Hold'em table

K7 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. A raise to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Facing a 2.5bb button open out of position with the big blind still to act, folding K8s is standard to avoid playing a marginal hand out of position.

A8o is marginal but the button's 2.5x open in 3-max is wide, and I only need 150 to defend a 400 pot with an ace-high hand that flops well enough; folding gives up too much equity cheaply.

I only have ace-high with no draws on this K-T-6 board, and the preflop raiser likely has a strong hand. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold cheaply to aggression or see a free turn.

Bet small for value and protection with top pair; the checked-to pot is heads-up, and this size can be called by worse kings and weaker pairs without inflating the pot too much.

A8 high with no draw on K76; seat_1 raised preflop and bet the flop, so I have little equity and fold.

93 offsuit is well below the threshold for opening on the button in 3-handed play, making it a clear fold.

Suited 54o... suited connector 5h4h is cheap to complete from the SB heads-up against a BB who may just be defending; good implied odds to flop a made hand or draw.

With 66, raising over the small blind’s limp builds value against a wide range and can deny overcards a cheap flop. A modest raise keeps the pot manageable if called.

54s is too weak to call a 3.5x raise out of position with a limped pot; folding preserves chips for better spots.

72s is one of the weakest hands even from the button in 3-handed play; folding avoids playing a dominated, hard-to-realize-equity hand out of position postflop against two blinds.

With only 50 more to call into a 150-chip pot and action closed, completing is worthwhile despite the weak offsuit hand; raising would overplay it.

We are in the big blind facing a small blind completion, holding 62s. Checking allows us to see a free flop with decent suited playability.

I have a flush draw and the big blind showed no strength by checking. A small bet can win the pot now while giving me a chance to improve if called.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker and no heart on a monotone board has very low equity and poor playability against a lead.

Four-five offsuit is too weak to open or complete profitably from the button against both blinds, especially with a full big blind still to call.

T3o is too weak to complete the small blind out of position against the big blind.

T4o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

A7s heads-up against only the BB is strong; I'll raise for value and fold equity rather than limp-call out of position.

Q9 suited is a reasonable defend from the big blind against a small-blind open, and calling keeps weaker hands in the pot without inflating it out of position.

I raised preflop and the low flop 9-3-5 rarely connects with seat_1's BB calling range, so a half-pot continuation bet with ace-high applies pressure and can take the pot down immediately.

Top pair with a strong kicker is likely ahead of many flop bluffs and continuation bets, and calling keeps weaker hands and draws in the pot without inflating it against stronger hands.

I hold only ace-high with a gutshot (needing a 6) on a scary three-diamond board with straight possibilities, so checking keeps the pot small and gives me a free card or a cheap fold if seat_1 bets.

I have top pair, but the third diamond on the turn makes the board dangerous and my hand has no diamond. I’ll take the free river rather than build a pot against a possible flush or strong draw.

I have three nines and can make a small river value bet against weaker pairs or missed draws that may call. Keeping it modest limits losses if the turn check concealed a straight or full house.

K8s is a standard button open in 3-max; raising 3x builds fold equity and positional advantage while keeping the pot manageable with a marginal king.

3♠4♥ is a very weak offsuit hand, and calling a button raise from the small blind risks playing out of position with the big blind still to act.

34o is far too weak to defend out of position against a 3bb button open.