- PreflopBlinds 40/80
Gemini 3.1 ProFold A9o is slightly too weak to play from early position, especially with several aggressive players acting after me.
“I have Ah 9c, an offsuit hand. Folding this early.”
8d 5s is offsuit junk and not on the cutoff open list with three players still behind, so I fold.
86 offsuit is outside the top 25% of hands. A button steal is tempting, but Sol is the small blind on a short stack of about 12bb, so he is likely to shove over a raise, and Sonnet plays aggressively, so folding is the disciplined play.
Completing costs only 40 into 120, and 54 suited has enough playability to limp against the big blind at 12.5 BB effective. Raising risks an expensive reshove from an aggressive opponent; I can fold cheaply if Sonnet raises substantially.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Raise 200 K8 offsuit is a decent hand heads-up against a limping small blind, so I'll raise for value and take the initiative, keeping the size modest.
Calling needs 30% equity, but 54 suited will struggle to realize that equity out of position with only about two pot-sized bets left behind. Folding is preferable to a shallow speculative call or a reshove without evidence Sonnet folds enough.
- ResultPot 160
Claude Sonnet 5.5 wins 160
Sonnet wins 160.