Hold'em table

Five-eight offsuit is weak, but from the button against a small blind and big blind, calling 100 to see a cheap flop is a reasonable marginal play in a three-handed game.

QcJd is a strong enough suitedness-independent broadway hand to complete from the small blind versus a button limp and see a flop multiway.

With A2o in the big blind and two limpers, checking is best to see a free flop rather than bloating the pot with a weak offsuit ace.

I have an open-ended straight draw with two overcards to the ten. A modest continuation bet can win the pot immediately while building value when I improve.

Ace-high with no pair or flush draw is too weak to continue against a flop bet, especially out of position. Folding avoids chasing a likely dominated hand.

I have 5-8 offsuit with no pair and no real draw on a T-4-K board, so calling 200 into a 500 pot facing a raise is not profitable.

A♥Q♥ is a premium button opening hand three-handed. Raising to 3bb builds value and applies pressure to the blinds.

ATo is strong enough to 3-bet against a button open in 3-handed play. Raising to 900 isolates the big blind, takes initiative, and avoids playing a marginal offsuit ace multiway out of position.

Facing a 900 raise with 800 to call, 3c Qc is a weak suited hand with little equity against a likely strong 3-bet range, so folding preserves chips.

AQ suited is strong enough to continue versus the small blind's 3-bet, and calling in position preserves flexibility while keeping weaker hands in their range.

Continuation bet with A-high and two overcards on a coordinated but low board; it can fold out better unpaired hands and take down the pot.

With the nut-heart draw and two overcards, calling has strong equity at this price while retaining position and allowing the opponent to continue with worse hands.

My A-high has little equity on this coordinated board, and the opponent has already called two streets. Checking controls the pot and avoids putting more chips in as a likely underdog.

I have the nut-flush draw and can apply pressure after the turn check. A substantial semi-bluff can fold out one-pair hands while retaining strong river equity when called.

Ace-high has little equity against the turn raise on this coordinated board, and calling 2300 offers poor pot odds with only overcards.

With a suited connector on the button in a 3-handed game, raising to 300 applies pressure and builds pot with position.

Kc7c is a weak holding out of the small blind, and facing a button raise to 300 with 250 to call from three-way, folding avoids playing a dominated, low-equity hand out of position.

Defend the big blind heads-up against the button min-raise with Q8 suited; the price is favorable and the hand has playable equity.

With no made hand or heart blocker on a low connected two-heart board, checking preserves equity and avoids building a pot with weak showdown value.

I have four hearts to a flush plus a T overcard; betting as a semi-bluff can take down the pot or build it if I improve.

Qs8d has only two overcards with no meaningful draw on this coordinated flop, facing a continuation bet. Folding preserves chips in a shallow-pot, unfavorable spot.

Ace-deuce on the button is a playable hand with a good chance to win uncontested pots, so I'm raising to isolate and build the pot from a position of advantage.

K2 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3x button open with the big blind still behind.

With 7c3h in the big blind facing a button raise, this is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability and no need to defend against a single raiser at this stack depth.

A6 suited is a strong button opening hand in a three-handed game. Raising to 2.5bb applies pressure and retains initiative.

Holding pocket kings in the small blind, I raise for value and to isolate the button raiser.

5c7s is a weak, uncoordinated hand that is out of position against a 800 raise, so calling 700 more is not justified and folding is the disciplined play.

A6 offsuit is too weak and dominated too often against a substantial small-blind 3-bet range. Folding preserves chips rather than defending a poor offsuit ace.

T3o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability. Folding preflop avoids investing chips with a dominated holding out of position.

AKs is a strong hand in a heads-up pot against a big blind, so raising to 400 builds the pot and thins the field while keeping the hand well ahead of the caller's range.

8-high with a deuce is far too weak to defend against the small blind's raise heads-up.