Hold'em table

Q8o on the button in 3-handed is a standard open-raise; raising to 250 applies pressure and can take the blinds.

AJo is strong against a button opening range, and reraising from the small blind avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

Holding Ten-Six offsuit facing an open raise and a significant three-bet from the blinds is an easy fold.

Q8o is too weak to continue against a sizable small-blind three-bet, especially with the big blind already folded and little fold equity left. Folding avoids playing a dominated offsuit hand out of position for 800 more chips.

Q7 offsuit is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5 big blind raise puts pressure on the blinds while keeping the pot manageable.

Q6o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise with the big blind left to act.

AT offsuit is ahead of a typical 3-handed button opening range, so I 3-bet for value and to deny equity. I can fold to a 4-bet.

Q7 offsuit plays poorly against a substantial three-bet, even in position. Calling risks difficult postflop decisions with a dominated hand.

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

With 6h7h, I have a speculative hand with good implied odds, and calling 50 into a 150 pot is cheap. Raising out of position would bloat the pot with a marginal hand.

With 6-2 offsuit against a small-blind limp, I can see the flop for free rather than build a pot with a weak hand.

Weak hand with only backdoor draws on a coordinated board; checking to see a free turn and avoid building a pot out of position.

With 6-2 and no draw on this coordinated flop, I have little equity and can see a turn for free.

Bottom pair on a wet board with no real draw; checking controls the pot and avoids getting raised off a marginal hand.

Bottom pair has some showdown value, but betting this connected board risks getting called by many better hands. I'll take the free river in position.

I have bottom pair on a coordinated board and the opponent has checked every street; checking realizes my showdown value without risking a raise from better hands or straights.

My pair of sixes has some showdown value. Betting is unlikely to fold out better hands on this connected board, so I’ll take the free showdown.

T2o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability; folding avoids investing chips with a dominated holding against two active blinds.

With 98 offsuit, completing the small blind is a low-cost way to see a flop heads-up without building a large pot out of position.

Holding pocket twos in the big blind facing a limp from the small blind, checking allows us to see a free flop in position to set-mine.

Bottom pair on this connected flop has some showdown value, but betting out of position into the big blind is unlikely to get many better hands to fold. Checking keeps the pot manageable.

I have bottom pair/underpair on a high board with very little equity. Checking back to take a free turn card is standard.

With a weak pair and no strong draw, I prefer to keep the pot small out of position.

I have weak showdown value with pocket twos that still beats unpaired high cards. Checking back to see a free river is best.

Third pair has showdown value, but a river bet is unlikely to get enough calls from worse hands. Checking avoids inflating the pot against a king, jack, or stronger eight.

We rivered a set of deuces after the hand was checked down to the river. Betting 150 into a 200 pot targets calls from weak pairs.

My pair of eights can beat missed draws and some thin river bets. Calling 150 to contest a 500-chip final pot is preferable to folding.

T4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button against two unknown blinds at this stack depth.

In a blind-versus-blind spot, Q7s has solid equity and playability, making a standard 3bb open raise standard.

T2o is too weak to defend out of position against a raise, so folding is the best choice.

J5s is too weak to reliably open on the button in 3-handed play, so folding is the disciplined choice.

T2o is the weakest offsuit hand and plays poorly out of position against the big blind. Folding loses only the small blind and avoids further investment with a dominated hand.