Hold'em table

On the button in a three-handed game, Q6 offsuit is a reasonable steal candidate with position. A small open raise applies pressure while keeping the risk controlled.

J8o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still to act behind, is a weak, dominated hand that plays poorly out of position. Folding is standard.

5-8 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a raise, so folding preserves chips for better spots.

73o is too weak to open profitably from the button in a 3-handed game with 100bb stacks, so folding is standard.

Completing the small blind is cheap with decent pot odds, and 6d8s can flop draws or pairs. Folding would give up equity for only 50 chips.

Check the big blind with weak offsuit ace-four after the small blind completes; it realizes equity cheaply heads-up.

I have bottom pair on a coordinated board, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the turn cheaply.

With only ace-high and no meaningful draw on this coordinated board, checking back preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot.

I have a pair of sixes and the turn is a blank; betting small can fold out overcards and take the pot.

We have bottom pair with an ace kicker and are getting 4:1 against a small turn stab. Calling keeps weaker bluffs and thin value bets in while avoiding inflating the pot.

My pair of sixes is weak on this board, especially after the river ace, and the opponent called the turn bet, so checking avoids losing more chips.

We rivered top two pair after the opponent checked, and a modest value bet can be called by weaker one-pair hands.

A8o is strong enough to open from the button against two blinds, and raising puts pressure on their limped blinds while taking initiative.

4s2s is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button 3x open, especially out of position with the big blind still behind.

J4 offsuit is a weak, dominated hand out of position against a 3x button open. It sits below the defending threshold at these pot odds.

J9 suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed, with positional advantage and good postflop playability. I raise to apply pressure to the blinds.

43o from the small blind facing a button open, with the big blind still left to act, is a clear fold. It is out of position and too weak to call or 3-bet profitably.

A7o has enough equity against a button open to justify calling 150 into a 400 pot, and I can see a flop in position relative to the raiser. Folding would waste a strong defensive opportunity from the big blind.

Checking with A-high and a gutshot to keep the pot small; opponent's preflop raise suggests a stronger range.

Betting top pair for value and protection on this moderately connected board heads-up.

A-high with no real draw is too weak to continue against this flop bet, and calling out of position would just risk more chips with little chance to improve.

J9o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to take the initiative with position against both blinds.

Calling 200 with a suited 9-7 in position relative to the big blind is reasonable given the pot odds and the potential to flop draws or pairs. Folding is also fine, but this hand has enough playability to continue cheaply.

Ace-king suited is a premium hand; squeezing from the big blind builds value and applies pressure to the opener and caller.

J9o facing a big-blind squeeze to 9bb after a cold call, with the small blind still left to act, is too weak to continue profitably even with position. A fold is cleanest.

Facing a large reraise to 900 with 9d7d and only 650 to call, the hand is too weak to continue profitably against the big blind's strength.

J2s is suited and I have position, so calling one big blind to see a flop with implied odds is reasonable.

Fold the very weak 3-high offsuit hand from the small blind facing a limp, avoiding poor multiway realization out of position.

Q2o is weak, and the free check lets me see a flop in the big blind against a button limper. Raising would bloat the pot out of position with a dominated hand.

The board is connected and I have a gutshot to the nut-ish straight plus a backdoor flush draw against a limper's capped range. A small semi-bluff can take the pot down now and builds the pot for when I hit.