Hold'em table

I’m on the button and can see a flop cheaply; limping keeps the pot small with this weak offsuit hand while preserving position.

KJo is strong against a button limping range in 3-handed play; raising to 400 builds the pot and exerts pressure from out of position.

T6o is too weak to call a 4bb raise after a button limp, especially multiway and out of position against a stronger range. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.

9♥2♠ is a very weak offsuit hand, and calling the 300-chip raise would be an unprofitable defense.

J3o is too weak of a holding to open even from the button in a 3-handed game.

94o is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind after the button folds. Folding the extra 50 preserves chips for better spots.

T6o is too weak to open from the button in three-handed play; folding avoids putting chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.

With the button folded, J9 offsuit is a reasonable blind-versus-blind raise to take initiative and put pressure on the big blind.

Defending the big blind in position against a small blind raise with JTo getting 2:1 direct pot odds.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on an ace-high flop, so I’ll check rather than bluff into the caller with a weak hand.

I missed the flop with Jack-ten offsuit on an Ace-high board, but having position and backdoor equity makes taking a free turn card the best play.

A small turn bet can fold out weak hands after the flop checked through, while giving me a chance to improve with an open-ended straight draw.

I hold J-high with only a gutshot straight draw (four outs) on the turn. Getting 4-to-1 pot odds, calling is unprofitable without sufficient implied odds.

As the button in a three-handed game, 9♥8♥ is a strong enough suited connector to open. A modest raise applies pressure while keeping weaker hands in the blinds involved.

In 3-handed play, ATo is well ahead of the button's opening range, so three-betting to 950 builds the pot, denies equity to the big blind, and seizes the initiative.

2-5 offsuit has essentially no playable equity against a button open and a small-blind reraise, so calling or reraising would be burning chips.

98 suited has good playability in position and sufficient implied-odds potential to continue against this 3-bet size.

As the out-of-position 3-bettor on a paired Q-7-7 board, checking with Ace-high allows pot control and equity realization.

I have no pair or immediate draw, and the paired queen-high board likely connects well with the preflop 3-bettor’s range. I’ll take the free turn rather than bluff with little equity.

Turned top pair after checking the flop; betting around one-third pot for value against pocket pairs, queens, and draws.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on this paired board, and calling the turn bet would require too much equity. Fold to preserve the remaining stack.

T7s is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play, offering decent playability and suited value.

Pocket eights are ahead of a wide button open in three-handed play, so I 3-bet to 750 for value and to take the initiative before the big blind acts.

J♦6♣ is a weak offsuit hand, and facing a raise plus a substantial three-bet from the big blind, calling would be unprofitable.

T7s opened from the button is too weak to defend against a standard 3-bet from the small blind, so folding is the disciplined, higher-EV decision.

Js6s is suited and playable as a button open in three-handed. A small raise takes the initiative and lets me play the hand in position rather than limp into two live blinds.

A♠Q♣ is strong enough to 3-bet for value and deny equity. Raising to 900 builds the pot while applying pressure to the button and the big blind behind.

Facing a 2.5bb button open and a 9bb small blind 3-bet, J9s is not strong enough to cold call out of position.

J6s is too weak to continue against a 3-bet to 900; calling 650 more does not offer enough equity or implied odds even in position.