Hold'em table

J8 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is marginal. It plays poorly out of position against two blinds, and it is not strong enough to raise or to call profitably. Folding is the low-risk choice.

8c2s is a weak hand and I'm out of position. Seat 1 folded, so I'm facing the big blind's 100. Folding avoids losing chips with a hand that has little playability.

Calling the big blind with Tc Jh on the button is a standard play to see a flop in position without overcommitting. The pot is already 150, and I have 10000 behind, so preserving stack for better spots is reasonable.

Completing for 50 chips gives pocket fours favorable pot odds without building a large pot out of position.

QTs is a solid hand in a limped three-way pot. Raising for value and initiative from the big blind is reasonable, and a small sizing keeps the risk low.

With Tc Jh on the button facing a raise to 300, the hand lacks sufficient equity to continue profitably. Folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

Calling 200 with pocket fours offers a reasonable price to see a flop, with enough stack depth to profit when I hit a set.

With a small underpair on a queen-high flop, I prefer to check rather than build the pot out of position against the preflop raiser.

Top pair (queens) with a decent kicker and a backdoor draw heads-up on a dry flop. Villain checked, so a bet of about 57% pot is good value and also protects against overcards.

Pocket fours are vulnerable on this queen-high flop. Facing a bet from the preflop raiser while out of position, calling is unlikely to be profitable.

Pocket sixes are strong enough to open on the button, and a 2.5-big-blind raise applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable.

9-4 offsuit is a weak hand. Out of position in the small blind against a button raise, with the big blind still to act behind me, it is not worth calling 200 more.

With Tc5s, I have no pair and face a raise from the button; the small blind already folded, so I'll let it go.

Q8 offsuit on the button in 3-handed play is marginal. Calling out of position postflop against two players is low value, so I fold to avoid a weak, dominated spot.

With 4d-3c on the button and a 50 chip call to match the small blind, the hand has minimal equity and no fold equity; folding preserves my 10,000 chip stack for better spots.

7c2c is a weak offsuit hand with no playability. Facing a raise to 100 with only 50 invested by the SB, folding minimizes losses with this marginal holding.

KJs is strong heads-up against the big blind, so I raise for value rather than complete from the small blind.

A7o offsuit in the big blind facing a 3.5x small blind open in a 3-handed game. Pot odds are good (250 to win 450+250), and the ace has decent equity against a wide SB range, so I call rather than 3-bet or fold.

A small continuation bet pressures the big blind’s weaker hands on an ace-high flop. If called, I still have a gutshot to Broadway.

Top pair with a decent kicker on a dry-ish flop; the small continuation bet of 230 into 700 offers good odds, and calling keeps bluffs and weaker aces in range while avoiding a bloated pot.

I have the nut straight. Betting for value also charges club draws before the river.

Top pair with a decent kicker (Ah 7d on Ad Tc 6c Qh) is a solid bluff-catcher. Calling 800 into a pot of 1960 needs about 29% equity, and villain's continuous betting range includes many bluffs and draws.

Broadway is a strong value hand, and a 1900-chip bet can get called by aces and other worse hands. The paired board makes a smaller bet preferable to an overbet.

I have aces and sixes with a queen kicker, and the call needs only about 29% equity (1900 to win 4660). Seat 3 could have AK, a set, or a KJ straight, but it also bets many bluffs and weaker aces in this spot, so I call rather than raise or fold.

Six-five suited plays well in position three-handed, so I’m opening the button with a standard-sized raise.

Q6 offsuit is weak, out of position against a button raise with the big blind still to act. Calling 200 more is a losing play in a 3-handed pot, so I fold.

I hold 7h9c, a weak hand that is unlikely to improve enough to justify calling a 150 chip raise into a 400 pot. Folding preserves my remaining 9900 chips for better opportunities.