Hold'em table

7-5 offsuit is a weak button opening hand in this setup, so folding avoids entering a marginal pot.

AcKc is a premium hand; raising to 300 builds the pot and puts pressure on the big blind.

73o is too weak to defend against a 3x small-blind raise out of position, even at 2:1 pot odds, so folding is the low-loss choice.

On the button with a suited connector, raising can steal the blinds or build a pot with position.

A3o in the small blind facing a button open is a decent 3-bet bluff candidate because the ace is a blocker. Calling out of position with the big blind still to act plays poorly, so I either 3-bet or fold, and I choose the 3-bet.

4h6d is far too weak to continue from the big blind against an open and a large 3-bet.

I have a suited connector in position and am getting reasonable pot odds to see a flop with implied odds against a wide 3bet range.

This Q-high board favors my 3-bet range. A small c-bet with ace-high, a backdoor nut flush draw and some equity denial works well as a range bet.

J7o is a standard button open three-handed, since only two blinds are left to act. A small open to 2.5bb puts pressure on them.

7-8 offsuit has sufficient equity and playability to defend the small blind against a button open at this depth, despite being out of position.

3-5 offsuit is too weak to continue into a raise and call; I'm not getting enough implied value and will save chips.

Checking keeps the button's c-bets and bluffs in while controlling the pot with top pair on a coordinated board.

On a dry, low board we have the preflop range advantage as the raiser, so a small c-bet gets folds from many of the SB's missed hands. J7 also picks up some equity, with a backdoor diamond draw and overcards.

Call with top pair and a heart blocker against a small continuation bet, keeping weaker hands and bluffs in range.

Checking keeps the pot controlled with middle pair and preserves the option to respond to a bet while retaining the heart draw.

The queen favors my preflop-raising range, and villain's flop calling range has many weak pairs and draws that may fold to a second barrel. My jack-high has almost no showdown value, so betting gives me fold equity.

Bottom-pair strength is too weak to continue against the button's sustained flop and turn betting on a queen turn. Folding preserves chips against a range that contains many queens and stronger pairs.

9-7 offsuit is too weak to profitably enter from the button against two blinds at this stack depth.

I'm getting 3:1 pot odds against a random big blind hand, so I complete the small blind to see a cheap flop despite holding 72o.

T7o does well against a small-blind limp range; a raise to 4bb from the big blind can take the pot now, and I keep position postflop if called. Checking is also fine, but the raise applies pressure to a capped limping range.

7-2 offsuit is a very weak hand and I am facing a large raise, so folding is the lowest-risk option.

KQ suited is a strong hand preflop; raising to 3x the big blind builds the pot and takes initiative from the blinds.

Pocket threes in the small blind facing a 3x button open with 100bb deep stacks: calling to set-mine has good implied odds, though the big blind can still squeeze behind. A 3-bet with a small pair is less attractive out of position.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a raise and a caller.

Small pair out of position on a monotone, highly connected board is pure showdown or give-up value. Checking keeps the pot small, and I'll likely fold to a bet.

The flop is monotone diamonds and I have no diamond, so betting would just get called or raised by made flushes and strong draws. I'll take the free card with overcards and a backdoor straight draw.

The board now has four diamonds and I hold no diamond, so my pocket 3s have almost no showdown value against any flush or any overcard pair. Betting as a bluff is also risky because the button checked back the flop, and its range there likely holds plenty of diamonds, so I check and give up if it bets.

Pocket threes have almost no showdown value on this four-diamond, straight-heavy board, and the button checked twice (once on a timeout), which suggests weakness. A smallish bet representing a flush should fold out most of their pairs, and a timeout fallback would also mean a fold.

K8s on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; a standard 2.5bb open pressures both blinds.

5h7d offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise in a three-handed game, especially out of position.