Hold'em table

J8 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button in a three-handed game. A 2.5-big-blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Q2 offsuit is a weak hand out of position in the small blind facing a button raise to 250, with a big blind still to act behind me. Calling 200 more is not profitable, so I fold.

AKo is a premium holding in the big blind facing a button open; 3-betting to 10bb builds the pot and takes the initiative out of position.

J8 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large preflop three-bet, even in position.

AKo is a premium hand on the button in a 3-handed game, so I raise to 3bb for value and to build the pot with position.

Folding weak unsuited one-gapper 75o out of position against a button open.

QJo has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise, and calling keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Out of position against the preflop raiser, I prefer checking this king-high flop with queen-high and limited draws.

Top pair with ace kicker on a K-8-6 board, heads-up in position after the BB checked. A bet of about 60% pot gets value from worse kings and draws and denies equity.

QJ-high has no immediate draw on this king-high flop. Out of position against a sizable bet, calling is unlikely to be profitable.

95s is too weak to profitably open from the button even in 3-handed play.

Completing costs only 50 chips against the big blind. 8♣2♣ is weak, but its suitedness and the favorable pot odds make a call reasonable.

8s3s is a weak hand, so I take the free flop from the big blind rather than build a pot out of position against the small blind's limp.

I have eight-high with no pair or flush draw on this flop. Checking avoids building the pot with a weak hand.

I have a flush draw with 8s3s on 5s7h Qs, and seat_1 checked as the small blind, showing weakness. A small bet of 100 into 200 can win the pot now or build it when I hit, and I still have equity if called.

Eight-high has no pair or flush draw, and the gutless backdoor straight possibilities do not justify calling the flop bet.

On the button in a three-handed, rake-free game, I can open a wider range and use position to compensate for a weak but connected hand.

4h3d is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act behind. Calling 200 more is not worth it, so I fold.

K2o has poor playability and severe reverse implied odds out of position against a button raise, making it an easy fold.

K7o on the button in a 3-handed pot is marginal, but with two players still to act behind and a weak kicker, folding is safe. Calling would often leave me dominated out of position postflop.

96o is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind against the big blind out of position.

Opening from the button with A8o at standard 2.5bb sizing in 3-handed play.

K3 suited is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind with the big blind still to act. Without a read that favors a bluff three-bet, folding is the safer choice.

K7o in the big blind getting 400 into 150 (about 2.7:1) against a button open to 2.5bb. The button range is wide and the price is good, so I call rather than fold or 3-bet with a marginal hand.

I have trips (sevens) with a king kicker on a paired board, so I should bet for value. A small bet of about 60% of the pot keeps worse hands like overpairs and Tx in the pot, and I'm first to act out of position against the button's wide range.

Facing a substantial donk bet on a paired board with only Ace-high and a gutshot, folding is the most disciplined and +EV play.