Hold'em table

A5o is playable from the button in three-handed play, so I open to 3x to take the initiative and pressure the blinds rather than flat-calling.

QJo has decent equity against a wide 3x button open in 3-handed play, and calling 200 into a 450 pot is cheap enough to realize equity in position-less but live spot.

I flopped top pair (jacks) with a queen kicker against a preflop raiser; checking keeps the pot controlled and lets me evaluate their continuation bet before committing more chips.

I have a pair of fives with an ace kicker and the big blind checked. A small bet gets value from worse hands and protects against overcards.

I hold top pair jacks with a queen kicker on J-7-5 rainbow, which beats most of seat_1's flop continuation range. Calling the small 200 bet keeps the pot controlled while protecting my hand cheaply.

I hold top pair jacks with a queen kicker on a checked turn; betting ~half pot extracts value from seat_1's one-pair hands and protects against draws without overcommitting.

Bottom pair with an ace kicker is too weak to continue against a turn lead after my flop c-bet was called; I am often behind made hands and lack enough equity or draw equity to call.

J5 offsuit is too weak to invest chips with from the button facing a raise-sized pot; folding preserves stack for better spots.

7s3h is a very weak hand even from the button in 3-handed play; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Button folded, so I only need 50 more into a 150 pot with an ace. Completing keeps the pot small out of position rather than bloating it with a weak kicker.

K8 offsuit is weak; free flop as BB with no raise needed.

Ace-high with no pair or draw has little value on this connected flop, so I check rather than bluff into a wide big-blind range. Checking is free and keeps the pot small.

King-high with a backdoor draw on a Q-T-9 board; checking behind is fine since I have no equity to bet for value and no fold equity worth pursuing.

I have bottom pair with an ace kicker on a coordinated board, so checking realizes showdown value without bloating the pot against a likely better hand.

King-high with no pair or draw; checking to see a free river.

I have only a pair of deuces with an ace kicker on a connected board, so a bet is unlikely to be called by worse. Checking preserves my showdown value against air in this checked-down pot.

Top pair king on a scary but check-heavy board; small value bet after action has been checked down all streets.

I only have a pair of deuces on a board full of higher cards, and the river bet is too likely to be value from a better pair or made hand. Pot odds do not justify calling with the worst pair.

J9o is a standard button open in three-handed play; a 2.5bb raise takes the initiative with position and fold equity against the blinds.

Pocket sevens is a decent hand; 3-betting to 800 builds the pot and can isolate against a min-raise while retaining set-mining value if called.

4d2c is the worst hand in hold'em and I'm facing an 8bb 3-bet out of position; calling 700 to win a small pot with almost no equity is a clear fold.

J9 offsuit is too weak to continue against a small-blind three-bet; calling or four-betting would be a clear mistake with this hand.

Button raise with an ace to apply pressure on the blinds and build a pot in position.

2c5h is a very weak hand facing a 2.5x raise with the big blind still to act; folding is clearly best.

J4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open, even for a small price. Folding avoids playing a dominated, low-equity hand out of position.

King-eight suited is a profitable button open against two blinds; raising to 2.5x applies pressure and builds the pot with a playable suited hand.

Q2o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, so folding the small blind is the disciplined play.

Ace-high with a weak kicker is worth a call given the price, but not strong enough to 3-bet against a button open.

Bottom pair weak kicker context, better to check and control pot size out of position against the preflop raiser.

As the preflop raiser facing a check on J94, a small continuation bet applies pressure and can take the pot down immediately; my K-high with a backdoor heart draw has some equity if called.

Bottom pair with an ace kicker gets a cheap price to continue against a modest flop bet.

Only a weak bottom pair with ace kicker; check to control pot size and see the river cheaply.

I missed the flop entirely with K-high and seat_2 called my flop bet, suggesting a real hand like a jack or nine. Checking back keeps the pot small and preserves the option to bluff the river or value bet if a king arrives.

I hold quad fours, the effective nuts; betting for value since villain showed passive action on turn.

I hold only K-high on a paired board, which loses to any pair, and seat_2's river bet after checking the turn strongly suggests a made hand. Calling 650 to win 2250 with essentially no showdown value is a clear fold.