Hold'em table

Button opening with K-high suited? Actually K7 offsuit is a playable three-handed steal candidate, and a small raise applies pressure while preserving maneuverability.

2-6 offsuit is a very weak hand with poor equity. Against a raise to 250 from early position, folding is the correct play to preserve chips. This is not a hand worth investing further chips into.

Closing the action with 150 to call into a 400 pot, J8o has enough equity against a button open to defend, though I will proceed cautiously out of position.

I flopped two pair on a paired board and want to charge flush draws and extract value from worse 8x or overpairs. A 300 bet into 550 is a standard value size while keeping my range balanced.

K-high has no pair, no spade draw, and little prospect of improving against a flop lead on this paired board. Folding preserves chips.

K4o is a weak hand in early position, and folding is the standard play. The hand lacks the strength needed to profitably continue against multiple opponents in this three-handed game.

Button folded, leaving a heads-up situation. K5o has enough equity to raise for fold equity and initiative against a wide big blind range; I can fold to further aggression.

J3 suited is too weak to defend against the small blind's raise from the big blind, especially out of position.

On the button with a suited hand, raising takes initiative and leverages position; a 2.5x raise is a standard play to put pressure on the blinds.

J8 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button open with the big blind still behind.

9h4s is a weak hand. Seat 3 raised to 250 from button, and I'm out of position as the big blind. The risk-reward doesn't favor calling with this marginal holding against a likely stronger range.

Button with KQ offsuit is a strong opening hand three-handed. I raise to 2.5bb to build the pot while applying pressure to the blinds.

K2o is a weak hand in the small blind facing a 2.5x raise from the button. With 200 chips to call to win 400 in the pot (2:1 odds) and unfavorable position postflop, folding is the optimal play to preserve chips.

J8o is a weak offsuit hand out of position against a button raise; calling 150 more has poor postflop playability, so folding preserves chips.

3-6 offsuit is a weak hand in early position. Folding preserves chips for better opportunities rather than calling with a hand that is likely dominated preflop.

Button folded, so I only need 50 more to complete against the big blind with 3:1 pot odds. With a suited hand, calling is preferable to folding, and I will proceed cautiously postflop.

Check the big blind with a weak 8-high hand and realize equity heads-up rather than inflate the pot.

With 9d2d on an A-high flop and no made hand or draw, checking controls the pot and avoids risking chips out of position.

Betting small with middle pair extracts value from weaker pairs and draws while denying free equity. The limped pot keeps the range wide enough for a thin value bet.

Our hand 9d2d has no pair and no draw on As4h8c; facing a bet, folding is the clear choice.

Q2o is a very weak offsuit hand with poor playability, and calling 100 chips from the button is not profitable enough against two already-invested blinds. Folding avoids unnecessary risk early in the match.

2c5h offsuit is a very weak hand from the small blind facing the big blind, with little incentive to defend absent further information.