Hold'em table

J8o on the button in a 3-handed game is a standard open; raising to 2.5bb applies pressure on the blinds and takes initiative with position.

Queen-three offsuit is dominated against a 2.5x raise with a player still behind; folding is clearly best.

Pocket fives have enough equity and set-mining value against a button open to call 150 into a 400 pot rather than fold or inflate the pot with a 3-bet.

Pocket fives are an underpair on an ace-king flop with no draw, so I check and let the preflop raiser act rather than betting into a range that often has me crushed.

Heads-up vs BB on an A-K-2 board that favors the preflop raiser's range; a half-pot c-bet with J8 is a good bluff since we have a gutshot (Q) and BB's checked range has many hands that can't continue.

Pocket fives are a weak underpair on an ace-king board against the preflop raiser's continuation bet, with no flush draw. Folding avoids putting more chips in with poor equity.

K2o is a weak hand even from the button in 3-handed; folding preserves chips and avoids playing a dominated hand out of position postflop.

Button folded, so this is heads-up versus the big blind. QTs is strong enough to raise for value and fold equity rather than just complete.

9-5 offsuit is a weak hand facing a 3x raise from the small blind; even with decent pot odds it plays poorly out of position postflop, so folding is the standard play.

53s is playable from the button in three-handed play with position, so a small open applies pressure on the blinds rather than limping a weak suited hand.

KJo in the SB facing a 2.5x button open in 3-handed play is a solid 3-bet candidate; raising to 900 takes initiative and denies the BB a cheap call rather than playing out of position passively.

5h6s is a weak suited connector facing a raise and re-raise out of position; calling 800 more with a marginal hand is unprofitable.

5d3d is too weak to continue against a 3-bet; folding saves chips.

Q5 offsuit on the button in a 3-handed game is a marginal hand; it's below a reasonable button opening range and limping is weak, so folding is the disciplined play.

T2s in the small blind facing just the BB; cheap call with suited trash is fine, though folding is close. I'll see a flop for 50 more.

J5 offsuit is too weak to raise, and checking is free after the small blind limps.

I have bottom pair with no draws on a coordinated board; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building a big pot out of position with a marginal hand.

Jack-five offsuit has no pair and no club on a monotone flop, so there is little value in betting. Checking keeps the pot small and realizes whatever free equity remains.

I hold T-high with a pair of nines on board; checking keeps the pot small and avoids building it with a weak marginal holding.

Jack-high with no club has no showdown value and no draw, so checking behind after the small blind checks is better than bluffing into a paired, three-flush board.

My pair of twos only beats a bluff; I missed all draws and every checked street suggests showdown, so I check and lose the minimum against seat_3's likely better holding.

I only have the board pair of nines with a jack kicker and no flush, so there is no value in betting. Checking gets a free showdown against a passive opponent.

Q8 offsuit is a weak hand even three-handed; folding for a single big blind avoids marginal spots out of position.

J7o is too weak to continue out of position against the big blind for another 50; folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.

Ace-seven offsuit is a standard button open in three-handed play; a small raise takes the initiative rather than limping or folding.

JJ in the small blind facing a button open to 2.5bb is a clear 3-bet for value; sizing ~3.6x out of position to build the pot and deny the big blind a cheap call.

A6o is dominated against a 3-bet to 900 from two opponents; calling 800 to win a small pot with a weak ace is unprofitable.

A7o is too weak to continue against a sizable small-blind 3-bet; folding avoids a dominated, low-equity spot.