Hold'em table

Blind vs blind with J8o is a reasonable raising hand from the small blind, so I'll take the initiative with a 3x open rather than limp out of position.

85 offsuit is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise, even getting a favorable price heads-up.

73o is too weak to open from the button in 3-handed play with two players still to act behind, so folding is standard.

Heads-up from the small blind, 8-6 offsuit is playable and benefits from applying pressure with a minimum open.

Calling 100 into a 300 pot offers good pot odds with A4o, and the hand has enough equity against the small blind's raise to continue in position postflop.

Checking preserves pot control with bottom pair and allows us to respond to the big blind's action.

I have only ace-high with little equity, so I take the free card and see the turn rather than building a pot with a weak hand.

I have a pair with some protection and value against overcards and draws. A moderate turn bet can get calls from worse holdings while denying equity.

Button open with A8 offsuit is profitable three-handed and applies pressure to the blinds. A 2.5bb raise is an efficient standard sizing.

4-2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a preflop raise, especially out of position. Folding saves chips with no profitable path forward.

Getting 400:150 odds against a wide 3-handed button open, J4o has enough equity to defend from the big blind.

J4 with only a backdoor diamond draw and a gutshot to Broadway (K-T needed) is weak, and this A-Q board heavily favors the button's raising range, so I check and plan to fold to most bets.

Top pair with a diamond blocker is strong heads-up on this coordinated board. A modest continuation bet extracts value from weaker aces, queens, and draws while limiting exposure.

J-high with only backdoor draws on an A-Q board facing a c-bet; the 400-chip call into a 950 pot lacks the equity to continue.

J9s is a playable hand from the button, and calling one big blind to see a flop is cheap with position. I'll keep the pot small and evaluate on the flop.

Getting 6:1 to complete against a limp, so the cheap price justifies seeing a flop with a weak but connected hand despite being out of position.

Check the big blind with A7 offsuit after two limps; it realizes equity cheaply in a multiway pot.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker, out of position in a 3-way limped pot. Checking controls the pot and lets me realize equity cheaply.

Betting our open-ended straight draw with two overcard-like ace value applies pressure and can deny equity on this connected board.

I have top pair with a jack kicker plus a flush draw, so I'm raising for value and to charge straight and other draws before the turn.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker is facing a bet and a large raise, with the original bettor still to act behind me. Calling 1000 into 2500 is far too loose.

With an open-ended straight draw and ace-high, calling preserves equity against a potentially wide flop raise while keeping weaker hands and bluffs in.

Ace-high has no made hand on this board, and the flop raise indicates substantial strength. Checking preserves chips and allows us to respond to the river.

Check back with one pair on a coordinated board. The flop raise range contains many stronger 9x, overpairs, and made straights, while worse hands may not call a river bet.

J9o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative and pressure the blinds.

9-high suited is too weak to profitably continue from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

I have a strong hand in AKs and should apply pressure to the button's open raise from the big blind. A 3-bet to 800 builds the pot while keeping the initiative.

J9o is too weak to continue against a big blind 3-bet to 8bb out of position for them. Calling 5.5 to win 11 would need about 33% equity, and this hand plays poorly against a 3-betting range.

J2 suited is too weak to profitably open from the button in this configuration.