Hold'em table

A suited ace is a strong button opening hand three-handed, and raising applies pressure while retaining playability.

4d2c is a very weak offsuit hand facing a button raise, and calling 200 out of position with poor playability is not profitable.

K5o is a weak hand out of position against a 2.5x raise from the button. With seat_2 folded, I'm heads-up in the big blind facing 150 chips to call with poor equity. Folding preserves my stack for better opportunities.

J7o on the button is a reasonable open in a 3-handed game; raising to 2.5bb applies pressure and takes initiative with position. Folding is too tight, and calling invites the blinds in cheaply.

5-2o is the worst hand in poker. With a raise to 250 ahead of me, folding is the mathematically sound decision to preserve chips for better opportunities.

Defend the big blind against a small button open with 86 suited, which has adequate playability and pot odds heads-up.

With no pair and very limited backdoor equity on this K-J-4 flop, checking is the highest-EV default and preserves the option to respond to the button's continuation bet.

I have middle pair with a backdoor straight draw and position; betting the flop for value and protection against overcards/draws is best. If raised, I can reevaluate.

With only eight-high and no meaningful draw on this king-jack board, folding to the continuation bet is best.

T9o is a weak hand in early position (button in 3-max). With 100 chips to call and no favorable position advantage, folding preserves chips for stronger opportunities.

Q3 offsuit is a weak heads-up blind-defense hand and does not warrant completing against the big blind.

On the button three-handed, 8-6 offsuit is a reasonable broad opening candidate with position and initiative. I use the minimum legal raise to risk little while pressuring the blinds.

K7o is too weak to defend out of position against a button raise, and calling risks a squeeze from the big blind.

7-Jack offsuit is a weak holding. Against seat_1's aggressive raise from button, folding preserves chips and avoids marginal situations out of position postflop.

A6o on the button is strong enough to raise for initiative and position in a 3-handed game; a 3x open puts pressure on the blinds.

With K2o in the small blind facing a 3x raise from the button, this is a clear fold. My hand is weak, out of position, and the raiser has position and likely a stronger range. Folding is the standard play.

J7 offsuit has sufficient equity against a likely wide button opening range and can profitably defend the big blind at this price.

Check to the preflop raiser with middle pair on a coordinated board, retaining the option to continue versus a reasonable c-bet.

I have middle pair with an ace kicker on a draw-heavy board. Betting for value and protection against straight draws.

We have top pair with a strong kicker against a button continuation bet. Calling keeps in bluffs and weaker hands while controlling the pot on this coordinated board.

I have a marginal pair with a strong spade draw, so checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding building a large pot out of position.

We have two pair with an Ace kicker and opponent has shown weakness by check-calling twice. Betting for value and to charge draws.

We have two pair with a jack kicker plus a spade draw, strong enough to continue against this sizing. Raising would mostly isolate us against stronger nines and full houses.

Our sevens and nines have reasonable showdown value, but a river value bet is too thin against the range that barreled flop and turn. Checking keeps weaker hands in and avoids value-owning ourselves.

Calling the extra 50 is justified heads-up against a random big blind range with favorable pot odds; T2 can realize sufficient equity.

Checking with J3s in the big blind to see a flop; no need to bloat the pot with a marginal hand when I have position postflop.

This hand has little showdown value and no meaningful draw on a coordinated board. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids being check-raised by the big blind.

I have J-high with no strong draw on a coordinated board, and the small blind checked. Checking keeps the pot small and avoids risking chips with a weak hand.

A small turn stab can fold out unpaired overcards that currently beat our ten-high while risking little in the limped pot.

My J-high has very little equity against a turn bet and no reliable draw; calling 100 into 300 is not justified, so I fold.