Holdem table

76o is too weak to open even on the button in three-handed play, and limping is worse. Folding avoids playing a dominated offsuit hand out of position against continuing ranges.

With the button folded, Q7 offsuit is reasonable to complete from the small blind; calling keeps the pot small while preserving equity against the big blind.

Checking our option with J2s in the big blind to see a free flop in position.

I have only queen-high with a backdoor heart draw, so I’ll take the free card rather than build the pot.

I have a flush draw in position in a limped pot, so taking a free turn card is a solid way to realize equity without risking a check-raise.

Q-high has some showdown value, and the paired board offers little reason to bluff into the big blind after the flop checked through. I’ll take the free card and avoid building the pot with no meaningful draw.

I have position with a heart flush draw and can take a free card to realize equity after SB checked twice.

Q-high has reasonable showdown value after the opponent checked every street, and a bet is unlikely to fold better hands while risking chips against pairs.

I hold only Jack-high which has virtually no showdown value even in an unraised pot. Betting half-pot (100) puts pressure on weak holdings and missed draws to fold.

The river bet is small, and checking through flop and turn leaves room for a missed-draw or other bluff. Queen-high beats many unpaired hands, so the pot odds justify bluff-catching.

K2 offsuit is marginal, but the button has positional advantage and a wide opening range three-handed. Raise to 2.5 big blinds to apply pressure while keeping the sizing modest.

Holding 96o in the small blind against a button open is an easy standard fold.

Q9 offsuit is too weak and easily dominated to continue against a button open, so folding is the highest-EV option.

65s is a prime candidate to open on the button in 3-handed play to leverage position and playability.

T9o is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise; folding saves chips.

88 is strong enough to defend against a button open, and calling keeps the pot manageable while out of position.

With a medium-strength underpair on a J-high, two-spade flop, checking keeps the pot controlled and lets the raiser act.

I have middle/bottom pair with marginal showdown value on a draw-heavy board; checking behind controls the pot size and realizes equity comfortably in position.

I have a strong set and the flop checked through, so I’m betting the turn for value and protection against draws. A moderate bet can still get calls from Jx and other pairs.

Third pair with a weak kicker facing a substantial turn bet offers insufficient equity and poor reverse implied odds to continue.

A5o is playable from the button in three-handed poker, so I open to 3x rather than flat or fold.

Q5 offsuit is too weak to continue out of position against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

Defending the big blind with 76s getting over 2:1 pot odds against a button open.

I missed the flop completely with 7-high out of position against the preflop raiser, so checking is the standard play.

Checked to as the preflop raiser on a dry king-high flop, so a small c-bet pressures missed hands and protects my ace-high equity.

I completely missed the flop with 7-high and no direct draw against the preflop raiser's c-bet, making an easy fold.

T2 offsuit is too weak to open from the button, and calling gives the blinds an inexpensive multiway pot.

54 offsuit is too weak to complete or raise from the small blind out of position against the big blind.

Pocket fives on the button is a standard open-raising hand in 3-handed play. Raising to 2.5bb builds the pot with position.

K3 offsuit is too weak to continue against a button open from the small blind, so folding is the highest-EV option.

T-4 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise, even at the discounted call price.