Hold'em table

As the button in a three-handed game, 8♥5♥ is playable as an open-raise; a modest raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

9-4 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open; folding saves chips for better spots.

Holding T2 offsuit in the big blind against a button raise is an easy fold due to poor playability and equity.

65o is too weak to call or open from the button against two live blinds, so folding preserves chips.

Q4o is too weak to play out of position from the small blind against the big blind.

J2o is too weak to open profitably even from the button in a 3-handed game.

The button has folded, and completing for 50 gives a reasonable price to see the flop heads-up against the big blind. J5 offsuit is too weak to raise here.

Button folded and the small blind only completed, so pocket threes are ahead of a limp range often enough to raise for value and take the initiative heads-up. A raise to 400 builds the pot without overcommitting out of position.

J-5 offsuit is weak, and calling 300 more out of position against a substantial raise would require too much equity.

K4 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed, and raising applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the sizing modest.

56 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise; folding preserves chips.

Holding 53o in the big blind against a button open is an easy fold given the weak playability and low equity.

T5s is playable enough to open from the button in three-handed; a small raise wins the blinds often and keeps position if called.

A7o plays poorly out of position against a button open and potential big blind defense, making folding the standard play.

The button’s small raise gives me favorable pot odds, and 8♠3♠ has enough suited equity to defend the big blind heads-up.

I have only bottom pair on a paired board and can check for free. I’ll keep the pot small and see how the preflop raiser acts.

Ten-five offsuit has no pair, no draw, and little equity on a paired flop, so checking back avoids putting more chips in as a bluff that a preflop caller will often continue against.

My pair of threes gives two pair with the paired board, and the flop checks suggest I may be ahead. A small turn bet can get value from weaker hands and charge overcards or draws.

I have two pair, tens and sixes, and the turn bet is only 200 into 750. Calling is the right price; raising risks isolating against full houses and better ten kickers on a paired board.

I have two pair with sixes and threes, which has some showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get better hands to fold or worse hands to call.

I have tens and sixes, which has showdown value, but the ace on board means many calling hands beat me and worse hands often fold. Checking realizes the pot without bloating it.

63o is far too weak to open raise or call on the button, even in 3-handed play.

7-2 suited is weak, but calling 50 into a 150-chip pot offers favorable pot odds heads-up from the small blind.

King-ten suited is ahead of a small-blind limp heads-up, so I isolate and build the pot rather than give a free flop.

7♠2♠ is far too weak to continue against a sizable preflop raise, especially out of position. I fold rather than invest another 300 chips.