Hold'em table

Pocket jacks on the button in 3-handed play is a strong hand, so I open-raise to 2.5bb for value.

8h4d is weak offsuit and I'm out of position as the small blind facing a raise to 250; folding preserves my stack against a likely strong hand.

68 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open; calling 150 more is unprofitable and a reraise would be a pure bluff with poor blockers.

I hold 3c2s, a very weak hand with almost no playability. The small blind has already invested 50 and the big blind 100, so I'm facing a 100 call to continue with a hand that is unlikely to win at showdown. Folding preserves my 10,000 stack for better opportunities.

68o out of position against the big blind is too weak to complete; folding the extra 50 is the lower-variance choice.

A7o is a standard button open in three-handed play. A 2.5bb raise takes the initiative and can fold out weaker hands before the flop.

76o from the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still to act, is a clear fold. Calling out of position is unprofitable and the hand is too weak to 3-bet.

My 2h 8d is too weak to continue against a raise and a likely tight big blind. Folding preserves my stack for better spots.

A3o on the button in 3-handed play is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb puts pressure on both blinds and gives us position.

I hold 7s4s, a weak hand that plays poorly out of position. The raiser has me covered and I'd rather preserve my stack than call 200 more with such marginal equity.

Pocket nines are ahead of a button open and play better heads-up, so I 3-bet to 750 to isolate and build the pot rather than flat.

Getting about 2:1 in position against a wide three-handed blind 3-bet range, so A3o has enough equity and playability to call. The ace blocker also makes it a candidate for later bluffs.

I flopped top set on a relatively dry board and want to build the pot against the preflop caller. A roughly two-thirds pot bet gets value while leaving room to continue on later streets.

Bottom pair with an ace kicker is getting about 2.5:1. Against a wide 3-handed BB 3-bet range that includes plenty of unpaired AK/AQ/KQ, a call is profitable, and the hand is too weak to raise.

I have nines full of sixes on the turn, essentially the nuts, so I bet about 60% pot for value against trips, two pair, and draws.

A3 makes two pair with an ace kicker. The call is 2200 to win 5750, so I need about 28% equity. Against a 3-bet range that keeps barreling with AK, diamond draws and bluffs alongside overpairs, I clear that threshold, but my hand is too thin to raise.

I have nines full of sixes on the river, losing only to pocket sixes. Seat 1 has called three streets, so I shove the remaining 6050 for maximum value.

My hand plays as only a bluff-catcher, and the call needs about 30% equity. This BB 3-bettor fired three streets and shoved, which is mostly overpairs and sets, and my ace blocks many of the AK and AQ bluffs.

I have 3s 2h, a very weak hand with no playability. The pot odds don't justify calling 100 to see a flop with such a disconnected low hand, so folding is the correct play.

Ten-deuce offsuit is too weak to call or raise heads-up out of position against the big blind, so I give up the small blind.

89o is playable as a button open in three-handed poker, and raising to 2.5bb takes the initiative with position rather than flat-calling the big blind.

JJ is well ahead of a button opening range in 3-handed play, so I 3-bet for value from the small blind to deny the big blind a cheap squeeze or overcall.

I hold Q♠7s, a weak suited hand that lacks the strength to call a 900 chip raise. The pot odds do not justify continuing, so folding preserves my stack.

89 offsuit is too weak to continue against a 4x three-bet; folding saves chips versus a strong range.