Hold'em table

Q8o is a standard button open in 3-handed play, so I'm raising to 2.5bb to pressure the blinds.

AJs is a strong 3-handed small-blind hand and benefits from applying pressure preflop. Raising to 8bb targets the button opener while reducing the big blind's incentive to enter.

I have a weak offsuit hand (T6) facing a raise and a reraise, and I would need roughly 38% equity to call profitably. This hand is far too dominated against the likely ranges, so folding is the disciplined choice.

Q8o is too weak against a small blind 3-bet to 8bb, even with position; folding is the clear play.

Q7 offsuit is a reasonable button open three-handed, leveraging position and initiative.

Q6o is too weak to continue against a button raise out of position, especially with the big blind still to act behind me. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

ATo in the big blind against a 3-handed button open is well ahead of the button's range and getting good odds, so calling is standard. A 3-bet is also viable, but calling keeps the button's weaker hands in the pot.

Ace-high with a backdoor draw on a K-high board favors the preflop raiser, so I check to the button. I'll re-evaluate after its action.

A small continuation bet on this dry king-high board can fold out many unpaired hands while risking little. Q-high has limited showdown value and benefits from denying equity.

The ace-high backdoor hand with the Ah blocker has decent equity against a small c-bet (200 into 550), and calling getting ~3.75:1 is clearly profitable. Raising would turn a bluff-catcher into a bluff unnecessarily.

Ace-high with no draw on K832; checking keeps the pot small and lets me see a free river if the button checks behind, since betting would rarely fold out better hands.

I barrel the turn with a club flush draw and queen-high equity, targeting folds from weaker pairs and unpaired flop floats.

Ace-high with no real draw faces a second barrel on a K-high board. Villain's range is mostly ahead of me, and I would face another bet on the river, so I fold.

Q6o is not premium but with position and getting reasonable pot odds preflop, calling to see a flop is fine.

Getting 5:1 with a suited connector in a limped pot, so completing is clearly profitable. Raising out of position is less attractive when the big blind is still to act.

Check the big blind with a weak offsuit hand and realize equity cheaply in a multiway pot.

76h with only a backdoor flush draw on a very connected TJQ board that hits limped ranges hard; out of position in a three-way pot, checking is best.

With no pair, meaningful draw, or relevant blockers on this highly connected board, checking is preferable to bluffing into two opponents.

I have top pair on a coordinated board, so I want to charge draws and protect my hand. A modest bet should take the pot or get value from worse hands.

76h on a TJQ board has no pair and no direct draw, only runner-runner backdoors. It would also have to face the big blind still to act, so calling 200 into 500 isn't justified.

We have no pair, no meaningful draw, and cannot profitably continue against a flop bet on this coordinated board.

Three-handed on the button, suited T2 sits at the bottom of a wide opening range; a small 2.5bb steal pressures the blinds while keeping risk low.

Calling from the small blind with 98 offsuit is reasonable at this small open size, especially with the big blind still to act and good implied odds.

Pocket deuces are a pure set-mining hand, and I'm getting excellent immediate odds of 4-to-1 to call only 150 more. I'll see a cheap flop and proceed carefully if I don't improve.

I have middle pair plus a strong flush draw, giving substantial equity while being vulnerable to overcards. A medium lead builds value and applies pressure to weaker holdings.

Pair of twos is too weak on this coordinated board facing a 500-chip bet, with no draws to continue profitably.

T2 offsuit with only a gutshot to a queen, no pair and no flush draw, facing a pot-sized lead. Folding is correct.

T4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button under these stack conditions.

Both blinds showed weakness by limping/checking, so a small raise can take the pot preflop. I also have a suited hand and position if called.

T2o from the small blind against a button min-raise, with the big blind still to act, is too weak to call out of position or to 3-bet profitably. Folding is the standard play.

Q5 offsuit has sufficient equity and pot odds to defend the big blind against a button min-raise heads-up.

Checking keeps the opponent's bluffs and continuation bets in while controlling the pot with a weak top pair out of position.

I have only J-high with no real draw, and the Q-high flop likely connects with the caller's range. Checking back keeps the pot small and lets me see a free turn in position.

I have top pair heads-up after the flop checked through. A medium value bet can be called by worse pairs and draws while charging equity.

I have only jack-high with no meaningful draw on this turn, and facing a bet from the big blind after the flop checked through, calling is unlikely to be profitable. Folding preserves my stack for a better spot.