Hold'em table

Q6o is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

J8 offsuit is a marginal hand, but heads-up against the big blind with only 50 more to call, the pot odds are good (3:1). Completing is better than folding, and raising out of position with a weak hand is not worth it.

8-5 offsuit is too weak to build a pot out of position against a limp. Checking lets me see the flop for free.

Heads-up on an A-A-2 board where the big blind's range is wide and mostly missed. I hold J-high with a backdoor straight draw, so a small bet of 100 into the 200 pot can take the pot from worse hands while risking little.

Eight-high has little showdown value and only weak backdoor draws. Calling the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.

7-3 offsuit is the weakest starting hand; on the button facing a big blind with two players still to act behind, folding is the disciplined choice.

With 8-6 offsuit in the small blind, completing for 50 chips keeps the pot manageable against the big blind while retaining a playable heads-up hand.

We have position postflop against the small blind's limp with A4o, making a check behind to see a free flop very reasonable.

A small bet protects bottom pair against free overcards and can get value from draws without committing much of the stack.

I have weak Ace-high with no draw on a coordinated board, making this an easy fold against a flop bet.

A8 offsuit is a profitable button open three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

42s is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise with the big blind left to act.

J4 offsuit is weak; calling 150 to win 550 needs about 27% equity, and it would be out of position against a button raiser's wide range. Folding is reasonable.

Opening J9s from the button in 3-handed play is a standard, profitable raise.

4h3d is a weak offsuit hand, and out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act it isn't worth 200 more chips, so I fold.

A7 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise at this price, but it is not strong enough to value-raise out of position.

With ace-high on a dry flop and little immediate draw equity, I prefer to check out of position rather than build the pot.

I flopped top pair with a good kicker in position and am betting for value and protection against various straight draws and overcards.

The small flop bet gives me a reasonable price to continue with ace-high, which can still be ahead of unpaired hands and has some ways to improve.

Ace-high has limited value and few ways to improve on this turn. Checking avoids building a pot out of position against the preflop raiser.

I hold top pair with a decent kicker on a dry turn. Checking behind controls the pot and realizes showdown value against seat_3's continuing range.

My pair of sevens has showdown value, but a bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking also lets me evaluate a possible river bet.

I have top pair with a decent kicker on a board where straights and two-pair combinations completed, giving my hand solid showdown value without enough thin value to justify a bet.

J9 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is marginal. Facing a BB-sized call with two players still to act behind, it is a fairly weak hand, so I'll fold and avoid playing out of position in a bloated pot.

With the button folded, 9♦7♦ is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind. A 3bb raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Holding premium AKs in the big blind against a small blind open, I three-bet to 900 for value and position.

Nine-seven suited plays poorly out of position in a three-bet pot. Calling another 600 chips is unlikely to be profitable.

J2 suited is a marginal but playable button open three-handed. A small raise uses position while limiting the cost of a fold to a reraise.

Holding 32o in the small blind against a button open is an easy standard fold.

Q2o is weak and out of position against a button open. The call costs 125 into a 375 pot, which is about 25% equity needed, and Q2o realizes far less than that postflop, so folding is the disciplined choice.