Hold'em table

K2 offsuit is a marginal button open, but position and the blinds make a small raise worthwhile.

5-3 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind facing a button raise, with the big blind still to act behind me. Folding is best.

T5s is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, even getting good pot odds.

T6s on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable speculative hand, and calling 100 into a 150 pot gives a good price. It is not strong enough to raise for value, so I call and play postflop with position.

J8s has decent playability and getting 5:1 pot odds to complete from the small blind against a button limp is profitable.

Pocket sevens are strong against two limpers. Raising for value also gives them a chance to fold before the flop.

T6s is a weak hand facing a 5x raise from the big blind with the small blind still to act behind, so folding is the disciplined choice rather than calling 400 out of position.

Facing a 5x raise from the big blind over two limpers, J8s out of position does not have sufficient equity or playability to justify calling 400 chips.

Fold J4s on the button as it is slightly below the standard 3-handed button opening range threshold.

Calling costs half a big blind and offers favorable pot odds heads-up. With 8-4 offsuit, I prefer a cheap flop to raising out of position.

Ace-deuce is a strong hand heads-up against a small blind who only limped. Raising to 300 for value and to take the initiative in position-less spot is standard.

8-4 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against the big blind's raise.

T9 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed, with position and good postflop playability.

AKo is a premium hand in 3-handed play. Facing a button open of 2.5bb, with the big blind still to act behind me, a 3-bet to 9bb is best for value and to take the initiative from out of position.

Folding 8d 5s facing a button open and small blind 3-bet.

T9 offsuit plays poorly against a large 3-bet range, even with position. Folding avoids investing more with a marginal hand.

Q7 offsuit is a weak hand out of position postflop against two opponents, so folding on the button is the disciplined choice even though the call is cheap.

In a blind-versus-blind confrontation, J5s has solid playability and equity, making an open-raise to 3 bb standard to put pressure on the big blind.

A-Q suited is strong against a small-blind opening range. A three-bet builds the pot with a likely equity advantage.

J5s was a loose open steal from the small blind, and facing a substantial three-bet out of position, it is an easy fold.

Q6o is too weak to profitably open on the button in 3-handed play.

J5 suited is playable heads-up, and raising gives me a chance to win the blinds immediately while retaining postflop potential.

Q3 suited in the big blind facing a 2.5x small blind raise gets a good price: 150 to call into a 350 pot, about 30% equity required. The button folded and the raiser's range is wide, so calling is reasonable, and a 3-bet with this hand would be poor.

On this dry ace-high flop, a small continuation bet can pressure the big blind’s unpaired hands while risking relatively little. My hand also has backdoor flush and straight possibilities.

Queen-high with a backdoor flush draw only, facing a continuation bet on an ace-high board. The pot odds are about 4.9 to 1, but I'm likely well behind and have few outs, so folding is reasonable.