Hold'em table

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

AJo is strong against a button opening range. A three-bet from the small blind pressures the opener and avoids inviting the big blind in cheaply.

T6 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a sizable three-bet, especially with the button still involved. Fold and preserve the remaining stack.

Q8o is too weak to continue against a large small-blind 3-bet, even with position. Calling 800 into 1400 leaves this dominated hand badly placed against his range.

Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A small raise pressures the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to call a raise from the button out of position, especially with the big blind still to act.

ATo is well ahead of a 3-handed button opening range, so 3-betting for value and initiative beats flatting out of position. Sized to about 4x the open.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to continue against a large preflop three-bet, even with position.

Q6 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game, and raising takes advantage of positional equity while putting pressure on the blinds.

76s out of position in the small blind against a button 2.5x open, with the big blind still left to act, is a marginal spot. Folding is fine, and a 3-bet to about 1000 would be the occasional mix-in, but here I'll just fold to avoid a flat out of position.

6-2 offsuit is too weak to defend against a 2.5 big-blind raise, even with the big blind already posted.

In 3-handed play the button opens a wide range, and T2s is a marginal but playable steal with position against the blinds.

With no rake and a button open, 98 offsuit has enough playability to defend the small blind for 200 more, though I'll proceed cautiously out of position.

Calling is inexpensive relative to the deep stacks and gives pocket deuces a chance to flop a set; reraising would risk too much with a weak multiway hand.

Bottom pair is too weak to bet for value into two opponents on this coordinated flop. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

With pocket deuces on a king-high, coordinated flop and two opponents in the pot, I have little value or protection to gain by betting. Check and see the next card cheaply.

Checked to me in position on a K-J high board that favors my preflop raising range, so a small one-third-pot c-bet can take it down often. My hand has little showdown value but some backdoor straight equity.

Bottom pair has enough equity to continue against a small button bet. I’ll reassess on the turn, especially if the big blind also calls.

Pocket deuces are unlikely to be ahead on this connected, two-spade flop after a bet and a call. The 250-chip price is not enough to chase a set with only two outs.

My weak pair has some showdown value, but betting out of position into the preflop raiser is unlikely to get called by worse often enough.

Ten-high with no draw facing a sticky flop-calling range; taking the free card and giving up is better than a low-equity barrel.

My pair of eights has showdown value, but worse hands are unlikely to call a river bet. Checking avoids building the pot against stronger hands.

Bottom pair has some showdown value against the busted draws in villain's check-check range. Betting would rarely fold out better hands and would get called by them, so I'll take the free showdown.

T4 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button against two blinds.

Q7 suited has reasonable equity heads-up and only needs 50 chips to call into a 150-chip pot. Completing is preferable to folding or inflating the pot with a raise.

T2o is weak and has little equity against a limp, so I'll take the free flop in position rather than raise.

With a strong flush draw and two overcards to most of the board, a modest semi-bluff can win the pot immediately while building it when called.

Ten-high with only weak backdoor draws gets poor equity against the small-blind bet, even at 28% pot odds. A bluff-raise has little credibility, so folding is best.

J5 suited is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to take initiative while keeping the size modest.

T2 offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise. The big blind is still to act behind me.

Calling 150 into a 400-chip pot is reasonable against a button opening range in this rake-free game, though Q5 offsuit is too weak to reraise.

Top pair with a weak kicker is worth continuing with, but checking out of position keeps the pot manageable and lets the preflop raiser act.

With no pair, no club, and little backdoor equity, a bluff has poor prospects. Check back in position to take a free card and preserve the pot.

Top pair is likely ahead after the preflop raiser checked the flop. A moderate turn bet gets value from weaker pairs and charges club draws without building an oversized pot.

I have no pair or meaningful draw, and calling 325 into this pot with only weak overcard potential is not worthwhile.