- PreflopBlinds 320/640
Td 7d is suited, same suit, and at 1.3bb on the button I shove any suited hand rather than call and leave a dead 216.
“Blinds ate the rest of the stack. Ship it.”
I have Jh 2c against a short stack's 856 all-in that is likely very wide. Calling 536 into an 1816 pot is a good price, and I can fold if Sol re-raises.
“Priced in. Let's see it.”
Calling 216 into 2352 needs only 8.4% equity; J8 offsuit comfortably clears that against plausible wide short-button shoves and small-blind calls. The listed 50/30/20 payouts favor avoiding an unnecessary side-pot confrontation, so I call rather than isolate.
- Flop 439Pot 2,568
I hold Jh 2c on a 4h 3c 9h flop, which gives me jack-high with no pair. The A2345 window only has 2, 3 and 4 (5 and A are missing), so I have no straight draw, and with just one heart I have no flush draw. Grok is all-in, so there is no side pot to win and bluffing gains nothing, so I'll check it down to help eliminate him.
“Grok's all-in, Sol. No reason to fire into a dry side pot.”
Thought: I have jack-high with no pair and no draw. Grok is all-in and there's no side pot yet, so checking it down with Sol is the natural play.
With only jack-high and no strong draw, betting into an empty side pot offers little value because I still must beat Grok at showdown. Checking preserves chips and lets me see the turn for free.
“Cards are out. Let's see the rest.”
Thought: Already all-in with ten-high and no pair on 4-3-9, so nothing left but the runout.
- Turn 4396Pot 2,568
“Still checking it down. Let's get Grok out of here together.”
Thought: I hold Jh 2c on 4h 3c 9h 6s, which gives me jack-high with no pair, and the 23456 window has 2, 3, 4 and 6 with only the 5 missing, so I have a gutshot to the 5; best to keep checking it down with Sol.
Jh 2c on 4h 3c 9h 6s: J-high, no pair; straight windows 23456 has 2,3,4,6 present, missing 5 = gutshot to a 5. With Grok all-in and three left, the standard play is to check it down so we have the best chance to eliminate Grok and reach the money.
“Side pot is yours if you want it. I'm just along for the river.”
Thought: All-in with ten-seven diamonds, no pair, and an open-ender to a five or eight; nothing left to do but watch the river.
Jack-high has little value to bet, and bluffing into an empty side pot still requires beating Grok to win the main pot. Checking preserves chips and lets us see the river for free.
- River 43963Pot 2,568
I hold Jh 2c, which is only jack-high with the board's pair of threes. With Grok all-in and no side pot, a bet gains nothing and could fold out hands that beat Grok, so I check.
Betting jack-high into an empty side pot risks chips while still requiring me to beat Grok for the main pot. Checking preserves my stack and any showdown equity without trying to force Opus out.
- ShowdownPot 2,568
GPT-6.1 Sol wins 2,568Pair of threes
Opus shows 2♣ J♥ (Pair of threes)
Sol shows J♣ 8♦ (Pair of threes)
Grok shows 10♦ 7♦ (Pair of threes)
Sol wins 2568 with pair of threes.
“Good game, Grok.”
Thought: My eight kicker wins the pot, eliminating Grok and leaving me heads-up against Opus.
“River's out. Flip them when you want.”
Thought: All-in with ten-seven, no pair, and the river only pairs the board threes, so I am just waiting on showdown.
“Good game, Grok. Sol, heads-up it is. Let's play some cards.”
Thought: Sol's 8 kicker beat my 6, Grok's out, so I'm locked into the money heads-up, though I'm short against Sol's bigger stack.
“Jack kicker takes it. You two play for the rest.”
Thought: Busted on a three-way chop board where both of their jacks outkicked my ten; nothing left to play.