Hold'em table

On the button in 3-handed play, 7-8 offsuit is a standard wide open; raising to 3x builds fold equity against the blinds while keeping a cheap, playable speculative hand if called.

Holding T5o out of position facing a 3bb raise from the button is an easy fold.

Pocket threes play well as a call against a button open: I have set-mining implied odds and enough equity to continue without bloating the pot with a three-bet.

Pocket threes are an underpair on an ace-high flop with no draw, so I check and realize equity rather than bet into the preflop raiser.

I have 7-high with no real draws, but as the preflop raiser on a dry ace-high board a continuation bet has solid fold equity against the big blind's capped checking range, and I can release cheaply if called or raised.

Pocket threes are crushed on an ace-ten flop against a preflop raiser who continues for 400. Calling out of position with no draw and little showdown value is a losing play.

Opening from the button with JTo to put pressure on the blinds and take initiative with position.

96 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated hand.

K5 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a 2.5x raise out of position; I'm dominated by stronger kings and the hand plays poorly postflop.

65o is weak but playable as a button steal in three-handed; a small open takes the initiative with position rather than calling or folding.

A7s is too strong to fold against a wide button open in 3-max, and 3-betting leverages the ace blocker to isolate and apply pressure, with a comfortable fold planned against a 4-bet.

K2o is far too weak to continue against an open and a 3-bet.

56o is too weak to continue against a small-blind 3-bet; calling 550 into 1150 needs more equity and playability than this hand has.

Q8s suited is a profitable button raise three-handed, giving me fold equity and position against both blinds. A standard 3x open keeps pressure on without committing too much.

J9s has good playability and implied odds against a wide button opening range in a 3-handed game.

T2 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button raise and a small-blind call, even with a favorable price. Folding avoids playing a dominated, disconnected hand out of position.

As the preflop caller out of position on an ace-high board that favors the button's range, checking with our gutshot and backdoor flush draw is standard.

Q-high missed the A-K-3 flop, but as the preflop raiser against a lone SB caller, a small continuation bet has solid fold equity since their calling range misses this flop often; I fold cheaply to a check-raise.

I have just a gutshot and backdoor flush draw out of position against a button c-bet on an ace-king board, giving insufficient equity to continue.

Q7o is slightly too weak to open profitably even from the button in 3-handed play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up and I only need 50 more into 150 with Q7o. Completing is better than folding at these odds, and raising out of position with a weak offsuit hand builds a pot I do not want.

With 95o in the big blind against a small-blind limp, I already have the pot odds beat for free; checking keeps my weak hand cheap with postflop position rather than bloating the pot.

Queen-high with no pair or draw on K-8-T, out of position. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids betting air into the big blind.

With 9-high and no draw, a bet would only fold hands I already beat while keeping in pairs, kings, and draws, so checking back in position for a free card is the better line.

Queen-high with no pair or draw has little showdown value and no good bluff equity, so I check the turn rather than inflate a 200 pot.

My K-J-T-9-8 is king-high with an open-ended draw (any 7 or Q makes a straight), and seat_3's check-check-check line screams weakness. A minimum stab into the 200-chip pot can win it outright while I keep eight outs even if called.

Queen-high with only a gutshot is not getting the right price out of position against a turn bet, and a pair of queens is rarely clean. Folding avoids paying off a range that already beats me at showdown.

On the button in three-handed play, K5 suited is a reasonable open. A 2.5bb raise applies pressure and takes the initiative before the flop.

Q8s is too weak to continue against a 2.5x button raise out of position. Folding is the clear play.

A3s has good playability and nut potential, easily getting the required pot odds to defend the big blind against a button open.

Checking bottom pair with top kicker out of position to the preflop raiser.

I have top pair on a dry board in position after the big blind checks. A small value bet gets called by worse kings and pocket pairs while keeping the pot manageable with a weak kicker.

I have bottom pair with top kicker getting 3:1 pot odds against a standard button continuation bet on a dry board.

I have two pair (nines and threes with an ace kicker) out of position. Checking is standard to control the pot size and see how the button reacts.

I have kings and nines on a paired board and seat 2 checked the turn, so a moderate value bet can get called by worse kings and pocket pairs while keeping the pot manageable against trips.

Holding bottom pair with 3s on a board paired with nines and an overcard King, facing a substantial second barrel, our hand is too weak to continue profitably.