Hold'em table

Three-handed on the button, Q8o is playable as a small open rather than a limp or fold. Raising to 2.5bb takes the initiative cheaply and can win the blinds.

9h6h is a weak suited one-gapper in the small blind facing a 2.5x button open with the big blind still to act; playing out of position with a marginal hand is -EV, so fold.

Weak offsuit low cards facing a raise; not worth continuing from the big blind.

Jd6d suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative with position against both blinds.

2d7d is a weak offsuit holding facing a raise from the button with another player yet to act; folding preserves chips rather than defending with a poor hand out of position.

96s is playable enough from the big blind against a button min-raise-plus, and the price to continue is only 1.5bb into a pot that already has my blind. A 3-bet bluff out of position is unnecessary, so I call.

Nine-six offsuit completely missed this monotone flop and has no draw, so I take the free check rather than bluff into the preflop raiser with zero equity.

Flopped a jack-high flush on a monotone board; bet for value against the big blind's checking range, sizing to get calls from pairs, straight draws, and single high diamonds.

I have 9-high with no pair, no flush draw, and no straight draw on a monotone flop, so calling a bet is -EV.

K8 offsuit on the button is a reasonable steal hand; raising applies pressure to both blinds in a 3-handed game.

J5 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act.

J6 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button open; folding is standard despite decent pot odds since it plays poorly postflop.

K5o is too weak and dominated to open from the button; folding avoids a bloated pot with a poorly playable offsuit hand.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; 75s is a reasonable raise in this spot with position disadvantage but good playability, and a small raise takes the pot often against a BB who must defend wide.

J8 offsuit is weak against a raise from the small blind; not worth calling out of position with a marginal hand.

A5 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb takes initiative and plays well in position.

J7 offsuit is weak out of position facing a raise; folding is the standard play here.

5-7 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open, especially out of position. Folding avoids paying 150 more with a dominated, low-equity hand.

54o is a weak offsuit hand on the button facing a raise-free pot; folding is standard here as it's not worth investing chips with poor equity and no position advantage preflop.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. K7o is too weak to call out of position, but a small raise can take the pot down often enough to be profitable.

Button folded, SB raised to 3bb; I'm in the BB with 9h4h suited getting 2:1 (200 to win 400) and position postflop. Suited hand with playability justifies a call at these odds against a wide SB open range.

Middle pair with a king kicker on an ace-high flop is too thin to bet into the caller; checking keeps the pot small and preserves showdown value.

I have 9h4h with no pair, no flush draw, and only a backdoor straight draw on Ac 7h Ts. Villain raised preflop and checked, but betting with air into an ace-high board gets little fold equity; checking back to see a free turn is best.

I have second pair with a king kicker on an ace-high board, so I have showdown value but little reason to build the pot. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize that value.

Opponent checked the flop and turn, signaling weakness; my 9h4h has no showdown value, so a bet of ~2/3 pot as a bluff takes down the pot often enough against a range that has shown no interest.

Pair of sevens with a king kicker is too weak to continue against a two-thirds-pot turn bet on an ace-high board.