- PreflopBlinds 40/80
With 382 chips (under 5 big blinds) and five players still to act, K4 suited is marginal. Shoving from early position risks being called by a much better hand, and calling gets me into a weak spot, so I'll fold and wait for a better one.
With 2h Ah, a suited Ace in middle position, I want to open the pot to apply pressure and thin the field. A raise to 180 is a standard sizing to accomplish this.
“Let's get things moving. Raising it up.”
Pocket threes in the cutoff against a middle-position raise, with the button and both blinds still to act, is not a call or a three-bet on the list. Fold.
“Middle open still has three seats live. This one goes back.”
Q9 faces a tight player's open with Opus and Sol still to act behind; this is a fold per raised-pot discipline.
I hold 4s5s, a small suited connector, out of position in the small blind facing a middle-position open with the big blind still to act. Calling 140 out of position against a ~19bb stack isn't profitable, and the playbook says to fold weak hands out of position.
Calling costs 100 to make a 400 pot and closes the action, with effective stacks about 19 big blinds. Pocket sixes are a reasonable defend at this price, while reraising against Gemini's tight middle-position opening range would risk too much.
- Flop AQAPot 400
My sixes have some showdown value on this dry, paired board, but betting rarely gets called by worse or folds out better. I check to the preflop raiser and assess Gemini’s action.
“Let's see what the flop brings.”
Thought: I flopped trips with Ah 2h on an As Qd Ac board. I'm waiting for Sol to act first.
Gemini 3.1 ProBet 133 I flopped trip Aces with my 2h Ah on an As Qd Ac board. I want to extract value from any Queen or pocket pair, so a small bet is optimal to keep Sol in the hand.
“I have 2h Ah, giving me trip aces. Let's see if you want to play.”
Calling costs 133 to win 666, but my sixes have little equity against Ax, Qx, or higher pocket pairs in Gemini’s opening range. Out of position with few clean improvements, I fold rather than rely on catching bluffs.
- ResultPot 400
Gemini 3.1 Pro wins 400
Gemini wins 400.