Hold'em table

K2o is too weak to open from the button even in 3-handed play.

With 5h3c in the small blind and the button already folded, this is a weak offsuit hand that plays poorly postflop. Folding avoids putting in more chips with a marginal holding.

Calling with suited T6s in position closes the preflop action cheaply and keeps a speculative hand with implied odds against two opponents.

J8 suited plays well in a multiway pot. Completing for 50 chips keeps the pot manageable out of position.

Take a free flop multiway with a pocket pair out of position to set-mine efficiently.

With two overcards and a backdoor flush draw in a three-way pot, I can check and see how the other players act without building the pot out of position.

Flopped top set on a dry board in a multiway limped pot; betting two-thirds pot to start building the pot and extract value from pairs and gutshots.

My Ts6s has only weak overcards and no real draw on this flop; facing a 200 bet into 300 with two other players still involved, folding is the disciplined play.

J-high has no immediate draw on this flop. Facing a two-thirds-pot bet out of position, folding is preferable to calling with uncertain overcard outs.

J4 suited is playable as a button open in three-handed hold'em. A 2.5 big-blind raise applies pressure while preserving position postflop.

8c 4s is a trash hand out of position facing a button open raise; an easy fold.

Getting 2.7:1 in the big blind with an ace against a likely wide button open; folding is too tight, and 3-betting a weak offsuit ace out of position risks bloating the pot.

I have ace-high with little equity on a paired flop and am out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking controls the pot and avoids building a large pot with a weak hand.

A small continuation bet can win the pot now, and the club flush draw gives me equity when called.

I'm getting 3.75:1 pot odds with an overcard and backdoor club flush, so I'll call the small flop bet and reevaluate on the turn.

With only ace-high on a paired, coordinated board and no real draw, checking controls the pot and avoids putting more chips in as a likely underdog.

The king favors my preflop-raiser range, so a turn bet can pressure weaker pairs and draws. I also have a club flush draw if called.

I have only ace-high on a paired, coordinated board and face a turn bet after calling flop; without a pair or strong draw, folding is the disciplined play.

On the button in 3-handed play, T9o is strong enough to open for a standard min-raise.

AKo is a premium hand 3-handed; the button's open is wide, so I 3-bet for value and to take initiative while out of position.

Offsuit 8-5 is too weak to defend the big blind against a three-bet, especially with the original raiser still to act.

T9o is too weak to continue against an 8bb 3-bet, even in position.

Q7o is a weak offsuit hand with poor playability; folding avoids marginal spots and speculative chip loss from the button to open the hand.

J5 suited is a reasonable heads-up small-blind open, and a 2.5bb raise can win the blind or build a pot with a playable hand.

Holding premium suited ace Qd Ad in position against a small blind open, 3-betting for value and to take the betting initiative.

J5 suited is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind's three-bet.

Q6 offsuit is a marginal but playable button open in a three-handed, rake-free game. A minimum raise uses position while limiting the investment.

Fold J5s from the small blind facing a button open, as it lacks sufficient playability and equity out of position.

Closing the action for only 100 more into a 350 pot with a suited queen; Q3s is weak but has enough equity versus a button min-raise to defend cheaply rather than fold.

I have only queen-high with no pair or strong draw on an ace-high flop and am out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking is the best way to control the pot and avoid putting more chips in with a weak hand.

This dry ace-high flop favors my preflop raising range. A small continuation bet can fold out some of the big blind's unpaired hands without risking much.

Facing a flop bet on an Ace-high board with only queen-high and no real draw, I have little equity and poor playability out of position, so folding is best.