Hold'em table

T8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to steal the blinds with a playable hand.

J8o is too weak to continue from the small blind facing a button open with the big blind left to act.

Closing the action with 2.67:1 pot odds, Q8o has enough equity against a wide button raise to justify a call; I can check-fold many unfavorable flops.

With Qh8s and no pair or draw on this ace-high board, checking is the safe play. I'll fold to a bet and keep the pot small out of position.

Middle pair on a dry ace-high board. A small c-bet gets value from worse tens and pairs, denies equity to overcards, and fits a wide button range that holds many aces.

Q8o on an A-high flop has no pair or meaningful draw, and seat_1 has shown strength by raising preflop and betting the flop. Folding avoids chasing with very low equity.

A5o is a profitable standard open from the button in 3-handed play.

Th-Jc has enough equity against a button min-raise, and calling keeps the pot manageable while avoiding a marginal 3-bet out of position.

Getting 5:1 on the call with suited connectors in a multiway pot, so calling closes the action profitably. A squeeze isn't needed.

I have middle pair with a backdoor club draw on an ace-high flop, but out of position in a multiway raised pot I prefer to check and see what the raiser does rather than inflate the pot.

I have 98 high with no draw on an A-J-2 two-club board, three-way, and the preflop raiser is still to act behind me. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold cheaply to a bet.

I have top pair with a weak kicker in a multiway pot; checking back controls the pot size and allows me to keep their weaker ranges in play.

I have middle pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board; checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised by stronger hands.

Both opponents have checked twice, showing weakness, and my 9-high has no showdown value. A small stab should fold out a lot of weak pairs and air.

I hold top pair along with a gutshot straight draw to the wheel. Calling in position is standard against a half-pot lead.

Facing a turn bet and a call on an Ace-high board with only middle pair and a weak kicker, I fold; both opponents can easily have an Ace or better.

With 9-high we can't win at showdown, and the busted draws in the caller's range beat us, so check-folding gives up the pot. A follow-through bet of about two-thirds pot can fold out missed club and wheel draws, plus weak Jx.

Seat 1 led turn and fired a sizable river bet on a board where multiple draws and broadway hands completed or beat our weak kicker.

Kh3s is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability; calling 100 into a small pot is not profitable, and raising risks a reraise from the blinds.

Blind vs blind, JTo is well ahead of a typical BB defending range, so I'm raising to 3bb for value and initiative rather than limping.

Holding 63o in the big blind against an open raise from the small blind is an easy fold with very poor playability and equity.

T8o on the button 3-handed is a standard open-raise; 2.5x pressures the blinds.

AJo is strong enough in 3-handed play to 3-bet for value against a button open, taking initiative and discouraging the big blind from entering.

T3o is too weak to continue against a raise and a 3-bet, especially out of position.

T8o facing a 4x 3-bet from the small blind is too weak to continue profitably, even with position. Folding the 250 already invested.

J4o is too weak to open on the button in 3-handed play.

A7o is strong enough to raise against a lone big blind after the button folded, applying pressure and taking initiative.

A8o in the big blind against a small-blind open of 3x is getting 2:1, and we have position, so calling is clearly profitable. A 3-bet is possible, but flatting keeps their wider range in.

Standard continuation bet on a dry low flop; my preflop raise represents strength and I can fold to a raise.

Getting 3:1 on a half-pot c-bet with ace high, an overcard, and backdoor equity on a dry board, so a call is better than folding; raising would mostly fold out worse hands.

I have middle pair (7s) with an ace kicker on a dry board, but seat_1 has called every raise and could have a ten or better. Checking controls the pot and lets me see a free river.

Ace-high with no real draw has some showdown value against a missed c-bet, and bluffing into a likely medium-strength checking range is low-equity. Checking back takes a free river card.

I have a marginal pair of sevens on a coordinated board, so checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised by stronger hands or straights.

Ace-high has some showdown value against missed draws and weak hands. Bluffing would rarely fold out the pairs that seat_3's flop bet represents, so I'll check it down.

J2o is a weak offsuit hand out of position; folding to the big blind's raise avoids playing a dominated hand.

In a blind-vs-blind spot, 94o is near the bottom of a raising range but still playable. A small 3x raise uses fold equity against the big blind and avoids playing out of position in a limped pot.

Holding 42o facing an SB open raise to 3bb is a trivial fold.