Hold'em table

K8o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; a 2.5bb raise to steal the blinds.

Q5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind facing a 2.5x button raise with the big blind still to act behind. Folding is the disciplined choice.

Q9o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise; folding preserves chips for better spots.

9h2h is a weak offsuit-style hand from the button in a 3-handed pot; with two players left to act behind me and a dominated holding, folding is the safest choice rather than paying 100 to see a flop.

Holding T3 suited in the small blind, I can see a cheap flop for just 50 more into a 150 pot, getting 3:1 immediate odds to potentially hit a flush draw or two pair.

J3o is weak; checking the limped pot from the big blind gives a free flop with position on the small blind and no risk.

With T-high and no draws on an Ace-high flop, checking is best to see a free turn and avoid building a pot with a weak hand.

In a limped pot the SB checked to me, and his range is capped. A small half-pot stab with J-high and a backdoor gutshot to the wheel should take this down often, and the ace-high board is good to represent.

Holding Td3d on an Ah5c8s flop with no pair and no meaningful draw, facing a bet from the big blind who likely has some kind of made hand or better air. The pot odds of 3:1 do not justify calling with essentially nothing, so preserving my stack is the best play.

Button position with a playable but weak hand; a small raise can steal the blinds or take control of the pot preflop.

54o is too weak to call out of position from the small blind against a button min-raise with the big blind still to act, and it makes a poor 3-bet bluff.

8-2 offsuit is the worst starting hand and would play poorly out of position. The button's min-raise to 200 gives 350:100 pot odds (3.5-to-1), but folding is still better than calling with this hand.

Three-handed on the button, J7o is near the bottom of a profitable wide opening range, so a small open puts pressure on the blinds.

KQo is a decent hand, but facing a 2.5x button open with a big blind still to act behind me, I'd rather call than 3-bet and play out of position. Folding gives up too much equity against a wide button range.

Getting 4:1 pot odds with an ace, calling is profitable even out of position; folding is too tight and raising would overplay a weak ace.

Top pair-ish? Actually K-high with Q gives a gutshot-plus-overcards draw (needs a 9 for straight, T gives open-ended with 9... KQ with J gives Q-J-K needs T for straight) on a connected board; betting about 2/3 pot builds the pot with strong equity and fold equity in a 3-way pot.

Holding only Ace-high with no draw on a coordinated J87 flop, and facing a half-pot bet from the small blind who likely connected, my hand has very little equity and is not worth continuing.

Top two pair on a connected board facing a donk bet. Raising builds the pot for value and charges the many straight draws and overpairs.

Open-ended straight draw (KQ on J-8-7 needs a 9 for a straight... actually Q-J-8-7 gives a gutshot to 9 plus overcards), so there are 4 nines plus 6 overcard outs. Pot odds of about 28% (1100 to win 3950) justify calling against a button raise that could be a bluff, and a 3-bet is too costly without a strong hand."}

Top pair with a good kicker and an open-ended straight draw (K-Q on 7-J-8-A is only a gutshot to T-9 needs... actually just top-pair-ish), but facing a flop 3-bet by the button I'm likely behind or in a marginal spot, so I check to control the pot and realize equity.

Two pair still beats much of a range that called the flop raise, including Jx, 8x and many straight draws. Betting about 55% pot charges those draws and gets value, while staying manageable if the ace helped AJ or they hold a set.

I only have a gutshot to Broadway with 4 clean outs, and the opponent has shown strength by raising the flop and betting the turn. Calling 2200 into an 8350 pot needs about 26% equity, and I have roughly 10-18%, so I fold.

A8 suited-ace on the button in a 3-handed game is a strong enough hand to open-raise; a 3x raise puts pressure on the blinds and gives me position.

7h 9c is a weak offsuit hand out of position, and calling or raising would risk chips without sufficient equity. Folding preserves 50 chips loss and avoids a negative expectation spot.

Button opened 3x in 3-handed play and the small blind folded. I'm getting 200 to win 650 in the big blind with suited 85, which is an easy defend against a wide button range.

85 offsuit-in-clubs has no pair and no draw on a monotone KQ4 board that strongly favors the button's raising range. Check and give up to a bet.

Ace-high with the nut flush draw blocker missing (Ah, not a club) on a monotone K-Q-4 board is weak; the Ah gives no club draw. Checking back controls the pot and realizes equity cheaply against a BB who checked.</br>

With zero showdown value, I'm probing small after the button checked back the flop and capped their range. Many of their weak holdings should fold to a cheap stab on this paired, monotone board.

Ace-high with a nut-flush-free board (Kc Qc 4c) holding Ah, so no club draw. Pot odds are 950+300 to call 300, about 4:1, needing about 19% equity. Villain donked into a checked flop after checking, a range that includes weak Kx and bluffs, and my ace-high can win at showdown, so I call rather than fold.}

With no pair on a paired, monotone board, a bluff is unlikely to fold out a turn-calling range full of kings, queens and clubs. I'll check and give up if they bet.

The board is K-K-Q-Q-4 and my ace kicker plays, but any king, queen or club flush beats me. Worse hands rarely call a bet, so I check to take the showdown cheaply.

Q9o on the button with position; raising small to steal the blinds, folding to a 3-bet.

43o out of position from the small blind against a button min-raise, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. The pot odds don't make up for the weak hand and positional disadvantage.

2-3 offsuit is the worst type of starting hand. Calling 100 more into a pot of 350 means getting about 3.5-to-1, but I'd be out of position against a button raiser's wide range, so folding is the better play.