Hold'em table

Q8o is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

AJo is strong heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 3 big blinds builds value and applies pressure.

6-high offsuit-ish hand T6o is weak; facing a 3x raise from the small blind out of position with 200 to call for a 500 pot, the hand plays poorly and folding is reasonable.

Q7 offsuit is playable as a button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds applies pressure while keeping the risk modest.

Q6 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind, facing a button raise with the big blind still to act behind. Calling 200 more is not profitable, so I fold.

ATo is a standard defense in the big blind against a button 2.5x open with excellent pot odds closing the action.

Check to the preflop raiser on a dry King-high board where their range has a significant advantage.

The king-high flop favors my preflop raising range. A small continuation bet can win the pot when the big blind has missed, while limiting my risk with queen-high.

With ace-high, no direct draw, and no backdoor flush equity on a King-high dry board out of position, folding to the flop continuation bet is standard.

Q6 offsuit is a weak hand, and calling out of position against two players isn't worth it even on the button. Folding costs nothing here, since the button has posted no blind.

76s is a prime candidate to open raise from the small blind against the big blind for value and playability.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a 3x raise, even heads-up.

T2s is too weak to open profitably even from the button in 3-handed play.

With the button folded, 9-8 offsuit is strong enough to raise heads-up from the small blind and can win the big blind immediately.

Pocket deuces in the big blind facing a small-blind 3x raise: the price is 200 to win a 600 pot (3:1), and the button has folded. Calling to set-mine is fine, and a 3-bet with a weak pair would bloat the pot.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting out of position into the preflop caller risks building a pot with a weak hand. I’ll check and reassess.

Seat 2 checked on a J-8-K board with two spades, and I hold a pair of deuces that is likely behind a few hands but ahead of many missed hands. A small bet of half the pot gets value from ace-high and weak draws, and it denies equity to overcards. It also takes the initiative in a heads-up pot where my hand rarely wins at a checked-down showdown anyway.

Middle pair and a gutshot give me enough equity to call this half-pot bet. Raising would risk too much against a stronger hand.

My pair of eights is a weak showdown hand, and betting out of position is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

I hold a pocket pair of twos on a J-8-K-4 board with two spades. That is a weak showdown hand, and I would fold to most bets from a better hand. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river cheaply.

Third pair has some showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll check and see what the opponent does.

I have a set of twos, which is a strong hand. Seat 2 checked the flop, turn and river, so their range looks weak and capped. A bet of about 40% of the pot should get value from Kx, Jx and 8x hands.

The small river bet requires roughly 23% equity to call. My pair of eights can beat missed draws and occasional thin bets, so calling is preferable to folding.

T4 offsuit is a weak, easily dominated button hand. With no reads on the blinds, I’d rather avoid investing in a marginal spot.

Q7 suited in the small blind is a reasonable hand heads-up against the big blind, and completing costs only 50 to win a 150 pot, so I take the cheap price to see a flop.

I hold T2o in the big blind facing a limp from the small blind; checking to see a free flop is standard.

I have a Qh7h flush draw with a backdoor and an overcard on a Kh-high board in a heads-up pot. I'm first to act, so a small bet of 100 gets value from worse hands and can take the pot from hands that fold, while keeping the pot small if I'm raised.

Holding ten-high with negligible draw equity on a board with flush and straight textures, folding facing the flop bet is standard.

J5s is a weak hand from the button in a 3-handed pot; calling risks playing out of position postflop against two players with a dominated hand, though it's close. Folding is a low-variance choice.

T2o is near the bottom of our range and plays poorly out of position, making a fold standard.