Hold'em table

On the button 3-handed, 9-7 offsuit is within a wide opening range and plays well in position, so raising applies pressure to the blinds.

Queens are a premium pair and I am out of position, so I 3-bet the button open to build the pot and deny equity rather than flat.

Q7 offsuit facing a 3-bet and a cold 4-bet equivalent sizing is too weak to continue; folding preserves chips.

7-9 offsuit is too weak to continue against a small-blind 3-bet to 850; calling 600 would require about 33% equity which this hand lacks versus a strong range.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button even three-handed; folding avoids a dominated, poorly connected hand out of position postflop.

A6 suited is strong enough to raise from the small blind against a single opponent in the big blind, building the pot with a hand that has good equity and playability.

Q8o has sufficient equity against a small-blind open and I will be in position heads-up postflop; calling 200 into 400 is priced well versus folding too tightly from the big blind.

Continuation bet with backdoor flush draw and an overcard on a dry board, applying pressure as preflop raiser.

Second pair with queen kicker on a rainbow J-8-2 board has well over 25% equity versus a small-blind open and half-pot c-bet range with many overcard bluffs, so calling is profitable and raising would only isolate against better Jx.

I only have ace-high with no made hand or strong draw, so checking keeps the pot small and lets me see the river cheaply.

Second pair with a queen kicker has showdown value in position; checking controls the pot against likely jack hands while avoiding folding out worse hands or paying off calls.

Ace-high with no pair and no flush draw; better to check and take a cheap showdown than bluff into a hand that called a flop raise.

With a pair of 8s I have modest showdown value against missed draws and ace-high after opponent checked turn and river. Betting would mostly be called by better Jacks/Kings and folds hands I already beat, so checking is best.

K2 offsuit from the button facing a raise-free pot with blinds already in is a weak holding; folding avoids unnecessary risk.

Heads-up in the small blind after the button folded, QTo is well ahead of the big blind's random range. Raising to 3x builds the pot in position postflop as the preflop aggressor.

J9 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a 3x small-blind raise after the button folds.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to open or limp from the button in 3-handed play; folding avoids negative-EV postflop spots.

Ace-king is a premium hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, so I raise to 3bb to build the pot and take the initiative.

AQ offsuit is strong heads-up here; 3-betting isolates the raiser and builds value with a premium hand.

AKs is ahead of a BB 3-bet range and plays well as a 4-bet for value and fold equity with deep stacks. Sizing to 2400 keeps pressure without committing the stack preflop.

Pocket sevens are ahead of a random button open range, so I raise to 3x to build the pot and take the initiative before the blinds act.

J2 offsuit facing a 3x raise is far too weak to continue; folding preserves chips.

K4 offsuit is too weak and dominated to defend out of position against a button 3x raise; its realized equity is below the price despite the dead small blind.

K6o offsuit is a weak hand from the button facing a raise; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Suited king heads-up against the big blind after the button folded is ahead of a wide range; raising applies pressure and builds value while denying a free flop.

53 offsuit is too weak to continue against a small-blind raise after the button folded, so folding is the highest-EV option.