Hold'em table

Pocket aces are the best starting hand, so I open-raise to 3x from the button to build the pot and define the field.

J9s has decent suited playability and I'm getting good pot odds (200 to call into 450) against a button open. Calling keeps the pot small and lets me play the flop with position-neutral initiative rather than 3-betting a marginal hand.

I flopped second pair with a diamond flush draw, a strong hand worth betting for value and protection against the preflop raiser's Kx/overpair range. A half-pot bet builds the pot while I still have equity.

I have pocket aces, an overpair to the K-J-4 flop, so I raise the donk bet for value and to charge draws. A raise to 1350 is about three times the bet and builds the pot without overcommitting.

My pair of jacks with the K on board beats AK, KQ, and most preflop-raise bluffs, and pot odds (900 to win 3350) justify continuing. Raising only isolates against KJ or sets, so I'll call and reassess on the turn.

My jacks are only second pair against an opponent who 3-bet preflop and raised the flop, so I have little value and no fold equity worth betting for. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me reassess on the river.

Pocket aces remain well ahead of a checked turn range, and a roughly two-thirds pot bet charges draws while setting up a river shove.

87 suited is a decent speculative hand on the button; raising to 3x builds the pot and takes initiative against two players who haven't acted.

J9 offsuit is too weak to call 250 more out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Folding is the highest-EV line here.

KQs is strong enough to 3-bet the button's 3bb open heads-up, building the pot and taking the initiative before the flop.

87s facing a 3-bet to 1000 out of position postflop against a re-raiser is not worth continuing; folding preserves chips.

T4o on the button is far too weak to limp or steal against two live blinds in a 3-max game; folding costs nothing and preserves chips for better spots.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. 75 suited is speculative but worth the cheap complete to see a flop rather than folding or bloating the pot.

K6o is weak and SB just limped; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free flop in position for future streets.

I flopped trip fives heads-up and want value from the big blind's wide checked range. A small bet of 150 builds the pot while staying likely to get called by an eight or overcards.

King-high with no pair or draw on a paired board facing a bet; not worth continuing.

74s is too weak to open from the button for 100 chips into a 150 pot when both blinds can continue; folding keeps the stack intact.

Pocket tens with only the big blind left to act; raise for value and to build pot heads-up.

J3 offsuit is far too weak to call a 3.5x raise out of position; folding preserves chips for better spots.

On the button with A7 suited, a standard raise to isolate and take initiative against the blinds.

T9 offsuit out of position against a button raise is a clear fold; calling 200 with a weak suited-connector-type hand gives poor equity and bad postflop position.

89o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise; the positional disadvantage outweighs the pot odds.

75o is a standard open from the button; raising to 2.5x applies pressure on the blinds and builds fold equity with a playable hand.

Jd3d is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding saves the extra 200.