<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td>hello</td> <td> <!-- contents of the cell with 0 min width and non-0 pref width --> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td width="5"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="100"></td> </tr> </table>