Hold'em table

T8 offsuit is at the bottom of the button opening range in 3-max play; folding avoids playing a marginal, easily dominated hand.

Folded to me in the small blind with J8o; raising to 3x is a standard play against a single big blind and should take the pot down often or leave me with a playable hand.

Closing the action with 3:1 pot odds and position, Q8o is good enough to call a small blind raise in a 3-handed game.

As the preflop raiser on an ace-high dry board, a small c-bet fits my range well, and my gutshot to the nut straight with K or Q (plus the J overcard to the ten) gives real backup equity.

I have only queen-high with no pair or strong draw on an ace-high flop, and calling 200 into 800 would require better equity than my hand likely has against a preflop raiser who continued betting.

A5o is a clear opening hand on the button in 3-handed play, so a standard 2.5bb raise works well. The ace blocker and wheel potential add to its value.

Getting 3:1 immediate odds with a playable broadway against a likely wide button open; calling keeps the pot manageable out of position. I can fold if the big blind squeezes.

With 9h 8h suited in the big blind, getting 4:1 pot odds closing the action multiway, calling is very profitable.

With middle pair and no club, checking from the small blind controls the pot and avoids building a large pot against an ace while keeping weaker hands in.

I have 9-high with no draw on an Ace-high board out of position; checking to the preflop aggressor is standard.

Top pair with a weak kicker, checked to me on the button in a 3-way pot, is worth a modest value/protection bet against weaker aces, jacks and club draws. Half pot keeps worse hands calling and controls the pot size.

I have middle pair with a backdoor flush draw and am getting 3:1 immediate odds; calling keeps the big blind in and lets me evaluate the turn before committing more.

I have nine-high with no draw or backdoor equity on an Ace-high flop facing a bet and a call.

I have second pair on an ace-high board and am out of position; checking controls the pot and lets me see a free river or evaluate a bet.

Top pair with a wheel gutshot. A moderate bet gets value from weaker aces and Jx, and charges club draws, while keeping the pot manageable against better aces.

Opponent has shown strength with a preflop raise, flop bet, and turn double barrel on an Ace-high board. My pair of jacks with a weak kicker is likely behind and lacks sufficient odds to continue.

K3o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability and is often dominated; calling 100 out of position to two players is not profitable enough, so I fold.

Holding JTo in the small blind after the button folds, raising to 300 attacks the big blind with good high-card and straight connectivity.

Getting 2:1 odds in position against a wide small-blind steal range, so 63o is a marginal but profitable defend.

I flopped top pair on a paired board where I hold a range advantage as the preflop raiser; betting one-third pot gets value from worse hands and denies equity.

6-high with no draw on a paired J88 board facing a c-bet; pot odds of 200 into 800 still aren't enough with almost no equity.

Ten-eight offsuit is on the bottom edge of playable button hands, so folding avoids entering marginal pots postflop.

AJo is a strong hand when it's blind vs blind after the button folds, so raise to 3x for value and take the initiative.

T3o is too weak to defend against a raise, even with 2:1 pot odds, especially out of position.

J4o is offsuit and dominated, and it falls just below a solid 3-handed button opening range, so folding is the disciplined play.

Heads-up against the big blind with A7o, raising applies pressure and takes initiative with a hand that has decent equity versus a random hand.

Defending big blind with A8o in position against a standard small blind open.

Continuation bet on a dry flop with ace-high; opponent's flat preflop call likely missed, so a half-pot bet can fold out better unpaired hands and take the pot.

I missed this low, disconnected board completely with Ace-high and no significant backdoor equity, making an easy fold against the half-pot c-bet.

J2o is too weak to play from the button in a 3-handed pot, even with position; folding avoids risking chips with a dominated offsuit hand.

Holding 94 offsuit in the small blind out of position is far too weak to defend or raise against the big blind.