Hold'em table

42s is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Closing the preflop action for 50 with 3:1 pot odds; 92o is weak, but the price is cheap enough to see a flop and I can fold to further aggression.

Pocket queens is a premium hand against a small-blind limp; raise for value and to isolate heads-up with position postflop.

I have 9s2d, a very weak offsuit hand, and must call 300 more after a raise. Folding avoids investing further with poor equity out of position.

With J8s on the button in a 3-handed game, raising applies pressure and can take down the blinds or isolate weaker hands. A standard 3x open keeps my range balanced while avoiding unnecessary risk with a marginal suited hand.

89 offsuit is too weak to call a button 3x raise from the small blind out of position with the big blind still behind; folding preserves stack.

Defending the big blind with 97s against a button open getting favorable pot odds and strong postflop playability.

Check third pair out of position against the preflop raiser on an ace-high board.

I have middle pair on an ace-high flush-draw board and no club; checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised by stronger Ax hands.

I hold bottom pair with a weak kicker on a heavy broadway board. Checking is the standard line here.

I have middle pair with no club and the board contains two overcards; checking back controls the pot and avoids building a large pot against Ax/Kx while keeping weaker hands in.

The board has four cards to a straight and my pair of sevens has limited showdown value; checking to see showdown for free.

I have a marginal pair of jacks on a very connected river board; checking back gets to showdown without risking a raise against a stronger made hand.

On the button in 3-handed play, 7-6 offsuit is within a wide opening range and plays well in position with fold equity against the blinds.

Holding 83 offsuit in the small blind against a button open is an easy fold.

T2 offsuit is a very weak hand out of position. Facing a button raise, it is not worth defending even with 2.67:1 pot odds, as it will be dominated and hard to play postflop.

Pocket tens is a premium holding on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5bb for value.

K7s is too marginal to call a button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act, and playing a dominated suited king out of position is not profitable here.

In the big blind versus a small button raise three-handed, Q7o has enough raw equity against a wide opening range for the 150-chip price, despite being out of position.

With queen-high and no draw on a paired low flop, I have little equity against the preflop raiser's overpairs and overcards. Checking preserves my stack and lets me realize cheap showdown or turn equity.

I hold an overpair on a dry paired board and bet roughly one-third pot for value and protection against overcards.

Q-high with no pair or draw on a paired 3-3-2 board has too little equity against the preflop raiser's flop bet to call 200.

Q9o on the button is a reasonable 3-handed open; raising applies pressure and can win the blinds immediately.

Ace-Ten suited is strong against a button 3x open in 3-handed play; 3-betting from the small blind gains value, folds out the big blind, and takes initiative despite being out of position.

Holding Q2o facing an open and a 3-bet, this hand is completely unplayable.

Q9o is too weak to continue against a sizable small-blind 3-bet; folding avoids playing a dominated offsuit hand for 700 more chips.

AdQd is a premium suited hand on the button in 3-handed play, well ahead of blind ranges. Raising to 300 builds the pot in position and applies pressure to the blinds.

Holding 53 offsuit in the small blind facing a 3bb button open is a clear fold.

T4o is a weak offsuit hand facing a button raise; calling 200 more out of position with poor playability is not profitable, so I fold.