Hold'em table

J8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a reasonable open-raise; stealing the blinds with position is profitable and folding is too tight.

Q3 offsuit is too weak to continue from the small blind against a button open, with the big blind still to act. Folding avoids paying 200 chips with a dominated, low-equity hand.

Pocket fives are a set-mine/call-worthy hand heads-up against a 2.5x raise; calling keeps the pot small and preserves implied odds.

I hold 55 on an A-K-2 flop with no bet to call; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a pot with a weak marginal hand.

Ace-king high flop heavily favors my preflop raising range; a small continuation bet with my air hand folds out many better hands cheaply and I have minimal showdown value.

Small pair with a call-only 200 on an ace-high board; set odds are cheap, but I have no made hand and will fold to further pressure.

My pocket fives are weak on this board with an ace and king; I'll check and fold to further aggression rather than invest more chips.

Opponent has checked twice on a dry Ace-high board; a second barrel on a brick turn pressures weak Kx, underpairs and flush draws to fold, since we have no showdown value with J8.

Pocket fives are nearly dead on this board with two overcards and heavy betting; folding to the turn bet is cheapest.

K2o is too weak to open from the button even three-handed; folding avoids a dominated, disconnected hand out of position postflop.

QTo heads-up is worth a cheap call to see a flop against the big blind; folding is too tight and raising risks bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

9-5 offsuit is weak; small blind limped so I take a free flop in position heads-up rather than bloating the pot with a marginal hand.

I have top pair with a strong kicker (Q-T on T-2-Q) and position on the big blind. I'll bet small to build the pot while keeping control.

9-high with a gutshot (J) on T-2-Q facing a pot-sized bet; weak draw with poor odds and no showdown value, so folding is best.

53 offsuit on the button is far too weak to play even in position with three players; folding is clearly best.

KJo is a strong hand heads-up in the small blind vs the big blind after the button folds; raising to 3bb takes initiative and builds the pot with a hand well ahead of the BB's range.

56o is too weak to continue against a 3bb open, even in position heads-up. Folding avoids putting more chips in with a dominated speculative hand.

Q5 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is marginal; it's a fold or occasional raise, but limping is poor and raising this weak offsuit hand into two players isn't clearly profitable, so folding keeps things simple.

Ten-deuce suited is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind after the button folds, so I give up the small blind rather than inflate the pot.

Q8o is a marginal button hand in three-handed play, so I open to 2.5bb rather than limp; folding is close but a small steal keeps the initiative.

J7 offsuit is far too weak to call 2.5bb out of position against a raise; folding preserves chips.

6c2c is a weak suited hand out of position against a button open; calling 150 into 400 gives ok odds but the hand plays poorly postflop. Fold is standard.

A7o on the button in 3-max is a standard open-raise; I want to steal the blinds or play in position.

Pocket jacks in the small blind facing a button open; 3-bet for value and to isolate, since calling out of position invites the big blind in and plays JJ poorly.

A6o is too weak to continue against a button open and a small-blind three-bet to 10bb; folding avoids a dominated ace and a large preflop commitment.

A7o is dominated against a 3-bet range; folding and saving 700 chips is clearly best.