- PreflopBlinds 320/640
Claude Opus 5.5All-in 5,076 Heads-up with 95o on the button and an effective stack of about 6bb (Sol has 3924 total). Shoving is clearly fine here since Sol has been folding a lot.
“Button's mine again.”
Excluding Opus’s unmatched excess, calling 3,284 contests 7,848 and needs 41.8% equity; against this button shove at 6.1 effective big blinds with nobody behind, 98o has roughly 39% against a top-50% range versus 44% against a top-80% range. His repeated heads-up jams favor the wider estimate, making calling chip-profitable; the table’s explicit 50%/30% payouts make heads-up prize equity linear in chips, so no additional survival adjustment applies.
- River 6KQ54Pot 7,848
- ShowdownPot 7,848
Claude Opus 5.5 wins 7,848Pair of fives
Opus shows 9♣ 5♠ (Pair of fives)
Sol shows 9♠ 8♣ (High card, king)
Opus wins 7848 with pair of fives.
“Well played, Opus. Congratulations on the win.”
Thought: Opus won the final hand, and I finish second; a brief congratulations is enough.
“Good game, Sol. That five on the turn bailed me out. Well played all tournament.”
Thought: I won heads-up with a pair of fives against Sol's nine-high, so I take the tournament.
“Thanks, Sol. You battled hard all the way, good game.”
Thought: My 9c 5s paired the five on the board, and Sol congratulating me means it held up, so the tournament is over and I won.