Hold'em table

Pocket jacks on the button is a strong hand in three-handed play and benefits from raising for value and to take initiative.

3d2d in the small blind facing a 3x open from the button is a clear fold; it plays poorly out of position and has little equity against an opening range.

9-3 offsuit is among the weakest hands, and calling 200 more out of position against a button raise isn't profitable, so I fold.

8-4 offsuit on the button is a clear fold against two players at 100bb; it's well outside a profitable opening range even in 3-handed play.

T8 offsuit is a reasonable hand heads-up from the small blind, and completing for 50 more gets good pot odds (3:1) against the big blind's range. Raising out of position with a marginal hand isn't necessary.

King-high is ahead of a small-blind limp range and I have position postflop, so raising pressures weak hands and takes initiative instead of checking for free.

T8 offsuit out of position facing a 3.5bb raise needs 250 more to win a 450 pot, but it plays poorly OOP against the big blind's range, so folding is the disciplined choice.

T8 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed pot is playable. Calling 100 to win a 250 pot is good odds and I keep position, so I limp instead of raising.

J9o has sufficient equity for a cheap small-blind completion getting good pot odds, but is not strong enough to raise out of position against two players.

7h4h suited is a weak hand; two limpers ahead and I'm in the big blind with a free option, so checking to see a flop is the standard play rather than raising a marginal hand out of position.

With J9 on A-T-8 I have an open-ended straight draw but no pair or showdown value. Checking from the small blind keeps the pot controlled and lets me realize equity cheaply in a limped three-way pot.

7h4h on Th Ad 8s is a complete whiff with only a backdoor flush/straight draw; limped three-way pot with the button still to act, so betting has little fold equity and no value. Check and give up unless the turn is free and helps.

Two pair (tens and eights) on A-T-8 is strong, and both opponents checked. I'm betting about 2/3 pot for value and to charge draws and Ax hands.

With J9 on A-T-8 I have an open-ended straight draw to 7 or Q for eight outs, giving enough equity and implied odds to call 200 into 500 despite being out of position.

7h4h on Th Ad 8s has no pair, no draw (just a backdoor flush and gutshot-ish nothing); facing a bet and a call with 200 to call into 700, equity is far too low to continue.

With J9 I have an open-ended straight draw (7 or Q) on an ace-high board after calling the flop bet. Checking preserves pot control and may get a free river card rather than bluffing into a likely ace.

I have two pair, tens and eights, on an A-T-8-3 board, so I'm betting for value. Seat 1 checked the turn after calling my flop raise, and a 400 bet into the 700 pot gets called by worse aces and tens.

With J9 I have only an open-ended straight draw on an ace-high board, about 17% to improve on the river, which is not enough to call 400 into 1100 against continued aggression.

K3o is playable on the button three-handed with position; a small open pressures the blinds and has fold equity plus king-high equity when called.

6-4 offsuit in the small blind facing a 2.5x open from the button is a clear fold; it's out of position with poor equity and playability.

2-3 offsuit is the worst starting hand. Calling 150 more to win a 400 pot out of position against a button open isn't worth it, so I fold.

On the button in a 3-handed game, 8d6h offsuit is a marginal hand; a small open to 2.5bb takes advantage of positional edge and fold equity against the blinds.

J8 offsuit out of position in the small blind, facing a button raise to 250 with the big blind still to act, is a weak hand that plays poorly. Calling 200 more is not worth it, so I fold.

7-2 offsuit is the weakest starting hand and facing a 2.5bb button raise from the big blind, calling would be unprofitable out of position.

A4s on the button in a 3-handed pot is a strong open, so I raise to 2.5bb to take initiative and put pressure on both blinds.

J3 offsuit is too weak to call a button raise from the small blind, with poor playability and the big blind still to act.

KTo in the big blind facing a 2.5x button open with good pot odds (150 to win 400) is a standard defend; it's too weak to 3-bet for value against a wide button range but far too strong to fold.

Out of position with K-high, gutshot-free (need J for straight draw... only backdoor), on a Q-high two-club board against the preflop raiser; checking to see the raiser's action is standard and preserves the option to fold or call cheaply.

Heads up on a dry 2-8-Q flop with the nut flush draw backdoor and an ace-high, and the BB checked. A half-pot bet takes the pot often and keeps equity when called, with a wheel backdoor too. I'm betting small to deny equity.

King-high with only backdoor draws on a Q-8-2 two-club board facing a half-pot c-bet out of position; not enough equity to continue.