Hold'em table

T9 suited is a strong, playable button open in three-handed play. Raising to 3bb applies pressure and builds initiative.

J3 suited is a weak hand facing a 3x open from the button with the big blind still to act behind; out of position in the small blind, folding is the standard play.

Q6 suited is too weak to defend out of position against a button open; the required equity and domination risk make folding the better play.

7s4s on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable steal candidate with a small suited hand; a 2.5x open puts pressure on both blinds and has decent playability postflop.

Q2 suited is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, so folding is the highest-EV option.

Defend the big blind against the small button raise with suited-adjacent 76, which has adequate playability heads-up at this price.

I have an open-ended straight draw on a coordinated board and will check to the preflop raiser, preserving flexibility to continue versus an appropriate bet.

Bottom pair plus a flush draw on a draw-heavy board heads-up vs the BB who checked; betting as a semi-bluff/for thin value takes the pot down often and builds it when we hit, with plenty of equity if called.

I have a made straight on a highly coordinated board and should build the pot while charging flush draws, pair-plus-draw hands, and two-pair/set holdings.

Bottom pair plus flush draw gives roughly 14 outs and ~45-50% equity against a typical check-raising range, far exceeding the 26% pot odds needed; calling in position keeps the pot manageable rather than jamming into potential sets or two pair.

We have a made straight on a coordinated board and should value-bet while charging spade draws, sets, and strong one-pair hands. A substantial sizing builds the pot without overcommitting immediately.

Bottom pair plus a flush draw on a check-raised board; we need ~29% equity and have roughly 9-12 outs with implied odds from the 6750 behind, so calling is marginally profitable while raising has no fold equity against this line.

Our straight is strong but the paired river substantially improves the opponent's 8x and full-house holdings after they called substantial flop and turn action. Checking realizes showdown value without exposing us to a difficult river raise.

Missed flush draw but hold bottom pair (8s and 4s) which beats busted spade/straight draws that might have check-raised flop and barreled turn; villain's river check could be a trap or give-up, and a bluff shove risks a huge amount against overpairs/sets that will call, so I take the free showdown.

78o is playable in position three-handed, so I open to 2.5x to steal the blinds and take the initiative rather than flat-calling a weak offsuit hand.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind versus a button raise with the big blind still behind.

3-5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button open; folding is standard despite decent pot odds.

T3 offsuit is a very weak button opening hand in this format, so folding avoids entering pots dominated by the blinds' continuing ranges.

Button folded, so it's SB vs BB heads-up; 8s6h is a reasonable raise in this spot at 100bb to take initiative and pressure the BB rather than limp or fold.

84 offsuit is too weak to continue against a small-blind open to 3bb after the button folded. Folding saves the remaining 200 chips.

7-5 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal hand; opening is borderline but folding avoids playing a weak, poorly connected hand out of position postflop against two unknown opponents.

Button folded, so I am heads-up with pocket eights against the big blind. A small raise builds the pot with a strong hand and denies a free flop.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise heads-up from the big blind.

53 offsuit is too weak to open from the button into two live blinds, so folding preserves the full stack.

J4 offsuit is a weak blind-versus-blind holding and does not justify defending without further information.