Hold'em table

Three-handed on the button, T9o is playable and raising applies pressure on the blinds while taking initiative with position.

Suited connected low cards play well multiway at this shallow opening size, and calling from the small blind closes the immediate action.

Holding pocket sevens (a strong hand) facing a raise and call ahead of me. A substantial 3-bet to 1000 chips builds the pot while narrowing the field and defining my hand strength, gaining value from weaker holdings and testing the strength of the initial raiser.

Button open with T9o, BB 3-bet. Getting 700 to call into 1600, I have position and sufficient equity to continue versus a likely wider 3-bet range.

Suited 4-5 is too weak to continue for 7bb more against a squeeze and an opener call, especially out of position postflop.

With a medium pair (7s) on a 8-6-T flop, checking is prudent. The board is relatively dry and I can keep the pot manageable while evaluating seat_1's action. Checking controls risk and allows me to see how the hand develops.

I have top pair with a gutshot on a dry board, and the preflop 3-bettor checked, so I bet for value and protection against overcards and draws.

5-2 offsuit is a very weak button opening hand and should be folded rather than entering against both blinds.

2-3 offsuit is one of the weakest hands in poker. With only 50 chips already invested (small blind), folding avoids further losses against the big blind's 100 chip bet, especially when the min_raise_to option (200) would require much larger commitment from a marginal hand.

7-Jack offsuit is a weak hand in early position (button facing two limped/blind players). The risk-reward doesn't justify a call or raise with this marginal holding.

Complete the small blind with T6o getting 3:1 pot odds, keeping the pot small and evaluating the flop; fold if the big blind raises.

With K3 offsuit in the big blind facing a limper, checking realizes equity cheaply; raising this weak, dominated hand is unnecessary.

I have an open-ended straight draw on a low connected board and can apply pressure as the preflop caller; betting 150 into 200 gives fold equity while building the pot if I improve.

Call with bottom pair heads-up against a small flop stab; we retain showdown value and can reassess on later streets.

I have a pair of tens plus an open-ended straight draw on a coordinated board, so betting the turn builds value and denies a free card to draws. A 300 bet into 500 is a reasonable size that can be called by worse pairs or draws.

We are getting favorable pot odds with a pair plus a king kicker against a potentially wide heads-up turn barrel. Calling preserves showdown value and allows us to evaluate the river.

Our pair of threes has very little showdown value against the prior betting range. A half-pot river bluff can fold out many marginal one-pair hands that missed the club flush.

A2o is weak but playable on the button in a 3-handed game; raising to 250 applies pressure, can steal the blinds, and gives me position if called.

Q3 suited is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

5-6 offsuit is a weak hand in a 3-way pot after seat_1 raised to 250 and seat_2 folded. With 150 to call and a marginal hand, folding is the mathematically correct play against an aggressive opener.

Button J5 suited is worth opening in a three-handed game; a 2.5bb raise applies pressure while retaining maneuverability.

6-Jack offsuit is a weak hand preflop, and seat_2's raise to 250 from the button indicates strength. Folding here preserves chips against a likely superior hand.

K8s has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button open, closing the action with good pot odds.

I am out of position with only king-high on a monotone flop and no diamond; checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into the preflop raiser's stronger range.

With middle pair on a monotone board, checking back controls the pot and preserves showdown value.

Button checked back a monotone flop, so their range is often weak; a turn bet can fold out A-high and smaller pairs while representing a diamond or Q.

We have a pair with reasonable showdown value and are getting favorable pot odds against a modest turn bet. Raising would mostly isolate us against stronger made hands or flushes.

Our pair of fives has some showdown value, but the river completes several straight draws and the opponent can hold stronger pairs or diamonds. Checking avoids thin value-betting into a better hand.

Pocket jacks (JJ) is a strong premium hand in 3-player poker. Raising to 4x big blind (400 chips) from the button is standard to build the pot with a strong holding and gain positional advantage postflop.

8h3c is a weak offsuit hand with poor equity against a button raise and poor playability out of position. Folding avoids committing 350 more chips with a dominated, low-equity holding.

K5 suited is too weak to defend against a button 4x open from the big blind at this stack depth.