Hold'em table

AK suited is a premium hand on the button, so I open to 3x rather than flat the big blind. This builds the pot and takes the initiative before the flop.

T9 suited has good playability in a three-handed pot and is worth defending against the button’s raise, despite being out of position.

Holding pocket Queens in the big blind facing a button open and a small blind call, squeezing for value to isolate and build the pot.

AKs is a premium hand and plays well as a 4-bet for value against the BB's 3-bet, building the pot and denying equity to dominated hands.

T9 suited is too weak to continue against a large four-bet with another player still involved. The call price is substantial and leaves poor postflop maneuverability.

In a 3-handed dynamic, pocket queens are strong enough to 5-bet jam 100 big blinds deep against a button 4-bet.

AKs is a premium hand and the 5800 call into a 14500 pot needs only about 29% equity, which AK has against a 5-bet shove range.

K6 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game, and a minimum raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

Holding 8d 5c in the small blind against a button open is an easy fold with unsuited trash.

72s is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

9c 4d is a very weak unsuited hand that is not profitable to open even from the button.

Jack-five offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind, so I fold rather than invest more.

T8o is a playable button steal in three-handed; a small open takes the initiative and realizes position better than limping.

A♠? I have A♥T♦, a strong hand against a wide button opening range. Raising from the small blind applies pressure and avoids inviting the big blind in cheaply.

Holding T3o facing an open and a 3-bet, this is an easy fold out of position.

T8o is too weak to continue against a sizable 3-bet, even in position. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.

9♦4♥ is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability, so I’ll avoid investing from the button.

Holding T3o in the small blind out of position against the big blind is an easy fold.

T7o is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so I raise A4s from the small blind to 3bb for fold equity and to build a pot with a suited ace rather than flat out of position.

J9 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind open, while calling keeps weaker hands in and avoids bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a connected A-K-Q board, out of position. Checking controls the pot and avoids value-owning myself against stronger aces and two-pair hands.

I have only a gutshot to a straight, and the ace-high flop favors the preflop raiser. I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into their range.

I have aces and queens with the king kicker, and the flop check-back showed weakness. A half-pot bet gets value from kings and stubborn pairs while keeping the pot manageable against trips and straights.

I have only a gutshot straight draw, with four tens as clean outs and insufficient pot odds to call the turn bet.