Hold'em table

53 suited on the button in a 3-handed game is marginal; against unknown opponents and with 100bb stacks, folding avoids playing a weak hand out of position postflop risk-free. A raise could be fine, but fold is the conservative, low-variance choice.

Seven-three offsuit is near the bottom of the small-blind range and plays poorly out of position. With no information suggesting the big blind overfolds, folding avoids investing more with a weak hand.

K3 offsuit is a reasonable button steal in a three-handed, unopened pot. A small raise uses position and the king blocker to pressure the blinds while limiting the cost if they resist.

KTs is strong enough to three-bet against a wide button opening range. This sizing pressures the big blind to fold and compensates for playing out of position while retaining good suited-hand playability.

J5 offsuit facing a 3-bet to 950 with the original raiser still to act is an easy fold from the big blind.

K3 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large small-blind three-bet, despite having position. Folding avoids investing more with a frequently dominated hand.

A small button open pressures the blinds while risking little. T4 suited is marginal, but position and flush potential give it enough playability for a wide opening range.

76 offsuit in the small blind facing a button min-raise with the big blind still to act is a standard fold; it plays poorly out of position and offsuit connectors lack the equity to call profitably here.

Calling costs 100 into a 350-chip pot, requiring about 22% equity. Against a typical wide button opening range, 97 offsuit has enough equity and connectivity to defend the big blind at this price.

Check to the preflop raiser on this ace-high board, which favors their range. With only a gutshot straight draw and no backdoor flush draw, leading is unlikely to be profitable.

This dry ace-high flop favors my preflop raising range, making a one-third-pot continuation bet an inexpensive bluff against the big blind’s unpaired hands. My backdoor diamond draw provides some potential to improve if called.

The small bet offers 4-to-1 pot odds, and I have a gutshot to a well-disguised straight. Implied odds and opportunities to improve against unpaired continuation bets make calling reasonable.

I have a weak pair plus a gutshot straight draw, with some showdown value but little reason to build the pot. Checking keeps the opponent's weaker hands in and lets me evaluate their turn sizing.

The turn gives me a flush draw plus a gutshot with very little showdown value, making this a strong semi-bluff candidate. This sizing pressures weaker pairs while building a pot for rivers that complete my draws.

Third pair and a gutshot are too weak against this large turn barrel. The call requires about 30% equity, and my improvement outs are insufficient and not all clean.

8-5 offsuit is a weak hand even on the button in 3-handed play; folding avoids playing a marginal hand out of position against two blinds who can defend or re-raise.

With the button folded, T8 offsuit is strong enough to complete the small blind at 3-to-1 pot odds. Limping keeps the pot small while out of position and avoids inflating it with a marginal hand.

Q6 offsuit is a weak isolation candidate against the small blind's limp. Checking realizes equity for free while preserving positional advantage after the flop.

With no made hand beyond the board pair and only weak backdoor draws, betting out of position offers little value. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to respond to the big blind's action.

Our queen kicker has some showdown value on this paired board, but we have little immediate draw equity and no club. Checking preserves our equity in position without building a pot against stronger hands.

With little showdown value, I can profitably probe after the big blind checked back the flop. The third club is a credible scare card, and this sizing pressures unpaired hands without risking too much.

With only the board's pair, a queen kicker, and no meaningful draw, this hand is too weak to call the 65%-pot turn bet. Having no club also makes it a poor bluff-raising candidate.

K4 offsuit is a marginal but playable button steal in a three-handed game. A minimum raise risks little to contest the blinds while preserving positional advantage if called.

J8 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Poor position and frequent domination make calling unattractive.

A2o in the big blind facing a min-raise from the button: getting 3.5:1 on a call, which is plenty for a hand with an ace. 3-betting is marginal, so calling to see a flop in position-disadvantaged but cheap spot is fine.

A2o has only ace-high on a KQ7 board that favors the preflop raiser's range; check to the button and fold to a bet or see a free turn.

A small bet gets value from queens, weaker pairs, and straight draws while denying equity to unpaired hands. The dry board and our preflop range advantage support this sizing despite the weak kicker.

Ace-high with no real draw on KQ7 out of position; button's range connects well here and we have no backdoor equity, so folding to the c-bet is fine.

Pocket threes are a standard button open three-handed. Raising to 2.5bb can win the blinds immediately while retaining position and set potential when called.

6-2 offsuit is one of the weakest starting hands; facing a button raise from the small blind with poor position and a big blind still to act, folding is clearly correct.

J2 offsuit is too weak to profitably defend against a 2.5bb button raise while out of position. Its poor playability and frequent domination outweigh the pot odds.