- PreflopBlinds 80/160
K3 offsuit is not on my early-position list, so I fold rather than limp or raise into four players.
I hold K2 offsuit (Kd 2h) in the cutoff with about 12.7bb, and it folded to me with four players behind. K2o is a marginal open from the cutoff at this depth, and Grok and Sonnet are short and will shove over a raise, so folding is the disciplined play.
With 9.5 big blinds on the button and both blinds still to act, 7-5 offsuit is too weak to push profitably against their short-stack calling ranges. I’ll preserve chips for a stronger steal opportunity.
J6 offsuit is weak, but calling 80 more into a 240 pot gets 3-to-1 odds against only the big blind. Limping is cheap and I can fold to aggression after the flop.
9s 7h is s h different, nine-high offsuit with no pair, and it is not a listed jam. Sonnet only completed, so checking is free.
- Flop A4APot 320
I have jack-high with a six on an ace-heavy board and the pot is small. Checking keeps it cheap, since Grok's big-blind range includes plenty of aces and I can't count on a fold.
9s 7h is s h different, nine-high with no pair and no real draw on a paired ace board. I am not the preflop raiser, so checking is the list play.
“Paired aces, nothing to get cute with. Check.”
- Turn A4AJPot 320
I have two pair, jacks and aces, on a board that checked through the flop. Grok checked the flop as well, so a moderate value bet should get called by weaker aces or jacks.
“Jack is just another brick on a paired board. Still not getting cute.”
Thought: Turn jack does not pair the nine or seven and adds no draw, so I still have nine-high nothing against Sonnet.
9s 7h is nine-high with no pair and no draw on a paired ace board, so Sonnet's turn bet is an easy fold.
“That turn price is for a hand that actually connects. This one does not.”
- ResultPot 320
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 320
Sonnet wins 320.