Hold'em table

Q8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

AJo has strong high-card value against a wide button opening range in 3-handed play; 3-betting to 10bb isolates out of position.

T6 offsuit is weak, and facing a button open plus a small blind 3-bet to 1000 I would need to call 900 more out of position with two players still to act behind. Folding is clearly best.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large 3-bet, even with position.

Q7 offsuit is below the standard opening threshold on the button in 3-handed play.

Q6 offsuit is weak, but completing from the small blind costs only 50 to win a pot of 200, so the price is good, and it plays acceptably heads-up. A raise would be too loose out of position.

A-T offsuit is strong against a small-blind limp. Raising for value lets me play heads-up in position.

Q6 offsuit is weak, and calling 300 more out of position against a 4x raise from the big blind is unprofitable. Folding is the best choice.

Q6 offsuit is a weak hand. Even on the button in a 3-handed game, it plays poorly against two other players, so folding is the safer choice.

With 7♥6♥ heads-up against the big blind, I can raise for value and initiative while keeping the pot manageable.

62o is far too weak to defend against a 3bb SB open.

T2 suited is too weak to open from the button against two unknown opponents at 100 big blinds.

Completing from the small blind with 98o getting 3-to-1 pot odds to see a flop heads-up against the big blind.

Pocket deuces in the big blind against a limped small blind is likely ahead of a random hand. A raise to 3bb builds the pot and gets value from weaker hands while playing heads-up.

Folding 98 offsuit out of position against a big blind raise, as it underperforms and has poor equity realization postflop.

T4o is too weak of a hand to open even on the button in 3-handed play.

Q7 suited is a reasonable hand in the small blind heads-up against the big blind, and completing for 50 more is a good price. Calling avoids bloating the pot out of position with a marginal hand.

T2 offsuit is too weak to raise against the small blind's limp, and I can see the flop for free.

With a flush draw (7h Qh on a 3d Kh 4h board) and a Queen-high, I'm betting for value and protection while heads-up and first to act. The min-size bet is cheap, denies equity, and builds a pot when the draw hits.

With ten-deuce on a king-high flop, I have no pair or meaningful draw. Folding to the bet avoids investing more in a weak hand.

J5 suited is a weak hand, and calling out of position after the blinds would leave me playing a marginal holding postflop against two opponents. Folding is the disciplined choice.

With the button folded, calling 50 more lets me play heads-up against the big blind at a low cost. T2 offsuit is too weak to raise for value.

We hold Q5o in the big blind after the small blind limped. Checking to take a free flop in position is the optimal play.

Bottom pair is too weak to build a pot out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess after the big blind acts.

We flopped top pair with a weak kicker in a limped blind-versus-blind pot. Checking back controls pot size and allows the opponent to bluff or catch a weaker second-best hand on later streets.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but it is too weak to bet for value. Checking keeps the pot small.

We have top pair in a checked-around pot; betting half pot extracts value and protection against draws and weaker pairs.

Bottom pair has enough potential showdown value to call a small turn bet, though I’ll reassess if the river brings more pressure.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, and a river bet is unlikely to get called by worse hands. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me assess any bet.

I improved to two pair on the river. Betting slightly over half pot targets value from weak Queens and paired 9s.

Bottom pair is too weak to call a second bet on the river. The price requires too many bluffs or worse value bets from the opponent.