Hold'em table

7-4 offsuit is too weak to open or call from the button, especially with the big blind still to act.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with ace-eight offsuit. A small raise builds the pot and takes the initiative rather than completing passively.

74s is too weak to profitably defend against a 3x open from the small blind.

Q7 suited is a reasonable button open in three-handed play, so I raise to 2.5bb rather than limp or fold.

Getting 2:1 immediate pot odds with zero rake and 100bb effective stacks, calling with a pocket pair to set-mine is comfortably profitable against a button opening range.

J-5 offsuit is too weak to continue against a raise and a caller, even with the pot odds.

Check with an underpair out of position against the preflop raiser on a broadway-heavy flop.

Second pair with a weak kicker on a king-high board is too thin to bet for value, and checking back keeps the pot small in position.

I have a weak two-pair with 44 on a paired KQ3K board; checking is the standard play with modest showdown value.

I have kings and queens on a paired board and the small blind has checked twice, so a two-thirds pot bet extracts value from worse pairs and draws.

On a paired board of Kh Qs 3c Kd, our pocket fours only beat unimproved unpaired hands. The opponent bets two-thirds pot on the turn after checking back the flop, and almost all value hands and higher pocket pairs dominate us.

Opening T8s on the button in 3-handed play is standard for value and position.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open; folding avoids a dominated, poorly connected hand out of position.

T-3 offsuit is too weak to continue profitably, even on the button with a small amount to call.

K4 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position for another 50 against the big blind after the button folded.

KQ offsuit is a strong button open; a 3x raise builds the pot and applies pressure before the blinds act.

85s is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3bb button open out of position.

J-2 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, even with the pot odds.

54 offsuit is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play. Folding is standard.

Complete the small blind cheaply with a hand that has reasonable equity heads-up; raising J6 offsuit risks building a pot out of position.

96o is too weak to raise, and checking is free after the small blind limps, so I take the free flop.

I have only a weak pairless hand and no immediate draw, so checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into the big blind on this board.

I have no pair or draw on K74, but the limper checked a dry flop, so a minimum stab can take the pot down often enough to be worth it.

J-high has no made hand and only very weak backdoor possibilities on this flop. I fold to the 100-chip bet rather than continue without meaningful equity.