Hold'em table

Q8o is slightly too weak to open profitably even from the button in 3-handed play.

AJo offsuit is a strong heads-up hand against only the big blind after the button folds; I raise for value and fold equity rather than calling and letting the BB see a cheap flop.

T6o is too weak to continue against a 3x small-blind raise after the button folded. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated offsuit hand out of position.

Q7o on the button three-handed is above-average strength with position, so I open-raise to 300 to apply pressure on the blinds and take the initiative postflop.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open to 3bb. Folding avoids dominated, low-playability spots.

ATo is well ahead of a standard button opening range, and calling 200 into a 450 chip pot closes the action profitably.

I am out of position against the preflop raiser with Ace-high on a King-high dry board, making a standard check the optimal line.

As the preflop raiser in position on a K-high dry flop, I have strong range advantage and Q-high has little standalone showdown value, so a small continuation bet targets folds from seat_1's check-call range while keeping me an easy fold to a check-raise.

I hold Ace-ten offsuit with no pair and minimal draws on a King-high dry board. Facing a half-pot c-bet out of position, folding is the standard play.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to open from the button even three-handed; it plays poorly postflop and is not worth the 100-chip call or a raise.

Opening with a suited connector in blind vs blind gives us initiative and good playability postflop.

Six-two offsuit has almost no equity against a 3x open even heads-up, and playing OOP postflop with such a weak holding rarely turns a profit.

Ten-deuce suited is too weak to open profitably even on the button in 3-handed play.

Heads-up from the small blind, 98o has solid equity against the BB's wide range and I have position postflop; raising applies pressure and avoids limping into an out-of-position disadvantage.

Pocket deuces have enough equity against a 2.5bb small-blind open, and calling 150 into 350 needs only about 30 percent. I have position postflop, so flatting is better than folding or bloating the pot.

As preflop raiser on a K-J-8 flop, a small continuation bet folds out BB floats and A-high, and my bottom pair plus backdoor spade draw retains some showdown value while keeping the pot small if called.

Pocket deuces are the lowest pair on a K-J-8 board against a preflop raiser who is c-betting. I have no draw and too little equity to call 200 into 700.

Ten-four offsuit is near the bottom of a 3-handed button opening range — weak equity, poor playability, and easily dominated. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. Q7 suited has enough equity and playability to raise for initiative rather than only complete.

T2o is an unplayable hand that does not warrant defending even against a small blind raise.

Button open with suited Js5s in three-handed play; a small raise takes the initiative with position and fold equity.

Holding T2o in the small blind facing a button open is an easy fold out of position.

Q5 offsuit is far too weak to defend the big blind against a 2.5x button raise; the queen's kicker is dominated and the hand plays poorly out of position postflop.