Hold'em table

42o is far too weak to open, even from the button. Easy fold.

8-5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against the big blind after the button folds; folding the small blind loses only 50 chips and avoids a dominated spot.

A5o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raising to 3x puts pressure on the blinds and can win the pot preflop or build a pot in position.

9♥4♠ is too weak to continue against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

87s is a prime suited connector with good equity and implied odds against a button open, comfortably getting the right price to defend the big blind.

Flopped bottom two pair on an Ace-high board; checking to the preflop raiser to let them c-bet.

I have top pair with the nut flush draw, so betting ~70% of pot builds the pot for value and protects against draws after the preflop caller checked.

I flopped two pair on a coordinated board with a flush draw. Check-raising extracts value from top pair hands and charges drawing hands.

4♣2♦ is too weak to profitably play from the button, even with position and the discounted call. I’ll avoid investing more with a hand that has poor postflop prospects.

ATo is a premier hand blind vs blind; raising to 3bb builds the pot and exerts pressure.

Suited 75 has solid playability and I get a good price (200 into 400) with position postflop against the SB raiser, so defending by calling is more profitable than folding or 3-betting this marginal hand.

We flopped top pair top kicker on a fairly dry board and make a standard one-third pot continuation bet for value.

I have 7-high with only a backdoor flush draw on a T-8-2 board against a preflop raiser who continued betting; calling 200 has no equity to justify it. Folding is cheapest.

T8o is just slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

Heads up from the SB, T3o is well ahead of a random BB hand and the pot odds favor playing. A min-raise adds fold equity and initiative rather than limping into an OOP flop spot.

7♣4♥ is too weak and disconnected to defend out of position against the raise, even at this price.

Queen-nine offsuit on the button is a reasonable steal spot against two blinds; a small 2.5x raise applies pressure and can win the pot preflop or build with position.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Ten-six offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5bb button open.

QTs is a strong hand on the button in a three-handed game, so I’ll raise for value and initiative.

Q6s is too weak to call or 3-bet from the small blind out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

J7 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button min-raise even at good pot odds; folding avoids playing a dominated, hard-to-play hand out of position.