Hold'em table

32 offsuit is too weak to play profitably from the button against two unknown opponents.

3-5 offsuit from the small blind heads-up vs the big blind is a weak hand out of position; folding is the standard play despite good pot odds since it plays poorly postflop.

6c2c on the button in a 3-handed 100bb game is too weak to open; folding is standard.

In a blind-versus-blind situation after the button folds, Q9o is strong enough to open-raise for value and pressure.

Four-deuce offsuit has poor equity and playability against a small-blind raise, even with position after the flop. Folding preserves chips for stronger opportunities.

JTo is well within standard opening range on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.2bb applies pressure and buys position.

J4 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise with the big blind still to act.

K4o in the big blind facing a 2.2x button open with 120 to call into 370; getting about 3:1 with position closed and a king-high hand, a call is marginally profitable against a wide button range while folding is also fine.

K4o missed the 5-7-9 flop entirely; out of position against the preflop raiser, checking is standard and I can decide based on their bet size.

The flop connects well with the big blind's defending range, so checking behind with two overcards and a gutshot straight draw allows us to realize equity in position.

Button checked back the flop showing weakness; K-high has little showdown value, so a ~60% pot stab on the paired turn folds out unpaired overcards that would otherwise beat or check back against us.

I only have a gutshot straight draw with weak overcards facing a significant turn bet, lacking sufficient pot odds to continue profitably.

A4 offsuit is strong enough to open from the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise gives me a chance to win the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

97s in the small blind facing a 2.5x open with the big blind still to act is a marginal spot out of position; folding is standard and avoids playing a bloated pot with a hand that plays poorly OOP against a button open.

Holding 52o in the big blind against a button open is an easy fold despite the pot odds, as it has virtually no playability out of position.

Pocket jacks on the button, first to act preflop in a 3-handed game; standard open to 2.5bb for value and to build the pot in position.

K4o is too weak to continue out of position facing a button open.

K3 suited has enough equity to defend the big blind against a button raise to 250, especially with the small blind folded.

With king-high and no immediate draw, I prefer to check rather than build the pot out of position.

Overpair on a dry low board heads-up vs the big blind caller; betting ~2/3 pot for value against Tx, pairs, and draws while building the pot in position.

King-high has no immediate draw on this flop, and calling out of position against the bet is unlikely to be profitable.

A9s is a premium opening hand on the button in 3-handed play; raising to 2.5x BB for value and initiative.

J2 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind, especially with the big blind still to act.

A5o in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open gets good pot odds (150 to win 400) and closes the action; calling is standard, 3-betting as a bluff is also viable but calling keeps variance lower with a hand that plays fine postflop.

Ace-high on a paired dry board out of position versus the preflop raiser; checking to the aggressor is standard, and I can evaluate calling a c-bet with my ace overcard and backdoor equity.

Dry paired flop where we hold range advantage as preflop raiser; a small continuation bet denies equity and picks up the pot.

Small 1/3-pot c-bet on a paired dry board; ace-high with backdoor wheel draws is often ahead of a wide button range and gets good pot odds, so I float and reevaluate on the turn.

Ace-high on trips board plays as a bluff-catcher: worse unpaired hands fold to a bet while any pair calls, so checking to induce bluffs and calling a reasonable bet is best.

With trips on board and an Ace kicker, betting only gets called by full houses (any pair or seven) or better, while we have solid showdown value to check behind and control the pot.

I hold the nuts (quads on board with ace kicker), so I can't lose; a smallish bet maximizes chances of a call from king/queen-high hands, while aces merely chop.

The board has quad threes and we hold an Ace, giving us the nut kicker. We cannot lose this hand, so raising extracts value from any worse kicker that mistakenly calls or chops against an Ace.

Quads on board, my Ace kicker is the nuts (worst case chop vs another Ace). Raise moderately to extract value from king/queen kickers that might call a non-shove sizing.

The board is quad threes, giving us the nut kicker with an Ace. Raising cannot lose chips since the worst case is a chopped pot, and this sizing gives non-Ace kickers odds to call.

Quads are on the board and I hold the Ace kicker, so I have the nuts and can only chop at worst; shoving for maximum value risks nothing.

Holding the Ace gives the nuts (four of a kind with an Ace kicker). Calling guarantees at least a chopped pot and wins the entire pot if the opponent lacks an Ace.