Hold'em table

T3 suited is too weak even on the button three-handed; limping or raising risks chips with poor equity and playability.

T7 offsuit has enough equity against the big blind to complete at these pot odds, and calling keeps the pot small with a marginal hand.

With 3h7h (weak hand), facing a small blind caller in heads-up, checking is optimal. This allows us to see the flop cheaply without investing additional chips, and we avoid committing more chips to a marginal holding.

I have no pair and only a four-out gutshot on a low, disconnected flop. Checking keeps the pot small and preserves the option to continue if I improve.

I have 3h7h, which is a weak hand with only a gutshot (needs a 5 for a straight). With no pressure preflop, checking is prudent to see how my opponent plays this flop rather than investing more chips with a marginal draw.

A small turn bet can fold out weak hands after the flop checked through, while my gutshot gives some equity when called.

3-7 offsuit is a weak hand with no draws on a paired board (6s 9h 4c 6c). Seat 2's aggressive turn raise suggests a stronger holding, and calling 100 more chips with marginal equity is not profitable against likely better hands.

Q2 offsuit is weak, but on the button in a three-handed game it can profitably open. I use the minimum raise to keep the risk modest.

K4d is a weak hand preflop. Facing a raise to 200 from button after already posting small blind, folding is prudent as we're out of position and the hand lacks strong equity against an aggressive opener.

J9o defends well against a wide button 2x open, getting good pot odds heads-up in the big blind for only 100 more.

With J9 and no club on a monotone Q-7-6 board, I have minimal equity against the preflop raiser. Checking preserves chips and lets me fold cheaply to aggression.

Top pair with a weak kicker is vulnerable on this monotone flop, and I have no club. Checking back keeps the pot manageable and preserves showdown value.

Semi-bluff lead on the turn with an open-ended straight draw (T gives the nut straight) after the flop checked through; betting gives fold equity against ace-high and weak pairs and avoids facing a bet that prices out the draw.

Top pair is strong enough to continue against a modest turn bet, though the weak kicker and coordinated board make raising unattractive.

I have only board pair of eights with weak kickers and almost no showdown value, but the four-club river lets me credibly represent a flush after betting the turn, so a sizable bluff can fold better non-club hands.

The river completes the club flush draw and the paired board also supports strong value hands. With only two pair and a weak kicker, calling the 700-chip bet is unlikely to be profitable.}

K8o is a weak hand in early position facing a raise. Folding preserves chips and avoids playing a marginal hand out of position against two opponents.

Heads-up against the big blind with pocket threes, raising applies pressure, gains fold equity, and builds value with a pair likely ahead of a wide defending range.

6♣4♦ is a weak offsuit hand, and calling 200 out of position against the small blind's raise is not worthwhile.

Pocket eights on the button in 3-handed play is a strong hand well ahead of blind ranges, so I raise for value and to take initiative.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Against an aggressive raise from early position with 6s-As (weak ace), folding is prudent. The weak kicker on a raised pot with one opponent and no informational advantage makes this fold mathematically sound for chip preservation.

Pocket eights are a strong button-opening hand in a three-handed game. Raise to 3 big blinds for value and to take the initiative.

5-4 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind out of position against a button 3x raise; calling would realize equity poorly postflop.

As-6s is a premium hand (ace-high with flush potential). From the button in 3-handed poker, raising 4x the big blind is a standard play to build the pot and apply pressure preflop against the small and big blinds.

JTs suited is strong 3-handed against a button raise, with good playability and implied odds; calling 350 offers sufficient pot odds versus folding or risking a 3-bet out of position.

8♥2♦ is an extremely weak offsuit hand, and facing a raise plus a call from the big blind offers poor equity and playability. Fold rather than invest another 300 chips.

Top pair with Jack kicker on a wet T-9-2 two-heart board; betting for value and protection against flush and straight draws.

I have A6s (Ace-Six suited) on a flop of 2c-Th-9h with no strong draw or pair. Seat 1 has shown strength with a 4x raise preflop and another 600 bet on the flop, indicating a strong hand. My hand is too weak to continue against this aggression, and folding preserves my stack.