Hold'em table

97o is a weak offsuit hand with poor equity; not worth continuing even on the button in a 3-handed game.

Pocket queens are a premium hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, so I raise for value and to build the pot.

Q7s has enough suited playability in position against a small-blind open, and the price to continue is reasonable. A three-bet would often be dominated, so calling is the better line.

QQ is an underpair to the ace on an A-J-3 board with showdown value; checking controls the pot and avoids building it against Ax or Jx that will call a c-bet.

Queen-high with no pair or draw on an ace-high flop has little showdown value and no backup if called, so checking behind the preflop raiser is the disciplined line.

QQ is two pair on the paired A-J board and likely ahead after the flop checked through, discounting strong Aces. A two-thirds pot bet gets value from smaller pairs and draws while protecting against overcards, spades, and straight draws.

Queen-high with no pair and no draw is too weak to call a turn bet on an ace-jack board.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to open or limp from the button in 3-handed play against two blinds yet to act.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with suited ace-six. A small raise takes the initiative and builds the pot rather than completing passively.

Q8 offsuit facing a 3bb raise heads-up out of position is not worth defending; folding preserves chips.

K2 offsuit is too weak to call or open from the button, even three-handed, because it is dominated and plays poorly postflop. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

Heads up with a decent Broadway hand after button folded; raising to build pot and apply pressure on BB.

J9 offsuit has good equity against a small-blind raise and I have position postflop, so calling 200 into 400 is profitable.

I have top pair of queens with a gutshot to a straight on a fairly dry board; a continuation bet of about 2/3 pot builds value and protects against draws.

J-high with only a gutshot to a ten facing a 350 bet on K-Q-4; equity is far below the ~27% needed to call.

Q2 offsuit is a weak hand not worth playing from the button facing a raise; folding preserves chips for better spots.

Ace-King is a premium hand heads-up against the big blind after the button folded, so I raise for value and to build the pot in position postflop.

AQ offsuit is a clear 3-bet versus the small blind's open after the button folded. Raising to 900 applies pressure and builds the pot with a strong hand.

AKo is a premium hand heads-up after the button folded, and 4-betting from the small blind avoids playing out of position in a 3-bet pot while applying fold pressure.

AQo is strong enough to continue in position in three-handed play, and the price to call the four-bet is acceptable without committing the rest of the stack.

As the preflop 4-bettor I have range advantage on Q-5-5, and AcKh has the nut flush draw plus overcards, so a small semi-bluff bet pressures JJ/TT and weaker queens while keeping the price good if called.

I have queens and fives with an ace kicker on a paired board, well ahead of most of a 4-bet continuation range. A value raise builds the pot while still leaving room to fold if they shove and the runout gets ugly.

With the nut club draw plus an ace overcard on a paired board, I have enough equity against a queen or overpair and some fold equity; shoving realizes my draw equity instead of calling and facing a turn shove.

I have top pair with the ace kicker and only 3800 left against a 16200 pot, so the price is far too good to fold even if seat 2 is strong.

Pocket sevens are a strong hand three-handed on the button, well ahead of typical opening ranges. Raising builds the pot in position and denies free equity to the blinds.

J2o is too weak to continue out of position against a button open; folding saves chips.

K4 offsuit facing a raise with a player already out is a weak hand not worth continuing with for 150 more.

K6 offsuit is too weak and easily dominated to open from the button into two live blinds, so folding preserves the stack.

Heads-up pot with suited king; a small raise applies pressure and builds a modest pot with decent equity.

5-3 offsuit is among the weakest BB holdings versus a small-blind raise; despite the small call, its poor playability and dominated low-card equity make folding higher EV than defending.