keeping weaker hands in.

T4o offsuit is far too weak to call 250 more against a 3x button raise; folding is clearly best.

Q9o in the big blind facing a 3x button open with 200 to call into 450; getting 2.25:1 closing the action, Q9o is a reasonable defend against a wide button range.

Flopped trips with a weak kicker on a board the button raiser will c-bet very often; checking induces bluffs and sets up a check-raise rather than folding out his air with a lead.

Bet small in position with two pair Jacks over the paired board to get value from draws and lower pairs while denying free equity to overcard hands.

Flopped trips with Q9 on QQK; opponent's small c-bet gives a chance to build the pot while we are far ahead of most of the button's range. Raising also charges draws and worse kings.

JJ is only second pair on a QQK board and loses to any Q, K, AA or AK; a BB check-raise here is heavily weighted to trips/better two pair and strong spade draws, giving us too little equity and difficult turns to continue for 450.

AQs is strong from the button; a standard 3x open builds the pot with position and can win it preflop.

8-4 offsuit in the small blind facing a 3x open from the button is a clear fold; it plays poorly out of position and has little equity or playability.

KTo has good equity against a wide button open and I only need about 31% to call from the big blind, so defending by calling is profitable despite being out of position.

King-high with only backdoor draws on an ace-high board versus the preflop raiser; checking free is best and avoids bluffing into a range that hits this flop.

Top pair with top kicker on a dry board; I raised preflop and seat_3 checked, so I bet for value and protection.

King-high with no pair and no meaningful draw on an ace-high board facing a 400 bet into 650; calling lacks the equity needed versus a likely ace or better.

4s6d offsuit is a weak, unconnected-suit hand on the button in a 3-handed game; opening it is marginal at best and folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position postflop against two blinds.

8-2 offsuit is near the bottom of the range out of position against the big blind; the small completion price does not compensate for poor equity realization postflop.

7-2 suited is among the weakest hands even on the button three-handed; calling 100 chips lacks sufficient equity and playability against the blinds.

Heads-up with J2s suited, I have position on the BB and can apply pressure with a small raise; folding is too tight and calling gives up initiative.

K5 suited in the big blind facing a 3x open from the small blind heads-up: getting 2:1 on a call with position postflop, so defend by calling rather than folding or 3-betting a weak suited king.

J-high with a weak gutshot-ish draw heads up; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating with a marginal hand.

SB raised and checked the flop to me on a dry Q-7-3 board; K5s has only king-high but a stab of half pot takes it down often against a capped checking range while retaining a backdoor flush and overcard equity if called.

J-high with no draw on a Q-7-3 board facing a flop bet from the preflop caller; calling is hopeless and bluffing into two opponents is unprofitable.