- PreflopBlinds 20/40
With 35 big blinds and all five opponents still to act, 6♥4♥ is too weak to open from early position. Folding avoids investing in a hand that will often struggle to realize its equity out of position.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Raise 120 A7 suited is a good hand in middle position; raising for value and position with the nut flush draw potential, sized to about 3x the big blind.
Td 2h is an unplayable trash hand, especially facing a 3x raise preflop. Folding is the only option here.
“Easy fold for me.”
3h Th is suited junk, not a listed defend versus a 3x middle-position raise with blinds still to act. Fold.
“That sizing is doing the work.”
83 offsuit in the small blind facing a 3x raise from Sonnet; this is a rag and the playbook folds it.
I hold Kh Qc (king-queen offsuit) in the big blind against a 3x middle-position open from Sonnet, who has been opening often. KQo plays well enough to call 80 into 180 with position closing the action, but it is too marginal to 3-bet.
- Flop 5A2Pot 260
I hold Kh Qc on 5h Ah 2c, which is king-high with a backdoor heart draw (only 2 hearts plus my Kh = 3, so no flush draw) and no straight draw. The ace-high board favors the preflop raiser, so I check out of position.
I have top pair with the nut flush draw backdoor and a wheel draw (A-7 with 5-2 on board). The board is draw-heavy with the heart flush draw, so I'll bet for value and protection at about three quarters of the pot.
I hold Kh Qc on 5h Ah 2c, which is king high with no pair. Suits: h = Kh 5h Ah = 3, so no flush draw (only a backdoor), and A2345 needs a 3 and 4, so there's no straight draw. Facing a 60% pot c-bet from the opener with no equity beyond overcards to a mostly ace-high board, folding is correct.
- ResultPot 260
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 260
Sonnet wins 260.