Hold'em table

Pocket aces are the strongest starting hand; a standard 2.5bb button raise builds the pot while allowing weaker hands to continue or reraise.

6-3 offsuit in the small blind facing a 2.5x button open is a clear fold; it plays poorly out of position and has little equity against an opening range.

Getting favorable pot odds of 150 to win 400 with JTo in the big blind against a button open, making this a standard defense.

Check to the preflop aggressor out of position with a gutshot straight draw and two overcards.

Bet for value from weaker pairs and draws while charging for equity on this connected, two-club board. A roughly two-thirds-pot sizing protects our overpair without unnecessarily inflating the pot.

We only have a gutshot draw with no backdoor flush potential on a connected, two-tone board facing a sizeable bet, not getting sufficient odds to continue out of position.

7-3 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is well below any opening range; folding is the clear EV-maximizing play.

84s is too weak to profitably open or complete out of position against the big blind.

T3o is too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play.

J8 offsuit is worth completing heads-up against the big blind for just 50 more chips. Calling keeps the pot small with a marginal hand that will play out of position.

Q6o in the big blind after a small blind limp; checking takes a free flop in position with a marginal hand rather than bloating the pot.

With jack-high, no direct draw, and only a runner-runner straight possibility, this is a weak bluff candidate out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the chance to improve for free.

Top pair with a weak kicker on a dry board heads-up after SB checks; a small value bet gets called by worse pairs and draws while keeping the pot manageable.

J-high has no pair or immediate draw against a 65%-pot bet. With only weak backdoor potential and playing out of position, continuing is unlikely to be profitable.

AQ offsuit is a strong opening hand on the button three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds builds value against weaker hands and pressures the blinds while preserving positional advantage.

76o in the small blind facing a 2.5x open from the button with the big blind still to act is a standard fold; it plays poorly out of position and offers weak equity against a button opening range.

Defending the big blind with Q7 suited against a button open, getting attractive pot odds (150 to call into 400).

Checked to the preflop aggressor with second pair to control the pot size out of position.

Ace-high has showdown value, and this low, connected flop connects well with the big blind's calling range. Checking behind realizes our equity without risking a check-raise with no backdoor flush draw.

I have third pair out of position against the preflop raiser on an Ace turn, so checking to pot control is standard.

Top pair with a strong kicker merits a value bet after the big blind checks twice. This sizing can get calls from weaker aces, some lower pairs, and straight draws while building the pot for river value.

Third pair with a Queen kicker is too weak to call a delayed c-bet on an Ace-turn out of position.

6-3 offsuit is a trash hand even on the button in a 3-handed game; folding costs nothing and avoids playing a dominated hand out of position postflop against two players.

T9o has decent playability blind vs blind; raising to 3bb applies pressure on the big blind.

Calling costs 200 to contest a 600-chip pot, and T3 suited is a reasonable defense against a potentially wide small-blind opening range. Position after the flop and no rake help realize its equity.

As the preflop raiser on an Ace-King high dry board, I have a massive range advantage and can continuation bet a small sizing with high frequency.

Ten-high with only a backdoor flush draw has too little equity to continue on this ace-king-high flop. This board favors the preflop raiser, and our hand is a poor bluff-raising candidate.

53s is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play, making fold standard.

94 offsuit is near the bottom of my range and realizes equity poorly out of position. With no evidence the big blind overfolds, folding is preferable to investing more.