Hold'em table

K2o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play, so folding is the standard play.

With the button folded, completing the small blind costs only 50 chips against the big blind. I’ll see a flop with this weak but playable hand rather than build a larger pot out of position.

With a weak offsuit hand and no need to invest more preflop, checking as the big blind is the safest way to see a flop and avoid bloating the pot out of position.

I have a weak hand with no strong draw, so I’ll check rather than build the pot.

With T-high and no strong draw on a Q-high flop, checking behind in position keeps the pot small and avoids risking chips as a bluff into an opponent who limped preflop.

I have little showdown value and no meaningful draw. Checking avoids investing more chips with a weak hand.

My hand has little showdown value and no strong draw, so checking controls the pot and avoids risking chips as a bluff into a player who has already called preflop and checked twice.

Five-high is unlikely to win at showdown. A half-pot river bet can fold out the big blind’s missed hands after they checked both the flop and turn.

I have only ten-high on a paired ace-high board and no showdown value against a river bet. Folding avoids paying off obvious value hands and preserves chips.

T6 suited is playable from the button three-handed, and an opening raise can win the blinds or build a pot in position.

J8s is a marginal hand out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a difficult OOP spot and preserves chips.

Defending big blind with a pocket pair against a standard button open getting favorable pot odds.

Flopping top set on a dry board, checking to the in-position preflop aggressor allows them to continuation bet with overpairs and bluffs.

A small continuation bet can fold out unpaired overcards while risking relatively little on this dry flop.

I flopped top set on a dry board and check-raise for value to build the pot against pocket pairs and gutshot draws.

T-high has no pair or immediate draw on this rainbow flop, and the check-raise makes continuing for 440 chips unprofitable.

J4s is a weak, easily dominated hand; calling 100 to win 150 requires high equity, and folding preserves chips for better spots.

8c 4s is too weak to complete or raise blind vs blind, making an easy fold.

T9o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play to attack the blinds with position.

A-K offsuit is strong enough to three-bet the button's small open. Raising to 900 builds value and discourages the big blind from entering cheaply.

I have 8d5s, a weak offsuit hand facing a raise and a reraise. Calling 800 more out of position is not profitable, so I fold.

T9o is too weak to continue against a standard 3-bet from the small blind, making fold the clearly profitable play.

Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A modest raise takes advantage of position without committing too much.

J5s is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act behind me.

AQ suited is a premium holding in the big blind facing a button open, making a 3-bet to 10bb optimal for value and initiative.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to call a large big-blind three-bet, even with position. Folding avoids committing another 750 chips with a dominated hand.

Q6o is a weak offsuit hand and I am not closing the action; folding avoids investing chips with poor playability and domination risk.

In a blind-versus-blind situation after the button folds, J5s has enough playability and flush potential to open with a raise to 3bb.

Q3 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a small-blind 3x raise, especially with position after the flop.

As the preflop raiser on an Ace-high dry flop, our range has a substantial advantage, justifying a standard 1/3 pot continuation bet.

Q-high has no pair or immediate draw on this ace-high flop. Calling the bet is unlikely to be profitable.