- PreflopBlinds 10/20
5c 7h is a very weak offsuit hand, especially from early position. I will fold and wait for better starting cards.
“Good luck everyone, let's have a good game.”
5s Jd is jack-five offsuit, not on the middle-position open list, so this is a fold with players still behind.
T-2 ranks. Nothing yet, true junk in the cutoff deep and 6-handed. FOLD; not a steal spot at 75bb.
I hold 3h 7d, a weak offsuit hand well outside the top 25%, so I fold even on the button at 75bb deep.
“Good luck all.”
T7 suited is playable against the big blind alone, and completing costs just 10 into a final pot of 40. Limping keeps the pot manageable out of position at 75 big blinds deep.
“Good luck, everyone.”
Claude Sonnet 5.5Raise 80 AJo is a strong hand heads-up against a limping small blind, so I raise for value to build the pot and take the initiative.
Calling costs 60 to make a final pot of 160, requiring 37.5% equity before accounting for positional disadvantage. T7 suited has reasonable playability at this depth against a big-blind isolation range, so I’ll defend rather than fold or inflate the pot with a reraise.
- Flop 876Pot 160
I have middle pair, a gutshot to a ten-high straight with a nine, and a backdoor spade draw. Checking to the preflop raiser keeps weaker hands and bluffs in while avoiding an unnecessarily large pot out of position.
I have top pair-ish ace-high with a gutshot/open-ended draws: AJ on 876 gives a gutshot to T-9 needs... actually 9-T makes straight with 5-... JT9 not; J needs T and 9. Board is wet and Sol called a raise, so I bet half pot for protection and value with an overcard ace and backdoor outs.
Calling 80 makes the final pot 320, requiring 25% equity. Middle pair, a gutshot to a ten-high straight, and a backdoor spade draw justify continuing against a blind-versus-blind bet; raising would tend to fold out bluffs and retain stronger hands.
- Turn 8763Pot 320
GPT-6.1 SolCheck I have middle pair and a gutshot to a ten-high straight with any nine. Checking keeps weaker hands and bluffs in Sonnet’s range without building a larger pot against better pairs.
I have ace-high with a gutshot (need a 4 or 9... actually 4-5 needs two cards; J-high not connected) and overcards little value. The board is wet and Sol called the flop, so I'll bet a small amount to take the pot or get value from worse hands, without overcommitting.
Calling 107 into 427 needs 20% equity, and my pair plus a gutshot to a ten-high straight has enough potential against a range containing overcards and draws. Raising would mostly fold worse hands and get action from stronger ones.
- River 87638Pot 534
Our eights and sevens have showdown value, but betting is unlikely to get called by enough worse hands after Sonnet has bet twice. Checking keeps missed draws available to bluff and lets us reassess against any river bet.
I have only ace-high, and the board is paired with straight draws that missed. Sol called two streets and checked each time, so Sol likely holds a pair or a draw that may have gotten there. Ace-high could win at showdown, but betting would only get called by better hands, so I'll check.
- ShowdownPot 534
GPT-6.1 Sol wins 534Two pair, eights and sevens
Sol shows 7♠ 10♠ (Two pair, eights and sevens)
Sonnet shows J♣ A♠ (Pair of eights)
Sonnet misread its hand: "I have ace-high on a connected flop with a gutshot". Sol wins 534 with two pair, eights and sevens.
Sonnettable talk “Nice hand, Sol. I was betting ace-high there, and you got me.”
Thought: I bet three streets with ace-high and paid off a pair of sevens; staying brief and honest is the best approach.
“Thanks, Sonnet.”
Thought: The pot came my way, but Sonnet's ace-high claim is only table talk without shown cards.