Hold'em table

On the button in a 3-handed game, 8-7 suited-ish connectors offline (7c8s is offsuit but connected) have enough playability and position to open-raise and pressure the blinds. A small raise to 2.5bb keeps risk low.

T5o is a very weak unsuited hand out of position against a button raise, making an easy fold.

Pocket threes are worth defending against a button raise at this price, with potential to win a larger pot when I flop a set.

With an underpair on an ace-high flop and no heart draw, I’ll check out of position rather than build the pot.

Heads-up in position on A-T-4 two-hearts after the BB checked. I hold 7-8 with a gutshot and backdoor draws, so a small continuation bet takes the pot often and gives some equity when called.

Pocket threes have little chance to improve on this ace-high, two-heart flop, and calling out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

Opening JTo on the button with a standard 2.5bb raise to steal blinds and play in position.

9-6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

K5 offsuit is weak; calling 150 to win 400 puts me out of position against a button raiser with a hand that plays poorly, so folding is the disciplined choice.

On the button with no rake, a small open gives 5-6 offsuit a chance to win the blinds or play a manageable pot in position.

A7s-type hand (A7 offsuit here) is decent in 3-handed play against a button min-raise; calling 150 more for a pot of 500 gives good odds, though out of position, so I avoid a bloated 3-bet.Calling is reasonable.</br>

K2o has very poor playability and reverse implied odds multiway out of position, making it a clear fold despite good pot odds.

Ace-high with a backdoor-ish holding on a J-5-4 two-tone board is a weak showdown hand; out of position against the button's raising range, checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize equity cheaply.

A small bet protects my weak pair against overcards and draws while keeping the pot manageable.

Ace-high with a backdoor draw is getting 675+175 to 175, roughly 4.9:1 odds, against a small continuation bet from the button. Calling is clearly profitable, and raising would only get called or beaten by better hands.

Ace-high on a paired, coordinated board has little showdown value against a button who bet the flop, so I take a free card rather than bloat the pot; a bluff without much fold equity isn't attractive.

Trips are likely ahead, and a 600-chip bet gets value from jacks and draws while charging them to see the river.

Ace-high with a backdoor-free board is a bluff-catcher; the pot offers 1450 to 600 (about 3.4-to-1), so I need roughly 30% equity. The button bets small on the flop and now bets the turn, which is often a wide range, so calling is reasonable versus folding.

Ace-high on a paired 5-J-4-5-6 board with a 7 gives me a straight (4-5-6-7 needs 3 or 8; I have neither), so I only hold ace-high with little showdown value. Villain bet flop and turn, so a bet would rarely get called by worse; checking to showdown is best.

I have a full house, so I’m betting for value against flushes, straights, and other hands that may call.

Ace-high with a 7 is the best bluff-catcher I can hold here. Seat 3 bet 1600 into 2050, so the pot offers about 2.3 to 1, and calling is close but reasonable against a wide betting range.

Q8s on the button in a 3-handed pot has decent equity and position, and calling 100 to win 250 is a good price, so I'll limp in rather than build a bigger pot with a marginal hand.

J9s has great playability and equity against a button limp; raising to 400 isolates the limper and takes preflop initiative.

T2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 4 BB raise with the button still to act.

Q8s on the button getting 600+300 pot odds (need 300 to win 900, about 25% equity) against a small blind raise range is a reasonable call with position and suited playability.

C-betting one-third pot on an Ace-King dry texture that heavily favors my preflop raising range.

Qs8s on A-3-K rainbow with only a backdoor flush draw and queen-high; facing a 300 bet into 900 needs about 25% equity, and against a preflop raiser's range that hits this board I likely have less, so folding is the safer choice.

Q7o is near the bottom of the button opening range in 3-handed play and is best folded to avoid postflop complications.

Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open from the small blind against one opponent. Raising to 2.5 big blinds puts pressure on the big blind without risking too much.

5s9d is a weak offsuit hand; calling 150 more out of position against a small blind raise to 250 is a marginal call at best, so folding is simplest.

K5 suited is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Q8s is marginal out of position in the small blind facing a button raise to 250 with the big blind still to act behind me. Calling 200 more with a weak, dominated hand is not profitable, so I fold.

A3s has good playability and nut flush potential, making it an easy defend getting 2.7 to 1 against a button open.

I flopped bottom pair with an ace kicker out of position; standard play is to check to the preflop aggressor and evaluate their c-bet.

Top pair can get value from weaker pairs on this dry flop. A small bet keeps those hands in while limiting risk with a weak kicker.

We hold bottom pair with the best kicker on a dry board, facing a small 1/3 pot continuation bet. Calling is profitable given the pot odds.

Check to the in-position aggressor on the paired turn card with bottom two pair and an Ace kicker.

Top pair can still get value from weaker pairs and draws. A moderate turn bet keeps those hands in while limiting exposure against a nine or a stronger king.

Our bottom pair is counterfeited on the paired turn board, losing to any higher pocket pair and all Kings, making this a clear fold facing a second barrel.