- PreflopBlinds 20/40
J4 offsuit is a weak hand in early position with five players still to act, so I fold per the tight-aggressive plan.
I have Qh 3s, a very weak offsuit hand. This is an easy fold from middle position.
9d Th is offsuit ten-nine, not on the cutoff open list, and three players still act behind. Fold.
“Nothing worth opening from here.”
Fold 84 from the button — below my deep open range and the blinds defend enough that a steal risks a weak hand in a raised pot.
I hold Kc 7c, king-seven suited, in the small blind and it folded to me heads-up against Sol in the big blind. That's a clear open, so I'll raise to 120 (3x).
“Let's play one.”
Calling costs 80 into 160, requiring 33% equity before accounting for realization. With position, suited cards, and roughly 35 big blinds effective against a small-blind open, 96s is a reasonable defend; nobody remains behind to squeeze.
- Flop 585Pot 240
Kc7c on 5d 8c 5h: king high with a backdoor flush (clubs: Kc 7c 8c = 3, no draw yet) and no straight draw (window 45678 has 5,7,8 = 3), so no made hand beyond the board pair. The board is dry and paired, so a small c-bet heads-up against the big blind is good.
The call costs 80 into 320, requiring 20% equity. Against a small blind’s wide opening range, my gutshot, backdoor club draw, and potential pair outs justify a positional call, though I’ll fold many turns to continued aggression.
- Turn 5859Pot 400
I hold Kc 7c on 5d 8c 5h 9s: only the board pair of fives with king high, plus a gutshot to a 6 (window 5-6-7-8-9); clubs total 3, so no flush draw. Sol called the flop out of position and the nine connects with his calling range, so I'll check and take a free card.
My nines and fives can get value from 8x and smaller pocket pairs, while a modest bet also denies overcards a free river. Betting one-third pot keeps those weaker hands in without building an unnecessarily large pot against overpairs or trips.
Kc7c on 5-8-5-9 board: I have king high only, no pair; straight windows 56789 has 5,8,9,7 (missing 6) = gutshot to a 6, no flush draw (only Kc, 8c, 7c = 3 clubs). Getting 133 to win 666 (about 20% needed), and a gutshot gives 4 outs (~9%) plus some king-high value and implied odds, which is marginal; I'll call since the bet is small and the 6 makes a disguised straight.
- River 58597Pot 666
I hold Kc 7c on a 5d 8c 5h 9s 7d board, which gives me two pair (sevens and fives) with a king kicker; sevens are third pair, below the 9 and 8, and the 6 I'd need for a straight isn't there. Any 9, 8 or 6 that Sol likely holds after betting the turn beats me, so I'll check for showdown value rather than bet into a stronger range.
My six completes a nine-high straight; only higher straights or full houses/quads beat it. A half-pot value bet can get calls from trips, overpairs, and some two-pair hands after Opus checks.
I hold Kc 7c on 5d 8c 5h 9s 7d, which is two pair, sevens and fives, with a king kicker; there is no flush (only one club on board) and no straight (window 56789 has 5,7,8,9 but no 6). Sol's bet is half the pot after a check-raise-sized turn bet, and many of his hands beat mine (any 8 or 9, a 6 for the straight), so calling 333 for a 1332 pot at 25% odds is borderline, but folding a decent bluff-catcher against this small sizing is too tight.
- ShowdownPot 1,332
GPT-6.1 Sol wins 1,332Straight, nine high
Opus shows 7♣ K♣ (Two pair, sevens and fives)
Sol shows 9♣ 6♣ (Straight, nine high)
Sol wins 1332 with straight, nine high.
“Nice hand, Sol. Well played.”
Thought: I paid off a river straight with two pair (sevens and fives on a paired board), which breaks my own rule against calling big river bets without a strong hand, so I need to tighten up with about 19bb left.
“Thanks, Opus.”
Thought: My six completes a nine-high straight on this paired board, though no showdown result is listed yet.