Hold'em table

On the button, 8♦2♦ is weak but suited and playable in a three-handed pot. I’ll make the minimum open-raise and use position to apply pressure.

53o is a very weak offsuit hand out of position facing a button open, making it an easy fold.

Defending the big blind against a small 2x raise, T9o only needs to call 100 into a 350 pot, giving excellent odds and enough equity to see a flop despite being out of position.

I flopped a flush draw with T-high against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps all options open: I get a free card if he checks back, and if he bets I can call for odds or semi-bluff raise on a later street.

I have an eight-out straight draw but no made hand, and this connected flop can favor the big blind’s calling range. I’ll take the free card rather than build the pot with a weak draw.

I picked up a flush draw on the turn after seat_1 checked back the flop, so a ~2/3-pot semi-bluff has solid fold equity against their check-back range plus nine outs when called. If raised, I can release cheaply.

The third spade completes the flush draw, and my low pair is a poor bluff-catcher against this turn bet. I’ll avoid paying off with little chance to improve.

K5o is too weak to open profitably even from the button in 3-handed play.

Q8 offsuit is a reasonable hand to complete heads-up from the small blind, and calling keeps the pot small with a marginal holding.

Holding K7o in the big blind facing a small blind completion, checking takes a free flop with position.

This connected, low flop favors the big blind’s range, and Q-high has little immediate showdown value or strong draw potential. I’ll take the free card rather than bluff into that advantage.

I have an inside straight draw and King-high in position; checking behind lets me realize my equity for free.

I have only queen-high with a gutshot draw and little reason to build the pot; checking takes a free river and preserves my showdown value.

With a gutshot straight draw and King overcard after the opponent checked both flop and turn, a semi-bluff bet can fold out weak hands or win the pot immediately.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with four outs and no meaningful backdoor draws. The turn bet requires too much equity to call, so I fold.

Q6 suited is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. A modest raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

52s is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act.

A5o has an ace blocker and decent equity vs a wide button open; a 3-bet to 800 generates fold equity and initiative, and I can release cleanly to a 4-bet.

Q6 suited is too weak to continue against the big blind’s sizable 3-bet; calling would require substantial equity, and a 4-bet bluff is unnecessary here.

T8o is slightly too weak to open profitably from the button even in 3-handed play. Folding preserves equity and avoids playing bloated pots out of position postflop if three-bet.

K3 offsuit out of position against the big blind is too weak to complete profitably; folding saves chips for better spots.

98o is a standard open on the button in 3-handed play with position on both opponents postflop. Raising to 300 applies pressure and builds the pot when called.

A5 offsuit is weak out of position against a button raise, and calling 2.5 more blinds risks playing a dominated hand in a multiway pot.

42s is too weak to defend out of position against a 3x open from the button.