Hold'em table

Pocket jacks on the button in a 3-handed game is a premium hand; open-raise to 2.5bb to build the pot and take initiative.

32 suited is very weak against a button raise; calling 200 from the small blind out of position has poor equity and playability.

9-3 offsuit is among the weakest hands; facing a button raise to 250 and out of position, calling 150 more with a poor hand isn't profitable, so folding is best.

8-4 offsuit is a very weak, disconnected hand with poor playability even on the button in a 3-handed game. Folding avoids a negative-EV call or raise for 1bb.

T8 offsuit heads-up against the big blind, getting 3-to-1 on a call of 50 into a 150 pot. That price makes a call profitable, and a raise would be marginal.

Button folded and the small blind just limped, showing weakness; K3o has decent equity heads-up and raising takes the pot down often while gaining position-independent fold equity against a capped limping range.

T8 offsuit out of position facing a 3x raise from the big blind is a marginal hand. Calling 200 more to play out of position is not worth it, so folding is the simple choice.

T8 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is a reasonable speculative hand; calling 100 to win a pot of 250 with position is profitable enough.

Button limped; J9o in the small blind getting 5:1 to complete is a profitable call. Raising with a marginal hand out of position against two players isn't ideal, so complete and see a flop.

Free option in the big blind with suited 7h4h; checking sees a flop at no extra cost rather than building a pot out of position with a weak hand.

Open-ended straight draw (J9 on T-A-8) in a limped 3-way pot; checking from first position keeps the pot small and lets me see a cheap turn or call a bet with good odds.

With 7h4h on Th Ad 8s I have no pair or real draw, only runner-runner hearts, so take the free card and avoid building a pot out of position.

Two pair (tens and eights) on an A-T-8 board is very strong, and both opponents checked. Betting about 2/3 of the pot builds the pot and charges Ax hands and draws.

Open-ended straight draw (Q or 7 completes) with 8 clean outs facing a small bet; getting 2.5:1 directly plus implied odds in a limped pot, so calling is clearly profitable while keeping seat_2 in behind.

With 7-high, no pair and no meaningful draw on an ace-high board facing a bet and a call, calling 200 has very low equity.

Open-ended straight draw (need Q or 7) with jack-high on an ace-high board; checking to the flop aggressor and deciding based on their bet size keeps the pot manageable while drawing.

I have top and bottom two pair (Tc 8h on Th Ad 8s 3c). Seat_1 checked the turn, so I bet for value and to charge ace-x and draws, sizing about 4/7 of the 700 pot.

Open-ended straight draw (8 outs) facing a 400 bet into 1100; direct odds are slightly short but with 9300 behind, implied odds against a likely Ax hand justify calling to see the river.

Missed open-ended straight draw with no showdown value; river paired the board and leading after check-calling twice represents a slowplayed 8 or strong ace, aiming to fold out tens and weak aces that bet small on flop and turn.

I hold Tc 8h on a Th Ad 8s 3c 8d board, which is a full house (eights full of tens). Only a hand like an ace with trips or better, or 88 quads-type holdings, beats it, so I call the 1100 bet into a 2600 pot. A raise could fold out the worse hands, so I just call.

K3o on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal but playable open; raising to 2.5bb steals the blinds often enough and keeps position postflop.

6-4 offsuit is very weak facing a 2.5x button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act; calling 200 is not profitable.

2-3 offsuit is the weakest hand, and calling 150 more out of position against a button open is a losing play. Folding gives up only the 100 big blind already posted.

8-6 offsuit is too weak to invest from the button three-handed, even in position, against the blinds for 100 chips.

J8 offsuit in the small blind getting 2.5:1 on a call of 50 heads-up against the big blind is a profitable, cheap call. Raising with this marginal hand isn't necessary.

72o is the weakest hand; small blind limped so I take the free flop rather than bloat the pot with a raise that has no value and little fold equity.

I have an open-ended straight draw (J-8 on 6-5-T needs a 7 or 9) plus an overcard. Betting the minimum for a small stab in a heads-up pot builds the pot and can win it right now. The BB checked preflop, so their range is capped and weak.

7-high with no pair and no direct draw on 6-5-T; facing a half-pot bet we lack the ~25% equity needed and a bluff-raise with zero backup equity is marginal, so fold.

A5s-type hand like A4s is a strong button open in 3-handed play; a raise to 2.5bb applies pressure on the blinds with a good suited ace.

J3 offsuit in the small blind facing a button open with the big blind still to act is a clear fold; it plays poorly out of position and is dominated by most opening ranges.

KTo has strong equity against a wide button open and good pot odds from the big blind, so calling to defend is preferable to folding or overplaying with a 3-bet.

Out of position with king-high and only a gutshot/backdoor equity on a Q-high board, checking preserves the pot and lets me evaluate a likely button c-bet before committing more.

On the button with the nut flush draw backdoor and an ace-high on a dry 2-8-Q flop, I have a nut-flush-draw-adjacent hand (two spades is not a draw, but ace-high has some showdown value and backdoor outs). The big blind checked, so a small continuation bet of about half the pot takes the pot often and builds equity when called.</br>

With K-T and no pair or draw on Q-8-2 two-club board, I have only overcard outs against a flop bet, well below the ~26% equity needed to call 300.