Hold'em table

Q8o is a marginal but playable button hand in 3-handed play; raising applies pressure and takes initiative with position.

AJo is a strong hand in 3-max against a button open; 3-betting to 10bb takes initiative and denies equity out of position.

T6 offsuit is too weak to defend against a large three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

Q8o is too weak to call a 3bet from the small blind, and we have no reads to justify a 4bet bluff.

Q7o is at the very bottom of the button opening range in 3-handed play; folding cleanly avoids playing a marginal offsuit hand postflop.

Q6 offsuit is playable heads-up, but not strong enough to build a large pot out of position. Completing the small blind keeps the investment modest.

ATo is strong heads-up against a limped small blind, so I raise for value and to take the initiative.

Q6 offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against a 4bb raise.

Q6 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open three-handed. A small raise uses position without committing much of the stack.

Suited connector has good implied odds and the call closes only 175 into a 375 pot; I prefer seeing a flop rather than folding or bloating the pot out of position.

6s 2d is extremely weak and unplayable multiway out of position facing a raise and a call.

I have only a weak backdoor draw on a coordinated board and am out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking is the safest and most standard play.

Top pair can get value from Jx, Tx, and straight draws. A small bet also protects against free cards without building a large pot with a weak kicker.

I have only 6-high with backdoor draws on a coordinated board and face a flop bet; folding is best.

T2s is too weak to call a full big blind from the button in a three-handed pot, and raising into two live blinds with this hand is not profitable.

Completing the small blind with 98o getting 3-to-1 pot odds to see a flop heads-up against the big blind.

With pocket deuces against a small-blind limp, I can see the flop for free. Raising would build a larger pot out of position with a hand that is often difficult to play unimproved.

I have bottom pair on a broadway-heavy flop; checking out of position to control the pot is standard.

Pocket deuces have limited value on this coordinated flop, and checking in position avoids building a pot with a weak hand.

I have third pair in a checked limped pot; checking maintains pot control and lets me realize showdown value.

After two checks from the small blind, a turn bet can fold out better small pairs and overcards. My deuces have little showdown value on this board.

Holding third pair with a weak kicker on a board with two overcards, facing a 75% pot bet on the turn while out of position.

T4o is too weak to open or play profitably from the button.

Q7 suited is strong enough to raise heads-up against the big blind. Raising to 300 applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable out of position.

Tc2o is too weak to continue against a small blind raise even with position; folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position for the rest of the hand.

J5 suited is strong enough to open on the button three-handed. A 2.5-big-blind raise uses position without committing too many chips.

T2o is too weak to continue against a button raise, even getting 2:1; folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

Q5o is too weak to defend from the big blind against a button open.