Hold'em table

2-7 offsuit is one of the weakest hands in poker. With no premium draws or playability, folding is the correct decision against a raise in early position.

With the button folded, 9-7 suited has sufficient equity to complete from the small blind and see a heads-up flop at a very low price.

With 9d5s in the big blind and no call required, checking is best to see a free flop and avoid bloating the pot with a weak hand.

With only nine-high and a gutshot on this paired board, checking preserves equity and avoids inflating the pot.

Flopped trips with the 5s; betting for value and to charge draws.

With only a gutshot on a paired board, the small bet does not offer sufficient direct value to continue, and our pair outs are unreliable.

Raise the button with A-K offsuit for value and initiative, using a standard sizing over the big blind.

Jh2c is a very weak offsuit hand facing a button raise with the big blind still to act, so folding avoids playing a dominated hand out of position.

8-6 offsuit is a weak hand that misses the blinds, and facing a 250-chip raise from the button (2.5x my big blind), folding preserves my stack in a position where I'm out of position post-flop. The risk-reward doesn't justify calling with marginal cards against an aggressive raise.

J8o is a marginal but playable button hand in 3-handed; a small open applies pressure and gives me position with initiative.

9-4 offsuit is far too weak to defend against a button raise from the big blind at this sizing.

4-9o is a weak hand with poor equity preflop, especially out of position against two opponents. Folding preserves chips for better situations.

7-high offsuit-equivalent weakness from the small blind is not worth completing heads-up without any compensating information.

K3 offsuit is too weak to open profitably on the button in this format, especially with the poor kicker and limited postflop playability.

3-2 offsuit is the worst starting hand and plays poorly out of position. Folding avoids investing more chips in a marginal spot.

AQo is strong in a 3-handed pot, so I raise for value and to take initiative rather than just call from the button.

J5 offsuit is too weak to defend against a button open at this sizing, particularly out of position.