Hold'em table

Pocket jacks are a premium hand on the button, so I open to 3x to build the pot and take the initiative before the blinds act.

I hold 8h4d, a weak offsuit hand that is not strong enough to call a 250 chip raise into a 450 pot. Folding preserves my stack against a likely strong range from the raiser.

In the big blind against a 3x button open, I'm getting 200 to win 650, so I need about 31% equity. 86o is a standard defend against a wide button range, and calling is better than folding.

Middle pair with a backdoor flush draw, out of position against the button's opening range on a K-high board. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me call a reasonable c-bet.

Pocket jacks are ahead of most of the big blind's check-call range on K62 with a diamond draw, so a small c-bet takes value and denies free equity.

Middle pair plus a backdoor diamond draw is getting good odds against a small c-bet (250 into 650), so calling is better than folding. Raising would only fold out worse hands and get called by kings.

Middle pair with no real draw on a K-high board against a preflop raiser who c-bet; checking to control the pot and realize showdown value is best.

Pocket jacks are still ahead of many hands that called the flop, and the checked turn lets me bet for value against worse pairs and draws. A half-pot sized bet keeps pressure without overcommitting to a king-high board.

Getting about 4.3:1 against a small turn barrel, middle pair with some improvement outs has enough equity versus a wide button range to call.

Two pair (eights and sixes) beats the top-pair Kx hands that bet small on the flop and turn, and those hands may check back the river. A roughly half-pot lead gets value from them while keeping the risk modest if the villain has a set or straight.

Pocket jacks are only a bluff-catcher on a king-high river, and seat_3's check-call, check-call, lead line is weighted toward value that beats me. The price is not good enough to continue.

I hold 3c2s, a very weak hand with no playability. The pot odds don't justify calling 100 into 150 with such a dominated hand, so folding is the correct decision.

Blind vs blind with 86o, a raise-or-fold strategy from the SB is standard, and 86o is near the bottom of a wide raising range. A 3x open applies pressure while keeping some playability.

J7 offsuit is too weak to continue against a preflop raise, even heads-up with position. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, low-equity hand.

A7o is a clear open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds and take initiative.

76o is too weak to call a button raise out of position from the small blind, with the big blind still to act.

My 2h-8d is a weak hand facing a 250 raise from the button; folding preserves my stack against a likely strong range.

A3o is a marginal but playable button open in three-handed poker with position, so a small raise pressures the blinds better than limping or folding.

7s4s is a weak hand that cannot stand a raise from the button. The small blind position with a big raise in front makes folding the most +EV play.

99 is well ahead of a wide 3-handed button opening range, so I'm 3-betting for value and to deny equity rather than playing out of position in a single-raised pot.

A3o is too weak to continue against a 4x 3-bet; dominated ace and poor playability make folding the higher-EV line.

3-2 offsuit is a very weak hand, and facing a 100 big blind call with only 50 invested by the small blind makes continuation unlikely to be profitable. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

Blind vs blind, completing for 50 into a 150 pot gives good odds, and T2o is a reasonable limp in a mixed small-blind strategy. It is too weak to raise profitably against the big blind's defense.

Q9o is too weak to raise for value against the small blind's limp, and checking is free, so I take the flop and reassess.

Ten-high with only backdoor draws, out of position in a limped pot, so I check and keep the pot small.

Queen-high with no pair or draw on a king-jack flop has little showdown value, and seat 3 already checked, so there is no price to continue. Checking keeps the pot small rather than bluffing into a range that can easily have a pair.

Open-ended straight draw (an A or 9 makes a straight) after the flop checked through, so a small semi-bluff can take down the pot now and still has equity if called.

Second pair with a nine kicker is too weak on this king-high, straight-heavy board against a delayed turn bet, so I fold rather than pay off likely better hands.

In 3-handed play, 98o on the button is a standard open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to pressure the blinds while I have position.

Pocket jacks are ahead of a button open, so I 3-bet to 800 to build the pot and deny equity before the big blind acts.

I hold Q-7 suited, a weak hand that does not play well out of position. Facing a 700 chip call and a 1350 minimum raise, folding preserves my stack against strong ranges.

98o facing a 3-bet to 8bb from the small blind is too weak to continue profitably. Calling 5.5 into 11.5 out of position-agnostic ranges with an offsuit hand dominated by much of their range, so I fold.