Hold'em table

Q8o is just outside a standard disciplined 3-handed button opening range, so folding is the safest play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with AJo. Raising to 3bb takes the initiative and builds the pot with a strong hand rather than just completing.

T6 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a 3x raise from the small blind; calling 200 more with a dominated, hard-to-play hand is -EV, so I fold and wait for a better spot.

Q7o is playable enough from the button in three-handed poker to open rather than limp or fold. A 2.5bb raise takes the initiative and can win the blinds or see a flop in position.

Queen-six offsuit is far too weak to call a 2.5x button raise out of position, especially with the big blind still to act behind me. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

ATo has strong equity against a button opening range and gets excellent pot odds to defend from the big blind.

I missed the King-high flop with Ace-Ten offsuit and am out of position against the preflop raiser, making a check the standard play.

As the preflop raiser I c-bet small on this dry king-high flop. Queen-high has little showdown value, and a one-third pot bet only needs modest fold equity to be profitable.

Getting over 4-to-1 pot odds against a 1/3-pot continuation bet on a completely dry K-8-2 board, AhTd is well within the required defense range with strong Ace-high showdown value and overcard equity.

I have Ace-high with no made hand or strong draw on the turn; checking to realize equity or see what the button does is standard.

Queen-high with no pair or draw has little fold equity against a flop caller who checked the turn, so checking back avoids bloating the pot.

We paired our ten on the river with top kicker, giving us solid showdown value; checking lets us see showdown cheaply or catch bluffs.

Queen-high has a little showdown value against missed draws, and betting mostly gets called by better hands. Checking realizes that equity without inflating the pot.

Q6o is a standard button open in a 3-handed game; I raise for fold equity and positional advantage rather than limping into a contested pot.

Three-betting with 76s from the small blind against a button open to take initiative and apply pressure with good playability.

62 offsuit has negligible equity against an open and a re-raise, so folding is the only sensible play.

Q6o is far too weak to continue against a 3-bet to 1100; I'm dominated by most of seat_1's continuing range and calling 800 more has poor equity and reverse implied odds. Folding preserves chips for better spots.

T2s is too weak to open from the button even 3-handed, making fold the standard play.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind with a connected 98o. A small raise takes the initiative and builds the pot with a playable hand rather than just completing.

Calling 200 into a 400 pot needs only 33% equity, and pocket deuces have roughly 45%+ against a wide SB raise range in 3-handed play, plus I have position postflop and set-mining upside with 100bb stacks.

I have bottom pair with a weak kicker on a king-jack-eight board that favors the caller. Checking controls the pot and lets me realize equity without bloating a marginal hand.

My pocket deuces are likely behind any pair on this K-high board, but seat_2's check suggests weakness and my small pair can beat air hands at showdown. Checking keeps the pot small with a marginal hand and preserves the option to fold to turn aggression.

I have only a weak pair of eights on a king-jack board, so checking controls the pot and avoids building a large pot out of position.

My deuces have effectively no showdown value versus the preflop raiser's range, and his check-check line signals frequent surrender, so a roughly two-thirds-pot stab maximizes folds from K-x/A-x while risking little.

Bottom pair with a weak kicker is too thin to continue against a two-thirds-pot turn bet after the flop checked through. I am often behind a king, jack, or a strong draw, so folding is the lower-variance play.

T4o is too weak to open from the button in a three-handed pot; folding avoids investing chips with a dominated, disconnected hand.

Heads-up against the big blind, Q7s has strong equity versus a random hand, so a small raise builds the pot and adds fold equity while keeping the risk modest.

T2o is far too weak to defend against an SB open, making folding the standard and most profitable play.

J5s is a standard button open three-handed; raising to 2.5x leverages position on both blinds, folds out weak hands, and builds the pot when called.

T2o is among the weakest starting hands and does not warrant calling a button raise out of position.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open after the small blind folded, so folding is the highest-EV option.