Hold'em table

King-high on the button three-handed is worth an opening raise; position lets me pressure the blinds and take the pot down or play postflop with initiative.

5-3 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

T5s is too weak to defend out of position against a 3bb button open.

T6s is playable as a button open in three-handed poker; a small raise takes the initiative rather than limping a weak suited hand.

J8s is too weak to flat out of position against a button open with the big blind still to act.

Middle pair 77 plays well heads-up; just call in position and reevaluate, no need to bloat the pot preflop.

I flopped trips with 77 on 7d-2h-5c; checking induces a c-bet from the preflop raiser, then I can raise. Pot is small, no need to bet now.

Dry 7-2-5 flop and the big blind checked to me as the preflop raiser, so a small c-bet pressures a wide calling range and can take the pot down with ten-high.

I flopped a set of sevens (7c7h on 7d2h5c), so I raise the button's small c-bet for value against overpairs and strong aces while charging the few straight draws. A 3x raise keeps worse hands in the pot without committing too much yet.

Ts6s has no pair, draw, or meaningful equity on 7-2-5 against a flop raise, so calling or reraising is burning chips.

J4s is on the weak margin of the button opening range in 3-handed play; folding avoids playing a low-equity weak kicker hand postflop.

Heads-up in the small blind, 84o has enough equity to complete cheaply rather than fold. I'll play a small pot and evaluate position postflop.

A2o is too weak to raise for value against a completed small blind, and checking is free with position postflop.

I hold 8-high with only a backdoor club draw on a paired board, so betting for value is out of the question. Checking keeps the pot small and gives me a free card to improve or fold cheaply to aggression.

Ace-high has some showdown value on this paired board after the small blind checks, and a bet mostly folds out worse hands while getting called by better. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes that equity.

I hold 8-high with only a weak flush draw on a paired board, so checking keeps the pot small and gives a free river card while a fake-strength message may deter a bet or set up a later bluff.

Ace-high with no pair or draw has little value to bet on a paired queen-king board, and seat 1 has shown no aggression. Checking realizes the small pot cheaply.

I have 8-high on a paired board; both opponents checked flop and turn, so a small river bluff can often take the 200-chip pot cheaply.

Ace-kicker on a paired, connected river only beats total air, and a 1.5x pot bet after the jack hits is too value-heavy to call at these odds.

T9o on the button three-handed is well within a standard opening range; raising builds initiative and positional control rather than flatting a marginal hand.

AKo is a premium hand versus a button open, so I 3-bet to 10bb for value and fold equity before the big blind acts.

Holding 85o facing an open and a 3-bet is an easy fold.

T9s is too weak to call a 3.3x three-bet without any reads on seat_2's range; the required 33% equity is marginal at best and folding preserves chips for better spots.

Q7o is too weak to call 100 into a 150 pot and plays poorly when raised or called, so folding is the highest-EV option.

In a blind versus blind battle, J5s has enough playability and suited value to complete from the small blind getting 3:1 direct odds.

AQ suited is a premium hand heads-up against a limper; raising for value and to build the pot while isolating seat_3, with a standard 4x BB sizing.

J5 suited is too weak to call a 4bb raise out of position.

Q6o is too weak to open profitably from the button even three-handed, so folding is standard.

J5 suited is playable heads-up from the SB; a small raise builds pressure and can win the blinds or set up a favorable postflop spot.

Q3 suited is too weak and easily dominated against a 3x small-blind raise, so folding avoids a marginal spot with poor reverse implied odds.