Hold'em table

Q8 offsuit is strong enough to open from the button in a three-handed game, applying pressure to the blinds while retaining positional advantage.

AJo from the small blind against a button open is strong enough to 3-bet for value and to take the initiative, avoiding a flat call out of position with the big blind still to act.

Facing a raise and reraise with a weak offsuit hand like T6, calling 800 more out of position is not profitable. I fold and preserve my stack.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large 3-bet, especially out of position postflop.

Q7o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; with only the blinds left to act, a 2.5bb steal is profitable.

Q6o is too weak to call an open raise out of position, and I have limited equity against the raiser's range.

ATo is comfortably strong enough to defend against a button raise, and calling preserves weaker hands in range while avoiding an unnecessarily inflated pot out of position.

Check to the preflop raiser with ace-high on a king-high dry board, preserving flexibility and allowing their range to continuation bet.

A dry K-high board favors my button opening range, so a small c-bet works well. Q7 has a backdoor flush draw and an overcard kicker, and the bet can fold out better hands like weak 8x and 2x.

Call the small continuation bet with ace-high, a ten overcard to the middle pair, and some backdoor potential. Folding to this sizing would be too tight heads-up.

The turn check gives an opportunity to apply pressure after the flop call. A moderate sizing can fold out weaker pairs and missed hands while retaining some equity with two overcards to the board.

Queen-high with no real draw facing a turn donk lead after a check-call. Villain's range is strong, so calling or bluff-raising is unprofitable.

Q6o is a reasonable button stealing hand, and raising puts pressure on the blinds while keeping me in position postflop.

Suited 6-7 has sufficient playability to defend the small blind against a button open at this depth, especially in a three-handed game.

62o is one of the worst hands and plays poorly multiway out of position; the 4:1 pot odds don't make up for its low equity and poor realization.

This board strongly favors the button raiser's range, while 7h6h has no made hand and only weak backdoor possibilities. Checking preserves our equity and avoids bluffing into a strong range.

I have top pair on a very coordinated board, so I bet about half pot to extract value from worse hands and charge draws.

This unpaired hand has no made draw on this coordinated broadway flop, and facing a substantial continuation bet it lacks the equity to continue.

T2 suited is too weak to open profitably from the button in this short-handed configuration.

Blind vs blind, 98o is a standard SB open against a lone big blind; raise to 3bb to take initiative rather than limp.

Pocket deuces are cheap to call and have good implied odds against a small-blind raise, so I'll see a flop and try to hit a set.

I have middle pair plus a backdoor flush draw and a gutshot to the T, and I'm out of position against the big blind's calling range. A small c-bet of a third pot keeps the preflop initiative and gets folds from weaker hands while risking little.

T4o sits at the bottom edge of a 3-handed button opening range and plays poorly against two players still to act in the blinds, so folding is a low-cost, disciplined choice.

Q7s is playable heads-up and I'm getting great pot odds to call just 50 more, so I'll see a flop cheaply.

Check the big blind with a very weak T2 offsuit rather than inflate a heads-up pot out of position.

I have an open-ended straight draw and can apply pressure in this heads-up limped pot. A small continuation bet can fold out unpaired hands while retaining equity when called.

I have a flush draw and am getting good pot odds to call 100 into 300, with implied odds if the heart hits. Raising would risk too much with only a draw.

I have a flush draw and position, so taking the free card on the turn is a solid way to realize my equity without risking more chips. If I miss the river, I can fold to any bet; if I hit, I can extract value.

Betting half pot protects our pair against overcards and draws while extracting value from weaker pairs and heart draws.

I only have Q-high with no made hand or meaningful draw, and the opponent is betting strongly on the turn. Calling would be paying poor odds to chase cards that may not even be good.

T2 offsuit is a weak heads-up blind holding and does not justify continuing from the small blind.