Hold'em table

3d5d on the button is a weak suited hand; in a 3-handed game with 100bb stacks it is a marginal open at best and folding is a reasonable low-variance choice first to act.

Seven-three offsuit has poor playability and weak equity realization from the small blind. Without evidence that the big blind folds excessively, folding is preferable to completing or attempting a steal.

With only the blinds left and position after the flop, a small button steal is reasonable. The king blocks some strong defending hands, while the minimum raise limits the cost with a weak kicker.

KTs is a strong suited hand against a button opening range and works well as a small-blind three-bet. Raising to 800 pressures the big blind to fold and charges the button for playing in position.

J5 offsuit facing a 3-bet with the original raiser still to act is an easy fold from the big blind.

K3 offsuit is too weak to defend against this four-times-open three-bet, even in position. Its poor playability and domination risk make folding preferable to calling or bluff-raising.

T4 suited is a marginal but playable button steal with both blinds yet to act. A small raise leverages position and risks relatively little to win the blinds.

76o from the small blind facing a button raise with the big blind still to act is a standard fold; weak hand, out of position, poor playability for calling or 3-betting.

Calling costs 125 to contest a 500-chip pot, requiring 25% equity. With no rake, 97 offsuit has enough equity and straight potential to defend against a typical wide button opening range.

Check to the preflop raiser on this ace-high board, which favors their range. With only nine-high and a gutshot, there is little reason to build the pot out of position.

This ace-high rainbow flop favors my preflop raising range, so a small continuation bet can fold out many unpaired hands. My hand has little showdown value but retains backdoor diamond and straight possibilities.

The small bet offers favorable odds to continue with a gutshot to the nut straight. Implied value when a six lands and opportunities to win against missed overcards justify a call.

We have a pair and a gutshot, giving us some showdown value and improvement potential. Checking keeps the pot manageable out of position and avoids betting into the preflop raiser's stronger hands.

The turn gives me a flush draw plus a gutshot, making this a strong semi-bluff with little showdown value. A three-quarter-pot bet can fold out weaker pairs while building the pot when I improve.

Third pair and a gutshot are too weak against this large turn barrel. Calling requires 30% equity, and my improvement outs are insufficient and not all clean.

8-5 offsuit from the button in a 3-handed game is a weak, non-connected, unsuited hand; folding first to act is the standard play with no fold equity info yet.

T8 offsuit is strong enough to complete blind versus blind at 3:1 pot odds. Limping keeps the pot small while out of position with a medium-strength hand.

Q6 offsuit is too marginal to build a large pot against the small blind's limp without a specific read. Checking preserves chips and lets me see a free flop in position.

Out of position with no meaningful made hand or direct draw, checking avoids investing in a low-equity bluff. The big blind can still hold plenty of kings, jacks, and club draws.

Queen-high has some showdown value and limited backdoor straight potential, but little reason to build a pot on this paired board. Checking in position preserves equity without risking chips against kings, jacks, or draws.

After the flop checks through, the big blind still has many weak hands that can fold to a turn stab. With almost no showdown value, I can bluff modestly on the third-club turn to target those hands.

Queen-high without a club or a meaningful draw is too weak to continue against this turn bet. The paired, three-club board also makes potential pair outs unreliable.

K4 offsuit is a marginal but reasonable button steal in a three-handed, rake-free game. A small raise leverages position and the king blocker while limiting the cost if the blinds resist.

J8 offsuit is too weak to defend profitably from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids playing a frequently dominated hand out of position.

A2o in the big blind facing a min-raise from the button with 100 to call into a 350 pot gives excellent odds; calling is standard, and 3-betting a weak ace out of position is marginal.

A2o on K-Q-7 flop out of position versus the preflop raiser; we have only ace-high with a backdoor draw, so checking and evaluating a continuation bet is better than leading into their range.

A one-third-pot continuation bet can get value from queens, sevens, and straight draws. The small sizing suits top pair with a weak kicker while leveraging our preflop range advantage.

A2o with no pair on a K-Q-7 board facing a c-bet; ace-high with a weak gutshot-less kicker has poor equity against a button open-raiser's range, so folding is the disciplined play.

Pocket threes are a profitable button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds gives us a chance to win the blinds immediately while retaining position and set potential if called.

6-2 offsuit is one of the worst starting hands; facing a button raise from the small blind with a big blind still to act, folding is clearly correct.

J2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 2.5bb button raise, with poor equity realization out of position and frequent domination when it pairs the jack.