Hold'em table

On the button with Ks8h in a 3-handed game, a standard raise applies pressure to both blinds with a decent hand.

T9 suited has strong playability and I only need 200 more to call into a 400 pot, getting 2:1. Flatting keeps the pot small out of position while retaining equity against a likely wide button open in a 3-handed game.

T5s is too weak to continue facing a button raise and a small-blind call; even with a price, it is dominated too often and plays poorly multiway.

I only hold second pair with a weak kicker on an ace-high board against the preflop raiser who has position on me. Checking keeps the pot small and lets me call a modest bet or release to heavy pressure rather than building a pot out of position.

With just K-high and a backdoor flush draw, I'll take a stab at the pot since seat_2 checked, representing an ace or overpair on this A-9-7 board.

I have middle pair on an A-high board against a half-pot c-bet, getting 3:1 with decent equity and outs to improve; calling keeps the pot small rather than check-raising into a likely stronger range.

I have no pair and only a backdoor flush draw with king-high; controlling the pot is safer than bluffing into an unclear read.

I hold two pair (Kings and Sevens) with an Ace kicker on a paired board, a strong made hand; villain has shown passive, fallback-driven action, so a solid value bet should extract chips from weaker holdings like an ace or nine.

93s is far too weak to open or call a big blind in a 3-handed pot with no reads on the blinds; folding has zero risk and roughly the same EV as a thin speculative raise.

Q5o is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind after the button folds; the extra 50 chips is not worth investing.

Pocket queens are a premium hand on the button, so I raise to 300 to build the pot and take the initiative rather than just calling.

6-2 offsuit is a trash hand facing a raise; folding is clearly correct.

King-seven offsuit is dominated by better kings and plays poorly out of position against a button 3x raise; despite okay raw pot odds, reverse implied odds make folding best.

Q2 offsuit is a weak hand facing a raise-worthy spot with no pot odds justification from the button; folding preserves chips.

Getting 3:1 pot odds to see a flop heads-up against the big blind; 65o is weak but the price is cheap enough to defend the small blind and play fit-or-fold postflop.

47o is too weak to raise, and checking is free with no bet to call after the small blind limped.

Bottom pair of sixes on a K-high board out of position is too weak to value-bet and bluffing into BB's capped check range has poor odds; I'll check back and realize equity cheaply, with a free card improving me to trips, two pair, or an open-ender.

I have only a weak gutshot and no pair, and the flop was checked to me, so I take the free card rather than bluff a small pot.

I only hold bottom pair (6s) on an A-K-8-6 board, and nearly every ace, king, or eight beats me, so betting has poor value when called. Checking keeps the small pot controlled and lets me re-evaluate on the river.

I have no pair and no draw on this board, and the turn is free, so checking preserves the option to realize a river without putting more chips in with air.

My 6h5c makes two pair (aces and sixes) on the double-paired board, but any ace in seat_3's hand beats me with a full house, and a raise would only get action from hands that beat me. Checking is free and safe.

I have complete air on a paired ace board and seat 2 has already checked, so there is no value in betting and no reason to fold when I can see showdown for free.

Q9s is a profitable button open in 3-handed play; raising to 3x builds the pot with position and applies pressure on the blinds.

94 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button open, especially with the big blind still to act. Folding saves chips for better spots.

J9 offsuit facing a 3bb button raise is weak out of position; folding is the disciplined play.

Q4 offsuit is too weak to open from the button even three-handed; folding avoids dominated spots and wasted chips.

Weak offsuit hand (T4o) heads-up vs BB after button folded; not worth completing given poor equity and no position advantage.