Hold'em table

97s on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise applies pressure on both blinds.

Pocket queens are a strong hand heads-up-ish in 3-max; I reraise for value and to isolate seat_1's open.

Ace-king is strong enough to cold four-bet against a button open and small-blind three-bet in a three-handed game. This sizing pressures both ranges, discourages a multiway pot, and benefits from blocking aces and kings.

I opened 97s and now face a 3-bet plus a 4-bet, with the small blind still left to act behind me. Calling 1950 out of position to the 4-bettor's strong range is unprofitable, so I fold.

QQ is strong enough to call the 4-bet but 5-betting stacks off ebv poorly; keep ~92bb behind for postflop against a likely AK/overpair range.

I have an overpair to the K86 flop and should build the pot while ahead; a standard flop bet sets up stacks by the river.

Top pair with top kicker is strong in this four-bet pot, especially on a dry board. Calling in position keeps weaker hands and bluffs involved, with a low enough remaining stack-to-pot ratio to get value on later streets.

With QQ on a K-J board and both stacks ~55bb behind, checking keeps control; I can call a modest bet or fold to a jam rather than committing first into a likely strong range.

Top pair with top kicker is strong enough to value-bet at this low stack-to-pot ratio. This sizing can get calls from weaker kings and draws while setting up a modest river shove on safe cards.

Pot odds are excellent (2200 into 11450) and QQ beats missed AK-style bluffs; folding here is far too weak given the price.

My queens are likely beaten by a K, J, or 8 on this board, and the turn raise suggests strength. I'll check and see a cheap showdown rather than put in my remaining 3300 with a marginal hand.

Shove for value at only about a quarter of the pot, giving weaker kings and bluff-catching pocket pairs an attractive calling price. The paired eight also counterfeits KJ, while full houses and trips are a relatively narrow part of this four-bet-pot range.

Calling 3300 into a ~20k pot needs only ~16% equity; QQ beats missed draws and bluffs, and folding the best hand this often is too costly.

9c3h is a weak offsuit hand facing a call for 100 with two players still in; folding is clearly best.

A6 offsuit is strong enough to open against the big blind after the button folds. Raising to 3 big blinds applies pressure and offsets some of our positional disadvantage.

Getting 2:1 in position against a wide small-blind steal, 75o has enough playability to defend by calling.

Ace-high with no diamond or immediate straight draw is a poor continuation-bet candidate on this connected board. Checking avoids inflating the pot out of position against a range that connects well here.

An open-ended straight draw in position after the preflop raiser checked makes a good semi-bluff. Betting about two-thirds of the pot gives fold equity, and we have 8 outs if called.

Ace-high with no immediate straight or flush draw is too weak to continue against a two-thirds-pot bet on this connected board. Out of position, our limited equity is difficult to realize, and we lack useful blockers for a bluff raise.

Pocket threes are a profitable button open three-handed, with position and a chance to win the blinds immediately. Raising to 2.5 big blinds keeps the investment modest while retaining set potential when called.

KK is a clear 3-bet for value against a button open; sizing to about 4x out of position builds the pot and isolates.

T9o is a weak hand facing a raise and a 3-bet to 1000; calling 900 out of position with little equity justification is -EV.

Pocket threes realize equity poorly against a large small-blind three-bet, even in position. Calling 750 mainly to set-mine offers insufficient implied odds at these stack depths, so folding is preferable.

23o is the worst hand to open from the button 3-handed with two players left to act; folding is standard.

J9s is a decent suited connector on the button; a small raise builds the pot with position and can take it down preflop.

86 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3bb button raise, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids an unprofitable out-of-position call.

Getting about 2.25:1 in the big blind against a wide 3-handed button open, so Q5o has enough equity to defend by calling.

Q-high with no draw on a paired board out of position against the button raiser; checking keeps the pot small and lets us realize equity or fold to aggression.

I flopped top set (999); betting builds the pot against seat_1's range while keeping room to raise later.

Q5o has no pair and no real draw on 9-9-7. Out of position against a c-bet, it realizes too little equity to justify calling 350 into 1000, and it makes a poor check-raise bluff candidate.

A4 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed, with position and an ace blocker. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures both blinds without overcommitting with a weak kicker.

76o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still behind, is a clear fold; it's out of position and dominated too often to profit.

KJs is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button raise; calling keeps the pot small with position on the raiser postflop.

I have king-high on a paired board with no equity investment worth building; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bloating it out of position against the preflop raiser.

A small continuation bet pressures unpaired hands on this dry, paired flop while risking little. Ace-high has some showdown value and a gutshot, giving us equity when called.

King-high with no draw on a paired low board against a preflop raiser who barreled the flop; I'm likely crushed and calling just loses more. Fold and preserve chips.