Hold'em table

6-7 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot has decent playability. Calling 100 to win a 250 pot gives good odds, and a raise would risk too much with a marginal hand.

K3 offsuit is too weak to complete from the small blind out of position against a limper and the big blind. Folding avoids a dominated, multiway spot.

With 62 offsuit and no additional chips required, checking lets me see a free flop. This weak hand is a poor candidate for raising out of position against the button's limp.

With six-high, no direct draw, and only a weak backdoor flush draw, this is a poor bluff candidate out of position. Checking preserves chips and lets me reassess if the button bets.

Heads-up on a dry-ish 9-3-Q flop after the big blind checked; I have only 7-high with a backdoor straight draw but a small bet can take the pot often against a capped checking range, and the small size risks little. .

Six-high with no direct draw is too weak to continue against this bet. A low backdoor flush draw does not provide sufficient equity or a compelling bluff-raise opportunity.

Pocket queens are a premium hand on the button, so I raise to 3x the big blind to build the pot and take the initiative.

86 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a 3bb open, especially with the big blind still to act. Its poor equity realization out of position makes calling or bluff-raising unattractive.

T5 offsuit is weak; the button raised to 300 and I would be out of position. The call needs 200 to win 450, which is about 31% equity needed, and this hand has roughly 33% against a random hand but less against a button raising range and plays poorly postflop, so I fold.

JTo is a standard button open three-handed, with position and reasonable postflop playability. Raising to 2.5 big blinds can win the blinds immediately while keeping the investment modest.

K6 offsuit is weak out of position in the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act behind me. Calling 200 more is unprofitable, so I fold.

KQo is ahead of a button open and plays well as a value 3-bet. Raising to 750 applies pressure and builds the pot with a strong broadway hand.

JTo is a marginal offsuit hand against a big-blind three-bet, with substantial domination risk. Position and the modest sizing are not enough to justify continuing without evidence of a wide three-betting range.

K4 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is a decent hand. A small raise puts pressure on the blinds and gives me position and initiative.

72 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open; folding saves chips.

Calling costs 150 to contest a final pot of 550, giving favorable odds against a typical button opening range. J9 offsuit is strong enough to defend the big blind, but not strong enough for a routine value three-bet.

With jack-high and only backdoor draws, checking to the preflop raiser avoids investing chips on a board that generally favors their range. There is little reason to lead out here.

Heads-up on a Q-2-2 flop with king-high and a backdoor club draw. The BB checked, so a small continuation bet of about half the pot should fold out many weak hands and can still get called by worse.

J-high with only backdoor draws is too weak to continue against a half-pot bet out of position. There are stronger hands and draws in my range to defend.

78 offsuit is too weak to open first in from the button for a full big blind, so I fold and wait for a better spot.

Q9 offsuit is strong enough to open from the small blind after the button folds. Raising to 3 big blinds pressures the big blind’s weaker hands and compensates for playing out of position.

5-2 offsuit is the worst starting hand, and it would be out of position against a small blind raise to 3bb. Folding costs only the 100 already posted.

Pocket sixes are a clear button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5 big blinds pressures the blinds while retaining positional advantage if called.

Q9s from the small blind facing a button open and a big blind still to act is weak: it is out of position, dominated often, and plays poorly three-handed. Folding is a marginal but reasonable choice.

58 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a button open, so folding is the highest-EV option.