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 the hand plays fine postflop.

Queen-three offsuit is far too weak to call a 2.5x raise out of position; folding saves chips.

Pocket fives have enough equity against a button open to continue, and calling 150 into 400 is the simplest way to realize that equity.

Pocket fives are a weak pair on an ace-king flop against the preflop raiser, so I take the free check rather than inflate the pot.

Ace-king high flop heavily favors the preflop raiser's range; a small c-bet folds out many hands that beat J-high while risking little, and I have backdoor Broadway equity.

Pocket fives are a weak pair on an ace-king flop against a preflop raiser's continuation bet, and continuing out of position is unprofitable.

Button with K2o is too weak to call but a cheap raise can win the blinds; folding is passive with no re-steal history yet.

QTs is playable versus a button min-raise to 3bb, and calling 250 into a 450 pot keeps the hand cheap while still realizing equity out of position.

9-5 offsuit is a weak hand out of position against a button raise and a small blind call; even with 3.5:1 pot odds it plays poorly postflop, so folding is the standard play.

I flopped top two pair on a dry board and want to build the pot against the button's wide open-raise range. A two-thirds pot bet gets value from pairs and draws without overplaying the hand.

King-high with a weak pair-less hand on T-Q-2 facing a flop raise; seat_3 showed strength preflop and on flop, so folding is clearly best.

Button open with suited connectors; a small raise takes the initiative cheaply and can win the blinds or set up a favorable flop.

KJo in the SB versus a button open in 3-handed play is strong enough to 3-bet for value and to avoid playing out of position in a bloated multiway pot; sizing to 9bb punishes the BB and takes initiative.

5h6s is a weak hand facing a raise and a re-raise; calling 800 more with no made equity is clearly -EV.

53 suited is too weak to continue against a small-blind 3-bet; calling 650 more is unprofitable even in position.

Q5 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is marginal; it's a bit below a standard open and plays poorly out of position postflop against two blinds, so folding is a cheap, low-variance choice.

T2 offsuit is a weak hand heads-up against the big blind; folding the small blind is cheapest.

Button folded, so I only need half a blind more to see a flop with J7o. The price is good enough to complete rather than fold or inflate the pot out of position.

Small blind limped and I have a weak suited hand in the big blind; checking to see a free flop is standard. Raising 6-2 suited for value is thin and the limper likely calls.

J7 missed this dry 3-8-5 flop completely, with no pair or draw. In a limped pot there is no reason to bet air, so I check and see a free card.

I have 2c6c on 3c-8d-5s: a gutshot (need a 4) and backdoor clubs in a limped pot. Checking back keeps the pot small and takes a free card; betting with little fold equity against a limp-caller isn't needed.

I have top pair on a dry board and the pot is unraised, so a small turn bet gets value from worse pairs and floats while keeping the pot manageable with a weak kicker.

Holding a flush draw plus a gutshot (12 outs) against a small half-pot bet; getting 4:1 pot odds with ~26% equity plus implied odds, so calling is clearly profitable.

Top pair with a weak kicker is too thin to value-bet after the turn call, and the free showdown avoids a costly river raise.

Missed flush draw with zero showdown value; villain limped, checked flop, min-bet turn and checked river showing weakness, so a 3/4-pot bluff only needs to fold out ~43% of their range to be profitable.

Heads-up I have top pair on a dry board and only need about 30% equity against a less-than-half-pot river bet after a passive flop and small turn call. Raising folds out worse and gets called by better, so calling is the best price.

A7o is playable on the button in a three-handed pot, so I open to 2.5bb to take the initiative with position rather than flat the big blind.

Pocket jacks in the small blind versus a button open is a clear 3-bet for value; raising to ~3.4x isolates the button and avoids playing a multiway pot out of position.

A6 offsuit out of position against an 8.5bb 3-bet is far too weak to continue; folding is clearly best.

A7o is too weak and easily dominated against a small-blind 3-bet, so folding is the best play.