Hold'em table

53s is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

AJo is strong heads-up against the big blind after the button folded. Raise to 300 for value and initiative.

J6s is too weak to 3-bet but worth defending in position for 200 more against a min-raise; I can flop and fold cheaply.

A small continuation bet puts pressure on the big blind’s unpaired hands while keeping the cost modest with two overcards and backdoor equity.

I hold jack-high with no draws on a 9h-3h-2s board against a preflop raiser who continued betting; calling 200 into 800 has no equity worth pursuing.

AK offsuit is a premium hand on the button, so I’m opening for value and initiative with a standard 2.5× big-blind raise.

8s3h is far too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise out of position; folding loses the least.

96 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 2.5bb button raise.

62 offsuit is the worst starting hand with no high-card potential or playability; even for one big blind in a limped pot, it realizes equity too poorly to profitably continue.

In a blind versus blind situation with QTo, raising to 3 bb is standard to apply pressure and take the initiative.

87 offsuit has reasonable equity heads-up against a small-blind raise, and the call price is manageable. I’ll avoid inflating the pot out of position.

C-betting one-third pot with an open-ended straight draw on a board that heavily favors our preflop raising range.

With 8-high and no meaningful draw on a paired king-high flop, calling the 200 bet has very little equity. Fold rather than invest more against the small blind’s continuation bet.

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

With the button folded, Q9 suited is a strong blind-versus-blind hand. Raise to 300 to take the initiative and apply pressure to the big blind.

T6o is far too weak to defend the big blind against a 3x raise, especially out of position. Calling 200 with a dominated hand just loses chips over time.

As the button in a three-handed game, 5♠2♠ is playable as a wide opening raise; a modest raise gives me a chance to take the blinds and retains initiative if called.

J2o is a weak dominated hand facing a 2.5x button raise with the big blind still to act; folding out of position is the best play rather than investing 200 more for speculative equity.

Defending big blind with JTo getting 2.7 to 1 direct pot odds against a button open.

I flopped an open-ended straight draw out of position on an Ace-high board. Checking to the preflop raiser is standard.

My hand has almost no immediate equity, and this connected flop hits the big blind’s calling range well. I’ll take the free card with a backdoor flush draw rather than bluff into that range.

After the preflop raiser checked back the flop, probing the turn with an open-ended straight draw applies pressure to fold out better high cards and underpairs while maintaining good equity.

I have only a flush draw with one card to come, giving roughly 20% to improve, which is not enough against this bet size. I fold rather than pay 350 chips.}

82s is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position against the big blind.