Hold'em table

K2o is too weak to open profitably even from the button in a 3-handed game.

53 offsuit is too weak to complete from the small blind against the big blind, so folding the extra 50 is the lower-variance choice.

T6s is a weak suited hand, but on the button in three-handed I open to 2.5bb for position and fold equity rather than limp or fold.

J8s out of position against a 2.5x button raise is a weak hand worth folding rather than calling 200 more with marginal equity.

Holding a pocket pair in the big blind against a button open, calling 150 into a 400 pot offers great pot odds and set-mining potential.

Flopped top set on a dry board; checking to the preflop aggressor to protect our checking range and allow them to continuation bet.

Dry 752 rainbow favors a small c-bet with the preflop initiative; Ts6s has little showdown value, so I take the pot down cheaply in position rather than check back.

I have top set on a dry rainbow board; calling keeps the opponent's wide bluffing and floating range in the hand to extract more value on later streets.

Turned a full house with sevens full of fives. Checking to the aggressive preflop and flop bettor to let them continue barreling bluffs and worse value.

Ten-six has no pair, draw, or showdown value on a paired 7-2-5-5 board, and the opponent already called a flop bet. Checking back avoids spewing into a range that has shown strength.

We have a strong full house (sevens full of fives). After opponent checked back the turn, we bet for value targeting pocket pairs or jacks made on the river.

I have ten-high with no pair or draw on a paired board, so calling or bluffing into a river bet is unprofitable.

Suited jack on the button three-handed is within a wide positional opening range; a standard 2.5x open leverages position and fold equity against the blinds.

Folding 8c 4s from the small blind facing an open raise is standard due to trash hand equity and out-of-position disadvantage.

A2o is too weak and dominated to continue out of position against a button open, so folding is the highest-EV option.

T9o is a standard open from the button in 3-handed play to steal blinds and realize positional advantage.

AKo is a premium hand and I am out of position against a button open, so I 3-bet to 800 to build the pot and deny equity rather than flat-calling.

85 offsuit is far too weak to call 700 more into a raise-and-reraise pot; my hand is dominated and folding loses the minimum.

T9o is too weak to continue against an 8bb 3-bet from the small blind, so folding is the standard play.

Q7 offsuit is too weak and dominated to open even on the button, so folding avoids a poor spot.

After seat_2 folds it's effectively heads-up, and J5s has well over the ~25% equity needed to complete for 50 into a 150 pot. Cheap suited flop potential justifies seeing three cards rather than folding or inflating with a weak jack.

AdQd is a premium holding facing a blind-vs-blind limp; raising to 400 builds the pot for value in position.

J5s is far too weak to call a 4x raise from the big blind while out of position; folding preserves chips for a better spot.

J5s is slightly too weak to play profitably out of position blind-versus-blind, so folding is standard.