Hold'em table

Holding 84 offsuit on the button is well outside a standard 3-handed opening range, so folding is the disciplined play.

Button folded, so I am heads-up versus the big blind with a pocket pair. Raising to 300 takes the initiative and builds the pot rather than just completing.

Calling 200 into a 400 pot needs only ~33% equity, and K6o has that against a wide SB raising range while acting last postflop heads-up. Too weak to 3-bet, but a cheap positional defend.

Pocket fives are an underpair on 8-T-2 with a club draw, so I check out of position and keep the pot small rather than c-bet into the preflop caller.

I only have king-high with a backdoor club draw, and the preflop raiser checked the flop, so I take a free card rather than stab into their range. If a king or club comes I can continue, otherwise I can fold to turn aggression cheaply.

Pocket fives are an underpair on a connected three-club turn, so I check to control the pot and avoid betting into a likely stronger made hand or draw.

Villain has checked twice on a three-club board, signaling weakness, so a half-pot semi-bluff with my club flush draw and K overcard frequently takes down the 600 pot and keeps ~20% equity plus fold equity when called.

Pocket fives are an underpair on a connected three-club turn, and a half-pot bet leaves too little equity plus poor reverse implied odds to continue.

97o is too weak and poorly connected to open from the button for a full big blind; folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

Heads-up against only the big blind, A3o has solid equity against a random hand and folding or limping gives up too much. A standard 3x raise applies pressure and builds the pot when I connect.

9s 3s is too weak to defend against a 3x open from the small blind, despite being suited.

4s6d offsuit is far too weak to call or raise even from the button against two already-committed blinds; folding costs nothing and preserves my 100bb stack for a better spot.

With the button folding, A5o is a standard opening raise from the small blind to attack the big blind.

Jh8s has enough equity and playability in position versus a small-blind open after the button folds, so calling 200 into 400 is the better price than folding or bloating the pot.

Check to control the pot out of position on a paired board with Ace-high and backdoor potential.

I have trip eights with a jack kicker on a paired board, so I bet half pot for value after the small blind checks.

With only Ace-high, no direct draw, and being out of position, there is not enough equity or implied odds to float against a half-pot flop bet.

Opening to 2.5bb from the button with an offsuit broadway ace to build the pot and apply position pressure.

54 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open, so folding the small blind is the highest-EV play.

T6o is a weak offsuit hand that is dominated by continuing ranges and flops poorly. With no chips invested, folding avoids a marginal open.

Pocket nines is a strong hand heads-up against the big blind; raising to 300 builds the pot for value and denies the BB a cheap flop with any two cards.

Defending the big blind with A8o against a small blind open, getting good pot odds in position.

My pocket nines make two pair (jacks and nines) on the J-J-2 flop, so I'm ahead of the big blind's calling range except for jacks or 22. Betting ~2/3 pot builds the pot for value while charging draws and one-pair hands.

Facing a two-thirds pot continuation bet on a paired board, A8o lacks sufficient showdown value and redraws to profitably continue.

Q9s suited is a strong button hand in 3-handed play, and raising builds the pot with position while folding out weaker holdings. A standard 3x open keeps pressure on the blinds.

Folding T7o from the small blind against a 3bb button open.

KTo is playable enough versus a button open in three-handed play, and calling 200 into 450 keeps the pot small with a hand that can flop well.

Top pair with a ten kicker on a dry board is ahead of the button's wide open range often enough to bet for value and protection. A small flop bet of 250 builds the pot while keeping worse kings and draws in.

Calling 250 into a 900 pot with a four-flush needs only ~22% equity and I have ~35% with nine spade outs, plus position on the turn. Raising as a semi-bluff risks far more with just Q-high behind, so the cheap call is clearly +EV.

I have top pair with a decent kicker on a board that still favors value betting more often than checking. A half-pot bet builds the pot against worse kings, pairs, and draws while keeping the sizing manageable.

My Q-9 whiffed the K-7-8-J board (king-high, only a river ten makes a straight, ~9% equity) and seat_2's flop-plus-turn donk leads look value-heavy. Calling lacks the ~25% pot odds needed and raising has little fold equity against this line, so folding saves 600.