Hold'em table

2c7c is a weak hand (worst in poker), and folding from the button is standard strategy when facing a raise, minimizing losses against better-positioned opponents.

With 97o in the small blind and the button folded, calling 50 more offers good pot odds to see a flop. Raising risks bloating the pot with a weak offsuit hand out of position.

Check the big blind with a weak offsuit hand and realize equity cheaply against the limper.

I have only a weak gutshot and overcards on a paired board, so checking controls the pot and lets me see a free turn.

I have trip fives with a decent kicker on this limped paired board. I bet for value against sixes, pocket pairs, draws, and worse fives while beginning to build the pot.

With AKo on the button in a 3-handed game, raising is best to build the pot and take control. A standard 3x raise applies pressure to the blinds while keeping my range balanced.

Jh2c is a weak dominated hand facing a 3bb button open from the small blind. Folding avoids defending a poor offsuit holding out of position.

8-6 offsuit is a weak hand (56% equity vs button's range), and facing a 3x raise from the button after already posting the big blind, folding is the correct play to preserve chips. The unfavorable position and marginal hand make this a straightforward fold.

J8 offsuit is a weak button holding in this short-handed structure; folding avoids playing a dominated hand without strong equity.

JQ is a reasonable hand in heads-up play after the button folds. Raising to 200 (min raise) applies pressure while keeping the pot manageable if called.

4-9 offsuit is a weak hand with poor connectivity and low card values. Folding preflop is standard; I'll preserve chips for stronger opportunities in upcoming hands.

Getting 3:1 with a suited hand in the small blind, and the big blind will often check behind. I can call cheaply and evaluate the flop, folding to further aggression.

A9 offsuit is well ahead of a limping small blind's range and benefits from isolating and building the pot in position postflop.

7h3h is a weak offsuit hand and I'm facing a 4x raise from the big blind with only 300 to call. Folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

Three-handed button with a king-high hand is strong enough to open and apply pressure on the blinds; raising takes initiative and can win the pot preflop.

3-2 offsuit is far too weak to defend from the small blind against a button raise, especially with the big blind still to act.

J9o is a marginal hand out of position facing a 250 chip raise from the button. The 150 chip call commits significant chips with a weak holding against a positional aggressor.

AQ offsuit is a strong button opening hand in three-handed play; raising builds value and pressures the blinds.

J5o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, so folding preserves chips.