Hold'em table

K3s is a standard open on the button in 3-handed play to apply pressure on the blinds.

J5o is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated offsuit hand.

Defending my big blind with J6 suited against a small button raise; the 100-chip call into a 350 pot gives good odds and suited cards play well postflop in a 3-handed game.

I flopped middle pair (sixes) with a weak kicker out of position against the preflop raiser. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me judge seat_1's aggression before committing more.

I missed this connected low-to-mid flop entirely with King-high and no real draws; checking back keeps the pot controlled in position.

The turn 6s gave me trip sixes with a jack kicker; betting about two-thirds pot charges one-card spade and straight draws while extracting value from overpairs and Tx that checked the flop.

I have King-high with no draw on a paired, three-spade board facing a 2/3 pot turn bet. Easy fold.

J2o is too weak to call or raise from the button for a full big blind; folding preserves chips.

Heads-up vs the big blind, calling 50 into a 150 pot needs only ~25% equity, and 43s has roughly 38% vs a random hand, so seeing a cheap flop is clearly profitable. Keeping the pot small with a weak suited connector beats raising or folding here.

I have 52s in the big blind facing an SB limp. Checking gives me a free flop in position.

The BB checked a very wide limp range on a T-high board that misses many hands, so a half-pot stab should fold out plenty of air; I also have a gutshot (any 5) as a fallback, and stacks reset each hand so bluffing is cheap.

I have five-high with no direct draw or backdoor equity against a 3/4-pot flop bet.

On the button 3-handed, 67o is well within a standard opening range; a small raise applies fold equity and gives me position if called.

Pocket nines has strong equity against a wide button opening range in 3-handed play, making a 3-bet for value and initiative standard from out of position.

Q7 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open and a small-blind three-bet, especially out of position. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated, low-equity hand.

76 offsuit has far too little equity to call a 10.5bb 3-bet; I'd need ~34% and I'm dominated by most 3-betting ranges. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

King-Jack offsuit is a clear opening hand on the button in 3-handed play, so I make a standard 2.5x open.

ATo is ahead of much of a button open and priced to continue for 200 into 400. Calling keeps the big blind in and avoids bloating the pot out of position with a dominated offsuit ace.

Q5 offsuit is far too weak to defend out of position against a button raise plus a small blind call, even with the small price. The risk of being dominated and playing a trash hand postflop outweighs the pot odds.

Out of position with middle pair and an ace kicker on a coordinated flop, checking controls the pot and lets the preflop raiser define their range.

Flopped the nut straight on a wet board; betting for value and protection against draws.

Second pair with an ace kicker has enough showdown value to continue against a single c-bet, and the pot odds justify a call rather than a raise out of position on this connected board.

I have second pair with an ace kicker on a coordinated board, so I check to control the pot and see how the preflop raiser continues.

Holding the nut straight on a wet board, betting for value against pairs, two pairs, and flush draws.

Middle pair with no redraw on a wet board against a strong multi-street barrel; the price is not good enough given how often I am behind and the reverse implied odds.

T2 offsuit is too weak to call or raise from the button against a live big blind, so folding preserves chips.

Heads-up against only the big blind, T4o has solid equity versus a random hand and limping out of position is -EV, so I raise for fold equity and initiative.

ATo is well ahead of a standard blind-versus-blind opening range; three-betting to 900 exerts pressure in position.

T4 offsuit is far too weak to call a 3-bet from the big blind; folding and saving 600 chips is clearly best.

K2o is weak, but on the button 3-handed a standard open uses position and fold equity; I can release cheaply if pressured.

A6o plays poorly out of position against a 3bb button open with the big blind still left to act.

K6 offsuit is too weak to defend the big blind against a button open to 3bb, so folding is the best play.