Hold'em table

Open-raising with A6o on the button in 3-handed play is standard for steal equity and position.

Closing the action with a discount: calling 120 into 370 gives ~24.5% pot odds, and Q3o has well over that equity vs a wide 3-max button opening range. Postflop playability is poor but the price is too good to fold.

I have a weak Q-high hand with only a gutshot on an A-high board. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids bluffing into the preflop raiser who likely has a stronger range.

I hold top pair on a dry ace-high board as the preflop aggressor, so a small continuation bet of roughly one-third pot extracts value from pocket pairs and gutshots while maintaining range advantage.

I have only queen-high with no pair or draw on an ace-high flop, and seat_1 has shown strength by raising preflop and betting the flop, so folding is best.

On the button with a marginal hand in a 3-handed game, a standard raise applies pressure on the blinds and can take the pot preflop.

9d2s is a very weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise, so continuing would be unprofitable. Folding loses only the small blind and avoids playing a dominated trash hand.

KJo has sufficient equity and favorable pot odds (150 to call into a 400 pot) to defend the big blind against a button open.

Check second pair with a good kicker out of position to the preflop aggressor.

King-high with no pair or draw on an ace-high board; checking behind to control pot size and see a free card.

I hold second pair with top kicker out of position. Checking controls the pot size and allows me to induce bluffs or call reasonable bets from weaker holdings.

King-high with no pair or draw; checking behind to see the river cheaply rather than bluffing into an ace-high board.

We hold second pair with a strong kicker on an Ace-high board that checked through flop and turn. Checking to realize our showdown value is standard.

King-high with no made hand on a dry board; checking back is the simplest line since there's no bet to call and little value in bluffing into a likely stronger hand.

With A7s on the button in a 3-handed game, raising applies pressure and takes initiative with a hand that has good playability. A small raise to 300 is enough to isolate and avoid overcommitting early.

Facing a 3bb button open, A8o does not play well out of position from the small blind with the big blind still to act. Folding is the standard disciplined play.

A4 suited is playable heads-up for a reasonable price after the SB folded, so I'll call and see a flop.

Bottom pair with weak kicker relevance; check to control pot size and see next card cheaply.

Continuation bet with ace-high and backdoor spade equity; the board likely misses the big blind's calling range often enough to take the pot down, and I can shut down if called or raised.

T7o is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even in a 3-handed structure.

Heads-up pot after button fold; raising with 87s suited-ish offsuit connector to apply pressure on BB for a steal.

Closing the action with 2.33:1 pot odds, 45o has enough equity against a typical small blind raising range, and we have position postflop.

I have middle pair (8s) which has some value; a half-pot bet builds the pot while charging draws and overcards.

I have 4s5h on a T-8-2 flop with no pair, no draw, and only a weak backdoor straight; facing a flop bet after calling preflop, folding is best.

4h7c offsuit is a weak hand with no connectivity worth playing from the button facing a raise-sized pot; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Button folded, leaving heads-up against the big blind. J6o is strong enough to raise for initiative and to apply pressure, potentially taking down the pot preflop.

Getting 3:1 pot odds in position with an ace against a small blind min-raise, calling is very standard.

I flopped trips with a 6, so I will bet for value and start building the pot while my opponent may call with overpairs or draws.

Facing a 75% pot c-bet on a paired dry board, Ace-high with a weak kicker and limited redraws is not profitable to continue with.

On the button with a suited connector, raising applies pressure to the blinds and can take the pot down immediately while keeping position if called.

K7o is too weak to call or 3-bet out of position against a button open.

Weak offsuit 2-6 facing a raise; not worth continuing even from the big blind.