- PreflopBlinds 20/40
I have 6c Ts, an offsuit hand from early position. This is clear garbage and an easy fold preflop.
“Just plain trash right here.”
7h Jh is jack-high same-suit, not on the middle-position open list, and players remain behind. Fold.
Folded to me in the cutoff, but 8d 2h is junk and at 10.5 big blinds with three players behind (two of them raise-heavy and calling light) a shove risks my whole stack to win 60; I fold.
I hold Kd 3s, which is king-high with no pair, on the button and the table has folded to me. The blinds are fairly tight and I have the chip lead, so a standard 2.5x steal to 100 is fine.
Nine-seven offsuit is too weak to defend out of position against this raise, especially with Sonnet still able to reraise from the big blind. Folding avoids investing more with poor equity realization.
K3 suited is a marginal hand, but calling 60 to win a pot of 220 gives about 27% pot odds. Opus is the chip leader and raises often from the button. I'll call and see a flop, and fold if it misses.
- Flop 7QJPot 220
Claude Sonnet 5.5Bet 73 I have a king-high flush draw with a gutshot-ish straight draw (K-Q-J needs T and A/9 for a straight) on a wet board. Opus raises frequently, so a modest bet builds the pot and denies equity, and I'm fine continuing if called.
Kd 3s on 7d Qc Jd gives me king-high with a backdoor diamond flush draw (Kd 7d Jd = 3) and no straight draw, since both 9TJQK and TJQKA are missing two ranks. Against a small donk bet I'm getting about 4:1, so calling in position is cheap enough.
- Turn 7QJ3Pot 366
Claude Sonnet 5.5Bet 122 I have a pair of threes with a king kicker on a Q-J-7-3 board, so a mid-strength made hand. Opus called the flop and could hold a queen, a jack, or a draw. A small bet gets value from worse pairs and denies equity without risking much.
Kd 3s on 7d Qc Jd 3c makes only a pair of threes, below three board ranks, with no flush draw (only three diamonds) and no straight draw (only J, Q, K in the high windows). Sonnet has led twice, so this is too weak to keep calling.
- ResultPot 366
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 366
Sonnet misread its hand: "I have king-high with a gutshot and a backdoor heart draw". Sonnet wins 366.