Hold'em table

J3s is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

With the button folded, completing from the small blind is inexpensive and keeps this weak offsuit hand from building a pot unnecessarily.

I'm in the big blind with 9d4s and facing only a limp, so checking is free and keeps a weak but playable hand in a cheap pot.

With the pot checked to me heads-up, I’ll make a small stab that can fold out some hands and still has a gutshot draw to a straight.

I have bottom pair (nines) and only need to call 100 into a 300 pot, giving cheap odds to see the turn. I can fold cheaply if the turn brings overcards or aggression.

I have only a weak gutshot draw and no made hand, so I’ll take the free card rather than build the pot.

I hold second pair with a weak kicker and the aggressor checked the turn, so I have no reason to build a pot; checking keeps the pot small and avoids getting raised off my marginal hand.

With only jack-high, a river bluff is unlikely to fold the pairs that called the flop, while checking preserves a chance to beat missed draws.

I hold a pair of nines; opponent's flop bet followed by checks on turn and river suggests a weak pair or missed draw, so a small river bet extracts value from 8x and lower pairs while keeping risk minimal.

I have only jack-high and no meaningful draw or pair. The river call requires about 25% equity, and this small value bet is likely to be a pair more often than a bluff.

Q2 suited is playable from the button in a three-handed game, so I’ll raise to apply pressure while retaining position.

8s5c offsuit is far too weak to call a 2.5x raise out of position with two players behind; folding is clearly best.

T2s is too weak to defend out of position even against a 2.5bb open.

Jack-three offsuit is far too weak to play even from the button in a 3-handed game with no limpers. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Holding 34 offsuit in the small blind against the big blind, this hand is too weak to complete or raise.

Opening AJo on the button to 2.5bb for value and position in 3-handed play.

5♣4♦ is a weak offsuit hand, and calling from the small blind would leave me out of position against a raise with the big blind still to act.

2c6h is a very weak hand facing a 2.5x raise from the button with only one caller behind; folding is clearly best.

J9 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raising to 250 puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Nines are strong in a 3-handed game and the button's 2.5x open is wide; 3-betting builds a pot and isolates, keeping the hand manageable postflop.

Holding 4-3 offsuit facing a raise and a 3-bet is an easy fold out of the big blind.

J♣9♠ is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, especially out of position postflop despite having the button preflop.

A4o is weak, but on the button in a 3-handed limped pot it has position and decent pot odds; calling and seeing a cheap flop is more profitable than folding or inflating the pot with a marginal ace.

Punish the button limp with a strong offsuit broadway hand and take initiative out of the small blind.

K♦5♦ is too weak to continue against a large raise with the limper still in the hand; calling would invite a dominated, multiway spot.

A4 offsuit is dominated by the small blind's raise range and I'd be out of position postflop; folding 250 into a 550 pot is the cheap, correct fold.