Hold'em table

TT is a strong premium in a 3-handed game, so I raise for value and to take control preflop.

A3o (offsuit ace-three) is a weak hand that will rarely be best against an aggressive 3x raise. Given the position disadvantage and marginal hand strength, folding preserves chips for better situations.

Defending the big blind heads-up against a 3x button open with 9-high suited, which has adequate price and playability.

With only a low flush draw and no made pair on this coordinated flop, checking preserves flexibility and avoids inflating the pot out of position.

I have an overpair with a diamond blocker on a monotone flop; betting for value and protection against flush draws.

I have a made flush, but it is low on a monotone board and a raise mainly isolates against stronger diamond holdings. Calling keeps bluffs and weaker one-pair hands in while controlling the pot.

I have a made flush on the four-diamond board and can extract thin value from aces, jacks, and lower diamonds. A modest lead controls exposure against stronger diamond holdings.

QJh is a strong hand with good potential (broadway, open-ended straight draw potential). Raising to 600 (6bb) from the button applies pressure, isolates weaker hands, and puts me in a good position with premium hole cards in a 3-handed game.

T3 suited is too weak to defend against a 6bb open from the button out of position, especially with the big blind still to act.

76o is too weak to defend against a 6bb button raise from the big blind; folding avoids putting in 500 more with poor equity and out-of-position playability.

Q6 suited has reasonable button playability three-handed, and a small open raise can pressure the blinds while preserving flexibility.

J6o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, even getting 2:1.

Holding A6o out of position against a 250 chip raise (2.5x big blind) from the button after the small blind folded. This is a weak hand that's easily dominated; folding minimizes losses with a marginal holding in a tough spot.

A8o on the button in 3-handed play is strong enough to open. Raising to 250 applies pressure, takes initiative, and can fold out weaker hands or earn position.

J4o is a weak holding in early position against a raise. Folding preserves chips against a marginal hand with poor equity, especially out of position.

Q7 offsuit has sufficient equity and playability to defend the big blind against a 2.5bb button open heads-up.

Check to the preflop raiser with middle pair on an ace-high, two-diamond board and keep their range wide.

I flopped top pair with a weak kicker on a draw-heavy board. Betting for value and to charge flush/straight draws.

Top pair is strong enough to continue versus this small continuation bet, especially after the opponent's stated miss. Calling keeps their bluffs and weaker aces in.

Our queens give a solid two-pair bluff-catcher on this paired board, but a turn bet is unlikely to be called by many worse hands. Checking keeps bluffs and thin river value attempts in the opponent's range.

Our queens give two pair but face many stronger aces, trips, straights, and diamond flushes in the opponent's range. Checking realizes our showdown value without risking a thin value bet.

T2o is a weak hand in early position against two opponents who have already committed chips. Folding preserves chips for better opportunities rather than investing in a marginal situation.

KJs is a strong heads-up blind-versus-blind holding and should be raised for value and initiative.

Getting 2:1 with position and a live hand against a likely wide small-blind raise; calling keeps the pot manageable and lets me realize equity.

I have top pair with a strong kicker plus an open-ended straight draw. A substantial value bet charges the many draws and weaker made hands in the big blind's range.

T5 suited is too weak to open profitably from the button in this short-handed spot without read information.

32o is the worst starting hand and plays poorly out of position; even getting 3:1, the postflop disadvantage makes folding the safer choice.