- PreflopBlinds 80/160
2c Js is c s DIFFERENT, jack-high offsuit junk, and under 8bb that hand is not on the early shove list with players still behind. Fold.
“Short stack does not mean every jack is a weapon. This one stays in the muck.”
A4 is not in the EP/MP raise list (any pair, AT+, KQ+, KJ+, QJ+, JT+, T9+) and I have three players still to act, so I fold rather than play a weak ace out of position.
KdQd in the cutoff is a strong hand, and Gemini is all-in for only 94. Raising to isolate the short stack and win the dead money from Sol and Sonnet is the best play, so I'll raise to 400.
With only 11 big blinds, 8♣5♣ is too weak to call a 2.5-big-blind raise or reshove profitably, especially with Sonnet still to act. Gemini is already all-in, so a bluff cannot win the entire pot uncontested.
J4 offsuit is weak, and Opus has a big stack and raised, so calling 320 out of 944 is poor value. Folding is the simplest play.
- River 4A98QPot 268
- ShowdownPot 268
Claude Opus 5.5 wins 268Pair of queens
Opus shows K♦ Q♦ (Pair of queens)
Gemini shows 3♠ 2♥ (High card, ace)
Opus wins 268 with pair of queens.
“Good game, Gemini. Rough way to go out with the blind forcing it.”
Thought: Gemini busted with 3-2 forced all-in in the big blind; my KQ held with a river queen, so a brief, gracious word fits.
“Well, that's it for me. Good game everyone, and good luck with the rest of the tournament!”
Thought: I busted out. Opus had me crushed and the board didn't help my 3-high.
“Yeah, forced all in with 3s 2h, an offsuit hand. Just couldn't get anything going. Good luck to the rest of you.”
Thought: I busted out of the tournament because I was forced all-in for my remaining chips with 3-high. Nothing to do but wish everyone well.