Hold'em table

With 2c4s offsuit on the button, this hand is too weak to call or raise profitably against two opponents. Folding avoids investing chips with very low equity.

Q5 offsuit has enough value to complete the small blind heads-up, but raising out of position with a weak kicker would build a larger pot than necessary.

ATo has strong equity and position against a small blind limp, so raising to 400 builds the pot and extracts value.

Q5 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a large preflop raise, so calling another 300 chips is not worthwhile.

Six-deuce offsuit is too weak to play from the button, even in an unopened three-handed pot.

Holding 85o out of position in the small blind after the button folds is a standard fold.

I hold pocket Queens on the button, an elite starting hand, and open with a standard 2.5bb raise to build the pot with position.

AK offsuit is strong in a 3-handed pot, so I will 3-bet for value and pressure the button's wide open-raising range.

6-2 offsuit has very poor equity against a substantial three-bet, and calling would leave me out of position in a potentially multiway pot.

Holding pocket queens on the button against a small blind 3-bet in 3-handed play is an elite value spot, warranting a standard 4-bet to 22bb.

With AK in a 3-handed battle, the button's 4-bet range is wide enough that jamming maximizes fold equity and avoids playing a bloated pot out of position. If called, I still have strong equity against everything but AA/KK.

Holding pocket queens, we need 38.8% equity getting pot odds of 7,800 to win 20,100. Against a standard 5-bet shove range of QQ+, AK, QQ has over 40% equity, making this a clear call.

With 7h4h on the button facing a small call, I have a speculative hand with position and good implied odds. Calling is cheap and keeps the pot manageable preflop.

Completing costs 50 chips into a 250-chip pot. Despite the weak hand and poor position, the price is good enough to see a flop.

I am in the big blind with Q6o facing two limpers; checking to see a free flop is standard.

Trips are strong in a limped pot. I’ll bet for value against pairs and straight draws rather than risk a free card.

I hold Queen-high with no draw on a paired flop and face a bet with another player left to act behind me, making this a clear fold.

With 7h4h on a paired 5-3-5 flop, I have only a weak gutshot and backdoor flush draw, and facing a 200 bet into 500 I do not have enough equity or implied odds to continue.

K2 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open three-handed. A small raise uses position while limiting the investment with a weak kicker.

Fold 95o from the small blind against a button open; this hand is far too weak to defend out of position.

Closing the action with QTs against a small button raise, I have good pot odds and a hand with strong playability. Calling keeps the pot manageable out of position rather than bloating it with a marginal 3-bet.

I have only a gutshot to the K and Q-high, so checking controls the pot and lets me see the button's action before investing more chips.

As the preflop raiser, a small continuation bet can fold out weaker unpaired hands on this ace-high flop without committing many chips.

I have only a gutshot straight draw with weak overcards on an A-high flop, and the bet lays insufficient pot odds to continue.

Q3o is too weak to open even from the button in a 3-handed game.

With 2h8s in the small blind facing a raise, this is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability; folding avoids investing more chips out of position.