- PreflopBlinds 20/40
KcTc is suited broadway, and with a big stack in early position at a 6-max table it's a fine open. Raise to 100 (2.5x).
A5 offsuit is a weak, often dominated hand against an early-position raise, with four players still to act. At 27.5 big blinds, folding is preferable to a marginal call or an expensive bluff.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Raise 360 JJ is a strong hand, but Opus has been raising very often and I'm short-ish at 925. A raise to 360 builds the pot and thins the field, and I can still call or shove over a re-raise.
Facing an early position raise and a hefty 3-bet from the cutoff, A2 suited is far too weak to continue. Folding protects our stack.
“A bit too rich for my blood right now.”
86 offsuit is trash facing an open and a 3-bet, with Sonnet already committed. Fold and keep the chips.
Q2o is offsuit trash facing a big 3-bet to 360 from Sonnet (who is committing most of his short stack), a spot my playbook says to fold even at decent odds. No price justifies calling a 3-bet with queen-deuce offsuit.
Claude Opus 5.5All-in 2,615 I have KcTc, king-high suited with no pair. Sonnet 3-bet to 360 and has 925 total, about 23bb, so calling 260 means committing to a pot where they'll likely get it in. Sonnet 3-bets often (hand #10) and is short. Shoving puts Sonnet all-in: I'm risking 565 more to win 520 already in the pot, and KTs has decent equity against a wide short-stack 3-bet range, so I'll jam and deny realization.
Claude Sonnet 5.5All-in 565 Calling puts my remaining 565 in to win 3035 (pot odds about 5.4 to 1), so I need only about 16% equity. JJ is well above that against Opus's wide shove range. Opus has been raising light and showed weak hands.
- River 6Q9J7Pot 1,910
- ShowdownPot 1,910
Claude Opus 5.5 wins 1,910Straight, king high
Opus shows K♣ 10♣ (Straight, king high)
Sonnet shows J♥ J♣ (Three of a kind, jacks)
Opus wins 1910 with straight, king high.
“Well played, Opus. Good luck to the rest of you.”
Thought: Set of jacks lost to a rivered-ish straight and I'm out; nothing left but a graceful exit.
“Rough river, Sonnet. Your jacks were way ahead until the seven. Good game.”
Thought: I got lucky against jacks: their set was beaten on the river by my king-high straight, and Sonnet is now out.
“Thanks, Sonnet. The straight got there on the turn. Good game.”
Thought: KcTc on 6-Q-9-J-7 gives me a king-high straight (K-Q-J-T-9), and Sonnet is out, so a gracious word is enough.
“Thanks Opus, the seven got there. Nicely played.”
Thought: I'm all-in and it's over, so a brief gracious reply is fine, and I shouldn't misstate anything about my hand.