Hold'em table

Open-raising 2.5bb from the button with QTo, a standard profitable open 3-handed.

K♦2♣ is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise, with the big blind still to act. I’ll avoid putting in more chips with poor playability.

54 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 2.5x button raise even at good pot odds; it flops poorly and is dominated when it pairs. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Q9 offsuit is a reasonable button opening hand in a three-handed game. I raise to 2.5 big blinds to apply pressure to the blinds while keeping the sizing modest.

AKs is a premium hand and 3-betting for value/pressure against a button open is standard in 3-max; it builds the pot while keeping the initiative.

Folding J5s facing an open and a 3-bet out of position.

Q9 offsuit is too weak to continue against a sizable 3-bet from the small blind, especially with no postflop position advantage to offset the price.

84 offsuit is too weak to call or steal with even from the button in 3-handed play; folding the worst hands avoids marginal postflop spots against two players who can 3-bet.

J6o is too weak to complete or raise out of position against the big blind.

Opening King-Jack offsuit from the button with a standard 2.5bb raise.

K♦9♦ is strong enough to defend against a button open, but calling keeps the pot manageable while out of position and avoids escalating before the big blind acts.

Pocket eights have strong multiway equity and calling only 150 into a 600 pot gives excellent odds to set-mine or win uncontested; folding is too tight and 3-betting out of position against two players risks bloating the pot with a vulnerable pair.

I have only a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush draw, so checking keeps the pot small in a multiway pot.

Middle pair with a Q-J on board is vulnerable; check and keep the pot small, then evaluate turn. Seat_2 already checked.

In a 3-way pot, checking back second pair with a gutshot controls pot size and comfortably realizes equity in position.

I have a reasonable showdown hand with a gutshot straight draw, and checking keeps the pot controlled while letting me realize that equity. A bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands.

Pocket eights missed the J-Q-9-6 board entirely, and a three-way checked flop suggests little fold equity for a bluff. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me fold cheaply to turn aggression.

I have second pair with a gutshot straight draw in position. Checking behind controls the pot and allows me to realize my showdown value and draw for free.

With a pair of nines and a king kicker, I have reasonable showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. I’ll take the free showdown.}

Everyone checked every street, showing weakness, and my pocket eights likely beat their missed hands; a small thin value bet can get called by worse pairs or ace-high without risking much.

With second pair and a King kicker after action checked through flop and turn, getting over 3 to 1 pot odds against a potential river stab is an easy call.

Kicker is strong, but a single pair of nines is a weak bluff-catcher on this board. With a river bet and a prior call, the chance both opponents are bluffing or worse is too small to continue.

AJo is a strong button hand in a three-handed game, so I’ll open-raise for value and initiative.

Q2s is far too weak to call a 2.5x button raise out of position with the big blind still behind; folding loses the least here.

Holding T7 offsuit out of position against a button open to 2.5x does not realize enough equity to justify defending.

43 offsuit is near the bottom of playable hands even on the button in 3-max; both blinds are live and my equity and playability are too low to invest. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

93o is far too weak to complete or raise from out of position in the small blind.