Hold'em table

KJo is a strong button opening hand three-handed, so I raise for value and position.

8To is a weak off-suit hand, out of position against a button raise, folding is the correct play.

KTo in the big blind against a button 2.5x open: we need 150 more into a 400 pot, so the price is good and KTo is well ahead of a wide button range. Calling is the standard defense, and it keeps the button's weaker hands in the pot.

KT on AJ8 is a gutshot to Broadway with overcard equity; out of position against the button raiser's range, which hits this ace-high board hard, checking is standard.

Middle pair has showdown value, but an ace can easily be in the big blind’s range. Checking back keeps the pot manageable and lets me reassess on the turn.

The button checked back the flop, so their range is capped and weak. Our KT has a gutshot to broadway plus overcard equity, which makes it a good semi-bluff stab at around 60% pot.

Second pair with a strong kicker is worth continuing against this modest turn bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding an expensive raise into an ace.

The river missed my K-high and it has little showdown value. Villain checked back the flop, so their range is capped, mostly Jx, 8x and weak pairs. A bet of about two-thirds pot can push those out.

KJ has enough showdown value against weaker jacks and missed draws. Calling 850 to contest the pot is preferable to folding or raising.

On the button with K9o, a standard raise to 250 aims to steal the blinds and build the pot with a hand that has decent equity in a short-handed game.

Q5o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is too weak to call out of position or 3-bet profitably.

The small blind's dead chips improve the price, making a suited hand worth defending against a button open despite being out of position.

I have seven-high with no meaningful draw on this flop. Checking avoids investing more chips without a strong reason to bluff.

I have king-high with no draw on a Qd8d2h board. The big blind checked, so a continuation bet of 250 (under half pot) can represent strength and take down the pot against a likely weak range.

Seven-four high has no pair or flush draw on this flop, and its remote straight possibilities do not justify calling the bet.

J6o is a marginal, dominated holding even for a 3-handed button open, with two players still to act behind. Folding avoids playing out of position on later streets with a weak hand.

Completing costs only 50 chips in a heads-up pot. Although 7-3 offsuit is weak, the price makes seeing a flop preferable to folding immediately.

I have Ace-King suited, a premium hand. I want to build the pot and get value from weaker hands that might call.

7-3 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against the big blind's raise.

Nine-eight offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game, and a small raise uses position without committing too many chips.

3h8s is a very weak hand from the small blind facing a raise with the big blind still to act, so folding avoids losing more chips.

52o out of position against a button open realizes too little of its equity to justify calling 125 into 500, so folding is the default here.

On the button with J8o, a steal raise is profitable against two blinds in a 3-handed game; folding is too tight and calling misses fold equity.

53s from the small blind facing a 2.5bb button open, with the big blind still left to act, is out of position and too weak to call profitably. Folding is standard; 3-betting as a bluff here is marginal at best.

K9 offsuit has enough equity against a typical button opening range to defend the big blind at this price, but is not strong enough to reraise for value.

King-high has some showdown value on this low paired flop. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets the preflop raiser act.

I have no pair and no draw on a paired board; checking behind to see a free turn.

Top pair with a king kicker is likely ahead after the flop checked through. A 350-chip bet gets value from weaker hands and charges diamond draws.

My hand is Jc8s, which is just jack-high with no pair and no draws on a 3d2h2s9d board. I have no showdown value and poor equity to improve, so folding to the turn bet is correct.

T6o is below a standard 3-handed button opening range at 100bb deep, since it is offsuit and plays poorly against both blinds. Folding avoids a marginal spot.

Calling 50 closes the preflop action if the big blind checks and gives a suited hand a cheap heads-up flop. Raising would build a larger pot out of position with a weak hand.

With pocket threes in a 3-handed game, raising from the big blind puts pressure on the small blind's limp, which often indicates a weak hand. A raise to 300 can win the pot immediately or build a pot with a disguised pair if called.

9-3 suited is too weak to defend against a raise while out of position.