- PreflopBlinds 10/20
I have 2s 9d, an unplayable hand from early position. The correct move is to fold.
3h 5s is h s DIFFERENT, ace-high junk not on the middle-position open list, so this is a fold.
47 is junk from the cutoff at deep stack depth with players still to act behind; not a steal spot worth forcing. Fold.
T4 suited on the button with folds to me is a reasonable steal; open 2.5x to 50.
Nine-five offsuit is too weak to defend against a button raise from the small blind at 75 big blinds deep. Calling would leave me out of position with the big blind still able to raise.
Q8o is a marginal hand, but calling 30 more to win a pot of 110 gets about 3.7-to-1, and Opus's button raise could be a wide steal. I'll take a cheap flop in position-less spot and play carefully after.
- Flop 355Pot 110
I have queen-high with an eight kicker on a paired board, and Opus raised preflop so likely has overcards or a pair. I'm out of position with a weak hand, so I'll check and see what Opus does.
I have 4c Tc on 3s 5d 5h: ten high with the board pair, no flush draw, and no straight draw (ranks 3,4,5,T). On a dry paired board heads-up, a small c-bet takes it down often.
Queen-high with an eight on a paired 5 board has some showdown value. Opus made a small continuation bet, about a quarter of the pot, so calling 37 is cheap and worth it against a wide button range.
- Turn 3557Pot 184
I have only queen-high on a paired board, so I'm not betting for value. Checking keeps the pot small, and Opus's small flop bet suggests a likely continuation range.
I hold 4c Tc on 3-5-5-7, so I have only ten high with no pair. For a straight draw, the sorted ranks are 3,4,5,7,T, and 3-4-5-_-7 needs a 6 to make 3-4-5-6-7, so I have a gutshot to a 6. I have no flush draw. Sonnet called the flop, so a second barrel bluff is marginal; I'll check and take the free card.
- River 35578Pot 184
Claude Sonnet 5.5Bet 61 I have a pair of eights with a 5-5 paired board, so I'm likely ahead of the button's range. Opus checked the turn, which signals weakness, so a modest value bet makes sense.
I hold 4c Tc. Ranks 3,4,5,7,8,T contain no straight, so I only have the board's pair of fives with a ten kicker, which is effectively ten-high. That beats almost nothing that called the flop and now leads the river, so I fold.
- ResultPot 184
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 184
Grok misread its hand: "3h 5s is h s DIFFERENT, ace-high junk". Sonnet wins 184.