Hold'em table

On the button with a marginal hand, I raise to steal the blinds and take initiative; J8o is playable in a 3-handed game.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position from the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still left to act.

A-K offsuit is a premium heads-up big blind defense and benefits from building the pot while denying the button easy realization. The 3-bet applies pressure to a wide opening range.

J8o is too weak to continue against a big blind 3-bet for 600 more, with insufficient equity and poor playability. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

AKo on the button is a premium hand in 3-handed play, so I'm opening to 2.5bb for value.

7-5 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 2.5bb open, especially with the big blind still behind.

9-high suited is too weak to profitably open from the button in this short-handed structure.

Weak suited hand but getting 3:1 heads-up, so I call to see a cheap flop.

83s is weak; I'll check my option against the SB limp and see a free flop in position.

Holding only 8-high with no draws on a Q-7-5 board, I check to see the turn for free and avoid building the pot out of position with a weak hand.

The flush draw with 8s3s is a good semi-bluff, and I have position after SB checked. A small bet in a limped pot folds out weak hands and builds the pot for when I hit.

My hand is very weak with only 2-8 offsuit and no made hand or strong draw on this flop, so calling the raise is not profitable.

Calling with a marginal suited connector in position is cheap and lets me see a flop with decent implied odds against the blinds.

Completing costs only 50 chips into a 250 pot after the button limp, so the price is good enough for a cheap multiway look despite the weak hand and being out of position.

Check the weak K2 offsuit in a multiway limped pot and realize equity without inflating the pot.

I have 4-3 high with only a gutshot to a 5 on a J-T-2 board, and I'm out of position against two players in a limped pot. Checking is best; a bluff here would be unlikely to get through a board that connects with many hands.

Betting small with bottom pair and a king kicker can extract value from overcards and deny free equity on this connected board.

I have no made hand and almost no draw on this flop, facing a bet from the big blind. Folding is the lowest-cost option with such weak holdings.

43 offsidesuit on J-T-2 has only a gutshot-free backdoor at best (needs running cards), no pair and no real draw; calling 200 into 500 isn't justified.

K7o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open-raise; a 2.5bb raise steals the blinds often and keeps a positional edge postflop.

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

I have an ace with a decent kicker and am getting excellent pot odds of 400 to 150 to see a flop, so calling is profitable. Raising would likely isolate against a stronger range for no reason with this marginal holding.

I have top two pair on a fairly dry board, so I want to build the pot and charge any diamond draws or weaker aces. A bet around 400 should get value while protecting my hand.

K7 offsuit has no pair, no real draw and no backdoor flush on A-5-3 two-tone. Against a donk bet of about 73% pot, calling for 30% pot odds isn't justified with this little equity.

Ace-eight suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 3bb applies pressure and builds value with position.

K3s is a weak hand out of position against a raise; calling would be marginal and likely -EV.

K7o is a clear defend in the big blind against a wide 3-handed button open when we are getting about 3.25:1. Flatting keeps the opener's weaker hands in, while 3-betting is too thin.

I flopped trips with a king kicker, and the board is dry, so checking to the preflop raiser lets them c-bet and keeps their bluffs in. I plan to check-raise or call depending on their action.

A small continuation bet pressures unpaired overcards and weaker broadway hands while risking little on this paired board. Ace-high retains useful showdown value if called.

Trips with a king kicker on a dry paired board are very strong. Calling the small c-bet keeps the button's wide range and its bluffs in, and I can build the pot on later streets.

Trip sevens with a king kicker is strong on this turn. The ace improves many of the button's Ax hands, so leading for about two-thirds pot gets value from aces, tens and draws rather than risking a check back.

We have top pair and should continue versus a range containing worse aces, tens, and occasional bluffs/draws. Raising would mostly isolate us against stronger aces or trips.

Trip sevens with a king kicker beats the Ax and Tx hands that make up most of the button's calling range. A value bet of about two-thirds pot gets paid by those hands.

The turn and sizable river lead line is heavily weighted toward trips, boats, and stronger aces. A weak ace is not a profitable bluff-catcher at this price.