Hold'em table

J8 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Q2o from the small blind facing a button open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; it's too weak and would be out of position.

AK offsuit is a premium hand against a button open, so 3-bet for value and initiative from the big blind. A raise to 900 is a solid out-of-position size.

J8 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large three-bet, despite having position.

AKo on the button is a premium open; a standard 2.5bb raise builds the pot while keeping weaker hands in.

7♣5♦ is a weak, disconnected hand from the small blind. Facing a button raise with the big blind still to act, folding avoids a poor call out of position.

QJo is strong enough to defend the big blind against a button open, and calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

With no pair and only backdoor draws on a king-high flop, I’ll check out of position rather than build the pot.

Top pair with the top kicker on a two-tone board, so I'm betting for value and to charge flush and straight draws. About 64% pot gets called by worse kings, 8x hands and draws.

Q-high has no pair or immediate draw on this flop, and calling the sizable bet out of position is unlikely to be profitable.

As the button in a three-handed game, 9♣? Wait: 9♥5♥ is a playable suited hand with position. I’ll make a small open-raise to apply pressure and take initiative.

8-2 suited is too weak to defend the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

Getting 400:150 odds against a wide 3-handed button open; 83s is suited and has enough equity to defend the big blind.

Flush draw out of position against the preflop raiser; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me call or check-raise depending on the button's action.

I have a weak pair with a modest kicker, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me realize my equity without betting into likely stronger hands.

The button checked back the flop, which caps their range, so a semi-bluff with a spade flush draw has fold equity plus about 9 outs if called. I'm betting roughly two-thirds pot.

A weak pair of fives is unlikely to be ahead against a turn lead on this board, and I have no meaningful draw to improve. Folding avoids paying a sizable bet with poor showdown prospects.

5-4 offsuit is near the bottom of the button opening range and is unlikely to play profitably against two blinds at this stack depth.

43o is among the weakest hands in the small blind versus the big blind. Out of position, folding loses the least; limping or raising here doesn't win enough to justify it.

K7o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise-to puts pressure on the blinds.

9♥6♠ is a weak offsuit hand against a button raise, and calling out of position risks investing more with poor playability.

A3 offsuit has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise to 250. Calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

With top and bottom pair against the preflop raiser, I can check and give them a chance to bet. The diamond draw makes this a strong hand to raise for value if they do.

The ace-high board favors my button opening range, so a small c-bet with king-high and a gutshot/backdoor equity should fold out many of the big blind's weak hands. It also keeps the pot manageable if I get called.

Top and bottom two pair is strong against a button opening range. Raising gets value from weaker aces and diamond draws while charging them to continue.

K-high with no draw facing a 4x check-raise on an A-5-3 two-tone board; the call price (540 into 1990) needs about 27% equity, which we don't have, and a bluff re-raise is unlikely to fold out a range that is strong here.

A8 offsuit is a profitable button open in a three-handed game; a modest raise applies pressure while keeping weaker hands in the pot.

K3 suited is a reasonable three-bet bluff against a button open. Raising also avoids playing a weak king out of position in a multiway pot.

K7o facing a 3-bet to 10bb from the small blind, with the button's opener still left to act behind, is a clear fold. It is dominated too often and plays badly out of position.

A8 offsuit is dominated too often against a large small-blind 3-bet, and calling 750 requires substantial equity with limited postflop playability.