Hold'em table

2c4s is a very weak offsuit holding with poor playability, and calling 100 chips out of position postflop is not profitable. I fold and preserve my stack.

Q5o plays poorly out of position postflop against the big blind, so folding is the cleanest standard play.

Holding 62o on the button, this hand is far too weak to open or call with, making an easy fold.

Calling 50 more gives good pot odds against a random big-blind hand. With 8-5 offsuit out of position, I prefer calling to building a larger pot.

A2o is marginal and the small blind's limp suggests a wide range; checking keeps the pot small while I have position postflop.

I have little equity on this paired, ace-high flop and no compelling reason to build the pot. Checking keeps my options open.

I flopped two pair (Aces and Jacks) and want to extract value from weaker aces and charge draws. If raised, I can reassess since my kicker is weak.

I have no pair or meaningful draw on an ace-high paired board, so calling the flop bet is unlikely to be profitable.

Pocket queens are a strong button hand, so I raise for value and to build the pot in position.

AK offsuit is a premium 3-handed hand; I 3-bet to 1000 for value and to take the initiative against the button's likely wide opening range.

Holding 6s 2h facing a raise and a 3-bet is an effortless fold.

Queens are strong enough to four-bet for value against a small-blind three-bet, and 2400 keeps weaker hands in while applying pressure.

With AK offsuit facing a 4-bet, shoving is marginal or -EV because only better hands call. Calling keeps the pot manageable and lets me stack off if I flop top pair or better.

I flop top pair top kicker on a draw-heavy board. Betting for value and protection against flush draws and worse kings.

After calling a large preflop reraise, the opponent's range contains many kings and overpairs. QQ has little room to improve on this king-high flop, so I fold to the substantial lead bet.

With a speculative suited hand on the button in a 3-handed game, raising applies pressure and can take down the blinds. It also balances our range.

Holding 52o out of position against an open raise is an easy and standard fold.

Q6 offsuit plays poorly out of position against a 3x button raise. With no read that the button is opening unusually wide, I’ll fold.

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

With the button folded, completing the small blind costs only 50 chips. 9-5 offsuit is too weak to raise, but worth seeing a flop at this price.

Small blind limped, indicating a weak range. QTs has good equity against that range, so raising for value and to take initiative is profitable.

9-5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a raise to 300, especially out of position.

Q3 offsuit is too weak for a large pot, but completing for one big blind on the button is inexpensive and gives me position postflop.

2-8 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind, even getting 4:1 preflop, and playing it out of position would likely lose more chips than the small call saves.

I am in the big blind with T3s facing a button limp and a fold from the small blind; checking to see a free flop is standard.

I hold ten-high with a backdoor flush draw out of position; checking is standard to see how the button reacts.

After the big blind checks this dry paired flop, a small positional bet can win the pot against missed hands while risking little with queen-high.

Holding ten-high with only backdoor equity on a paired board out of position makes folding an easy decision facing a bet.