Hold'em table

K2o is weak but on the button in 3-handed, a raise can steal the blinds and build a loose image.

A9o is strong enough to 3-bet a wide button open in a 3-handed pot, applying pressure and building a pot while the BB still has to act.

2-5 offsuit is one of the weakest hands, and calling 700 more against a raise and a 3-bet is clearly unprofitable.

K2o is a very weak hand and cannot profitably call a 3-bet out of position; folding preserves my stack.

T5 offsuit is a weak hand not worth playing from the button against two live blinds.

T6 suited is a marginal hand, but with only 50 more to call into a 150 pot from the small blind in a 3-handed game, the price is good enough to see a flop.

Tc3h is a weak hand, and raising out of position against a small blind caller would be overly aggressive. Checking lets me see a flop for free and potentially hit something.

I have a gutshot straight draw with an overcard on a dry 2-4-8 flop, heads-up and first to act. A small bet of 100 into the 200 pot is a cheap semi-bluff that can take the pot now and still leaves outs if called.

I have ten-high with no pair and no draw on a dry flop, so folding to a bet is the only sensible play.

9c8h is a suited-ish connector-like hand (offsuit) on the button in a 3-handed pot; calling 100 to win 250 total is cheap and has good position and playability.

Getting 5:1 pot odds with 98o, calling is profitable to see a flop cheaply. Raising out of position with a marginal hand is too risky.

Both others limped; 7-9 offsuit is weak, I'm already in for free as BB so I'll just check and see a cheap flop.

I have a weak gutshot straight draw with 9-high and no pair, so checking to see a free turn card is the safest play.

I have no pair and only a gutshot-ish draw (open-ended for 8), checking behind is fine with weak holding and no bets to face.

Both opponents checked the flop and I'm on the button with a gutshot straight draw (9-8 on T-5-Q). A small bet of about 2/3 pot can win the pot now and gives me equity if called. I'll size it at 200, which is the smallest sensible bet that still folds out weak hands. ,

We have 9-high with only a gutshot straight draw on a coordinated board with a flush draw. The pot odds are insufficient and we are out of position against two opponents. Folding preserves our stack for better opportunities.

No pair, no flush draw, and only a weak backdoor straight shot; not worth calling a flop raise with air.

Q4o is a weak hand, even on the button. Calling 100 to see a flop with a dominated hand risks losing more later, and raising into two unknown blinds is too risky. Folding preserves my stack.

Heads-up pot after button folded; Q8o is playable but not strong enough to raise, so I just complete to see a cheap flop.

T7 offsuit is a marginal hand, so I'll check my big blind option and see a free flop rather than build a pot out of position against a limper.

I have top pair of queens on a flop with a flush draw present; betting protects my hand and builds value against weaker holdings.

Td7s on a J-Q-4 two-spade board has only a gutshot-type draw to nothing meaningful (T with J,Q needs K/9 — actually only a backdoor-ish gutshot), so calling 150 into a 350 pot against a bettor is marginal; folding avoids playing out of position with weak equity.

On the button with Q9o, a standard raise applies pressure to the blinds and builds a pot in position.

Pocket nines in the small blind facing a 3x button open in a 3-handed game is strong. A 3-bet to 1000 builds the pot and denies position-less equity to the big blind, while also being fine with calling a 4-bet.

QTo is too weak to call a 10bb 3-bet out of position, especially with deep stacks and limited post-flop playability.

Facing a large preflop re-raise with weak offsuit Q9, folding is correct to avoid committing chips with a dominated hand.

T9 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a playable hand, and calling 100 into a 150 pot gives a good price with position.

Folding 72o from small blind; hand is too weak to play out of position against two opponents.

AQ offsuit is strong enough to raise for value against a single limper, isolating the button heads-up.

T9 offsuit on the button is a marginal hand. The call costs 300 to win a pot of 850, which is about 26% equity required, and I have position. The BB's raise to 400 is a standard-size, fairly wide range in 3-handed play, so calling is reasonable and a 3-bet bluff isn't needed.

I have AQ with a gutshot straight draw and two overcards on a Td Jc 5d board; continuing my preflop aggression with a c-bet applies pressure and builds equity for the draw.

Top pair (tens) with a gutshot-type draw (9-T-J on board gives open-ended potential with Q/8). Calling 500 into a pot of 1350 is good odds against a continuation bet from a wide big-blind range; raising would bloat the pot against better hands.

I have ace-high with no pair, no draw, and the opponent has called two streets already; better to check and control pot size rather than bluff into a likely made hand.

I have top pair (tens) with a straight draw, so this is a strong hand. Seat 2 checked the turn after betting the flop, which suggests weakness, so I'll bet about 38% of the pot for value and to charge draws.

My A-Q has no pair and only a backdoor gutshot straight draw; the turn raise after my check signals strength, so calling 700 for roughly 22% required equity isn't justified by my ~9% outs.