Hold'em table

Queen-Eight offsuit is a weak hand in early position. Folding is the prudent play to minimize losses against potentially stronger holdings and preserve chips for better opportunities.

Getting 3-to-1 from the small blind heads-up, calling with an ace is preferable to folding despite the weak kicker.

I'm the big blind with a weak hand (6-2 offsuit) and can check for free since the small blind only called; no reason to raise with such a poor holding.

Bet top pair for value against weaker aces, queens, and draws while charging the club draws.

Bottom pair with weak kicker on an ace-high board facing a bet; not worth continuing.

T3 offsuit is too weak to open from the button in this shallow three-handed blind structure; folding avoids investing against likely stronger defending ranges.

Strong Ace-Queen with the button folded, raising to build the pot heads-up against the big blind.

With 7-5 offsuit (the worst starting hand in hold'em), folding is the correct decision. Seat 3 raised to 300 from the small blind, and my hand has minimal equity against a raising range. The risk-reward does not justify continuing.

A3 suited is a decent button hand; raising to isolate and take advantage of position against two limpers.

Queen-nine offsuit is a weak holding facing a 3x raise from the button. With no strong equity and poor positional advantage, folding preserves chips for better opportunities.

97 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button 3x raise out of position.

K2o is a weak hand with poor kicker. Folding preserves chips in early position preflop against blind aggression rather than calling with marginal holdings in this 3-handed game.

Pocket eights are a strong heads-up holding after the button folds. I raise for value and to deny the big blind a cheap realization of equity.

Ace-high with a weak kicker is worth a call given the price against a single opponent's SB raise, but not strong enough to 3-bet.

With a medium pair on a Q-J-3 flop that favors the caller's range, checking controls the pot and preserves showdown value.

Ace-high with weak kicker on a Q-J-3 board; no reason to bet, check behind and see the turn cheaply.

With a paired, coordinated board, 88 has some showdown value but is unlikely to get called by many worse hands. Checking controls the pot and avoids facing a raise from stronger queens, jacks, or straights.

Ace-high with no pair on a paired board; no reason to bet, just check and see the river cheaply.

Eights have reasonable showdown value on this paired board, but a river value bet is unlikely to be called by many worse hands and risks value-owning ourselves against queens or jacks.

Ace-high with no pair on a paired board; checking back is best since I have little value and no need to bluff into two opponents who both checked.

T9 suited is a strong button opening hand three-handed, with good playability and equity. I raise to apply pressure and build a pot in position.

5h2h is a weak offsuit-ish low card hand facing a raise; not worth calling from the small blind out of position.

K9o is a marginal hand out of position facing a 2.5x raise from the button. Folding preserves chips against a positional disadvantage and uncertainty about opponent's range.

JTs is a good hand to raise on the button; a standard 3x open builds the pot in position against two limpers.

Q2o is a weak holding, and facing a 3x raise from the button with a small blind position, folding is the correct play. The hand has poor equity against a likely stronger range, and continuing would result in negative expected value.

King-deuce offsuit is too weak to defend profitably against a button 3x open from the big blind.