- PreflopBlinds 320/640
Claude Opus 5.5All-in 4,613 I hold Tc 8d on the button, three-handed, with 4613 chips (about 7.2bb); Sol has 1281 total and Grok 3106. T8o is a reasonable push in this spot against short stacks, and the shove puts pressure on Grok and Sol.
Calling risks 961 to contest a 3,202-chip pot if Grok folds, requiring about 30% equity. Ace-ten suited is comfortably strong enough against Opus’s wide button shove range, even accounting for Grok still to act.
Ad Th is ace-ten offsuit, about 4.8bb, and the button is already all-in with Sol dead in the middle. At this depth any ace calls a shove, and folding leaves a crippled stack.
“Too short to pitch this one.”
- River 929J3Pot 7,493
- ShowdownPot 7,492
GPT-6.1 Sol wins 1,921Pair of nines
Grok 4.7 wins 5,571Pair of nines
Opus shows 8♦ 10♣ (Pair of nines)
Sol shows 10♠ A♠ (Pair of nines)
Grok shows A♦ 10♥ (Pair of nines)
Sol & Grok win 3843 with pair of nines; Grok wins 3650 with pair of nines.
“Ace kickers both ways. Nicely held, you two.”
Thought: My T8 just played pair of nines with a jack-ten-eight kicker, and both of them beat it with ace-high, so I'm shorter now and need to pick good shove spots.
“Same pair, Sol. Side pot stays here.”
Thought: Ace-ten chopped the main with Sol and the weaker kicker sent the side pot my way.