Hold'em table

8-4 offsuit is too weak and disconnected to profitably open from the button against two opponents.

Pocket fives are strong heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raising to 3bb from the small blind builds the pot with a hand that plays well.

K6o is too weak to comfortably defend against a 3bb open from the small blind, even in position.

9-7 offsuit is a weak hand, and from the button in a 3-handed game facing a full big blind with two players still to act behind, folding is reasonable. Calling could be defensible, but the hand plays poorly out of position postflop, so I take the simple fold.

In a blind-versus-blind situation after the button folded, A3o has good equity and fold equity to open-raise for value and initiative.

9-3 suited is marginal, but the small blind can open a wide range. The price and postflop position make a call reasonable.

As the preflop aggressor on an Ace-high board, a small one-third pot continuation bet extracts value from second-best pairs and floats while maintaining range advantage.

Nine-high has no pair or immediate draw on this ace-high flop. Calling out of position against the preflop raiser is unlikely to be profitable.

64 offsuit is far too weak to open even from the button in a 3-handed game.

A5 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up from the small blind and can win the pot immediately.

J8 suited in the big blind is getting 2:1 (pot 400, 200 to call) against a small blind raise from a wide range, and I'll have position on the SB postflop. Calling is reasonable; a 3-bet with this hand is unnecessary.

Ace-high has some showdown value on this paired flop, so I’ll check rather than build the pot out of position.

I have trips (eights) with a decent jack kicker on 8-8-3. Seat_1 checked, so I bet about two-thirds of the pot for value and to charge flush draws and overcards.

Ace-high can still be ahead of a big blind's bluff on this paired flop, and the backdoor diamond draw adds some equity. Calling keeps the pot manageable.

Ace-high has some showdown value, but this turn does not improve my hand. Checking avoids building a larger pot out of position against a player who bet the flop.

I have trips eights with a jack kicker on 8c 8d 3d Tc. Seat_1 checked the flop and turn after calling, which looks weak, so I bet about half the pot to get value from worse eights, tens, and draws.

Ace-high has limited improvement potential against a second barrel, and calling out of position offers poor prospects for realizing its equity.

AJo is a strong button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds builds the pot while retaining position.

5-4 offsuit is weak out of position from the small blind against a button raise, with the big blind still to act behind. Calling 200 more is not worth it, so I fold.

QTo is a standard defense in the big blind facing a button open, needing just over 27% equity.

Flopped top two pair out of position against the preflop aggressor; checking to let them continuation-bet.

A small continuation bet pressures weaker hands while keeping the pot manageable. I have an overcard and a gutshot straight draw if called.

I flopped top two pair on a draw-heavy board and want to build value against Qx, overpairs, and straight draws.

The gutshot to the nut straight, an ace overcard, and position give me enough potential to continue against the flop check-raise.

The King on the turn completes potential straights like AJ and counterfeits/beats our two pair if villain holds KQ or KT, so checking for pot control is prudent.

I have the ace-high straight on a board with possible spade draws. Betting for value also charges those draws to continue.

Holding two pair on a dynamic board with outs to a full house, getting about 2.5 to 1 pot odds against a range that includes pair-plus-draw combinations and bluffs.

I have two pair, Queens and Tens, on a board with an overcard King and straight possibilities. Checking is optimal to control the pot and realize showdown value against missed draws or weaker pairs.

I have the nut straight. A substantial value bet can get called by weaker straights, sets, or two pair.

Seat 1 called a flop check-raise and bet heavily on both turn and river after the King completed gutshots (J9, AJ) and brought better two pairs (KQ, KT). With almost no natural missed draws available on this runout, my two pair acts purely as a bluffcatcher facing extreme value.

T6 offsuit is a weak hand in a 3-handed pot; on the button, calling 100 into 150 is marginal and it plays poorly out of position postflop against two opponents, so I fold.

Pocket nines is a strong hand in a blind-versus-blind confrontation, so raising to 300 builds the pot and extracts value.

A8 offsuit is strong enough to defend against a small-blind open, and calling keeps weaker hands in while giving me position postflop.

Holding a medium pocket pair on a paired board out of position, checking controls the pot and protects my checking range.

Ace-high has showdown value on this dry paired flop. Checking in position keeps weaker hands in and avoids building a pot against a jack.

With two overcards on the board and middle pair, checking to control the pot and realize showdown value makes the most sense out of position.

Ace-high has some showdown value, and a turn bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll check behind and evaluate the river.

I have medium showdown value with pocket nines on a paired board with overcards; checking to see a cheap showdown makes the most sense.

My eights have showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called often enough by worse hands. Checking avoids a costly raise from a jack, queen, or higher pocket pair.

Opening Q9s from the button in a 3-handed game is standard for value and positional advantage.

T7 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

KTo in the big blind getting 400 into 150 (about 2.7 to 1) against a button open that is likely wide in 3-handed play. The hand has decent equity and playability, so calling is better than folding or bloating the pot out of position.

Top pair with a decent kicker on a fairly dry flop, heads-up and out of position against a button opener. Betting about half the pot gets value from worse Kx and draws and charges hands like 78 and 9x.

I only have Queen-high with no direct draw facing a donk bet on a coordinated board, so folding is the disciplined play.