Hold'em table

On the button in 3-handed play, K4o is strong enough to open with position and fold equity against the blinds.

ATo is well ahead of a 3-handed button opening range, and 3-betting from the small blind avoids playing out of position multiway. A raise to 10bb gains fold equity and denies the big blind good odds to call.

Facing a button open and a small-blind 3-bet, pocket nines are in a difficult spot out of position. 4-betting is likely negative equity given probable 5-bet ranges, and calling does not offer sufficient immediate or implied odds. Folding preserves the chip lead with zero expectation loss.

K4o is too weak to continue against a large SB 3-bet to 1000; calling 750 would play a dominated hand out of position postflop.

In a 3-handed game the button opens a wide range, and Q6o is a profitable steal against the two blinds. A raise to 2.5bb keeps it cheap.

7h Th is a marginal hand from the small blind, and facing a button raise with poor post-flop position, folding avoids difficult postflop situations.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind out of position against a button 2.5x open; it is dominated by better queens and realizes equity poorly postflop.

J9s in position on the button is a good hand to open-raise in a 3-handed game, applying pressure to the blinds.

A6o with an ace blocker has sufficient equity against a wide button 2x open in 3-handed play for the price, despite being out of position.

Getting 5:1 on a 1bb call in a multiway pot. 96o has enough playability to close the action cheaply.

Top pair with a weak kicker in a three-way pot is vulnerable to better aces and two pair; checking controls the pot and lets the preflop raiser reveal strength before committing chips.

We hold 9-high with no draw on an ace-queen two-tone board in a three-way pot, and the preflop raiser is still to act behind us, so this is a clear check.

We have a gutshot straight draw with no flush potential on an ace-high board. Both opponents checked, indicating weakness, but with two opponents a continuation bet is less likely to succeed. Checking behind gives us a free card to improve.

Top pair with weak kicker on a three-club A-K-Q board is vulnerable to straights, flushes, and better kickers; checking controls the pot against two opponents after a checked flop.

I have 9-high with no draw on a very wet, high board facing two opponents, so bluffing has poor fold equity and checking is best.

Both opponents checked twice on a scary board; a bet can win the pot often enough to be profitable.

Top pair with weak kicker and no club on an A-K-Q three-club board facing a half-pot turn bet three-way; most value ranges (better aces, two pair, straights, flushes) beat us and many draws have strong equity, so folding is best.

I have 9-6 with no pair and no draw on a 4-Q-A-K board with three clubs, and I hold no club. Calling into the button's turn bet has almost no equity, so I fold.

J3 suited on the button in a 3-handed game has enough suited jack-high equity and positional advantage to see a flop for one big blind, despite its weak kicker.

J8 suited plays well; isolating the button limper from the small blind takes initiative and can win the pot preflop, while calling 50 into 250 is also fine. A raise to 450 applies pressure against a likely weak limping range.

T5o is too weak to defend from the big blind against a small blind raise, especially out of position.

J3 suited is too weak to continue against a 4.5x small-blind raise after the big blind folded, despite position; calling 350 would be negative EV against a strong range.

T8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds.

95o is too weak to defend from SB vs BTN raise; no implied odds and out of position.

2-7 offsuit is the weakest holding and does not have enough equity or playability to defend the big blind against a button raise, even heads-up.

KTo on the button is strong enough to raise in a 3-handed game; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on the blinds and builds the pot with position.

9s4s is a weak suited gapped hand facing a button raise to 250 from the small blind, out of position with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids a marginal call with poor postflop playability.

83o is too weak to defend profitably out of position against a 2.5x button open, even with 150 to call into a 400 pot (about 27% equity needed). Its equity against a wide range is marginal and it plays poorly postflop.