Hold'em table

Three-handed, the button opens very wide, and Q8o is comfortably within a profitable stealing range against only the two blinds. A min-raise keeps the pot small while applying pressure and building the pot when called.

Facing a min-raise from the button in a 3-handed game, AJo is a strong hand that plays best as a 3-bet for value and initiative from out of position.

Ten-six offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open and a small-blind three-bet. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, low-equity hand.

Queen-eight offsuit is far too weak to call a 3-bet out of position; folding preserves 600 chips against a strong range.

Q7o is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

Q6o is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind; folding avoids a dominated hand and difficult postflop spots.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to open from the button into two live blinds; it is dominated often and plays poorly postflop, so folding preserves chips.

Heads-up with a suited connector, calling 50 to see a flop is cheap and 67s has good playability and implied odds against the big blind's wide range.

I have a weak holding in 62o, but checking is completely free from the big blind to see a flop.

I only have queen-high with just runner-runner draws on this coordinated T-J-Q board, so betting as a pure bluff has little fold equity against the big blind's wide checking range. Checking is best; I can fold to a bet or reassess on the turn.

I have six-high with no draw on a heavily coordinated broadway board, so checking back for a free turn is standard.

I only hold bottom pair (sixes) on a T-J-Q-6 board with no draws, and both players have shown weakness by checking. Checking keeps the tiny pot cheap with some showdown value instead of building it out of position against Qx, straights, or club draws.

I paired my six on the turn, giving me bottom pair on a very coordinated board. Checking back to take a free river and control the pot.

I only have a gutshot-less 6-high on a board that beat everyone; no fold value and no bet is getting called by worse, so check and lose the minimum.

I hold a weak pair of sixes on a board with four to a straight; checking behind ensures a free showdown without risking chips against an Ace or Nine.

T2s is near the bottom of viable button-opening hands in 3-handed play, and with no reads on the blinds I'd be playing a dominated, low-playability hand for a thin steal. Folding preserves chips for stronger spots.

Completing from the small blind with 98o getting 3-to-1 pot odds against the big blind.

Pocket deuces are ahead of a completed small-blind range heads-up, so a small raise builds the pot and denies free equity before the flop.

98o does not have enough equity or postflop playability out of position to justify calling a 4x raise.

T4o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with suited queen-high. A small raise takes the initiative and builds the pot rather than just completing.

T2o is one of the worst starting hands and I'm out of position against a 3x raise from the small blind; calling 200 more needs ~33% equity that this dominated, poorly-realizing hand is unlikely to achieve, so folding is clearly best.

Js5s is weak but suited, and on the button in three-handed play a small open has fold equity and some postflop playability; limping is worse, so I raise to 2.5bb and fold to a 3-bet.

Ten-deuce offsuit is one of the worst hands in hold'em, and facing a 2.5x raise from the button with a big blind still to act behind me, calling 200 more has no profitable line. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Q5o is too weak to defend out of position against a button open, even with good pot odds.