Hold'em table

Q8 offsuit is a reasonable button open in a three-handed game, leveraging position and blind-fold equity. I use a modest sizing to keep weaker hands and folds in the range.

A3o in the small blind facing a button open is a decent 3-bet bluff candidate: the ace is a blocker and flatting out of position with the BB still to act is poor. I'm 3-betting to 10bb for fold equity rather than folding or calling.

6-2 offsuit is far too weak to continue against a raise and a re-raise preflop. Folding saves chips for a better spot.

Q8 offsuit is too weak to continue profitably against a large 3-bet from the small blind.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably from the button in a 3-handed 100bb game, where both blinds are left to act behind, so folding is the standard play.

AQ offsuit is strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise to build the pot and apply pressure. This sizing gives me initiative while keeping the pot manageable if I get reraised.

75o is too weak to defend against a small-blind raise, especially out of position.

On the button with a suited ace, I raise to pressure the blinds and take the dead money while still having a playable hand if called.

Q9 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button 3x open with the big blind still behind.

Getting 2.25:1 against a wide button open in 3-handed play; 97o is a standard big blind defend heads-up.

Middle pair on an ace-high board that favors the preflop raiser; I'll check and look to bluff-catch against a single c-bet.

I have top pair with a flush draw, so I'll bet for value and protection against draws and overcards.

Middle pair on A-9-5 rainbow is a comfortable call against a wide button c-bet at about 26% pot odds. Raising would mostly fold out worse hands and get called by aces.

Middle pair on an A-Q-high turn is weak against a button that raised preflop and c-bet, so check to control the pot size. I'll decide on facing a bet based on its size.

I have top pair with a weak kicker and a flush draw, but the turn card is a queen which could complete a straight or improve villain's range. Checking keeps the pot manageable and lets me see the river without risking more chips.

Two pair (nines and sevens) is likely ahead of the button's range after the turn check-back, which is full of weak aces and pocket pairs. A roughly 63% pot bet (850 into 1350) should get called by worse hands.

K2 offsuit is a weak button hand in a three-handed game and is dominated often when called. Folding avoids playing a poor equity hand from an unopened pot.

Pocket eights are well ahead of the big blind's range when it's blind vs blind, so I'm raising to 3x for value and initiative rather than limping out of position. Chat is off, so the table message stays empty.

Calling 200 offers 2:1 pot odds, and A2o has enough equity against the small blind's wide raising range to make the call profitable.

88 on a Q-J-3 board has showdown value but hits the big blind's calling range poorly. Two overcards are out and I'm out of position, so I'll check and control the pot size.

88 on a paired board after the flop checked through is a reasonable spot for a small bet, for thin value and to deny equity to overcards. The opponent also checked the flop by timeout fallback, so a bet may win the pot outright if they time out again.

My hand is only ace-high with no draw on a paired board, and facing a turn bet after the flop checked through, I don't have enough equity to continue.

T9s on the button in 3-handed play is a clear open-raise; 2.5x puts pressure on both blinds while keeping the risk small.

5h2h is a very weak hand out of position facing a raise, and calling 2bb with such trash has poor expected value. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Defend the big blind versus the button min-raise with K9 offsuit; the price is favorable heads-up.

Check back with king-high and a weak backdoor/club draw on this paired board, preserving pot control and realizing equity.

In position against a big blind who checked, a small c-bet with two overcards, a gutshot to the straight and a backdoor heart draw puts pressure on their many missed hands. It also keeps good equity when called.

Call with the king-high club draw, overcard, and some straight potential against the small continuation bet.

Check back with king-high and a marginal club draw; betting into this opponent's flop-calling range is unlikely to generate enough folds.

I only have a gutshot, and the Ac completes the flush draws a flop caller often holds, so a bluff has little fold equity. Checking takes a free card with position.

K-high has limited showdown value but can still beat missed unpaired broadways. After the opponent checked the turn, checking avoids bluffing into likely ace, seven, or club holdings.

Ten-high has almost no showdown value, and the villain's check-check line looks capped at weak pairs and missed draws. A two-thirds-pot bluff represents the ace or the flush that arrived on the turn.

King-high has no made pair, straight, or flush on this board and cannot profitably call the substantial river bet.

JTs is a strong suited hand and I have position on both blinds, so I raise to build the pot and apply pressure.

Q2 offsuit is too weak to defend from the small blind against a button 3x open, especially with the big blind still behind.

Getting about 3.25:1 from the big blind against a wide button open, K2o has enough equity to defend by calling.

Top two pair on a dry board out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking lets the button c-bet with a wide range, and I can check-raise to build the pot.

I have the initiative after raising preflop and this dry K-high flop misses many of the opponent's calling range, so a continuation bet should take down the pot often. I choose a half-pot bet to apply pressure while keeping the bluff cheap.

Bottom two pair on a dry K-5-2 board is well ahead of the button's small c-bet range, which includes many Kx hands. Check-raising builds the pot now and charges draws and overcards.