Hold'em table

32 offsuit is too weak to play profitably from the button against two blinds.

3-5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against the big blind; folding and losing the small blind is better than calling or raising with it.

6c2c is a weak suited hand even on the button in a 3-handed game; folding avoids a marginal spot out of position postflop against two opponents.

In a blind versus blind situation, Q9o is strong enough to open-raise for value and initiative rather than folding or limping.

4-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a raise to 300, even with position after the flop.

On the button in 3-handed play, JTo is a solid open-raising hand to steal the blinds or play in position.

J4 offsuit is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

K4 offsuit is a weak, easily dominated hand facing a 2.5x button open; even with decent pot odds it plays poorly out of position postflop, so folding is the lowest-variance, highest-EV line.

A4 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. A 2.5 big blind raise pressures the blinds while keeping the investment modest.

97s has good playability and equity against a button open; calling 200 into a 400 pot at 100bb deep is reasonable, keeping the pot controlled out of position.

Holding 52 offsuit out of position against a raise and a call is an easy fold despite getting good pot odds.

Middle pair with 9 kicker on a J-high flop out of position against the preflop raiser; checking to the aggressor is standard and lets me evaluate a bet rather than bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get called by many worse made hands. Checking in position keeps the pot manageable.

Flopped bottom two pair (9s and 7s) and the button checked back the flop, suggesting no strong hand; betting about 2/3 pot for value and protection against single-spade draws and Jx, while keeping the pot manageable in case a flush is already there.

Bottom pair with no spade has little chance to improve against a turn bet on a three-spade board. Calling 400 is unlikely to be profitable.

Pocket jacks on the button in a 3-handed game is a premium hand; open-raise to 2.5bb for value and to build the pot in position.

Folding K4o from the small blind against a button open as it is too weak to call or 3-bet out of position.

K3 suited is worth defending in the big blind against a button min-ish raise at this price, despite playing out of position.

King-high has little immediate equity on this dry flop. Checking avoids building a pot out of position.

Overpair on a dry low board heads-up vs the big blind who checked; bet about 2/3 pot for value and protection against overcards and draws.

King-high has few ways to improve on this rainbow flop, and calling a 350-chip bet out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

A9s is a premium opening hand on the button in 3-handed play, so I open-raise for value and position.

J2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

A5o in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open with the SB folded: getting 400:150 we have good pot odds, and A5o plays fine in position-blind defense; 3-betting is an option but calling is solid against a wide button range.

Ace-high on a paired dry board out of position versus the preflop raiser; checking to the aggressor is standard and lets me realize equity or decide after seeing their action.

Check back with Ace-high showdown value and backdoor equity to keep the pot small in position.

Board trips with an ace kicker is the best non-paired hand; a small bet extracts value from king/queen-high kickers that checked back the flop while keeping the pot manageable against pocket pairs that have a full house.

I hold three of a kind with top kicker on a board of 7-3-3-3. Getting over 3:1 pot odds in position, calling is profitable against missed floats and worse Ax hands.

Board has four 3s; my Ace kicker makes the nuts (worst case a chop with another Ace). Bet a medium size to extract value from K/Q kickers or heroes who think I'm bluffing.

Board has four threes and I hold the nut Ace kicker, giving me the absolute nuts with zero risk. Raising extracts additional value if villain calls with a worse kicker or folds a chopped pot.

Board shows quads; my ace kicker is the absolute nuts and cannot lose, only chop against another ace. Raising to a size that worse kickers (KK, QQ, 7x) will likely still call extracts max value.

The board has quads (four threes) and I hold the Ace kicker, which is the absolute nuts and cannot lose. Raising all-in extracts maximum value if opponent also calls with an inferior kicker or chops with an Ace.

Board is quad threes and I hold an Ace kicker, which is the absolute nuts; worst case is a chop against another Ace, so calling the all-in is mandatory.