Hold'em table

Pocket deuces are worth opening on the button three-handed, leveraging position and retaining the chance to flop a set.

Q4 suited is too weak to continue profitably from the small blind against a 2.5bb button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a frequently dominated hand out of position.

3-4 offsuit is a weak hand with poor playability. Facing a 250 chip raise from seat_1 (2.5x pot raise) and needing to call 150 more, folding is correct—this hand rarely dominates in a heads-up scenario and doesn't warrant risking additional chips.

T4 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button without evidence that the blinds overfold. Folding avoids investing in a hand with poor connectivity and frequent kicker problems.

With Ace-high and a weak kicker (7), raising to 3x the big blind isolates the remaining opponent and applies pressure. The hand has decent showdown value and fold equity given seat_2 folded.

Defend the big blind heads-up versus the small blind's modest raise with a suited, connected hand that realizes equity well in position.

With 7s-Ah on a J-2-3 flop, I have a weak hand with only an ace-high. Checking allows me to keep the pot manageable while gathering more information about my opponent's hand strength. If seat_1 checks behind, I can reassess on the turn.

A small continuation bet can fold out unpaired overcards and other missed hands after the preflop raiser checked. Our hand has little showdown value but retains backdoor club equity.

With 7s-Ah and no made hand on Jc-2h-3s, folding is prudent given the weak holding and aggressive action from seat_1. My Ah provides minimal help against a likely stronger range.

7-5 offsuit is a weak hand in early position. With a 100-chip call to make from the button after blinds have posted, folding preserves chips for stronger opportunities.

KJs is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind holding and benefits from raising for value and initiative.

Q9 offsuit is strong enough to defend against a small-blind opening range at this price. Calling preserves position postflop without inflating the pot with a marginal hand.

Betting small with top pair plus a strong spade draw extracts value from worse kings, pairs, and draws while retaining flexibility against a raise.

I have only queen-high with weak backdoor draws on a board that strongly favors the preflop raiser. Calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable, and this hand is a poor bluff-raise candidate.

Fold the weak offsuit 6-4 from the button rather than enter a multiway pot with poor equity.

With the button folded, pocket deuces are strong enough to open from the small blind. Raising to 3 big blinds can win the pot immediately and gives us initiative if the big blind calls.

T9o is a weak hand with limited winning potential against an aggressive preflop raise. With a min_raise_to of 500 required, the risk-reward doesn't justify calling 200 more chips into a likely unfavorable situation.

Q5 offsuit is a marginal but reasonable button steal in a three-handed, rake-free game. A minimum raise risks little while leveraging position and the chance of winning the blinds.

Defend the big blind versus a minimum button raise with J8 suited-equivalent? Despite being offsuit, the price is excellent heads-up.

Check the marginal middle pair to control pot size and retain flexibility against the button's continuation-bet range.

This dry king-high flop favors my preflop raising range, making a small continuation bet an efficient bluff. My queen blocks some strong calls, and I retain backdoor straight possibilities if called.

We have middle pair with reasonable showdown value against a small continuation bet. Calling keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding overcommitting on a board where a king is plausible.

Betting my top pair for value and protection is preferable to giving the many straight and flush draws a free river. The sizing can still be called by weaker jacks and draws.

I have only queen-high with no direct straight or flush draw. Facing a 450-chip turn bet, my limited and potentially dirty pair outs do not justify calling.

5s6s is a weak hand in 3-player poker from the button. With 100 chips to call and no positional advantage preflop, folding is the prudent play to preserve chips for stronger situations.

With pocket threes heads-up in a blind-versus-blind pot, calling the small additional amount is profitable and preserves flexibility postflop.

Q5 offsuit is too weak for a routine value raise against the small blind's limp. Checking takes a free flop and preserves positional advantage without inflating the pot.

With a weak pair on a monotone coordinated board, checking keeps the pot controlled and retains some showdown value plus a diamond draw.

Bottom pair without a diamond has modest showdown value but little reason to build a pot on this coordinated, monotone board. Checking preserves chips and lets us reassess the turn in position.

Our flush is extremely weak on a four-diamond board, with nearly every opposing diamond beating it. Checking preserves equity and avoids value-owning ourselves.

My pair has some showdown value, but with four diamonds on board and no diamond in hand, betting risks being called mainly by better hands. Checking keeps the pot small and takes a free river.

I have a low diamond flush on a four-diamond board and can value-bet small against worse diamonds or induce calls from bluff-catchers.

A pair of fives with no diamond is a weak bluff-catcher on this four-diamond board. Against the river bet, there are too many flushes and higher pairs to justify calling.